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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 22 16 14
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 4 9 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 3.125% 7.759% 7.477%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% 29.03% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 8
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +38.21%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Newport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 31 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 17.19% 26.72% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 17
Average salary £32,500 £37,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.16% +8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £20,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South Wales

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
3 10 (76.92%) SQL
4 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
4 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (53.85%) MCITP
5 6 (46.15%) VMware
5 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
5 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
6 5 (38.46%) MS Office
6 5 (38.46%) Project Management
6 5 (38.46%) Information Security
7 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
7 4 (30.77%) Red Gate
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (30.77%) MCDBA
7 4 (30.77%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (30.77%) MySQL
7 4 (30.77%) Oracle
7 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2012
8 3 (23.08%) IIS
8 3 (23.08%) CCNA
8 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 2 (15.38%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) IIS
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
2 5 (38.46%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) IP Telephony
2 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2000
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (30.77%) MySQL
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) DBA
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Senior DBA
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Administrator
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Programmer
5 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) SQL DBA
6 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (7.692%) Network Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Senior SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.692%) Linux
4 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
1 5 (38.46%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
3 2 (15.38%) VB6
3 2 (15.38%) VB
3 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) MCITP
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (30.77%) MCDBA
3 3 (23.08%) CCNA
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
1 1 (7.692%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) Red Gate
3 4 (30.77%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) WatchGuard
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) HP