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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank - 8 10
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 0 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall - 11.11% 7.692%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 27.27% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
Average salary - £31,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.52%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8 11 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 11.94% 40.74% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 7
Average salary £27,000 £23,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.39% -19.29%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
West Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Samba
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Postfix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVPN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Support
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Samba
1 1 (100.00%) Postfix
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Apple