The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 47 38 35
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 12 17 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.454% 3.680% 3.085%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.276% 15.74% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 12
Average salary £24,000 £26,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £27,550
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £33,800 £33,850
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
145 108 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 29.65% 23.38% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 132 81 75
Average salary £35,000 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.80% -12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £37,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Tyne and Wear

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (64.29%) MS Excel
2 18 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (60.71%) Microsoft
4 16 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 16 (57.14%) MS Exchange
5 12 (42.86%) TCP/IP
6 11 (39.29%) DNS
6 11 (39.29%) DHCP
6 11 (39.29%) SAN
7 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (35.71%) SQL Server
7 10 (35.71%) VMware
7 10 (35.71%) VMware ESX
7 10 (35.71%) Degree
7 10 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (32.14%) MCSE
9 8 (28.57%) Linux
9 8 (28.57%) MS Office
9 8 (28.57%) SLA
9 8 (28.57%) Cisco
9 8 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
9 8 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
10 7 (25.00%) NAS
10 7 (25.00%) Blackberry
10 7 (25.00%) C
10 7 (25.00%) UNIX
10 7 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
10 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (21.43%) .NET

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 6 (21.43%) .NET
2 4 (14.29%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
3 3 (10.71%) Web Services
3 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.571%) Node.js
4 1 (3.571%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (3.571%) CSS
4 1 (3.571%) XML
4 1 (3.571%) XSD
4 1 (3.571%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 16 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 8 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 4 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (10.71%) IIS
6 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (7.143%) Windows Azure
6 2 (7.143%) Lync
7 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (3.571%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (3.571%) nginx
7 1 (3.571%) Apache
7 1 (3.571%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 18 (64.29%) MS Excel
2 8 (28.57%) MS Office
3 1 (3.571%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (10.71%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 11 (39.29%) DNS
2 11 (39.29%) DHCP
2 11 (39.29%) SAN
3 7 (25.00%) NAS
4 6 (21.43%) iSCSI
5 4 (14.29%) SMTP
5 4 (14.29%) VLAN
5 4 (14.29%) Firewall
6 3 (10.71%) LAN
6 3 (10.71%) WAN
7 2 (7.143%) MPLS
7 2 (7.143%) DSL
7 2 (7.143%) Internet
7 2 (7.143%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.571%) MSTest
2 1 (3.571%) NUnit
General
1 5 (17.86%) German Language
2 4 (14.29%) Italian Language
2 4 (14.29%) French Language
3 1 (3.571%) Games
3 1 (3.571%) Automotive
3 1 (3.571%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Network Support
2 4 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) IT Support
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Support
4 2 (7.143%) Desktop Support
4 2 (7.143%) Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) Team Leader
4 2 (7.143%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 1 (3.571%) Junior IT Support
5 1 (3.571%) Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (3.571%) Network Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (14.29%) Replication
3 1 (3.571%) SaaS
3 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.571%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.571%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (28.57%) Linux
4 7 (25.00%) UNIX
4 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 4 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 4 (14.29%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.571%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.571%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (10.71%) ITIL
2 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
2 3 (10.71%) CRM
3 2 (7.143%) ETL
3 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
3 2 (7.143%) Scrum
4 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.571%) Capacity Management
4 1 (3.571%) Build Automation
4 1 (3.571%) Software Deployment
4 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (3.571%) Service Management
4 1 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.571%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.571%) Data Protection
4 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
4 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.571%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) C
2 5 (17.86%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) Ruby
3 1 (3.571%) C#
3 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 9 (32.14%) MCSE
3 6 (21.43%) MCDST
4 5 (17.86%) MCSA
5 4 (14.29%) MCP
5 4 (14.29%) CCNA
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (7.143%) MCITP
6 2 (7.143%) CCENT
6 2 (7.143%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (3.571%) MCTS
7 1 (3.571%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 10 (35.71%) VMware ESX
2 10 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (21.43%) NFS
3 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
4 4 (14.29%) ISA Server
4 4 (14.29%) Forefront TMG
4 4 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Backup Exec
2 2 (7.143%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (35.71%) VMware
3 8 (28.57%) Cisco
4 6 (21.43%) Symantec
5 4 (14.29%) Sophos
6 1 (3.571%) Mitel
6 1 (3.571%) Lotus
6 1 (3.571%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.571%) Remedy
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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Salary: £25000 - £29000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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