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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 60 40 70
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 65 69 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.521% 4.785% 2.281%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.86% 19.55% 10.25%
Number of salaries quoted 64 64 34
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -2.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £22,339
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £42,500 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
469 353 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 25.41% 24.48% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 413 308 334
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,332 £22,270
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -7 26 £42,500 +21.42%
Witney 0 10 £48,000 +14.28%
Abingdon -10 6 £32,250 +50.00%
Kidlington - 6 £41,250 -
Bicester - 2 £30,000 -
Banbury -1 1 £39,000 -13.33%
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 129 (100.00%) Windows
2 118 (91.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 70 (54.26%) Active Directory
4 64 (49.61%) VMware
5 53 (41.09%) MS Exchange
6 50 (38.76%) Microsoft
7 45 (34.88%) SAN
8 42 (32.56%) Windows XP
9 39 (30.23%) TCP/IP
10 37 (28.68%) Firewall
11 36 (27.91%) DNS
12 33 (25.58%) DHCP
13 32 (24.81%) Exchange Server 2007
14 30 (23.26%) VMware Infrastructure
14 30 (23.26%) Citrix
14 30 (23.26%) SQL
15 29 (22.48%) Cisco
16 26 (20.16%) VPN
16 26 (20.16%) LAN
17 25 (19.38%) Backup Exec
18 24 (18.60%) Windows 7
18 24 (18.60%) Exchange Server 2010
19 23 (17.83%) ITIL
20 22 (17.05%) Microsoft Certification
21 21 (16.28%) MCSE
22 19 (14.73%) MS Excel
22 19 (14.73%) VoIP
23 18 (13.95%) Hyper-V
24 17 (13.18%) vSphere
24 17 (13.18%) Project Management

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Development
1 3 (2.326%) .NET
2 2 (1.550%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.775%) CSS
3 1 (0.775%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 53 (41.09%) MS Exchange
2 32 (24.81%) Exchange Server 2007
3 24 (18.60%) Exchange Server 2010
4 16 (12.40%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (11.63%) IIS
6 10 (7.752%) Lync
7 9 (6.977%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 8 (6.202%) SharePoint
9 5 (3.876%) Lotus Domino
10 2 (1.550%) Apache
10 2 (1.550%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 19 (14.73%) MS Excel
2 15 (11.63%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 9 (6.977%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (34.88%) SAN
2 39 (30.23%) TCP/IP
3 37 (28.68%) Firewall
4 36 (27.91%) DNS
5 33 (25.58%) DHCP
6 26 (20.16%) VPN
6 26 (20.16%) LAN
7 19 (14.73%) VoIP
8 15 (11.63%) Cisco ASA
8 15 (11.63%) WAN
9 10 (7.752%) VLAN
10 9 (6.977%) Internet
11 7 (5.426%) NAS
12 6 (4.651%) MPLS
13 5 (3.876%) IP Telephony
14 3 (2.326%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (2.326%) BIG-IP
14 3 (2.326%) Wireless
14 3 (2.326%) OSPF
14 3 (2.326%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.527%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (7.752%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.775%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (1.550%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.775%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (4.651%) Finance
2 5 (3.876%) Advertising
3 1 (0.775%) Law
3 1 (0.775%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (21.71%) Support Engineer
2 26 (20.16%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (15.50%) Administrator
5 18 (13.95%) Systems Administrator
6 14 (10.85%) Consultant
7 13 (10.08%) Analyst
7 13 (10.08%) Network Engineer
8 12 (9.302%) Server Engineer
9 11 (8.527%) Technical Consultant
10 10 (7.752%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (7.752%) IT Support
11 8 (6.202%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (6.202%) 3rd Line Support
12 7 (5.426%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
12 7 (5.426%) Network Support
12 7 (5.426%) Network Support Engineer
12 7 (5.426%) Senior Server Engineer
12 7 (5.426%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (5.426%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.08%) Blackberry
2 8 (6.202%) AS400
3 6 (4.651%) Smartphone
4 5 (3.876%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.101%) Clustering
5 4 (3.101%) iSeries
6 3 (2.326%) EqualLogic
7 2 (1.550%) Replication
7 2 (1.550%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.550%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.550%) SaaS
7 2 (1.550%) IaaS
8 1 (0.775%) Celerra
8 1 (0.775%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 129 (100.00%) Windows
2 118 (91.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 42 (32.56%) Windows XP
4 24 (18.60%) Windows 7
5 14 (10.85%) UNIX
5 14 (10.85%) Linux
6 11 (8.527%) Windows 2000 Server
7 10 (7.752%) HPUX
8 8 (6.202%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (5.426%) Mac OS
10 5 (3.876%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.775%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.83%) ITIL
2 17 (13.18%) Project Management
3 10 (7.752%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (6.977%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (6.977%) Volume Testing
4 9 (6.977%) ERP
5 8 (6.202%) Capacity Planning
6 7 (5.426%) E-Commerce
6 7 (5.426%) CRM
7 6 (4.651%) Change Management
8 5 (3.876%) Demand Management
8 5 (3.876%) Business Continuity
8 5 (3.876%) Information Security
8 5 (3.876%) BCP
8 5 (3.876%) PRINCE2
9 4 (3.101%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.326%) Network Management
11 2 (1.550%) Configuration Management
11 2 (1.550%) Network Load Balancing
11 2 (1.550%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.26%) SQL
2 8 (6.202%) C
3 4 (3.101%) RPG
4 3 (2.326%) C#
5 1 (0.775%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.775%) C++
5 1 (0.775%) Java
5 1 (0.775%) VB
5 1 (0.775%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (17.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (16.28%) MCSE
3 16 (12.40%) MCITP
4 15 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (9.302%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (8.527%) Degree
6 11 (8.527%) CCNA
7 10 (7.752%) Security Cleared
8 8 (6.202%) MCSA
9 7 (5.426%) MCP
10 6 (4.651%) CCNP
11 4 (3.101%) A+ Certification
11 4 (3.101%) MCTS
12 2 (1.550%) CCIE
12 2 (1.550%) CCDA
12 2 (1.550%) CCDP
12 2 (1.550%) VCAP
13 1 (0.775%) VCP5
13 1 (0.775%) CCEE
13 1 (0.775%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.08%) SLA
System Software
1 70 (54.26%) Active Directory
2 30 (23.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (13.95%) Hyper-V
4 17 (13.18%) vSphere
5 10 (7.752%) XenApp
6 6 (4.651%) Terminal Services
6 6 (4.651%) Postfix
6 6 (4.651%) XenServer
6 6 (4.651%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (3.101%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.550%) VMware ESX
8 2 (1.550%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.775%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 25 (19.38%) Backup Exec
2 14 (10.85%) SCCM
3 4 (3.101%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (3.101%) SCOM
4 3 (2.326%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.326%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (49.61%) VMware
2 50 (38.76%) Microsoft
3 30 (23.26%) Citrix
4 29 (22.48%) Cisco
5 16 (12.40%) HP
6 13 (10.08%) NetApp
7 11 (8.527%) Dell
7 11 (8.527%) Oracle
8 10 (7.752%) Avaya
8 10 (7.752%) Symantec
9 8 (6.202%) Barracuda Networks
9 8 (6.202%) Veeam
10 6 (4.651%) Sage
10 6 (4.651%) Brocade
11 5 (3.876%) F5
11 5 (3.876%) WatchGuard
11 5 (3.876%) Lotus
11 5 (3.876%) EMC
11 5 (3.876%) Cognos
12 4 (3.101%) Juniper
Oxfordshire, Oxford
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Posted: 25 May 2013