The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 17 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 31 31 59
Rank change year-on-year
0 +28
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 25 55 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 5.605% 8.160% 2.790%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.33% 21.83% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 16 49 8
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
123 252 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 27.58% 37.39% 25.54%
Number of salaries quoted 96 228 102
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
North West

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 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
Liverpool -2 20 £37,500 -
Southport - 2 £30,000 -
Windows Server 2008
North West

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 74 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (74.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 38 (51.35%) Microsoft
4 37 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 36 (48.65%) VMware
6 30 (40.54%) VMware Infrastructure
7 27 (36.49%) MS Excel
8 26 (35.14%) SQL Server
9 25 (33.78%) MS Exchange
10 23 (31.08%) IIS
11 20 (27.03%) SQL
12 19 (25.68%) ITIL
13 18 (24.32%) Citrix
14 17 (22.97%) Extranet
15 16 (21.62%) Degree
16 15 (20.27%) Exchange Server 2003
16 15 (20.27%) Exchange Server 2010
16 15 (20.27%) SAN
16 15 (20.27%) Apache
16 15 (20.27%) Tomcat
16 15 (20.27%) Finance
17 14 (18.92%) Intranet
17 14 (18.92%) Internet
17 14 (18.92%) XenApp
18 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Certification
18 13 (17.57%) Linux
19 12 (16.22%) VMware ESX
19 12 (16.22%) DHCP
19 12 (16.22%) Blackberry
19 12 (16.22%) DNS

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 11 (14.86%) SOAP
2 10 (13.51%) Web Services
3 9 (12.16%) XML
4 3 (4.054%) EDI
5 2 (2.703%) WCF
5 2 (2.703%) .NET
5 2 (2.703%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 25 (33.78%) MS Exchange
2 23 (31.08%) IIS
3 15 (20.27%) Apache
3 15 (20.27%) Tomcat
3 15 (20.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 15 (20.27%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (13.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.703%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (2.703%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.351%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (1.351%) Lync
7 1 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 27 (36.49%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.405%) MS Office
3 1 (1.351%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.351%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.97%) Extranet
2 15 (20.27%) SAN
3 14 (18.92%) Intranet
3 14 (18.92%) Internet
4 12 (16.22%) DHCP
4 12 (16.22%) DNS
5 9 (12.16%) Firewall
5 9 (12.16%) WAN
6 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
7 7 (9.459%) VPN
8 5 (6.757%) LAN
9 4 (5.405%) SSL
10 3 (4.054%) FTP
11 2 (2.703%) VLAN
11 2 (2.703%) Network Security
12 1 (1.351%) iSCSI
12 1 (1.351%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.351%) IP Telephony
12 1 (1.351%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (35.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.81%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.703%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (2.703%) Git (software)
General
1 15 (20.27%) Finance
2 5 (6.757%) Law
3 4 (5.405%) Legal
4 2 (2.703%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.703%) Banking
4 2 (2.703%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.351%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (39.19%) Analyst
2 20 (27.03%) Technical Analyst
3 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (16.22%) Systems Analyst
5 10 (13.51%) Administrator
6 5 (6.757%) Consultant
6 5 (6.757%) Support Analyst
6 5 (6.757%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (5.405%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (5.405%) Network Administrator
8 3 (4.054%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.054%) Technical Consultant
8 3 (4.054%) Technical Support
8 3 (4.054%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.054%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.054%) Help Desk Manager
8 3 (4.054%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
9 2 (2.703%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
9 2 (2.703%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 2 (2.703%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) Blackberry
2 9 (12.16%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.054%) Clustering
3 3 (4.054%) iPhone
4 2 (2.703%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.351%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.351%) CLARiiON
5 1 (1.351%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.351%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.351%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.351%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 74 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (74.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (17.57%) Linux
4 9 (12.16%) UNIX
5 8 (10.81%) Windows 7
6 7 (9.459%) Windows XP
7 5 (6.757%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (4.054%) Android
9 1 (1.351%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (1.351%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.351%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.68%) ITIL
2 11 (14.86%) Change Management
3 9 (12.16%) ITIL V3
4 7 (9.459%) Change Control
5 5 (6.757%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (5.405%) WAN Optimisation
7 3 (4.054%) Service Desk Management
7 3 (4.054%) Project Planning
7 3 (4.054%) Project Management
7 3 (4.054%) Migration
8 2 (2.703%) Content Management
8 2 (2.703%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.703%) BCP
9 1 (1.351%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.351%) Identity Management
9 1 (1.351%) Investment Management
9 1 (1.351%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.351%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.351%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.03%) SQL
2 10 (13.51%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.054%) ActionScript
3 3 (4.054%) ActionScript 2.0
4 2 (2.703%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Degree
2 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (16.22%) MCITP
4 9 (12.16%) MCSE
5 8 (10.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (9.459%) MCTS
7 3 (4.054%) MCSA
8 2 (2.703%) CCNA
8 2 (2.703%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.703%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (2.703%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.703%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.703%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.703%) MCP
9 1 (1.351%) HP AIS
9 1 (1.351%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.351%) HP MASE
9 1 (1.351%) VCDX
9 1 (1.351%) NCDA
9 1 (1.351%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.51%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 30 (40.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (18.92%) XenApp
4 12 (16.22%) VMware ESX
5 10 (13.51%) Hyper-V
5 10 (13.51%) vSphere
6 9 (12.16%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 5 (6.757%) XenDesktop
8 3 (4.054%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (2.703%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.351%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (8.108%) SCCM
2 5 (6.757%) SCOM
2 5 (6.757%) SCVMM
2 5 (6.757%) Backup Exec
2 5 (6.757%) WSUS
3 1 (1.351%) MOM
3 1 (1.351%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 38 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 36 (48.65%) VMware
3 18 (24.32%) Citrix
4 9 (12.16%) Cisco
5 6 (8.108%) Dell
6 5 (6.757%) Symantec
7 4 (5.405%) WatchGuard
7 4 (5.405%) SonicWALL
7 4 (5.405%) Exinda
8 3 (4.054%) NetApp
8 3 (4.054%) HP
9 2 (2.703%) Vignette
9 2 (2.703%) Open Text
10 1 (1.351%) EMC
10 1 (1.351%) Oracle
10 1 (1.351%) Siemens
10 1 (1.351%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.351%) Apple
Liverpool, Merseyside
Systems Engineer - Liverpool - Windows, Server, SQL Server, Exchange, Active Directory, VMWare - £25,000 - £30,000... To be successful for the role you must be a Systems Engineer with...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Specific areas of responsibility will include managing case resolutions, assisting with new solutions deployments, and general network administration & troubleshooting.Essential technical knowledge and experience required of the IT...
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Salary: £18k - 25k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Merseyside
Key Words: Infrastructure Analyst, Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure, Network Administrator, Network Support, 3rd Line Support, 2nd Line Support, Infrastructure Support, IT Support, Service Desk Analyst, IT Technician, Windows Server...
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Posted: 14 May 2013