The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 13 - 10
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 8 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 10.96% - 9.302%
As % of the Operating Systems category 53.33% - 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
Average salary £45,000 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
15 27 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 20.55% 23.89% 16.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 7
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +120.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) VMware
3 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
4 8 (72.73%) Windows XP
4 8 (72.73%) MS Exchange
5 7 (63.64%) Cisco
5 7 (63.64%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (63.64%) SCCM
6 6 (54.55%) CheckPoint
6 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (54.55%) Firewall
6 6 (54.55%) IPsec
6 6 (54.55%) McAfee
6 6 (54.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (54.55%) SSL
6 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
6 6 (54.55%) VPN
6 6 (54.55%) SQL
6 6 (54.55%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (54.55%) WSUS
6 6 (54.55%) vSphere
6 6 (54.55%) McAfee ePO
6 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
7 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (27.27%) Lync
8 2 (18.18%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (18.18%) Windows 8
8 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 8 (72.73%) MS Exchange
2 7 (63.64%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (54.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
3 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (27.27%) Lync
5 1 (9.091%) IIS
5 1 (9.091%) Apache
5 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
1 6 (54.55%) IPsec
1 6 (54.55%) SSL
1 6 (54.55%) VPN
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (18.18%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (18.18%) DHCP
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) SAN
3 1 (9.091%) iSCSI
3 1 (9.091%) LAN
3 1 (9.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Server Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) SAN Specialist
3 1 (9.091%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Clustering
1 1 (9.091%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (72.73%) Windows XP
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 8
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (18.18%) UNIX
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
5 1 (9.091%) HPUX
5 1 (9.091%) Solaris
5 1 (9.091%) Linux
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.091%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) vSphere
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (9.091%) ISA Server
4 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
4 1 (9.091%) NFS
4 1 (9.091%) XenApp
4 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) SCCM
2 6 (54.55%) WSUS
2 6 (54.55%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (9.091%) SCOM
3 1 (9.091%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) VMware
2 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco
4 6 (54.55%) CheckPoint
4 6 (54.55%) McAfee
5 2 (18.18%) HP
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
6 1 (9.091%) NetApp
6 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
6 1 (9.091%) Dell
6 1 (9.091%) IBM