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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 26 16 27
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 17 6 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 6.719% 4.839% 8.647%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.87% 20.00% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 23
Average salary £47,500 £47,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +46.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £47,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Welwyn Garden City
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
61 30 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 24.11% 24.19% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 59 25 81
Average salary £45,000 £42,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £27,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £61,250
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 Welwyn Garden City region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City 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 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (97.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (82.05%) SQL Server
4 26 (66.67%) Migration
5 17 (43.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (43.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (43.59%) BizTalk Server
6 16 (41.03%) Finance
6 16 (41.03%) Replication
7 15 (38.46%) VMware
7 15 (38.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 15 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (35.90%) Linux
8 14 (35.90%) Microsoft
9 13 (33.33%) SQL
10 11 (28.21%) SAN
10 11 (28.21%) Citrix
11 10 (25.64%) LAN
11 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
12 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
12 9 (23.08%) Oracle
12 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
12 9 (23.08%) Red Hat
12 9 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (23.08%) TOGAF
12 9 (23.08%) Xen
12 9 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (23.08%) NAS
13 8 (20.51%) Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 (2.564%) .NET
1 1 (2.564%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 17 (43.59%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (17.95%) MS Exchange
3 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (5.128%) IIS
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) SAN
2 10 (25.64%) LAN
2 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
3 9 (23.08%) NAS
4 5 (12.82%) VPN
4 5 (12.82%) DNS
5 3 (7.692%) DHCP
6 2 (5.128%) Firewall
6 2 (5.128%) ATM
7 1 (2.564%) WAN
7 1 (2.564%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.564%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (82.05%) SQL Server
2 17 (43.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 17 (43.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 15 (38.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (15.38%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (10.26%) DTS
6 3 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (2.564%) OLTP
7 1 (2.564%) GIS
7 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) WatiN
1 2 (5.128%) NUnit
General
1 16 (41.03%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Back Office
2 3 (7.692%) Retail
2 3 (7.692%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.128%) Banking
4 1 (2.564%) Local Government
4 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) DBA
1 16 (41.03%) SQL DBA
2 14 (35.90%) SQL Server DBA
3 5 (12.82%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Senior SQL DBA
3 5 (12.82%) Senior DBA
3 5 (12.82%) Senior SQL Server DBA
4 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Designer
4 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Administrator
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Junior
4 4 (10.26%) Designer
5 3 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.692%) Analyst
5 3 (7.692%) Junior Architect
6 2 (5.128%) Wintel Specialist
6 2 (5.128%) Wintel Technical Specialist
6 2 (5.128%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (5.128%) Server Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 16 (41.03%) Replication
2 2 (5.128%) Open Source
2 2 (5.128%) APACS
2 2 (5.128%) EPoS
3 1 (2.564%) AS400
3 1 (2.564%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (97.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (35.90%) Linux
4 9 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (12.82%) UNIX
6 2 (5.128%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.564%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) Migration
2 15 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
3 9 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (23.08%) TOGAF
4 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.82%) CRM
5 5 (12.82%) Release Management
6 2 (5.128%) Test Strategy
6 2 (5.128%) User Stories
6 2 (5.128%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.128%) System Testing
6 2 (5.128%) Validation
6 2 (5.128%) Business Continuity
6 2 (5.128%) Scrum
6 2 (5.128%) Automated Testing
6 2 (5.128%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.564%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.564%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.564%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (5.128%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.564%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) MCSE
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (12.82%) CCNA
2 5 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.82%) MCITP
3 4 (10.26%) Degree
4 2 (5.128%) ISEB
5 1 (2.564%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.564%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (23.08%) Xen
3 8 (20.51%) Hyper-V
4 5 (12.82%) VMware ESX
4 5 (12.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Backup Exec
2 2 (5.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) VMware
2 14 (35.90%) Microsoft
3 11 (28.21%) Citrix
4 9 (23.08%) Oracle
4 9 (23.08%) Red Hat
5 8 (20.51%) HP
6 5 (12.82%) Cisco
6 5 (12.82%) Symantec
7 2 (5.128%) Juniper
7 2 (5.128%) McAfee
8 1 (2.564%) IBM
8 1 (2.564%) ESRI
8 1 (2.564%) Google
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Support projects throughout the project lifecycle, from feasibility to handover and operational support Skills Required: Microsoft Windows (2003, 2008), Red Hat Linux (RHEL) Virtualisation using Citrix Xen Microsoft...
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Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
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