The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 49 32 70
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +38
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 130 173 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 4.153% 5.031% 2.734%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.29% 20.47% 11.10%
Number of salaries quoted 75 96 63
Average salary £37,000 £37,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,250 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
850 845 847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 27.16% 24.57% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 493 586 590
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Scotland Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Scotland region.

Scotland Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow -24 33 £36,000 -10.00%
Edinburgh +2 28 £30,000 +33.33%
Aberdeen -1 28 £37,250 -0.66%
Highlands - 21 £25,000 -
Renfrewshire -1 3 - -
Argyll and Bute - 2 £36,000 -
Aberdeenshire +5 1 - -
West Dunbartonshire +2 1 £39,250 +4.31%
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
Windows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003.

1 216 (100.00%) Windows
2 193 (89.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 131 (60.65%) Active Directory
4 118 (54.63%) Microsoft
5 91 (42.13%) VMware
6 84 (38.89%) MS Exchange
7 64 (29.63%) VMware Infrastructure
8 61 (28.24%) Citrix
9 52 (24.07%) DNS
10 49 (22.69%) SQL Server
11 48 (22.22%) ITIL
12 47 (21.76%) SQL
13 46 (21.30%) SCCM
14 43 (19.91%) Microsoft Certification
15 41 (18.98%) Exchange Server 2003
16 39 (18.06%) SAN
16 39 (18.06%) Windows XP
17 38 (17.59%) Exchange Server 2007
17 38 (17.59%) Exchange Server 2010
18 37 (17.13%) DHCP
19 36 (16.67%) SLA
20 32 (14.81%) MCSE
21 31 (14.35%) MS Excel
21 31 (14.35%) Clustering
22 30 (13.89%) HP
22 30 (13.89%) vSphere
23 29 (13.43%) Windows 7
23 29 (13.43%) MS Office
24 28 (12.96%) IIS
24 28 (12.96%) Cisco

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (9.259%) .NET
2 13 (6.019%) XML
3 8 (3.704%) ASP
4 6 (2.778%) XSLT
4 6 (2.778%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.315%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.852%) Ajax
7 3 (1.389%) Java EE
7 3 (1.389%) Application Packaging
8 2 (0.926%) WCF
8 2 (0.926%) jQuery
8 2 (0.926%) MooTools
9 1 (0.463%) HTML
9 1 (0.463%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.463%) Middleware
9 1 (0.463%) COM
9 1 (0.463%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 84 (38.89%) MS Exchange
2 41 (18.98%) Exchange Server 2003
3 38 (17.59%) Exchange Server 2007
3 38 (17.59%) Exchange Server 2010
4 28 (12.96%) IIS
5 27 (12.50%) SharePoint
6 10 (4.630%) SharePoint 2010
7 8 (3.704%) Site Server
8 7 (3.241%) Lotus Notes
9 4 (1.852%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.926%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.926%) Lync
11 1 (0.463%) Apache
11 1 (0.463%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.463%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.463%) WebSphere MQ
11 1 (0.463%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 31 (14.35%) MS Excel
2 29 (13.43%) MS Office
3 7 (3.241%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.241%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.463%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.463%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 52 (24.07%) DNS
2 39 (18.06%) SAN
3 37 (17.13%) DHCP
4 27 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 20 (9.259%) Firewall
6 13 (6.019%) LAN
7 11 (5.093%) VPN
8 10 (4.630%) Internet
8 10 (4.630%) NAS
9 9 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (4.167%) WAN
10 8 (3.704%) Wireless
11 7 (3.241%) IPsec
11 7 (3.241%) Wireshark
11 7 (3.241%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (3.241%) Cisco PIX
11 7 (3.241%) MRTG
11 7 (3.241%) SNMP
11 7 (3.241%) Ethernet
11 7 (3.241%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (22.69%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.259%) SQL Server 2005
3 19 (8.796%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.852%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (1.389%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.389%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.389%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.926%) MS Access
8 1 (0.463%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.463%) DB2
8 1 (0.463%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.463%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.463%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.315%) MSI
2 3 (1.389%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.389%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.463%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.463%) NUnit
3 1 (0.463%) StarTeam
General
1 23 (10.65%) Finance
2 14 (6.481%) Advertising
3 12 (5.556%) Banking
4 6 (2.778%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.852%) Publishing
6 3 (1.389%) Legal
6 3 (1.389%) Back Office
6 3 (1.389%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.463%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.463%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (15.28%) Server Support
2 32 (14.81%) Analyst
3 27 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 25 (11.57%) Support Analyst
5 24 (11.11%) Consultant
6 23 (10.65%) Server Technician
7 18 (8.333%) Support Technician
7 18 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (7.870%) Server Support Technician
9 16 (7.407%) Technical Consultant
10 13 (6.019%) Administrator
11 12 (5.556%) Team Leader
12 11 (5.093%) Server Engineer
12 11 (5.093%) DBA
12 11 (5.093%) Systems Support
13 10 (4.630%) IT Consultant
13 10 (4.630%) SQL DBA
13 10 (4.630%) Integration Engineer
14 9 (4.167%) Developer
14 9 (4.167%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.35%) Clustering
2 14 (6.481%) Replication
3 11 (5.093%) Client/Server
4 8 (3.704%) Blackberry
5 5 (2.315%) EqualLogic
6 4 (1.852%) CLARiiON
7 3 (1.389%) Celerra
8 2 (0.926%) EMC Centera
8 2 (0.926%) CMDB
8 2 (0.926%) PKI
8 2 (0.926%) CCTV
9 1 (0.463%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.463%) Symmetrix
9 1 (0.463%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.463%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.463%) iPhone
9 1 (0.463%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 216 (100.00%) Windows
2 193 (89.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 39 (18.06%) Windows XP
4 29 (13.43%) Windows 7
5 27 (12.50%) Linux
6 13 (6.019%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (4.630%) Windows Vista
8 8 (3.704%) AIX
8 8 (3.704%) UNIX
8 8 (3.704%) Solaris
8 8 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
9 6 (2.778%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.315%) Windows 2000
11 3 (1.389%) HPUX
12 1 (0.463%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.463%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (22.22%) ITIL
2 23 (10.65%) Service Delivery
3 21 (9.722%) Migration
4 17 (7.870%) Change Management
4 17 (7.870%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (7.870%) Capacity Planning
5 12 (5.556%) Project Management
6 11 (5.093%) Performance Management
6 11 (5.093%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (4.167%) Time Management
7 9 (4.167%) Incident Management
7 9 (4.167%) Service Management
8 8 (3.704%) Business Continuity
9 7 (3.241%) Asset Management
9 7 (3.241%) Capacity Management
10 6 (2.778%) Network Architecture
10 6 (2.778%) ITIL V2
10 6 (2.778%) RDF
11 5 (2.315%) Configuration Management
11 5 (2.315%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (21.76%) SQL
2 25 (11.57%) VB
3 23 (10.65%) C#
4 13 (6.019%) Perl
5 11 (5.093%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.630%) Java
7 9 (4.167%) VBScript
8 8 (3.704%) C
8 8 (3.704%) PHP
9 7 (3.241%) VB.NET
10 5 (2.315%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.852%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.852%) VBA
11 4 (1.852%) Bourne shell
11 4 (1.852%) Korn
12 3 (1.389%) PL/1
12 3 (1.389%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.389%) C++
12 3 (1.389%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 43 (19.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (14.81%) MCSE
3 23 (10.65%) Degree
4 20 (9.259%) Security Cleared
4 20 (9.259%) MCITP
5 16 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (6.944%) CCNA
7 10 (4.630%) CCA
7 10 (4.630%) Citrix Certification
8 9 (4.167%) MCSA
8 9 (4.167%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.167%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (3.241%) MCTS
10 5 (2.315%) MCP
11 3 (1.389%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.926%) Server+ Certification
13 1 (0.463%) VCDX
13 1 (0.463%) VCP5
13 1 (0.463%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 131 (60.65%) Active Directory
2 64 (29.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (13.89%) vSphere
4 24 (11.11%) XenApp
5 20 (9.259%) Hyper-V
6 11 (5.093%) XenServer
7 9 (4.167%) Terminal Server
8 6 (2.778%) XenDesktop
9 5 (2.315%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 4 (1.852%) VMware ESX
11 2 (0.926%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.926%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.926%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.463%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.463%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.463%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.463%) NFS
12 1 (0.463%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.463%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 46 (21.30%) SCCM
2 19 (8.796%) SCOM
3 17 (7.870%) WSUS
4 7 (3.241%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (2.778%) Tivoli
5 6 (2.778%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (2.315%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 4 (1.852%) Backup Exec
7 4 (1.852%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (1.389%) WMI
8 3 (1.389%) DameWare
9 2 (0.926%) MOM
10 1 (0.463%) Business Desktop Deployment
10 1 (0.463%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 118 (54.63%) Microsoft
2 91 (42.13%) VMware
3 61 (28.24%) Citrix
4 30 (13.89%) HP
5 28 (12.96%) Cisco
6 18 (8.333%) Dell
7 17 (7.870%) CommVault
8 14 (6.481%) EMC
9 10 (4.630%) Juniper
10 9 (4.167%) Oracle
11 7 (3.241%) Lotus
11 7 (3.241%) Symantec
11 7 (3.241%) McAfee
12 6 (2.778%) Postini
12 6 (2.778%) Red Hat
12 6 (2.778%) NetApp
13 5 (2.315%) Sun
14 4 (1.852%) Lumension
15 3 (1.389%) Altiris
15 3 (1.389%) Veritas
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Car/ Allowance + Benefits
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Salary: £35,000 to £48,000 per annum
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