Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the West Midlands region.

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank285531
Rank change year-on-year
Up+27Down-24
Matching permanent IT job ads171163468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands4.809 %3.499 %5.331 %
As % of the Operating Systems category31.38 %17.62 %24.40 %
Salaries quoted162145417
Average salary£31,500£30,000£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %+9.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,500£22,000£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,750£41,500£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
5459251918
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands15.33 %19.85 %21.85 %
Salaries quoted4887741667
Average salary£32,500£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£21,500£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands Windows Server 2003 Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

West Midlands Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+752£32,500+25.00 %
WarwickshireUp+1420£24,750-29.28 %
CoventryUp+520£32,500-1.51 %
SolihullDown-315£30,000+20.00 %
HerefordshireUp+814£36,250+6.61 %
WorcestershireUp+1613£35,000+16.66 %
ShropshireUp+1911£25,750-39.41 %
StaffordshireUp+911£17,000-15.00 %
WalsallUp+167£31,500+0.80 %
StourbridgeNew entry-5£26,750-
WolverhamptonUp+203£24,500-38.75 %
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003.

1303 (100.00 %)Windows
2165 (54.46 %)Microsoft
3145 (47.85 %)Active Directory
4125 (41.25 %)SQL Server
5119 (39.27 %)Microsoft Certification
6116 (38.28 %)MS Exchange
7107 (35.31 %)Windows Server 2008
897 (32.01 %)MCSE
992 (30.36 %)Windows XP
1074 (24.42 %)SQL Server 2005
1170 (23.10 %)VMware
1268 (22.44 %)SQL
1367 (22.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
1459 (19.47 %)Citrix
1556 (18.48 %)TCP/IP
1556 (18.48 %)Exchange Server 2007
1650 (16.50 %)SQL Server 2000
1749 (16.17 %)LAN
1749 (16.17 %)MS Office
1843 (14.19 %)Windows 2000
1843 (14.19 %)MS Excel
1843 (14.19 %)WAN
1942 (13.86 %)Cisco
2041 (13.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
2139 (12.87 %)Firewall
2139 (12.87 %)Exchange Server 2003
2237 (12.21 %)SharePoint
2237 (12.21 %)IIS
2335 (11.55 %)MCP
2335 (11.55 %)Internet

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
131 (10.23 %).NET
224 (7.921 %)ASP.NET
322 (7.261 %)XML
420 (6.601 %)AJAX
519 (6.271 %)CSS
519 (6.271 %)XHTML
617 (5.611 %)XSLT
79 (2.970 %)Windows SharePoint Services
88 (2.640 %)LAMP
96 (1.980 %).NET Framework
96 (1.980 %)HTML
96 (1.980 %)Web Services
104 (1.320 %)ASP
113 (0.990 %)COM+
113 (0.990 %)DCOM
113 (0.990 %)XSL
121 (0.330 %)ADO.NET
121 (0.330 %)Flash
121 (0.330 %)jQuery
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1116 (38.28 %)MS Exchange
256 (18.48 %)Exchange Server 2007
339 (12.87 %)Exchange Server 2003
437 (12.21 %)SharePoint
437 (12.21 %)IIS
521 (6.931 %)Lotus Notes
618 (5.941 %)SharePoint Server 2007
711 (3.630 %)Lotus Domino
810 (3.300 %)SharePoint Portal Server
95 (1.650 %)Apache
103 (0.990 %)WebLogic
103 (0.990 %)MTS
103 (0.990 %)AquaLogic
112 (0.660 %)Exchange Server 2000
112 (0.660 %)Content Management Server
121 (0.330 %)BizTalk Server
121 (0.330 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
149 (16.17 %)MS Office
243 (14.19 %)MS Excel
32 (0.660 %)MS Project
41 (0.330 %)Photoshop
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.990 %)BPCS
21 (0.330 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.330 %)Navision
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
156 (18.48 %)TCP/IP
249 (16.17 %)LAN
343 (14.19 %)WAN
439 (12.87 %)Firewall
535 (11.55 %)Internet
629 (9.571 %)DNS
721 (6.931 %)SAN
820 (6.601 %)DHCP
917 (5.611 %)VLAN
1014 (4.620 %)VPN
1014 (4.620 %)VoIP
1110 (3.300 %)Wireless
126 (1.980 %)Cisco PIX
126 (1.980 %)POP3
135 (1.650 %)FTP
135 (1.650 %)TELNET
144 (1.320 %)NAS
144 (1.320 %)SSL
144 (1.320 %)HTTPS
144 (1.320 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1125 (41.25 %)SQL Server
274 (24.42 %)SQL Server 2005
350 (16.50 %)SQL Server 2000
417 (5.611 %)SQL Server 2008
514 (4.620 %)MySQL
612 (3.960 %)Crystal Reports
710 (3.300 %)Datawarehouse
85 (1.650 %)Oracle 10g
85 (1.650 %)DTS
85 (1.650 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (1.650 %)SQL Server Integration Services
94 (1.320 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
94 (1.320 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
103 (0.990 %)MS Access
112 (0.660 %)BusinessObjects
121 (0.330 %)RDBMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.330 %)Dreamweaver
11 (0.330 %)Visual Studio
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (4.950 %)Finance
26 (1.980 %)Pensions
26 (1.980 %)Telecoms
26 (1.980 %)Law
35 (1.650 %)Marketing
44 (1.320 %)Health
44 (1.320 %)Manufacturing
53 (0.990 %)Legal
53 (0.990 %)Education
53 (0.990 %)Government
53 (0.990 %)Banking
53 (0.990 %)Music
62 (0.660 %)Retail
62 (0.660 %)Online Games
62 (0.660 %)Games
71 (0.330 %)Back Office
71 (0.330 %)Insurance
71 (0.330 %)Auditing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
165 (21.45 %)Analyst
242 (13.86 %)Architect
340 (13.20 %)Administrator
434 (11.22 %)Support Analyst
532 (10.56 %)Systems Administrator
629 (9.571 %)IT Support
728 (9.241 %)Technical Architect
825 (8.251 %)DBA
924 (7.921 %)Developer
1023 (7.591 %)Support Engineer
1122 (7.261 %)SQL DBA
1220 (6.601 %)Infrastructure Architect
1220 (6.601 %).NET Developer
1220 (6.601 %)ASP.NET Developer
1319 (6.271 %)Systems Analyst
1415 (4.950 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1415 (4.950 %)IT Administrator
1415 (4.950 %)Solutions Architect
1415 (4.950 %)Technical Infrastructure Architect
1514 (4.620 %)Technical Support
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
123 (7.591 %)Clustering
217 (5.611 %)Computer Science
312 (3.960 %)W3C
411 (3.630 %)N-Tier
411 (3.630 %)Replication
59 (2.970 %)Blackberry
66 (1.980 %)AS400
66 (1.980 %)Client/Server
74 (1.320 %)EqualLogic
82 (0.660 %)PDA
82 (0.660 %)Statistics
82 (0.660 %)Fat Client
82 (0.660 %)Open Source
82 (0.660 %)Management Information System
82 (0.660 %)Thin Client
91 (0.330 %)EPoS
91 (0.330 %)FMCG
91 (0.330 %)Semantic Web
91 (0.330 %)Data Protection Act
91 (0.330 %)Data Extraction
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1303 (100.00 %)Windows
2107 (35.31 %)Windows Server 2008
392 (30.36 %)Windows XP
467 (22.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
543 (14.19 %)Windows 2000
630 (9.901 %)Windows Vista
718 (5.941 %)Linux
814 (4.620 %)UNIX
912 (3.960 %)AIX
1011 (3.630 %)Windows 7
116 (1.980 %)HPUX
123 (0.990 %)Solaris
123 (0.990 %)Red Hat Linux
132 (0.660 %)Ubuntu
132 (0.660 %)CentOS
132 (0.660 %)Windows NT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
133 (10.89 %)ITIL
229 (9.571 %)Project Management
321 (6.931 %)MOF
419 (6.271 %)Load Balancing
518 (5.941 %)Technical Architecture
615 (4.950 %)CRM
714 (4.620 %)E-Commerce
813 (4.290 %)PRINCE
912 (3.960 %)SEO
912 (3.960 %)Service Delivery
109 (2.970 %)Network Design
118 (2.640 %)Content Management
127 (2.310 %)Migration
136 (1.980 %)Document Management
136 (1.980 %)Problem Management
136 (1.980 %)OO
145 (1.650 %)ERP
145 (1.650 %)Time Management
145 (1.650 %)Software Engineering
154 (1.320 %)Performance Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
168 (22.44 %)SQL
229 (9.571 %)JavaScript
322 (7.261 %)C#
421 (6.931 %)VB
520 (6.601 %)VBScript
618 (5.941 %)Java
715 (4.950 %)VB.NET
812 (3.960 %)PHP
911 (3.630 %)Ruby
1010 (3.300 %)C++
117 (2.310 %)T-SQL
126 (1.980 %)XPath
126 (1.980 %)VB6
134 (1.320 %)VBA
143 (0.990 %)MUMPS
143 (0.990 %)C
152 (0.660 %)Shell Script
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1119 (39.27 %)Microsoft Certification
297 (32.01 %)MCSE
335 (11.55 %)MCP
430 (9.901 %)Degree
514 (4.620 %)MCSA
613 (4.290 %)MCITP
711 (3.630 %)CCNA
711 (3.630 %)Cisco Certification
89 (2.970 %)Citrix Certification
98 (2.640 %)CCEA
106 (1.980 %)CCSA
106 (1.980 %)CCA
106 (1.980 %)A+ Certification
113 (0.990 %)MCDBA
113 (0.990 %)VCP4
113 (0.990 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
122 (0.660 %)MCDST
122 (0.660 %)SC Cleared
122 (0.660 %)Security Cleared
131 (0.330 %)HND
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (5.611 %)SLA
21 (0.330 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1145 (47.85 %)Active Directory
241 (13.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
335 (11.55 %)ISA Server
417 (5.611 %)Terminal Services
514 (4.620 %)XenApp
514 (4.620 %)Citrix Presentation Server
612 (3.960 %)VMware ESX
75 (1.650 %)Xen
84 (1.320 %)Hyper-V
93 (0.990 %)MetaFrame
93 (0.990 %)vSphere
102 (0.660 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
102 (0.660 %)Postfix
102 (0.660 %)Oracle RMAN
102 (0.660 %)Terminal Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
123 (7.591 %)SCOM
222 (7.261 %)SCCM
318 (5.941 %)Backup Exec
411 (3.630 %)WSUS
53 (0.990 %)NetBackup
53 (0.990 %)ZENworks
62 (0.660 %)HP Data Protector
62 (0.660 %)MIMEsweeper
62 (0.660 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.660 %)MOM
71 (0.330 %)Norton AntiVirus
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1165 (54.46 %)Microsoft
270 (23.10 %)VMware
359 (19.47 %)Citrix
442 (13.86 %)Cisco
527 (8.911 %)HP
624 (7.921 %)Lotus
719 (6.271 %)Oracle
811 (3.630 %)Veritas
910 (3.300 %)Symantec
109 (2.970 %)IBM
117 (2.310 %)Google
126 (1.980 %)Novell
126 (1.980 %)CheckPoint
135 (1.650 %)CommVault
135 (1.650 %)McAfee
144 (1.320 %)WatchGuard
144 (1.320 %)PeopleSoft
144 (1.320 %)Dell
144 (1.320 %)Intel
153 (0.990 %)Red Hat