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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 52 32 36
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 35 65 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 4.207% 7.050% 6.032%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.55% 19.46% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 33 65 38
Average salary £37,500 £31,500 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% +9.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £20,000 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
303 334 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 36.42% 36.23% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 278 314 180
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 £29,000 £22,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
Hampshire

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

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

Southampton Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 71 (100.00%) Windows
1 71 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 56 (78.87%) Firewall
3 48 (67.61%) MS Exchange
4 45 (63.38%) VMware
5 41 (57.75%) SAN
6 40 (56.34%) TCP/IP
7 39 (54.93%) VMware Infrastructure
8 38 (53.52%) Windows Vista
9 34 (47.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (46.48%) MCSE
11 31 (43.66%) Citrix
12 29 (40.85%) Windows XP
13 27 (38.03%) Exchange Server 2010
14 26 (36.62%) Active Directory
15 25 (35.21%) MCITP
16 24 (33.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 24 (33.80%) CCA
16 24 (33.80%) Citrix Certification
17 23 (32.39%) Cisco
18 20 (28.17%) SQL
18 20 (28.17%) SQL Server
19 19 (26.76%) Clustering
20 17 (23.94%) VPN
21 15 (21.13%) ISO 9001
21 15 (21.13%) MS Office
21 15 (21.13%) SLA
22 14 (19.72%) Blackberry
23 13 (18.31%) Cisco IOS
24 12 (16.90%) ISO/IEC 27001

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 48 (67.61%) MS Exchange
2 27 (38.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (9.859%) IIS
4 5 (7.042%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (4.225%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.817%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.408%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.408%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) MS Office
2 10 (14.08%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.408%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (78.87%) Firewall
2 41 (57.75%) SAN
3 40 (56.34%) TCP/IP
4 17 (23.94%) VPN
5 13 (18.31%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (15.49%) DNS
7 6 (8.451%) LAN
7 6 (8.451%) WAN
8 5 (7.042%) iSCSI
9 4 (5.634%) DHCP
10 3 (4.225%) SSL
10 3 (4.225%) IPsec
11 2 (2.817%) IP Telephony
11 2 (2.817%) Wireless
12 1 (1.408%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (1.408%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.634%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.225%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (2.817%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.817%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.408%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.408%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 1 (1.408%) MSI
General
1 3 (4.225%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.408%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Support Consultant
1 24 (33.80%) IT Consultant
1 24 (33.80%) Consultant
1 24 (33.80%) IT Support
2 15 (21.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (18.31%) Support Engineer
4 9 (12.68%) Data Centre Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) Network Support Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) Network Support
5 8 (11.27%) Network Engineer
6 7 (9.859%) Analyst
7 6 (8.451%) IT Graduate
7 6 (8.451%) Graduate
8 3 (4.225%) Systems Support
8 3 (4.225%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (4.225%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (4.225%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 3 (4.225%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.817%) Microsoft Specialist
9 2 (2.817%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.76%) Clustering
2 14 (19.72%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.817%) Kindle
4 1 (1.408%) Firmware
4 1 (1.408%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.408%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 71 (100.00%) Windows
1 71 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 38 (53.52%) Windows Vista
3 29 (40.85%) Windows XP
4 10 (14.08%) Linux
5 8 (11.27%) Windows 2000
6 5 (7.042%) Windows 7
7 3 (4.225%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.408%) UNIX
8 1 (1.408%) Solaris
8 1 (1.408%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.408%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.08%) Time Management
2 5 (7.042%) Data Protection
3 4 (5.634%) Service Delivery
3 4 (5.634%) ITIL
4 3 (4.225%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (2.817%) WAN Optimisation
5 2 (2.817%) Problem Management
5 2 (2.817%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.408%) ERP
6 1 (1.408%) Change Management
6 1 (1.408%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.408%) Resource Management
6 1 (1.408%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.408%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.408%) Software Distribution
6 1 (1.408%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.17%) SQL
2 2 (2.817%) Java
2 2 (2.817%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.408%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.408%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (47.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (46.48%) MCSE
3 25 (35.21%) MCITP
4 24 (33.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 24 (33.80%) CCA
4 24 (33.80%) Citrix Certification
5 10 (14.08%) Degree
6 2 (2.817%) CCNA
6 2 (2.817%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.408%) CCNP
7 1 (1.408%) ISEB
7 1 (1.408%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.13%) ISO 9001
1 15 (21.13%) SLA
2 12 (16.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (16.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (54.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (36.62%) Active Directory
3 7 (9.859%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.225%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.817%) vSphere
5 2 (2.817%) XenApp
5 2 (2.817%) XenServer
5 2 (2.817%) XenDesktop
5 2 (2.817%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.408%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.408%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.408%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (4.225%) SCCM
2 2 (2.817%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.408%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 45 (63.38%) VMware
2 31 (43.66%) Citrix
3 23 (32.39%) Cisco
4 11 (15.49%) Dell
5 10 (14.08%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.634%) HP
7 2 (2.817%) Foundry
7 2 (2.817%) ProCurve
7 2 (2.817%) Riverbed
7 2 (2.817%) Oracle
7 2 (2.817%) Avaya
8 1 (1.408%) Lotus
8 1 (1.408%) Intel
8 1 (1.408%) Cognos
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