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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 31 27 37
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 5 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 2.841% 2.899% 1.036%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.813% 15.38% 2.985%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 2
Average salary £25,250 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.85% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,600 £29,400 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £35,000 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
64 26 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 36.36% 18.84% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39 15 31
Average salary £28,000 £28,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.75% -28.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Hertfordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco
4 4 (50.00%) Firewall
4 4 (50.00%) VMware
4 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
5 3 (37.50%) NAS
5 3 (37.50%) iSCSI
5 3 (37.50%) SAN
6 2 (25.00%) Backup Exec
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
6 2 (25.00%) DNS
6 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (25.00%) DHCP
6 2 (25.00%) MS Office
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (25.00%) Lync
7 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 1 (12.50%) Local Government
7 1 (12.50%) Northgate
7 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (12.50%) MCTS
7 1 (12.50%) MCITP

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (25.00%) Lync
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) NAS
2 3 (37.50%) iSCSI
2 3 (37.50%) SAN
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WLAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 1 (12.50%) Local Government
1 1 (12.50%) Back Office
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
4 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 8
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MCTS
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
1 1 (12.50%) MCP
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (12.50%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Northgate
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix