The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 40 40 40
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 16 13 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 4.103% 2.808% 4.375%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% 13.27% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 21
Average salary £30,500 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.15% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,600 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
96 98 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 24.62% 21.17% 24.79%
Number of salaries quoted 89 91 113
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Northamptonshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton 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 Northampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Northampton Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (64.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (64.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 24 (61.54%) VMware
4 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
5 19 (48.72%) MS Exchange
5 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
6 17 (43.59%) MS Office
7 15 (38.46%) MCP
7 15 (38.46%) SAN
7 15 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2010
8 13 (33.33%) MCSE
9 12 (30.77%) Cisco
9 12 (30.77%) Citrix
10 11 (28.21%) MCITP
10 11 (28.21%) Degree
11 10 (25.64%) IP Telephony
11 10 (25.64%) Linux
11 10 (25.64%) ITIL
12 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
12 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (20.51%) CCNA
12 8 (20.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
12 8 (20.51%) NAS
12 8 (20.51%) Windows 7
13 7 (17.95%) SQL
14 6 (15.38%) Windows XP
14 6 (15.38%) Firewall
15 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 1 (2.564%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 19 (48.72%) MS Exchange
2 15 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (43.59%) MS Office
2 5 (12.82%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) SAN
2 10 (25.64%) IP Telephony
3 8 (20.51%) NAS
4 6 (15.38%) Firewall
5 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
6 3 (7.692%) Wireless
6 3 (7.692%) LAN
6 3 (7.692%) WAN
7 2 (5.128%) MPLS
7 2 (5.128%) VoIP
7 2 (5.128%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.564%) DHCP
8 1 (2.564%) VPN
8 1 (2.564%) DNS
8 1 (2.564%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (10.26%) DTS
3 4 (10.26%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (5.128%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.564%) OLTP
6 1 (2.564%) VLDB
6 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (2.564%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Analyst
2 8 (20.51%) Administrator
3 7 (17.95%) Server Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Service Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (12.82%) DBA
5 5 (12.82%) Support Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Support Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (10.26%) SQL DBA
7 3 (7.692%) Network Administrator
7 3 (7.692%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (7.692%) Teradata DBA
7 3 (7.692%) Software Analyst
7 3 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (5.128%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.692%) Clustering
2 2 (5.128%) Firmware
2 2 (5.128%) Replication
3 1 (2.564%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (64.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (25.64%) Linux
4 8 (20.51%) Windows 7
5 6 (15.38%) Windows XP
6 4 (10.26%) Windows Vista
7 2 (5.128%) UNIX
7 2 (5.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (2.564%) Fedora
8 1 (2.564%) Debian
8 1 (2.564%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (2.564%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) ITIL
2 3 (7.692%) Database Security
3 2 (5.128%) PRINCE
3 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2
3 2 (5.128%) Resource Management
3 2 (5.128%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (5.128%) Security Management
3 2 (5.128%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.564%) Network Management
4 1 (2.564%) Performance Management
4 1 (2.564%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) SQL
2 3 (7.692%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.564%) VB
3 1 (2.564%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (64.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (38.46%) MCP
3 13 (33.33%) MCSE
4 11 (28.21%) MCITP
4 11 (28.21%) Degree
5 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (20.51%) CCNA
5 8 (20.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
6 4 (10.26%) MCSA
6 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (2.564%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.692%) VMware ESX
4 2 (5.128%) ISA Server
4 2 (5.128%) XenApp
5 1 (2.564%) Samba
5 1 (2.564%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.564%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.564%) vSphere
5 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) SCCM
2 1 (2.564%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (61.54%) VMware
2 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
3 12 (30.77%) Cisco
3 12 (30.77%) Citrix
4 3 (7.692%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.692%) Dell
5 2 (5.128%) F5
5 2 (5.128%) HP
5 2 (5.128%) CommVault
5 2 (5.128%) NetApp
5 2 (5.128%) Red Hat
5 2 (5.128%) ProCurve
6 1 (2.564%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.564%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.564%) Webroot
6 1 (2.564%) Juniper
6 1 (2.564%) Nokia
6 1 (2.564%) EMC
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