The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Plymouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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 Plymouth region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 17 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Plymouth 3.704% 17.39% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 80.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Average salary £29,500 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.23% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Plymouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Plymouth 18.52% 21.74% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 5
Average salary £27,127 £34,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.21% +54.54%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Devon

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Plymouth 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 Plymouth region.

Plymouth Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Plymouth 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) CheckPoint
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) SAN
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 4 (66.67%) Banking
3 4 (66.67%) EMC
4 2 (33.33%) LAN
4 2 (33.33%) WAN
5 1 (16.67%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) VBScript
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (16.67%) NetApp

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Plymouth 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 Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
2 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Support
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Support Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) 3rd Line Technical Support
1 4 (66.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) CentOS
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) XenApp
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Server
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) CheckPoint
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 4 (66.67%) EMC
4 1 (16.67%) NetApp
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (16.67%) Sophos
Plymouth, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: VMWARE Citrix Active Directory Cisco - Routing/Switching LAN/WAN SAN 2nd or 3rd...
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + PENSION/BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Posted: 15 May 2013