The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 18 25 31
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 29 15 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 9.446% 7.212% 5.238%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.61% 22.73% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 10
Average salary £37,500 £52,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
109 66 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 35.50% 31.73% 32.86%
Number of salaries quoted 103 65 68
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Hampshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (54.29%) VMware
4 17 (48.57%) SQL Server
4 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
5 16 (45.71%) Citrix
5 16 (45.71%) MS Exchange
6 15 (42.86%) Cisco
6 15 (42.86%) XenApp
7 13 (37.14%) HP
7 13 (37.14%) Dell
7 13 (37.14%) MS Excel
7 13 (37.14%) SQL
8 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 9 (25.71%) SQL Server 2008
9 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
9 9 (25.71%) VMware ESX
9 9 (25.71%) Symantec
10 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (22.86%) vSphere
11 7 (20.00%) Windows 7
11 7 (20.00%) Clustering
11 7 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
11 7 (20.00%) SAN
11 7 (20.00%) T-SQL
12 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
12 6 (17.14%) Windows XP
12 6 (17.14%) Tivoli
12 6 (17.14%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 4 (11.43%) HTML
1 4 (11.43%) .NET
1 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.857%) CSS
2 1 (2.857%) SOAP
2 1 (2.857%) Web Services
2 1 (2.857%) XML
2 1 (2.857%) XSLT
2 1 (2.857%) Flash
2 1 (2.857%) XHTML
2 1 (2.857%) WSDL
2 1 (2.857%) Ajax
2 1 (2.857%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.857%) jQuery
2 1 (2.857%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 16 (45.71%) MS Exchange
2 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (17.14%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
5 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2000
6 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (2.857%) IIS
7 1 (2.857%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (2.857%) Lync
7 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (37.14%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) Fireworks
2 1 (2.857%) Office 365
2 1 (2.857%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.571%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) SAN
2 6 (17.14%) LAN
3 5 (14.29%) Firewall
3 5 (14.29%) Unified Communications
4 4 (11.43%) DNS
5 3 (8.571%) Internet
5 3 (8.571%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (5.714%) DHCP
7 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.857%) VPN
7 1 (2.857%) SMTP
7 1 (2.857%) SSL
7 1 (2.857%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (48.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (25.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (17.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (8.571%) DB2
6 3 (8.571%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (8.571%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (5.714%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (5.714%) QlikView
7 2 (5.714%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.571%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.857%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (14.29%) Back Office
2 2 (5.714%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Developer
2 7 (20.00%) Consultant
2 7 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (17.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) SQL Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Network Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) SQL Server Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 2 (5.714%) Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.857%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) SQL Server DBA
7 1 (2.857%) SQL DBA
7 1 (2.857%) Junior Developer
7 1 (2.857%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Clustering
2 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
3 3 (8.571%) HACMP
4 2 (5.714%) CLARiiON
4 2 (5.714%) Celerra
4 2 (5.714%) EqualLogic
5 1 (2.857%) Kindle
5 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (17.14%) Windows XP
5 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (8.571%) AIX
5 3 (8.571%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.29%) ETL
1 5 (14.29%) Data Management
2 3 (8.571%) ITIL
2 3 (8.571%) Business Development
2 3 (8.571%) Problem Management
2 3 (8.571%) Customer Insight
3 2 (5.714%) Data Modelling
3 2 (5.714%) Time Management
3 2 (5.714%) Data Architecture
3 2 (5.714%) High Availability
3 2 (5.714%) Data Analysis
3 2 (5.714%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (5.714%) Project Management
4 1 (2.857%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.857%) Identity Management
4 1 (2.857%) Migration
4 1 (2.857%) Web Design
4 1 (2.857%) CRM
4 1 (2.857%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) SQL
2 7 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 4 (11.43%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.571%) Perl
4 3 (8.571%) Shell Script
5 2 (5.714%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.714%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (14.29%) MCITP
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (14.29%) NCDA
2 5 (14.29%) NCIE
3 4 (11.43%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (11.43%) MCSE
4 3 (8.571%) MCTS
4 3 (8.571%) CCEE
4 3 (8.571%) CCIA
5 2 (5.714%) HP ASE
5 2 (5.714%) HP MASE
5 2 (5.714%) VCDX
5 2 (5.714%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.714%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.714%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.714%) CCA
6 1 (2.857%) MCP
6 1 (2.857%) MCSA
6 1 (2.857%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) SLA
2 1 (2.857%) WCAG
2 1 (2.857%) WAI
2 1 (2.857%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (42.86%) XenApp
2 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (25.71%) VMware ESX
3 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (22.86%) vSphere
4 6 (17.14%) XenServer
4 6 (17.14%) XenDesktop
4 6 (17.14%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
6 3 (8.571%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.857%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Tivoli
2 5 (14.29%) NetBackup
2 5 (14.29%) SCOM
3 3 (8.571%) SCVMM
3 3 (8.571%) Backup Exec
3 3 (8.571%) SCCM
3 3 (8.571%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
3 3 (8.571%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 3 (8.571%) Tivoli NetView
3 3 (8.571%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (8.571%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (5.714%) HP SIM
5 1 (2.857%) ARCserve
5 1 (2.857%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) VMware
2 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
3 16 (45.71%) Citrix
4 15 (42.86%) Cisco
5 13 (37.14%) HP
5 13 (37.14%) Dell
6 9 (25.71%) Symantec
7 6 (17.14%) IBM
8 5 (14.29%) NetApp
9 3 (8.571%) Juniper
9 3 (8.571%) CommVault
9 3 (8.571%) CheckPoint
9 3 (8.571%) 3Com
9 3 (8.571%) Oracle
9 3 (8.571%) Intel
10 2 (5.714%) EMC
10 2 (5.714%) SonicWALL
10 2 (5.714%) Kaseya
11 1 (2.857%) McAfee
11 1 (2.857%) Veritas
Portsmouth, South East
Essential skills and experience: - Windows Server 2008 - Exchange 2007/2010 - SBS 2011 - Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007/2010 - Active Directory, Remote Desktop Services and Group Policy - SMTP,...
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Posted: 24 May 2013