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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 29 56 65
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 155 86 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 7.216% 3.794% 2.658%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.80% 12.39% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 136 75 42
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £54,950
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
711 694 612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 33.10% 30.61% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 593 583 480
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Berkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Reading Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 255 (100.00%) Windows
2 146 (57.25%) Microsoft
3 145 (56.86%) Active Directory
4 143 (56.08%) Windows Server 2003
5 126 (49.41%) VMware
6 119 (46.67%) MS Exchange
7 80 (31.37%) VMware Infrastructure
8 77 (30.20%) MS Excel
9 68 (26.67%) Windows 7
10 65 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2010
10 65 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2007
11 64 (25.10%) SQL
12 62 (24.31%) TCP/IP
13 55 (21.57%) Firewall
14 54 (21.18%) Citrix
14 54 (21.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 53 (20.78%) SAN
16 51 (20.00%) Cisco
16 51 (20.00%) SQL Server
17 50 (19.61%) DNS
18 45 (17.65%) SCCM
19 43 (16.86%) Windows XP
19 43 (16.86%) Clustering
20 40 (15.69%) Migration
21 39 (15.29%) MCSE
21 39 (15.29%) vSphere
22 38 (14.90%) Security Cleared
23 37 (14.51%) IIS
24 36 (14.12%) Exchange Server 2003
25 35 (13.73%) Blackberry

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 16 (6.275%) .NET
2 13 (5.098%) HTML
2 13 (5.098%) XML
3 8 (3.137%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.353%) Application Packaging
4 6 (2.353%) Software Packaging
4 6 (2.353%) COM
5 4 (1.569%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.176%) Web Services
6 3 (1.176%) Middleware
7 2 (0.784%) Ninject
7 2 (0.784%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 2 (0.784%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.784%) WCF
7 2 (0.784%) Silverlight
7 2 (0.784%) jQuery
7 2 (0.784%) CSS
7 2 (0.784%) Ajax
8 1 (0.392%) CGI
8 1 (0.392%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 119 (46.67%) MS Exchange
2 65 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2010
2 65 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2007
3 37 (14.51%) IIS
4 36 (14.12%) Exchange Server 2003
5 28 (10.98%) Lync
6 23 (9.020%) SharePoint
7 22 (8.627%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 20 (7.843%) Lotus Domino
9 15 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (4.706%) Exchange Server 2000
11 11 (4.314%) Apache
11 11 (4.314%) SAS
11 11 (4.314%) Office Communications Server
12 8 (3.137%) SharePoint Server
13 6 (2.353%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 1 (0.392%) LiveLink
14 1 (0.392%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.392%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.392%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 77 (30.20%) MS Excel
2 26 (10.20%) MS Office
3 14 (5.490%) Office 365
4 5 (1.961%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.137%) BusinessWorks
2 4 (1.569%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.392%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.392%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 62 (24.31%) TCP/IP
2 55 (21.57%) Firewall
3 53 (20.78%) SAN
4 50 (19.61%) DNS
5 34 (13.33%) VPN
6 30 (11.76%) DHCP
7 29 (11.37%) LAN
8 27 (10.59%) WAN
9 26 (10.20%) Network Security
10 25 (9.804%) Internet
11 15 (5.882%) Unified Communications
12 14 (5.490%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (5.490%) Ethernet
12 14 (5.490%) ADSL
13 13 (5.098%) HTTP
13 13 (5.098%) Wireshark
14 11 (4.314%) Intrusion Detection
14 11 (4.314%) tcpdump
14 11 (4.314%) snoop
14 11 (4.314%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.451%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (4.314%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.569%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (0.784%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.392%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.392%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.392%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.392%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 11 (4.314%) Visual Studio
2 8 (3.137%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (0.784%) Selenium
3 2 (0.784%) TestComplete
3 2 (0.784%) Rational Robot
4 1 (0.392%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (13.33%) Finance
2 26 (10.20%) Telecoms
2 26 (10.20%) Retail
3 14 (5.490%) German Language
4 10 (3.922%) French Language
5 6 (2.353%) Spanish Language
6 4 (1.569%) Law
7 3 (1.176%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.176%) Italian Language
8 2 (0.784%) Local Government
9 1 (0.392%) Back Office
9 1 (0.392%) Billing
9 1 (0.392%) Banking
9 1 (0.392%) Russian Language
9 1 (0.392%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (19.22%) Consultant
2 41 (16.08%) Support Engineer
3 33 (12.94%) 3rd Line Support
4 30 (11.76%) Analyst
5 22 (8.627%) Administrator
5 22 (8.627%) Technical Consultant
6 21 (8.235%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 20 (7.843%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (7.451%) Support Analyst
8 19 (7.451%) Technical Support
9 18 (7.059%) Microsoft Consultant
10 15 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
11 12 (4.706%) Architect
11 12 (4.706%) Technical Engineer
12 11 (4.314%) Field Engineer
13 10 (3.922%) IT Support
13 10 (3.922%) Desktop Support
13 10 (3.922%) Applications Support
13 10 (3.922%) 2nd Line Support
13 10 (3.922%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.86%) Clustering
2 35 (13.73%) Blackberry
3 11 (4.314%) Firmware
3 11 (4.314%) iPhone
4 8 (3.137%) Replication
5 7 (2.745%) SaaS
5 7 (2.745%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.569%) iPad
6 4 (1.569%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.176%) CLARiiON
7 3 (1.176%) Celerra
7 3 (1.176%) Open Source
7 3 (1.176%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.784%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.784%) EPoS
8 2 (0.784%) PKI
9 1 (0.392%) Statistics
9 1 (0.392%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.392%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.392%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 255 (100.00%) Windows
2 143 (56.08%) Windows Server 2003
3 68 (26.67%) Windows 7
4 43 (16.86%) Windows XP
5 34 (13.33%) Linux
6 25 (9.804%) Solaris
7 24 (9.412%) Windows 8
8 17 (6.667%) Windows 2000 Server
8 17 (6.667%) Windows Vista
9 16 (6.275%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (6.275%) Windows 2000
10 11 (4.314%) Android
11 9 (3.529%) UNIX
11 9 (3.529%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.569%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.569%) HPUX
13 3 (1.176%) AIX
13 3 (1.176%) Windows NT
13 3 (1.176%) IRIX
14 1 (0.392%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (15.69%) Migration
2 30 (11.76%) Service Delivery
3 28 (10.98%) ITIL
4 25 (9.804%) Change Management
5 23 (9.020%) Project Management
6 14 (5.490%) Web Development
7 13 (5.098%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (5.098%) Identity Management
8 12 (4.706%) Validation
9 11 (4.314%) Problem Management
9 11 (4.314%) Network Management
10 10 (3.922%) Configuration Management
11 9 (3.529%) PRINCE2
11 9 (3.529%) Data Migration
12 8 (3.137%) Metadata Management
12 8 (3.137%) Continuous Integration
13 7 (2.745%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (2.353%) Network Architecture
14 6 (2.353%) PRINCE
14 6 (2.353%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (25.10%) SQL
2 28 (10.98%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.706%) Java
3 12 (4.706%) Perl
4 6 (2.353%) C#
5 4 (1.569%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.176%) VBScript
7 2 (0.784%) VB
7 2 (0.784%) C
8 1 (0.392%) C++
8 1 (0.392%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.392%) X++
8 1 (0.392%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 54 (21.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (15.29%) MCSE
3 38 (14.90%) Security Cleared
4 35 (13.73%) MCITP
5 29 (11.37%) SC Cleared
6 24 (9.412%) Degree
7 18 (7.059%) MCTS
8 14 (5.490%) DV Cleared
8 14 (5.490%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (4.706%) MCSA
10 8 (3.137%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.137%) Citrix Certification
11 7 (2.745%) CCNP
12 6 (2.353%) CCIA
12 6 (2.353%) CCNA
12 6 (2.353%) MCP
13 5 (1.961%) NCDA
13 5 (1.961%) NCIE
14 4 (1.569%) CCEE
15 3 (1.176%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.059%) SLA
2 9 (3.529%) QA
3 1 (0.392%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 145 (56.86%) Active Directory
2 80 (31.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (15.29%) vSphere
4 28 (10.98%) Hyper-V
5 24 (9.412%) XenApp
6 18 (7.059%) VMware ESX
7 14 (5.490%) XenDesktop
8 10 (3.922%) Terminal Services
9 9 (3.529%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (3.529%) XenServer
9 9 (3.529%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (3.529%) Forefront TMG
10 7 (2.745%) Terminal Server
10 7 (2.745%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (0.784%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.784%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.392%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.392%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.392%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 45 (17.65%) SCCM
2 34 (13.33%) SCOM
3 21 (8.235%) Backup Exec
4 14 (5.490%) SCVMM
4 14 (5.490%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 10 (3.922%) NetBackup
6 8 (3.137%) McAfee ePO
7 7 (2.745%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (2.353%) WSUS
8 6 (2.353%) Tivoli
8 6 (2.353%) Netcool
9 4 (1.569%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 2 (0.784%) MIIS
11 1 (0.392%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.392%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.392%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 146 (57.25%) Microsoft
2 126 (49.41%) VMware
3 54 (21.18%) Citrix
4 51 (20.00%) Cisco
5 35 (13.73%) HP
6 31 (12.16%) Symantec
7 25 (9.804%) Fujitsu
8 17 (6.667%) McAfee
9 16 (6.275%) F5
9 16 (6.275%) Veritas
9 16 (6.275%) Red Hat
10 15 (5.882%) Apple
11 14 (5.490%) EMC
11 14 (5.490%) Sun
12 13 (5.098%) Dell
13 12 (4.706%) Juniper
14 11 (4.314%) Oracle
14 11 (4.314%) Nortel
14 11 (4.314%) NetApp
14 11 (4.314%) Egenera
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