The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 21 15 17
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 13 6 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 6.701% 5.000% 7.937%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.88% 23.08% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 10
Average salary £28,500 £37,500 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% +30.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £37,500 £26,850
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £39,000 £37,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
77 26 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 39.69% 21.67% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 48 23 21
Average salary £28,500 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £30,000 £21,150
10% offered a salary of more than £32,750 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

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 Lincolnshire 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
Grantham - 5 £32,500 -
Lincoln +1 4 £28,500 -24.00%
Scunthorpe - 3 £27,250 -
Sleaford - 2 £28,500 -
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) MS Exchange
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
4 12 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (45.45%) VMware
6 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
6 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
7 8 (36.36%) HP
7 8 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
8 7 (31.82%) Citrix
8 7 (31.82%) VoIP
8 7 (31.82%) VMware ESX
9 6 (27.27%) Firewall
9 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
9 6 (27.27%) VPN
9 6 (27.27%) Linux
9 6 (27.27%) ProCurve
10 5 (22.73%) Open Source
10 5 (22.73%) Software Deployment
10 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
10 5 (22.73%) Red Hat
10 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (18.18%) Symantec
11 4 (18.18%) LAN
11 4 (18.18%) XenApp
12 3 (13.64%) Time Management
12 3 (13.64%) PowerShell

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 1 (4.545%) Ajax
1 1 (4.545%) WCF
1 1 (4.545%) jQuery
1 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET 2.0
1 1 (4.545%) XHTML
1 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.545%) CSS
1 1 (4.545%) Web Services
1 1 (4.545%) XML
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 18 (81.82%) MS Exchange
2 12 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (4.545%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) VoIP
2 6 (27.27%) Firewall
2 6 (27.27%) VPN
3 4 (18.18%) LAN
4 3 (13.64%) SMTP
5 2 (9.091%) SSL
6 1 (4.545%) DHCP
6 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.545%) DNS
6 1 (4.545%) SMS
6 1 (4.545%) WAN
6 1 (4.545%) SAN
6 1 (4.545%) Intranet
6 1 (4.545%) Internet
6 1 (4.545%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Field Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Server Specialist
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (9.091%) Installations Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Technician
5 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (4.545%) IT Support
5 1 (4.545%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Open Source
2 1 (4.545%) SaaS
2 1 (4.545%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
4 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 6 (27.27%) Linux
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.545%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.545%) Android
6 1 (4.545%) CentOS
6 1 (4.545%) Ubuntu
6 1 (4.545%) Mandriva Linux
6 1 (4.545%) Fedora
6 1 (4.545%) SUSE
6 1 (4.545%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Software Deployment
2 3 (13.64%) Time Management
2 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (9.091%) ITIL
4 1 (4.545%) Change Control
4 1 (4.545%) Network Management
4 1 (4.545%) OOD
4 1 (4.545%) OO
4 1 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.545%) C#
2 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.545%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.64%) MCSE
3 1 (4.545%) CCNA
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.545%) MCSA
3 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 8 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (31.82%) VMware ESX
4 4 (18.18%) XenApp
5 2 (9.091%) vSphere
6 1 (4.545%) Hyper-V
6 1 (4.545%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (4.545%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) WSUS
2 2 (9.091%) Backup Exec
3 1 (4.545%) SCCM
3 1 (4.545%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 10 (45.45%) VMware
3 8 (36.36%) HP
4 7 (31.82%) Citrix
5 6 (27.27%) ProCurve
6 5 (22.73%) Red Hat
7 4 (18.18%) Symantec
8 2 (9.091%) Sophos
8 2 (9.091%) Cisco
9 1 (4.545%) Twitter
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
2nd Line Support, IT Technician - Urgent - Gainsborough, Lincoln, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire - Windows XP / 7, Exchange 2010, Active Directory, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, Networking, Backup Exec, ARCserve, ITIL - £22,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013