The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 48 22 36
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 38 79 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 4.556% 8.587% 5.609%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.50% 23.72% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 36 79 35
Average salary £38,000 £36,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.10% +25.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £21,000 £21,900
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
304 333 195
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 36.45% 36.20% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 280 313 179
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 £27,950 £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 2008
Hampshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 83 (100.00%) Windows
2 72 (86.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 57 (68.67%) Firewall
4 54 (65.06%) MS Exchange
5 47 (56.63%) VMware
6 44 (53.01%) TCP/IP
7 42 (50.60%) SAN
8 41 (49.40%) VMware Infrastructure
9 39 (46.99%) Windows Vista
10 36 (43.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 36 (43.37%) Active Directory
10 36 (43.37%) Citrix
11 35 (42.17%) MCSE
12 33 (39.76%) Windows XP
12 33 (39.76%) Exchange Server 2010
13 27 (32.53%) MCITP
14 25 (30.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 25 (30.12%) CCA
14 25 (30.12%) Citrix Certification
14 25 (30.12%) Cisco
15 23 (27.71%) SQL
16 22 (26.51%) SQL Server
17 20 (24.10%) Clustering
18 19 (22.89%) VPN
19 18 (21.69%) Microsoft
19 18 (21.69%) MS Office
20 17 (20.48%) SLA
21 15 (18.07%) ISO 9001
22 14 (16.87%) Blackberry
23 13 (15.66%) Dell

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (1.205%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 54 (65.06%) MS Exchange
2 33 (39.76%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (10.84%) IIS
4 5 (6.024%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (3.614%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.410%) Sitefinity
6 2 (2.410%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.410%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.205%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.205%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.205%) Lync
Applications
1 18 (21.69%) MS Office
2 13 (15.66%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.205%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 57 (68.67%) Firewall
2 44 (53.01%) TCP/IP
3 42 (50.60%) SAN
4 19 (22.89%) VPN
5 13 (15.66%) Cisco IOS
6 12 (14.46%) DNS
7 8 (9.639%) WAN
8 6 (7.229%) LAN
9 5 (6.024%) iSCSI
10 4 (4.819%) DHCP
11 3 (3.614%) SSL
11 3 (3.614%) IPsec
12 2 (2.410%) IP Telephony
12 2 (2.410%) VLAN
12 2 (2.410%) Wireless
12 2 (2.410%) SNMP
12 2 (2.410%) ISDN
13 1 (1.205%) SMTP
13 1 (1.205%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (1.205%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (26.51%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.819%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (2.410%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.410%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.205%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.205%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 1 (1.205%) MSI
General
1 4 (4.819%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.205%) Finance
2 1 (1.205%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (38.55%) IT Support
2 25 (30.12%) Support Consultant
2 25 (30.12%) IT Consultant
2 25 (30.12%) Consultant
3 17 (20.48%) Support Engineer
4 15 (18.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Data Centre Engineer
6 8 (9.639%) Network Support
6 8 (9.639%) Network Support Engineer
6 8 (9.639%) Network Engineer
6 8 (9.639%) Analyst
7 6 (7.229%) Graduate
7 6 (7.229%) IT Graduate
8 4 (4.819%) Support Technician
8 4 (4.819%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.819%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 3 (3.614%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (3.614%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (3.614%) Systems Support
9 3 (3.614%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 20 (24.10%) Clustering
2 14 (16.87%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.410%) Kindle
3 2 (2.410%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.205%) Firmware
4 1 (1.205%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.205%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 83 (100.00%) Windows
2 72 (86.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 39 (46.99%) Windows Vista
4 33 (39.76%) Windows XP
5 10 (12.05%) Linux
6 8 (9.639%) Windows 2000
6 8 (9.639%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.614%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.205%) UNIX
8 1 (1.205%) Solaris
8 1 (1.205%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.205%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.205%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.05%) Time Management
2 6 (7.229%) ITIL
3 5 (6.024%) Data Protection
4 4 (4.819%) Service Delivery
5 3 (3.614%) Problem Management
5 3 (3.614%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (2.410%) WAN Optimisation
6 2 (2.410%) Network Management
6 2 (2.410%) Fault Management
6 2 (2.410%) Network Load Balancing
6 2 (2.410%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.205%) ERP
7 1 (1.205%) Change Management
7 1 (1.205%) Resource Management
7 1 (1.205%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.205%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.205%) Change Control
7 1 (1.205%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.205%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 23 (27.71%) SQL
2 4 (4.819%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.410%) Java
3 2 (2.410%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.205%) C#
4 1 (1.205%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (43.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (42.17%) MCSE
3 27 (32.53%) MCITP
4 25 (30.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 25 (30.12%) CCA
4 25 (30.12%) Citrix Certification
5 10 (12.05%) Degree
6 3 (3.614%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.614%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.410%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.410%) CCNA
8 1 (1.205%) MCSA
8 1 (1.205%) ISEB
8 1 (1.205%) CCNP
8 1 (1.205%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.48%) SLA
2 15 (18.07%) ISO 9001
3 12 (14.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (14.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (49.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (43.37%) Active Directory
3 7 (8.434%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.614%) Terminal Services
4 3 (3.614%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.410%) XenApp
5 2 (2.410%) XenServer
5 2 (2.410%) XenDesktop
5 2 (2.410%) vSphere
5 2 (2.410%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.205%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.205%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.205%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (3.614%) SCCM
2 2 (2.410%) SCVMM
2 2 (2.410%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.205%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.205%) SCOM
3 1 (1.205%) WMI
Vendors
1 47 (56.63%) VMware
2 36 (43.37%) Citrix
3 25 (30.12%) Cisco
4 18 (21.69%) Microsoft
5 13 (15.66%) Dell
6 4 (4.819%) HP
6 4 (4.819%) Avaya
7 2 (2.410%) ProCurve
7 2 (2.410%) Riverbed
7 2 (2.410%) Foundry
7 2 (2.410%) Mitel
7 2 (2.410%) Oracle
8 1 (1.205%) Cognos
8 1 (1.205%) Lotus
8 1 (1.205%) Intel
Southampton, Hampshire
This will involve telephone, email, remote and face to face support across Windows 7. You will also be involved in supporting the general infrastructure for my client as...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £21000 - £25000 per annum + training
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The successful candidate will have key skills in the following: SQL Server 2005/2008 - administration and advanced T - SQL programming Windows Server 2003/2008 Windows Desktop Exchange Server...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive company Keywords: IT Support, Software Development, Software developer, 1st line support, 2nd line support, C#, .NET, SQL, Exchange 2010,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Keywords: - Infrastructure Engineer, Support Engineer, Data Centre Engineer, Monitoring, Optimisation, Patching, Troubleshooting, Data Centre Systems, PCI-DSS, ISO27001, CIS, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows XP, Windows 7, Active...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
PCI-DSS,ISO 27001) - Proficiency in the following areas: SQL Server, Windows XP/7, Windows Server 2003/2008, Networking, Windows and SQL Clustering, Cisco IOS, DELL Switch OS,...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Computer Futures are looking for a Systems Administrator for a key client of ours based inSouthampton. You will be responsible for the Administration of servers and systems including...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Professional IT experience with Windows 2008 R2 Administration * SCOM 2012 * Active Directory (AD) and DNS * WMI * VMware * Server Administration experience to diagnose & remediate failing SCOM Agent * Plus if...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013