The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 41 19 57
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +38
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 50 61 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 4.322% 8.508% 4.233%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.06% 31.61% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 40 58 44
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,702 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £55,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
293 193 321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 25.32% 26.92% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 253 181 297
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,550 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,000 £53,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kent Windows Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Kent region.

Kent Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Malling - 7 £37,500 -
Sittingbourne +3 4 £28,250 -45.41%
Tunbridge Wells +2 4 £46,250 +32.14%
Tonbridge - 3 £40,000 -
Whitstable - 2 £28,500 -
Canterbury +6 1 £26,000 +4.00%
Maidstone -4 1 £39,000 -8.77%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Windows Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Server 2008.

1 107 (100.00%) Windows
2 79 (73.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 69 (64.49%) VMware
4 55 (51.40%) Active Directory
5 53 (49.53%) Microsoft
6 45 (42.06%) MS Exchange
7 43 (40.19%) Citrix
8 42 (39.25%) HP
9 37 (34.58%) VMware Infrastructure
10 36 (33.64%) ITIL
11 32 (29.91%) Cisco
11 32 (29.91%) SAN
11 32 (29.91%) Exchange Server 2010
12 29 (27.10%) DNS
13 28 (26.17%) IBM
14 26 (24.30%) Firewall
15 25 (23.36%) TCP/IP
15 25 (23.36%) vSphere
16 22 (20.56%) Disaster Recovery
17 21 (19.63%) DHCP
17 21 (19.63%) Exchange Server 2007
18 20 (18.69%) Exchange Server 2003
18 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Certification
19 19 (17.76%) SQL Server
19 19 (17.76%) MS Excel
19 19 (17.76%) VMware ESXi
20 18 (16.82%) Windows 7
21 17 (15.89%) MCSE
21 17 (15.89%) LAN
22 16 (14.95%) WAN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Windows Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Server 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (3.738%) .NET
2 3 (2.804%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 1 (0.935%) EDI
3 1 (0.935%) XML
Application Platforms
1 45 (42.06%) MS Exchange
2 32 (29.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (19.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 20 (18.69%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (14.02%) IIS
5 15 (14.02%) Lync
6 11 (10.28%) SharePoint
7 8 (7.477%) Lotus Notes
8 5 (4.673%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (4.673%) MS Project Server
9 3 (2.804%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 19 (17.76%) MS Excel
2 10 (9.346%) MS Office
3 3 (2.804%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.935%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 32 (29.91%) SAN
2 29 (27.10%) DNS
3 26 (24.30%) Firewall
4 25 (23.36%) TCP/IP
5 21 (19.63%) DHCP
6 17 (15.89%) LAN
7 16 (14.95%) WAN
8 13 (12.15%) VoIP
8 13 (12.15%) Network Security
9 10 (9.346%) VLAN
10 9 (8.411%) VPN
10 9 (8.411%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (5.607%) MPLS
12 4 (3.738%) iSCSI
12 4 (3.738%) Wireless
13 3 (2.804%) ADSL
13 3 (2.804%) SMTP
13 3 (2.804%) HTTP
13 3 (2.804%) NAS
13 3 (2.804%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.477%) MySQL
3 5 (4.673%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (4.673%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.935%) Crystal Reports
General
1 14 (13.08%) Advertising
2 9 (8.411%) Finance
3 4 (3.738%) Banking
4 2 (1.869%) Retail
4 2 (1.869%) Legal
4 2 (1.869%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.935%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (23.36%) Analyst
2 21 (19.63%) Support Engineer
3 13 (12.15%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (11.21%) Technical Support
5 11 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (10.28%) Technical Support Engineer
6 10 (9.346%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (7.477%) Systems Analyst
7 8 (7.477%) Business Analyst
7 8 (7.477%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 7 (6.542%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 7 (6.542%) Security Analyst
8 7 (6.542%) IT Security Analyst
9 6 (5.607%) IT Manager
9 6 (5.607%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.673%) Desktop Support
10 5 (4.673%) Network Engineer
10 5 (4.673%) Messaging Engineer
10 5 (4.673%) Deployment Engineer
11 4 (3.738%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) Clustering
2 9 (8.411%) Blackberry
3 8 (7.477%) AS400
4 5 (4.673%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.804%) iSeries
6 1 (0.935%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 107 (100.00%) Windows
2 79 (73.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (16.82%) Windows 7
4 16 (14.95%) Windows XP
5 14 (13.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (10.28%) Windows 2000 Server
7 7 (6.542%) Linux
8 4 (3.738%) Windows Vista
8 4 (3.738%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.935%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.935%) AIX
9 1 (0.935%) HPUX
9 1 (0.935%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (33.64%) ITIL
2 22 (20.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (14.95%) Migration
4 12 (11.21%) Data Protection
5 11 (10.28%) Project Management
6 10 (9.346%) Network Management
6 10 (9.346%) Security Management
7 8 (7.477%) Systems Analysis
8 7 (6.542%) Operations Management
9 6 (5.607%) Capacity Planning
10 5 (4.673%) Configuration Management
10 5 (4.673%) Change Management
10 5 (4.673%) Problem Management
11 4 (3.738%) Software Deployment
11 4 (3.738%) Service Delivery
12 3 (2.804%) Business Continuity
12 3 (2.804%) Service Management
12 3 (2.804%) Capacity Management
12 3 (2.804%) Network Architecture
12 3 (2.804%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) SQL
2 6 (5.607%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.738%) C
4 1 (0.935%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (15.89%) MCSE
3 12 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.21%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.28%) MCSA
5 8 (7.477%) CISSP
6 6 (5.607%) Degree
7 5 (4.673%) MCITP
8 4 (3.738%) PCI QSA
8 4 (3.738%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.738%) CCNA
9 3 (2.804%) MCP
10 2 (1.869%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.869%) CCA
10 2 (1.869%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (1.869%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (11.21%) SLA
3 5 (4.673%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.804%) BS7799
System Software
1 55 (51.40%) Active Directory
2 37 (34.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (23.36%) vSphere
4 19 (17.76%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (14.95%) VMware ESX
6 15 (14.02%) XenApp
7 9 (8.411%) Hyper-V
8 8 (7.477%) Terminal Services
9 5 (4.673%) XenDesktop
10 4 (3.738%) DFS Replication
11 2 (1.869%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.869%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.935%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 9 (8.411%) SCCM
2 6 (5.607%) SCOM
3 4 (3.738%) Backup Exec
3 4 (3.738%) MIMEsweeper
3 4 (3.738%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (3.738%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (2.804%) Tivoli
4 3 (2.804%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 3 (2.804%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.935%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.935%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.935%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 69 (64.49%) VMware
2 53 (49.53%) Microsoft
3 43 (40.19%) Citrix
4 42 (39.25%) HP
5 32 (29.91%) Cisco
6 28 (26.17%) IBM
7 11 (10.28%) Dell
8 9 (8.411%) Websense
9 8 (7.477%) Lotus
10 7 (6.542%) Symantec
11 6 (5.607%) CheckPoint
11 6 (5.607%) NetApp
12 4 (3.738%) F5
12 4 (3.738%) Avaya
13 3 (2.804%) SAP
13 3 (2.804%) McAfee
13 3 (2.804%) Capita
14 2 (1.869%) Mitel
15 1 (0.935%) Novell
15 1 (0.935%) Business Objects
Whitstable, South East
Reporting into CEB Infrastructure Management, the successful candidate will be expected to help ensure the smooth running of the IT Infrastructure throughout the company and assist with the...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Whitstable, South East
Reporting into CEB Infrastructure Management, the successful candidate will be expected to help ensure the smooth running of the IT Infrastructure throughout the company and assist with the...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Whitstable, Kent
Essential Experience/Skills: Microsoft Windows 2003 and/or 2008 Server qualifications... Strong Active Directory experience... Desired Experience/Skills: MCSE of MCTIP qualified... CCA qualified. Exposure to Windows Server...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
Systems Support Engineer (Microsoft 2003, 2008, Exchange 2007, 2010, Virtualisation, Networking) - This successful organisation is seeking to recruit an experienced Systems Engineer to provide 1st to 3rd line...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £40,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A global leading software solutions provider are hiring a strong Infrastructure / Systems Engineer with broad infrastructure skills covering Hyper-V, Windows, Networking, IIS and Security... This will involve: -...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Gym
Posted: 21 May 2013
Canterbury, Kent
You must have technical skills in Active Directory (Configuration/Group Policy), Windows Server 2003/2008 including installations, configuration and maintenance, Networking - DNS & DHCP. Any Exchange, Novell, VMWare, SAN...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £24,000 to £26,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Westerham, Kent
ADSL, with newer Technology such as fibre, bonded Ethernet and satellite... Current CCNA/CCNP certification. Demonstrable knowledge of Cisco switches and routers... Network and Equipment management: VLAN/VPN...
Onwave UK Ltd
Salary: £Neg
Posted: 13 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
PERSON SKILLS - proven track record of managing and supporting Microsoft solutions, including MS Server 2003/08R2, MS Exchange 2003-2010, Active Directory. - VMWare V-sphere experience... - any experience...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Kent
Network and Equipment management: VLAN/VPN configuration, access control, Firewalls and VPN, analysing networks, and core connectivity... Valid UK driver's license Windows Server 2003 & 2008; Exchange and/...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits, training
Posted: 24 May 2013
Maidstone, Kent
iPad, iPhone, HTC, Blackberry etc - AJAX , CSS, XML experience a plus - MAC OSX OS - Microsoft MCP/MCTS/MCSE qualifications preferable Useful Skills: - Experience with relational databases such as...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidstone, South East
iPad, iPhone, HTC, Blackberry, etc. - AJAX, CSS, XML experience a plus - MAC OSX OS - Microsoft MCP/MCTS/MCSE qualifications preferableTechnical Support Engineer Useful Skills: - Experience with relational databases...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, South East
SQL Server 2005/2008/R2 DBA work - help maintain 500 databases across 30 production and pre-production SQL servers located in remote co-location data centreso Monitoring backups,...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
clustering, replication, mirroring o Physical design, provisioning and monitoring, including iSCSI SANs o Security management - T-SQL optimization and development o Use of entire MS toolset to monitor,...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: £35,000 per annum circa
Posted: 24 May 2013