The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 19 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 18 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.805% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.500% - -
Number of salaries quoted 18 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year
-37.50% -
All Operating Systems
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
720 697 612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 32.20% 29.63% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 607 580 481
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £27,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2012
Berkshire

Windows Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Reading Windows Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2012
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Reading region.

Reading Windows Server 2012 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2012
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading Windows Server 2012 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012.

1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
3 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (42.86%) MS Exchange
5 8 (38.10%) Lync
6 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (33.33%) Windows 8
6 7 (33.33%) Windows 7
6 7 (33.33%) MCITP
6 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (28.57%) SLA
7 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
7 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
8 5 (23.81%) Windows XP
8 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
8 5 (23.81%) MS Office
8 5 (23.81%) PBX
8 5 (23.81%) Project Management
8 5 (23.81%) Internet
8 5 (23.81%) VMware
8 5 (23.81%) Unified Communications
8 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
9 4 (19.05%) Business Analysis
9 4 (19.05%) MCTS
9 4 (19.05%) Migration
9 4 (19.05%) Cisco
9 4 (19.05%) MS Visio
9 4 (19.05%) CRM
10 3 (14.29%) Nortel

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 9 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 8 (38.10%) Lync
3 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
5 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (4.762%) IIS
6 1 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 5 (23.81%) MS Office
3 4 (19.05%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.762%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) PBX
1 5 (23.81%) Internet
1 5 (23.81%) Unified Communications
2 3 (14.29%) SAN
2 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 3 (14.29%) VPN
3 2 (9.524%) Firewall
3 2 (9.524%) DNS
3 2 (9.524%) LAN
3 2 (9.524%) WAN
4 1 (4.762%) LDAP
4 1 (4.762%) SMTP
4 1 (4.762%) DHCP
4 1 (4.762%) VoIP
4 1 (4.762%) SSL
4 1 (4.762%) IP Telephony
4 1 (4.762%) MPLS
4 1 (4.762%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) MySQL
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (4.762%) Finance
1 1 (4.762%) Law
1 1 (4.762%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 3 (14.29%) Support Specialist
2 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 2 (9.524%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Exchange Consultant
3 2 (9.524%) Junior Support Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.524%) Support Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.524%) Junior
3 2 (9.524%) Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Communications Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.762%) Server Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Head of IT
4 1 (4.762%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.762%) iPhone
1 1 (4.762%) Open Source
1 1 (4.762%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (33.33%) Windows 8
3 7 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 5 (23.81%) Windows XP
5 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (14.29%) Windows Vista
5 3 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (4.762%) Android
6 1 (4.762%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Project Management
2 4 (19.05%) Business Analysis
2 4 (19.05%) Migration
2 4 (19.05%) CRM
3 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) Data Security
4 1 (4.762%) Practice Management
4 1 (4.762%) Business Continuity
4 1 (4.762%) Document Management
4 1 (4.762%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.762%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Operations Management
4 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) MCITP
2 4 (19.05%) MCTS
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (9.524%) MCSE
5 1 (4.762%) MCSA
5 1 (4.762%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
3 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (9.524%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (4.762%) BlackBerry Internet Service
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (4.762%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) VMware
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco
4 3 (14.29%) Nortel
4 3 (14.29%) Citrix
4 3 (14.29%) Avaya
5 1 (4.762%) Siemens
5 1 (4.762%) HP
5 1 (4.762%) Symantec
5 1 (4.762%) Brocade
5 1 (4.762%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.762%) Veeam
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