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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 36 28 26
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 11 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 3.502% 4.721% 6.926%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.25% 18.64% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 1
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +18.64%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
80 59 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 31.13% 25.32% 36.80%
Number of salaries quoted 48 39 42
Average salary £35,000 £33,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,250 £18,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,400 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -4 9 £47,500 +35.71%
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (66.67%) VMware
3 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 10 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (60.00%) vSphere
4 9 (60.00%) Computer Science
4 9 (60.00%) Network Security
4 9 (60.00%) SAN
4 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (60.00%) SharePoint
4 9 (60.00%) SQL
5 8 (53.33%) Oracle
6 6 (40.00%) Citrix
7 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
7 5 (33.33%) MS Office
7 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 5 (33.33%) HP
7 5 (33.33%) EMC
7 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 5 (33.33%) Validation
7 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (33.33%) EqualLogic
7 5 (33.33%) 3PAR
7 5 (33.33%) Lync
7 5 (33.33%) Office 365
7 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 (6.667%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (33.33%) Lync
3 4 (26.67%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 5 (33.33%) MS Office
1 5 (33.33%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) Network Security
1 9 (60.00%) SAN
2 4 (26.67%) LAN
2 4 (26.67%) WAN
3 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) GIS
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Technical Design Authority
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (33.33%) EqualLogic
3 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.667%) Thin Client
3 1 (6.667%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (33.33%) Validation
1 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (60.00%) vSphere
3 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 5 (33.33%) XenServer
3 5 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (66.67%) VMware
3 8 (53.33%) Oracle
4 6 (40.00%) Citrix
5 5 (33.33%) HP
5 5 (33.33%) EMC
5 5 (33.33%) 3PAR
6 2 (13.33%) ESRI
6 2 (13.33%) Business Objects