The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 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 2008 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 29 38 62
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 112 71 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.025% 4.833% 2.760%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.00% 19.45% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 107 67 41
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £22,270
10% offered a salary of more than £50,700 £43,500 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
487 365 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 26.20% 24.85% 22.65%
Number of salaries quoted 432 320 336
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 £27,500 £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 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +15 40 £42,500 +6.25%
Witney +6 14 £48,000 +14.28%
Kidlington - 8 £41,250 -
Abingdon -8 5 £32,000 +48.83%
Henley-on-Thames - 2 £24,500 -
Banbury -2 1 £39,000 -13.33%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 212 (100.00%) Windows
2 120 (56.60%) Windows Server 2003
3 107 (50.47%) Active Directory
4 93 (43.87%) Microsoft
5 79 (37.26%) MS Exchange
6 75 (35.38%) VMware
7 63 (29.72%) SQL
8 59 (27.83%) SQL Server
9 56 (26.42%) MS Excel
10 53 (25.00%) SAN
11 52 (24.53%) DNS
12 49 (23.11%) Windows XP
13 46 (21.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 43 (20.28%) Cisco
15 41 (19.34%) Firewall
15 41 (19.34%) Windows 7
16 40 (18.87%) SQL Server 2008
16 40 (18.87%) Exchange Server 2010
16 40 (18.87%) TCP/IP
17 39 (18.40%) SQL Server 2005
17 39 (18.40%) VMware Infrastructure
18 36 (16.98%) Exchange Server 2007
18 36 (16.98%) MCSE
19 34 (16.04%) ITIL
19 34 (16.04%) Hyper-V
20 33 (15.57%) Clustering
21 32 (15.09%) DHCP
22 31 (14.62%) Citrix
23 30 (14.15%) VPN
23 30 (14.15%) MCITP

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 13 (6.132%) .NET
2 9 (4.245%) Silverlight
3 7 (3.302%) COM
3 7 (3.302%) Web Services
4 4 (1.887%) HTML
4 4 (1.887%) LAMP
5 3 (1.415%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.415%) WCF
5 3 (1.415%) Application Packaging
5 3 (1.415%) LINQ
5 3 (1.415%) XML
5 3 (1.415%) XSL
5 3 (1.415%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.415%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (1.415%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (0.472%) Middleware
6 1 (0.472%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 79 (37.26%) MS Exchange
2 40 (18.87%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (16.98%) Exchange Server 2007
4 28 (13.21%) IIS
5 16 (7.547%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (5.189%) Lync
7 9 (4.245%) SharePoint
7 9 (4.245%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (2.830%) Office Communications Server
9 5 (2.358%) Lotus Domino
10 4 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (1.887%) Apache
Applications
1 56 (26.42%) MS Excel
2 23 (10.85%) MS Office
3 4 (1.887%) Office 365
4 2 (0.943%) MS Project
4 2 (0.943%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (7.075%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (25.00%) SAN
2 52 (24.53%) DNS
3 41 (19.34%) Firewall
4 40 (18.87%) TCP/IP
5 32 (15.09%) DHCP
6 30 (14.15%) VPN
7 28 (13.21%) LAN
8 24 (11.32%) Internet
9 22 (10.38%) WAN
10 19 (8.962%) VoIP
11 15 (7.075%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.774%) NAS
13 7 (3.302%) Network Security
13 7 (3.302%) MPLS
14 6 (2.830%) iSCSI
15 5 (2.358%) Wireless
15 5 (2.358%) VLAN
15 5 (2.358%) IP Telephony
15 5 (2.358%) PBX
16 4 (1.887%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (27.83%) SQL Server
2 40 (18.87%) SQL Server 2008
3 39 (18.40%) SQL Server 2005
4 25 (11.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (11.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (8.962%) DTS
6 18 (8.491%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 18 (8.491%) SQL Server 2012
7 7 (3.302%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.472%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.472%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 9 (4.245%) Selenium
2 3 (1.415%) Rational Robot
2 3 (1.415%) TestComplete
3 1 (0.472%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (7.547%) Finance
2 6 (2.830%) Marketing
3 5 (2.358%) Advertising
4 4 (1.887%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.472%) Games
5 1 (0.472%) Automotive
5 1 (0.472%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (21.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 40 (18.87%) Administrator
3 35 (16.51%) Analyst
4 33 (15.57%) Support Engineer
5 32 (15.09%) Systems Engineer
6 26 (12.26%) DBA
7 24 (11.32%) Systems Administrator
8 23 (10.85%) SQL DBA
9 21 (9.906%) Systems Analyst
10 15 (7.075%) IT Support
11 14 (6.604%) Teradata DBA
12 13 (6.132%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (6.132%) Consultant
12 13 (6.132%) Network Engineer
13 12 (5.660%) Server Engineer
14 10 (4.717%) Developer
14 10 (4.717%) Server Administrator
14 10 (4.717%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 10 (4.717%) Senior DBA
15 9 (4.245%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.57%) Clustering
2 13 (6.132%) Blackberry
3 10 (4.717%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.717%) iSeries
4 9 (4.245%) EPoS
4 9 (4.245%) Open Source
5 8 (3.774%) AS400
6 7 (3.302%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.830%) Smartphone
8 5 (2.358%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.358%) Computer Science
8 5 (2.358%) EqualLogic
9 4 (1.887%) Replication
10 3 (1.415%) N-Tier
10 3 (1.415%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.943%) SaaS
11 2 (0.943%) IaaS
11 2 (0.943%) PMI
11 2 (0.943%) Online Gambling
12 1 (0.472%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 212 (100.00%) Windows
2 120 (56.60%) Windows Server 2003
3 49 (23.11%) Windows XP
4 41 (19.34%) Windows 7
5 23 (10.85%) Linux
6 22 (10.38%) Windows Vista
7 14 (6.604%) UNIX
8 13 (6.132%) Windows 2000 Server
9 10 (4.717%) HPUX
10 7 (3.302%) Mac OS
10 7 (3.302%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.943%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.472%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (16.04%) ITIL
2 26 (12.26%) Project Management
3 23 (10.85%) Data Analysis
4 18 (8.491%) Data Security
5 15 (7.075%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (7.075%) Volume Testing
5 15 (7.075%) ERP
6 14 (6.604%) E-Commerce
6 14 (6.604%) Change Management
7 11 (5.189%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (5.189%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (4.245%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (4.245%) Software Testing
8 9 (4.245%) Scalability Testing
8 9 (4.245%) Integration Testing
8 9 (4.245%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (3.302%) CRM
10 6 (2.830%) Marketing Analytics
10 6 (2.830%) Analytics
10 6 (2.830%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 63 (29.72%) SQL
2 19 (8.962%) T-SQL
3 18 (8.491%) C
4 17 (8.019%) C#
5 12 (5.660%) VB
6 5 (2.358%) Java
6 5 (2.358%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.887%) RPG
8 3 (1.415%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.943%) PHP
9 2 (0.943%) VBScript
10 1 (0.472%) C++
10 1 (0.472%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (21.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (16.98%) MCSE
3 30 (14.15%) MCITP
4 20 (9.434%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (8.962%) Degree
6 18 (8.491%) Security Cleared
7 13 (6.132%) CCNA
8 12 (5.660%) MCSA
9 11 (5.189%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (4.245%) CCNP
10 9 (4.245%) ISEB
11 8 (3.774%) SC Cleared
11 8 (3.774%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (3.774%) MCTS
12 7 (3.302%) MCP
13 6 (2.830%) MCDBA
14 4 (1.887%) A+ Certification
15 2 (0.943%) VCAP
15 2 (0.943%) CCIE
15 2 (0.943%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.962%) SLA
2 9 (4.245%) QA
3 6 (2.830%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.830%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 107 (50.47%) Active Directory
2 39 (18.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (16.04%) Hyper-V
4 17 (8.019%) vSphere
5 6 (2.830%) Postfix
5 6 (2.830%) XenApp
5 6 (2.830%) XenServer
6 4 (1.887%) XenDesktop
7 3 (1.415%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.943%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.943%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.943%) VMware ESX
8 2 (0.943%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.472%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (10.38%) Backup Exec
2 19 (8.962%) SCCM
3 16 (7.547%) WSUS
4 9 (4.245%) SCOM
5 7 (3.302%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (1.415%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.943%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 93 (43.87%) Microsoft
2 75 (35.38%) VMware
3 43 (20.28%) Cisco
4 31 (14.62%) Citrix
5 18 (8.491%) NetApp
6 17 (8.019%) HP
7 11 (5.189%) Oracle
7 11 (5.189%) Cognos
7 11 (5.189%) Symantec
8 10 (4.717%) Avaya
9 9 (4.245%) Dell
10 8 (3.774%) Barracuda Networks
11 6 (2.830%) Veeam
11 6 (2.830%) Sage
11 6 (2.830%) Brocade
12 5 (2.358%) Lotus
12 5 (2.358%) EMC
13 4 (1.887%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.887%) Juniper
14 3 (1.415%) Sophos
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The ideal Server Engineer / Systems Engineer will have worked extensively with Microsoft technologies including Windows and assorted applications. It is expected that the successful Server Engineer / Systems Engineer...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
You will be an intelligent fast thinking individual who has experience of Design, Configuration and implementation of the following : - Hyper-V - Server 2008R2 and 2012 (Beneficial) - Exchange 2010 -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Pioneering Software Development Company developing high-volume transactional software is looking for a Windows Systems Administrator!... Essential skills: IIS (v6 or v7) Clustering or Load Balancing. Server 2008...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The Individual Of graduate calibre with extensive experience in developing and administering database applications using MS SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 in clustered and high availability environments. Technical...
RM Education
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + + bonus
Posted: 7 May 2013