The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 53 62 66
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 29 6 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 2.799% 0.940% 1.519%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.36% 4.286% 6.742%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 10
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +63.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,250 £37,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
217 140 178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 20.95% 21.94% 22.53%
Number of salaries quoted 191 109 159
Average salary £43,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,950 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
Oxfordshire

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Oxford Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Oxford region.

Oxford Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003.

1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (96.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (52.63%) VMware
4 28 (49.12%) MS Exchange
4 28 (49.12%) Active Directory
5 23 (40.35%) TCP/IP
6 22 (38.60%) SAN
6 22 (38.60%) Exchange Server 2007
7 21 (36.84%) Citrix
8 20 (35.09%) Microsoft
9 19 (33.33%) Windows XP
10 17 (29.82%) SQL
11 15 (26.32%) ITIL
11 15 (26.32%) DHCP
11 15 (26.32%) DNS
11 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (26.32%) Firewall
12 14 (24.56%) Windows 7
13 13 (22.81%) vSphere
14 11 (19.30%) Backup Exec
14 11 (19.30%) MCITP
15 10 (17.54%) Hyper-V
15 10 (17.54%) Cisco
16 9 (15.79%) Project Management
16 9 (15.79%) VPN
16 9 (15.79%) SQL Server
16 9 (15.79%) IIS
16 9 (15.79%) SCCM
17 8 (14.04%) SQL Server 2005
17 8 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 28 (49.12%) MS Exchange
2 22 (38.60%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (15.79%) IIS
4 7 (12.28%) Lync
5 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (8.772%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (7.018%) Lotus Domino
8 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.772%) MS Office
2 3 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (14.04%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (40.35%) TCP/IP
2 22 (38.60%) SAN
3 15 (26.32%) DHCP
3 15 (26.32%) DNS
3 15 (26.32%) Firewall
4 9 (15.79%) VPN
5 7 (12.28%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (5.263%) LAN
6 3 (5.263%) VLAN
7 2 (3.509%) VoIP
7 2 (3.509%) MPLS
8 1 (1.754%) Internet
8 1 (1.754%) NAS
8 1 (1.754%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.04%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (14.04%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (10.53%) Finance
2 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (17.54%) Support Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Server Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Consultant
3 7 (12.28%) Analyst
3 7 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Senior Server Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (8.772%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (8.772%) Technical Consultant
5 5 (8.772%) Support Analyst
6 4 (7.018%) CRM Systems Analyst
6 4 (7.018%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 4 (7.018%) Systems Support Analyst
6 4 (7.018%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (7.018%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (7.018%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (7.018%) Systems Support
7 3 (5.263%) Support Consultant
7 3 (5.263%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) AS400
2 4 (7.018%) iSeries
3 3 (5.263%) Blackberry
3 3 (5.263%) Clustering
3 3 (5.263%) EqualLogic
4 2 (3.509%) Replication
4 2 (3.509%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.754%) Celerra
5 1 (1.754%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.754%) CLARiiON
5 1 (1.754%) IaaS
5 1 (1.754%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (96.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 14 (24.56%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.509%) UNIX
6 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) ITIL
2 9 (15.79%) Project Management
3 8 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (14.04%) Volume Testing
3 8 (14.04%) ERP
4 7 (12.28%) Capacity Planning
5 6 (10.53%) E-Commerce
6 5 (8.772%) CRM
6 5 (8.772%) Information Security
7 4 (7.018%) Demand Management
7 4 (7.018%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (5.263%) Change Management
9 2 (3.509%) Business Continuity
9 2 (3.509%) Software Engineering
9 2 (3.509%) Network Load Balancing
9 2 (3.509%) PRINCE2
9 2 (3.509%) Configuration Management
9 2 (3.509%) BCP
10 1 (1.754%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) SQL
2 8 (14.04%) C
3 4 (7.018%) RPG
4 1 (1.754%) VB
4 1 (1.754%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) MCITP
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.28%) MCP
2 7 (12.28%) Degree
3 6 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 6 (10.53%) MCSE
3 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.018%) CCNP
4 4 (7.018%) CCNA
5 2 (3.509%) VCAP
5 2 (3.509%) MCTS
6 1 (1.754%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.754%) MCSA
6 1 (1.754%) VCP5
6 1 (1.754%) VCP4
6 1 (1.754%) CCEE
6 1 (1.754%) CCAA
6 1 (1.754%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (49.12%) Active Directory
2 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (22.81%) vSphere
4 10 (17.54%) Hyper-V
5 6 (10.53%) XenApp
6 5 (8.772%) XenServer
7 4 (7.018%) Postfix
8 3 (5.263%) Terminal Services
8 3 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (3.509%) XenDesktop
9 2 (3.509%) VMware ESX
10 1 (1.754%) VMware Server
10 1 (1.754%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) Backup Exec
2 9 (15.79%) SCCM
3 1 (1.754%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 30 (52.63%) VMware
2 21 (36.84%) Citrix
3 20 (35.09%) Microsoft
4 10 (17.54%) Cisco
5 8 (14.04%) NetApp
6 7 (12.28%) Avaya
7 6 (10.53%) Barracuda Networks
8 5 (8.772%) EMC
9 4 (7.018%) Veeam
9 4 (7.018%) Brocade
9 4 (7.018%) Cognos
9 4 (7.018%) Lotus
10 3 (5.263%) HP
10 3 (5.263%) Dell
11 2 (3.509%) Huawei
11 2 (3.509%) WatchGuard
11 2 (3.509%) Apple
12 1 (1.754%) Sophos
12 1 (1.754%) Symantec