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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 31 42 34
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 13 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 3.514% 1.067% 1.946%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.54% 4.762% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 5
Average salary £41,250 £24,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+71.87% -46.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,557 £24,000 £34,700
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £24,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
96 84 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 25.95% 22.40% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80 77 43
Average salary £42,000 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.43% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,050 £30,000 £29,100
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £54,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Bedfordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (62.07%) VMware
4 16 (55.17%) Cisco
4 16 (55.17%) MS Excel
5 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
6 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 11 (37.93%) DHCP
7 11 (37.93%) TCP/IP
7 11 (37.93%) DNS
7 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
8 10 (34.48%) SAN
8 10 (34.48%) VMware ESX
8 10 (34.48%) MS Exchange
9 9 (31.03%) IIS
9 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
9 9 (31.03%) Problem Management
9 9 (31.03%) iSCSI
9 9 (31.03%) vSphere
10 8 (27.59%) SQL
10 8 (27.59%) LAN
10 8 (27.59%) WAN
11 7 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2005
12 6 (20.69%) MCITP
12 6 (20.69%) ITIL
12 6 (20.69%) CCNA
12 6 (20.69%) EMC
12 6 (20.69%) MCSE

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 Platforms
1 10 (34.48%) MS Exchange
2 9 (31.03%) IIS
3 4 (13.79%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (13.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (6.897%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 16 (55.17%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) DHCP
1 11 (37.93%) TCP/IP
1 11 (37.93%) DNS
2 10 (34.48%) SAN
3 9 (31.03%) iSCSI
4 8 (27.59%) LAN
4 8 (27.59%) WAN
5 4 (13.79%) Internet
5 4 (13.79%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (17.24%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 7
6 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 3 (10.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Administrator
2 7 (24.14%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Linux Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Server Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) DBA
4 4 (13.79%) SQL DBA
4 4 (13.79%) VMware Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Teradata DBA
6 2 (6.897%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (6.897%) Technical Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Server Administrator
6 2 (6.897%) Technology Manager
7 1 (3.448%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Wintel Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.448%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.448%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (17.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (17.24%) Linux
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (3.448%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Problem Management
2 7 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
4 5 (17.24%) Service Management
4 5 (17.24%) Change Management
5 4 (13.79%) Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Data Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (13.79%) Database Security
6 1 (3.448%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) Shell Script
3 4 (13.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (20.69%) MCITP
2 6 (20.69%) CCNA
2 6 (20.69%) MCSE
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
2 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.448%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (34.48%) VMware ESX
3 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
3 9 (31.03%) vSphere
4 4 (13.79%) VMware Server
5 2 (6.897%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.448%) XenApp
6 1 (3.448%) ISA Server
6 1 (3.448%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) VMware
2 16 (55.17%) Cisco
3 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
4 6 (20.69%) EMC
5 2 (6.897%) Postini
5 2 (6.897%) Citrix
6 1 (3.448%) HP
6 1 (3.448%) Websense