The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 40 53 69
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 43 15 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 4.232% 2.199% 1.506%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.63% 10.95% 6.701%
Number of salaries quoted 41 13 11
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
190 137 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 18.70% 20.09% 22.48%
Number of salaries quoted 165 107 169
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £22,000 £22,000
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 2008
Oxfordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxford Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 90 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (58.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 46 (51.11%) MS Exchange
4 44 (48.89%) Active Directory
5 42 (46.67%) Microsoft
6 39 (43.33%) VMware
7 33 (36.67%) SQL
8 29 (32.22%) SAN
9 27 (30.00%) TCP/IP
10 25 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (25.56%) ITIL
12 22 (24.44%) Citrix
12 22 (24.44%) DNS
12 22 (24.44%) Firewall
13 21 (23.33%) SQL Server
14 20 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
15 19 (21.11%) SCCM
15 19 (21.11%) Windows 7
15 19 (21.11%) Exchange Server 2010
15 19 (21.11%) IIS
15 19 (21.11%) Cisco
16 17 (18.89%) Windows XP
16 17 (18.89%) Hyper-V
16 17 (18.89%) VMware Infrastructure
16 17 (18.89%) MCITP
17 15 (16.67%) DHCP
18 13 (14.44%) ERP
18 13 (14.44%) BPCS
18 13 (14.44%) C
18 13 (14.44%) Project Management

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (3.333%) .NET
1 3 (3.333%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.222%) WCF
2 2 (2.222%) LINQ
2 2 (2.222%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.222%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 2 (2.222%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.222%) XML
2 2 (2.222%) XSL
2 2 (2.222%) HTML
2 2 (2.222%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.111%) Middleware
3 1 (1.111%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 46 (51.11%) MS Exchange
2 20 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 19 (21.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 19 (21.11%) IIS
4 8 (8.889%) Lync
5 5 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (4.444%) Lotus Domino
6 4 (4.444%) SharePoint
6 4 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (4.444%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 12 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 8 (8.889%) MS Office
3 4 (4.444%) Office 365
3 4 (4.444%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 13 (14.44%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (32.22%) SAN
2 27 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 22 (24.44%) DNS
3 22 (24.44%) Firewall
4 15 (16.67%) DHCP
5 11 (12.22%) VPN
5 11 (12.22%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (7.778%) Internet
7 4 (4.444%) iSCSI
7 4 (4.444%) PBX
7 4 (4.444%) VoIP
8 2 (2.222%) LDAP
8 2 (2.222%) MPLS
9 1 (1.111%) VLAN
9 1 (1.111%) Network Security
9 1 (1.111%) NAS
9 1 (1.111%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.111%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.111%) DTS
4 1 (1.111%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.111%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.111%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (13.33%) Finance
2 5 (5.556%) Marketing
3 3 (3.333%) Games
4 1 (1.111%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (16.67%) Consultant
3 12 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 8 (8.889%) Technical Consultant
4 8 (8.889%) Administrator
4 8 (8.889%) Server Engineer
4 8 (8.889%) Infrastructure Manager
5 7 (7.778%) Developer
6 6 (6.667%) Analyst
6 6 (6.667%) DBA
6 6 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 6 (6.667%) SQL Server DBA
6 6 (6.667%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.667%) Server Administrator
6 6 (6.667%) SQL DBA
6 6 (6.667%) Senior Server Engineer
7 5 (5.556%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 5 (5.556%) Network Manager
7 5 (5.556%) Database Developer
7 5 (5.556%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.11%) Clustering
2 9 (10.00%) iSeries
3 8 (8.889%) AS400
4 5 (5.556%) Computer Science
5 4 (4.444%) EqualLogic
6 3 (3.333%) Online Games
7 2 (2.222%) Replication
7 2 (2.222%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.222%) N-Tier
8 1 (1.111%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.111%) CLARiiON
8 1 (1.111%) Online Gambling
8 1 (1.111%) Celerra
8 1 (1.111%) IaaS
8 1 (1.111%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.111%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 90 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (58.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (21.11%) Windows 7
4 17 (18.89%) Windows XP
5 10 (11.11%) Linux
6 2 (2.222%) Windows 2000
6 2 (2.222%) UNIX
7 1 (1.111%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.111%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.56%) ITIL
2 13 (14.44%) ERP
2 13 (14.44%) Project Management
2 13 (14.44%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (14.44%) Volume Testing
3 7 (7.778%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (5.556%) CRM
5 5 (5.556%) E-Commerce
5 5 (5.556%) Data Analysis
5 5 (5.556%) Business Analysis
5 5 (5.556%) Analytics
5 5 (5.556%) Marketing Analytics
6 4 (4.444%) Demand Management
6 4 (4.444%) Network Load Balancing
6 4 (4.444%) Software Engineering
6 4 (4.444%) Migration
6 4 (4.444%) Information Security
6 4 (4.444%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (36.67%) SQL
2 13 (14.44%) C
3 4 (4.444%) RPG
4 2 (2.222%) C#
4 2 (2.222%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.222%) PHP
5 1 (1.111%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.111%) VB
5 1 (1.111%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (18.89%) MCITP
3 13 (14.44%) Degree
4 12 (13.33%) MCSE
5 10 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (7.778%) MCP
7 6 (6.667%) CCNP
8 5 (5.556%) MCDBA
8 5 (5.556%) MCTS
9 4 (4.444%) MCSA
9 4 (4.444%) CCNA
9 4 (4.444%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.222%) VCAP
11 1 (1.111%) CCEE
11 1 (1.111%) CCAA
11 1 (1.111%) CCIA
11 1 (1.111%) VCP5
11 1 (1.111%) GNVQ
11 1 (1.111%) VCP4
11 1 (1.111%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (1.111%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.111%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (48.89%) Active Directory
2 17 (18.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (18.89%) Hyper-V
3 12 (13.33%) vSphere
4 6 (6.667%) XenServer
5 4 (4.444%) Postfix
5 4 (4.444%) XenApp
5 4 (4.444%) Terminal Services
6 3 (3.333%) VMware ESX
6 3 (3.333%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (2.222%) XenDesktop
7 2 (2.222%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.111%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (21.11%) SCCM
2 12 (13.33%) WSUS
3 10 (11.11%) SCOM
4 7 (7.778%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.111%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 42 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 39 (43.33%) VMware
3 22 (24.44%) Citrix
4 19 (21.11%) Cisco
5 10 (11.11%) NetApp
6 9 (10.00%) Cognos
7 7 (7.778%) HP
7 7 (7.778%) Veeam
8 6 (6.667%) Barracuda Networks
8 6 (6.667%) Avaya
9 5 (5.556%) EMC
10 4 (4.444%) Brocade
10 4 (4.444%) Lotus
10 4 (4.444%) Dell
11 3 (3.333%) Apple
12 2 (2.222%) Huawei
13 1 (1.111%) Red Hat
13 1 (1.111%) CommVault
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