The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 103 50 69
Rank change year-on-year
-53 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 95 175 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 2.320% 4.829% 2.883%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.188% 17.73% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 67 142 111
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,450 £22,750 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1034 987 820
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.25% 27.24% 20.74%
Number of salaries quoted 911 837 760
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £44,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
North West

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Manchester region.

Manchester Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the Manchester 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
Stockport -12 5 £25,000 -23.07%
Bolton -5 4 £25,000 -35.48%
Sale - 4 - -
Wigan +6 3 £36,000 +30.90%
Rochdale +6 2 £23,500 -21.66%
Bury +6 1 £24,500 -34.66%
Salford +1 1 - -
Oldham -3 1 £22,500 -22.41%
Windows Server 2003
North West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003.

1 201 (100.00%) Windows
2 159 (79.10%) Windows Server 2008
3 127 (63.18%) Active Directory
4 118 (58.71%) Microsoft
5 99 (49.25%) MS Exchange
6 96 (47.76%) VMware
7 70 (34.83%) DNS
7 70 (34.83%) ITIL
8 67 (33.33%) MS Excel
9 64 (31.84%) Exchange Server 2010
10 61 (30.35%) VMware Infrastructure
10 61 (30.35%) Windows XP
11 55 (27.36%) SQL Server
12 52 (25.87%) Linux
13 51 (25.37%) Cisco
14 50 (24.88%) Citrix
15 49 (24.38%) DHCP
16 48 (23.88%) SQL
17 45 (22.39%) SAN
18 44 (21.89%) Firewall
19 39 (19.40%) Exchange Server 2003
20 38 (18.91%) Microsoft Certification
21 36 (17.91%) WAN
22 34 (16.92%) IIS
23 32 (15.92%) SCCM
24 31 (15.42%) NetApp
25 29 (14.43%) LAN
26 28 (13.93%) TCP/IP
26 28 (13.93%) MS Office
26 28 (13.93%) vSphere

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (8.458%) Web Services
2 11 (5.473%) .NET
3 5 (2.488%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.990%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.498%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.498%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 99 (49.25%) MS Exchange
2 64 (31.84%) Exchange Server 2010
3 39 (19.40%) Exchange Server 2003
4 34 (16.92%) IIS
5 20 (9.950%) Apache
5 20 (9.950%) SharePoint
6 14 (6.965%) Exchange Server 2007
7 13 (6.468%) SharePoint 2010
7 13 (6.468%) Lync
8 10 (4.975%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.488%) Exchange Server 2000
10 4 (1.990%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.995%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.498%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.498%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.498%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.498%) Lotus Notes
12 1 (0.498%) WebLogic
Applications
1 67 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 28 (13.93%) MS Office
3 3 (1.493%) Office 365
3 3 (1.493%) MS Project
4 2 (0.995%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 6 (2.985%) assyst
2 4 (1.990%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.498%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 70 (34.83%) DNS
2 49 (24.38%) DHCP
3 45 (22.39%) SAN
4 44 (21.89%) Firewall
5 36 (17.91%) WAN
6 29 (14.43%) LAN
7 28 (13.93%) TCP/IP
8 25 (12.44%) VoIP
9 18 (8.955%) VPN
10 14 (6.965%) NAS
11 12 (5.970%) MPLS
12 11 (5.473%) iSCSI
13 10 (4.975%) SSH
13 10 (4.975%) Network Security
13 10 (4.975%) Fibre Channel
14 8 (3.980%) DSL
14 8 (3.980%) Internet
15 7 (3.483%) WLAN
16 6 (2.985%) TACACS
16 6 (2.985%) MRTG
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (27.36%) SQL Server
2 26 (12.94%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (8.955%) SQL Server 2000
4 16 (7.960%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (4.975%) MySQL
6 8 (3.980%) Oracle 8/8i
6 8 (3.980%) SQL Server 2012
7 7 (3.483%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (2.985%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (2.985%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.488%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.990%) OLTP
10 4 (1.990%) DTS
11 2 (0.995%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.995%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.498%) QlikView
12 1 (0.498%) Oracle 11g
12 1 (0.498%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 6 (2.985%) Subversion
2 3 (1.493%) MSI
General
1 25 (12.44%) Finance
2 14 (6.965%) Telecoms
3 9 (4.478%) Advertising
4 6 (2.985%) Billing
5 5 (2.488%) Law
6 3 (1.493%) Local Government
6 3 (1.493%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.995%) French Language
8 1 (0.498%) Publishing
8 1 (0.498%) Banking
8 1 (0.498%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (13.93%) Administrator
3 27 (13.43%) Analyst
4 19 (9.453%) DBA
5 18 (8.955%) Support Engineer
5 18 (8.955%) SQL DBA
6 15 (7.463%) Systems Administrator
7 13 (6.468%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 13 (6.468%) Linux Administrator
8 12 (5.970%) Team Leader
8 12 (5.970%) Support Analyst
8 12 (5.970%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (4.975%) SQL Server DBA
10 9 (4.478%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.483%) IT Support
11 7 (3.483%) Architect
11 7 (3.483%) 3rd Line Support
11 7 (3.483%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (3.483%) Service Manager
11 7 (3.483%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.458%) Clustering
2 7 (3.483%) Replication
3 5 (2.488%) SWIFT
3 5 (2.488%) Blackberry
4 4 (1.990%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.493%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.498%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.498%) PDA
6 1 (0.498%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.498%) iPhone
6 1 (0.498%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.498%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.498%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.498%) Visualisation
6 1 (0.498%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.498%) IVR
6 1 (0.498%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 201 (100.00%) Windows
2 159 (79.10%) Windows Server 2008
3 61 (30.35%) Windows XP
4 52 (25.87%) Linux
5 27 (13.43%) Windows 7
6 20 (9.950%) UNIX
7 17 (8.458%) Windows Vista
8 16 (7.960%) Solaris
9 10 (4.975%) Windows 2000
10 8 (3.980%) SUSE
11 7 (3.483%) Windows 2000 Server
11 7 (3.483%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (3.483%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (3.483%) AIX
12 4 (1.990%) Debian
12 4 (1.990%) Windows NT
13 3 (1.493%) Windows Mobile
13 3 (1.493%) Windows XP Embedded
14 2 (0.995%) Fedora
14 2 (0.995%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (34.83%) ITIL
2 20 (9.950%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (8.458%) Incident Management
4 15 (7.463%) E-Commerce
5 13 (6.468%) High Availability
5 13 (6.468%) Problem Management
6 12 (5.970%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (5.473%) Time Management
7 11 (5.473%) Project Management
7 11 (5.473%) Service Delivery
8 10 (4.975%) B2C
9 9 (4.478%) Change Control
9 9 (4.478%) Capacity Management
9 9 (4.478%) PRINCE2
9 9 (4.478%) Service Management
9 9 (4.478%) Change Management
10 8 (3.980%) Migration
10 8 (3.980%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (3.483%) Performance Management
11 7 (3.483%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.88%) SQL
2 19 (9.453%) Perl
2 19 (9.453%) PHP
3 14 (6.965%) VB
3 14 (6.965%) Bash shell
4 13 (6.468%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.468%) Python
5 7 (3.483%) T-SQL
5 7 (3.483%) VBScript
6 6 (2.985%) C
6 6 (2.985%) C++
7 2 (0.995%) C#
7 2 (0.995%) VC++
8 1 (0.498%) Progress 4GL
8 1 (0.498%) Java
8 1 (0.498%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.498%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 38 (18.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (12.94%) MCSE
3 24 (11.94%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (11.44%) CCNA
5 17 (8.458%) ITIL Certification
6 16 (7.960%) MCITP
7 14 (6.965%) MCP
8 13 (6.468%) MCSA
9 10 (4.975%) RHCT
9 10 (4.975%) RHCE
10 8 (3.980%) Degree
11 7 (3.483%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (2.488%) CCA
13 4 (1.990%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (1.990%) A+ Certification
13 4 (1.990%) CCEA
13 4 (1.990%) CCIE
13 4 (1.990%) CCNP
13 4 (1.990%) Security Cleared
13 4 (1.990%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.453%) SLA
2 6 (2.985%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.990%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.493%) BS7799
System Software
1 127 (63.18%) Active Directory
2 61 (30.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (13.93%) vSphere
4 25 (12.44%) Hyper-V
5 22 (10.95%) XenApp
6 12 (5.970%) XenDesktop
7 11 (5.473%) NFS
8 10 (4.975%) XenServer
8 10 (4.975%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (2.985%) SpamAssassin
9 6 (2.985%) FreeRADIUS
9 6 (2.985%) Sendmail
10 5 (2.488%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 5 (2.488%) VMware Server
11 4 (1.990%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (1.990%) MetaFrame
11 4 (1.990%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (1.493%) VMware ESX
12 3 (1.493%) Samba
13 2 (0.995%) IAG
Systems Management
1 32 (15.92%) SCCM
2 24 (11.94%) SCOM
3 13 (6.468%) WSUS
4 8 (3.980%) Nagios
4 8 (3.980%) SolarWinds Orion
4 8 (3.980%) McAfee ePO
5 7 (3.483%) NetBackup
6 6 (2.985%) OpenView
6 6 (2.985%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 6 (2.985%) Cacti
7 5 (2.488%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 5 (2.488%) MOM
7 5 (2.488%) Tivoli
8 4 (1.990%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.995%) ZENworks
9 2 (0.995%) Novell Identity Manager
10 1 (0.498%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.498%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.498%) MAILsweeper
10 1 (0.498%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 118 (58.71%) Microsoft
2 96 (47.76%) VMware
3 51 (25.37%) Cisco
4 50 (24.88%) Citrix
5 31 (15.42%) NetApp
6 18 (8.955%) HP
6 18 (8.955%) Oracle
7 16 (7.960%) Symantec
8 12 (5.970%) Red Hat
9 9 (4.478%) SolarWinds
9 9 (4.478%) McAfee
10 7 (3.483%) Juniper
10 7 (3.483%) Sophos
11 6 (2.985%) Dell
11 6 (2.985%) IBM
11 6 (2.985%) CheckPoint
11 6 (2.985%) WatchGuard
12 5 (2.488%) Veeam
12 5 (2.488%) EMC
12 5 (2.488%) Avaya
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