The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 39 51 49
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 20 29 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.141% 4.361% 3.983%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.53% 11.60% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11 28 15
Average salary £27,500 £37,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.67% +23.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £40,000 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
121 250 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 25.05% 37.59% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 102 230 99
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,300 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +11 11 £35,000 +6.01% 1
St Helens +5 3 £25,000 -22.48%
Southport - 3 £27,500 -
Windows Server 2003
North West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (77.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 28 (48.28%) Active Directory
4 26 (44.83%) Microsoft
4 26 (44.83%) IIS
5 24 (41.38%) SQL Server
6 23 (39.66%) MS Excel
6 23 (39.66%) VMware
7 22 (37.93%) MS Exchange
8 20 (34.48%) Finance
9 18 (31.03%) DNS
9 18 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
10 17 (29.31%) DHCP
10 17 (29.31%) Extranet
10 17 (29.31%) SQL
11 16 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2003
12 15 (25.86%) Apache
12 15 (25.86%) Tomcat
13 14 (24.14%) Intranet
13 14 (24.14%) Internet
14 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (20.69%) MCSE
14 12 (20.69%) JavaScript
15 11 (18.97%) Change Management
15 11 (18.97%) MCITP
15 11 (18.97%) ITIL
15 11 (18.97%) SOAP
15 11 (18.97%) Linux
16 10 (17.24%) WAN
17 9 (15.52%) Oracle

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 11 (18.97%) SOAP
2 8 (13.79%) XML
3 2 (3.448%) MAPI
3 2 (3.448%) Web Services
3 2 (3.448%) ASP
3 2 (3.448%) COM
Application Platforms
1 26 (44.83%) IIS
2 22 (37.93%) MS Exchange
3 16 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2003
4 15 (25.86%) Apache
4 15 (25.86%) Tomcat
5 9 (15.52%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (10.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (8.621%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (3.448%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (3.448%) SharePoint
9 1 (1.724%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (1.724%) Lync
9 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (39.66%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.621%) MS Office
3 3 (5.172%) Office 365
4 2 (3.448%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) DNS
2 17 (29.31%) DHCP
2 17 (29.31%) Extranet
3 14 (24.14%) Intranet
3 14 (24.14%) Internet
4 10 (17.24%) WAN
5 9 (15.52%) VPN
6 8 (13.79%) SAN
7 6 (10.34%) LAN
8 5 (8.621%) Firewall
9 4 (6.897%) TCP/IP
9 4 (6.897%) SSL
10 3 (5.172%) VoIP
11 2 (3.448%) SMTP
11 2 (3.448%) DMZ
11 2 (3.448%) VLAN
11 2 (3.448%) IMAP
11 2 (3.448%) Network Security
11 2 (3.448%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.724%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (41.38%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.34%) RDBMS
3 3 (5.172%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.172%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.448%) MySQL
4 2 (3.448%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.448%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (3.448%) MS Access
5 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 20 (34.48%) Finance
2 8 (13.79%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.448%) Banking
3 2 (3.448%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (46.55%) Analyst
2 19 (32.76%) Technical Analyst
3 12 (20.69%) Systems Analyst
4 8 (13.79%) Systems Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Administrator
6 6 (10.34%) Support Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.621%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (6.897%) Technical Support
8 4 (6.897%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (5.172%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (5.172%) Help Desk Manager
9 3 (5.172%) IT Manager
9 3 (5.172%) Network Administrator
9 3 (5.172%) Senior Technical Analyst
9 3 (5.172%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
10 2 (3.448%) IT Support
10 2 (3.448%) Senior IT Support
10 2 (3.448%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 2 (3.448%) Web Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.07%) Blackberry
2 7 (12.07%) Digital Media
3 3 (5.172%) Clustering
4 1 (1.724%) Celerra
4 1 (1.724%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.724%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.724%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.724%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (77.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (18.97%) Linux
4 8 (13.79%) Windows XP
4 8 (13.79%) UNIX
5 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (8.621%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (3.448%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.448%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.724%) Solaris
8 1 (1.724%) Debian
8 1 (1.724%) Fedora
8 1 (1.724%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) ITIL
1 11 (18.97%) Change Management
2 4 (6.897%) WAN Optimisation
3 3 (5.172%) Service Desk Management
3 3 (5.172%) Time Management
3 3 (5.172%) Migration
3 3 (5.172%) Project Management
3 3 (5.172%) Project Planning
4 2 (3.448%) Content Management
4 2 (3.448%) BCP
4 2 (3.448%) ITIL V3
5 1 (1.724%) High Availability
5 1 (1.724%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.724%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (1.724%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) SQL
2 12 (20.69%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.07%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.448%) PHP
5 1 (1.724%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) MCSE
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (18.97%) MCITP
3 8 (13.79%) Degree
3 8 (13.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (10.34%) MCSA
5 3 (5.172%) MCTS
6 2 (3.448%) CCNA
6 2 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.448%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.448%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.724%) HP AIS
7 1 (1.724%) HP ASE
7 1 (1.724%) HP MASE
7 1 (1.724%) VCDX
7 1 (1.724%) NCDA
7 1 (1.724%) NCIE
7 1 (1.724%) VCAP
7 1 (1.724%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.724%) QA
System Software
1 28 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 18 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.34%) VMware ESX
4 4 (6.897%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.897%) XenApp
5 3 (5.172%) vSphere
6 2 (3.448%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.448%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.448%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (3.448%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (1.724%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (6.897%) Backup Exec
1 4 (6.897%) WSUS
2 2 (3.448%) SCCM
3 1 (1.724%) SCOM
3 1 (1.724%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.724%) MOM
3 1 (1.724%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.724%) Nagios
Vendors
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 23 (39.66%) VMware
3 9 (15.52%) Cisco
3 9 (15.52%) Oracle
3 9 (15.52%) Citrix
4 6 (10.34%) Dell
5 4 (6.897%) NetApp
5 4 (6.897%) Symantec
5 4 (6.897%) WatchGuard
5 4 (6.897%) SonicWALL
5 4 (6.897%) Exinda
6 3 (5.172%) Apple
7 2 (3.448%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.448%) Open Text
7 2 (3.448%) Google
7 2 (3.448%) Vignette
7 2 (3.448%) HP
7 2 (3.448%) Kaseya
7 2 (3.448%) Draytek
7 2 (3.448%) NETGEAR