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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 38 42 55
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 20 22 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 3.824% 3.514% 1.354%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.95% 16.79% 6.015%
Number of salaries quoted 12 22 5
Average salary £35,000 £33,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -11.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,750 £22,500 £25,800
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
118 131 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 22.56% 20.93% 22.50%
Number of salaries quoted 100 112 104
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,800 £18,700 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £62,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South Yorkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Sheffield Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 62 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (90.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (51.61%) Microsoft
3 32 (51.61%) SQL Server
4 31 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 30 (48.39%) VMware
6 29 (46.77%) MS Excel
7 26 (41.94%) SQL
7 26 (41.94%) SQL Server 2005
8 24 (38.71%) SQL Server 2008
9 21 (33.87%) Load Balancing
9 21 (33.87%) Clustering
10 20 (32.26%) Replication
10 20 (32.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (32.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (32.26%) Retail
10 20 (32.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 18 (29.03%) MS Exchange
11 18 (29.03%) Active Directory
12 15 (24.19%) ITIL
13 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (22.58%) Exchange Server 2007
14 13 (20.97%) Exchange Server 2003
14 13 (20.97%) Citrix
14 13 (20.97%) Windows XP
15 11 (17.74%) DNS
15 11 (17.74%) MCSE
16 10 (16.13%) MS Office
16 10 (16.13%) HP
16 10 (16.13%) SAN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 2 (3.226%) HTML
1 2 (3.226%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 18 (29.03%) MS Exchange
2 14 (22.58%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (20.97%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (6.452%) IIS
5 2 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (3.226%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (3.226%) Lync
5 2 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 29 (46.77%) MS Excel
2 10 (16.13%) MS Office
3 1 (1.613%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.74%) DNS
2 10 (16.13%) SAN
3 7 (11.29%) LAN
3 7 (11.29%) WAN
4 5 (8.065%) DHCP
4 5 (8.065%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.839%) Unified Communications
5 3 (4.839%) Firewall
6 2 (3.226%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (3.226%) SNMP
6 2 (3.226%) VoIP
6 2 (3.226%) Internet
7 1 (1.613%) OSPF
7 1 (1.613%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.613%) VPN
7 1 (1.613%) Wireless
7 1 (1.613%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.613%) MRTG
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (51.61%) SQL Server
2 26 (41.94%) SQL Server 2005
3 24 (38.71%) SQL Server 2008
4 20 (32.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (32.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (32.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.226%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (3.226%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Wise Package Studio
2 6 (9.677%) MSI
2 6 (9.677%) InstallShield
General
1 20 (32.26%) Retail
2 1 (1.613%) Marketing
2 1 (1.613%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (32.26%) DBA
1 20 (32.26%) Administrator
1 20 (32.26%) SQL Server DBA
1 20 (32.26%) SQL DBA
1 20 (32.26%) Server Administrator
1 20 (32.26%) Teradata DBA
2 13 (20.97%) Support Engineer
3 10 (16.13%) Senior DBA
3 10 (16.13%) Senior SQL Server DBA
3 10 (16.13%) Senior SQL DBA
4 7 (11.29%) Windows Server Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) IT Support
4 7 (11.29%) Windows Support Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Server Support Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Server Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Server Support
5 6 (9.677%) Applications Packager
6 5 (8.065%) Analyst
7 3 (4.839%) Consultant
7 3 (4.839%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.87%) Clustering
2 20 (32.26%) Replication
3 4 (6.452%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.226%) iPad
4 2 (3.226%) iPhone
4 2 (3.226%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.226%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.226%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.226%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.613%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.613%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.613%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (90.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 31 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 13 (20.97%) Windows XP
5 6 (9.677%) Linux
6 3 (4.839%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.226%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (3.226%) Mac OS X
7 2 (3.226%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.613%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.613%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.87%) Load Balancing
2 15 (24.19%) ITIL
3 6 (9.677%) Change Management
3 6 (9.677%) Validation
4 4 (6.452%) Migration
5 3 (4.839%) Data Management
5 3 (4.839%) Service Management
6 2 (3.226%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (3.226%) Network Design
6 2 (3.226%) Web Development
6 2 (3.226%) Business Development
6 2 (3.226%) ITSM
7 1 (1.613%) ERP
7 1 (1.613%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 26 (41.94%) SQL
2 6 (9.677%) VBScript
2 6 (9.677%) VB
3 2 (3.226%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (17.74%) MCSE
3 9 (14.52%) MCP
4 6 (9.677%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.065%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.839%) CCNA
6 3 (4.839%) MCSA
6 3 (4.839%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (4.839%) MCTS
6 3 (4.839%) MCITP
7 2 (3.226%) MCDST
7 2 (3.226%) CCNP
7 2 (3.226%) NCDA
7 2 (3.226%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.677%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.226%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 10 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.677%) VMware ESX
3 6 (9.677%) vSphere
4 5 (8.065%) Hyper-V
5 4 (6.452%) XenApp
5 4 (6.452%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (4.839%) XenDesktop
7 2 (3.226%) Terminal Services
7 2 (3.226%) XenServer
8 1 (1.613%) ISA Server
8 1 (1.613%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) SCCM
2 3 (4.839%) SCOM
2 3 (4.839%) Backup Exec
3 2 (3.226%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (3.226%) NetBackup
3 2 (3.226%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (1.613%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.613%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (48.39%) VMware
3 13 (20.97%) Citrix
4 10 (16.13%) HP
5 7 (11.29%) Cisco
6 6 (9.677%) IBM
7 5 (8.065%) Dell
8 4 (6.452%) Capita
8 4 (6.452%) CheckPoint
8 4 (6.452%) Symantec
9 3 (4.839%) Sophos
10 2 (3.226%) CommVault
10 2 (3.226%) NetApp
10 2 (3.226%) Apple
11 1 (1.613%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.613%) Trend Micro
11 1 (1.613%) Mitel
11 1 (1.613%) EMC
11 1 (1.613%) Nortel
11 1 (1.613%) Avaya