The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wigan region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 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 Wigan region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 28 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 3 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 3.797% 2.362% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.43% 15.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
Average salary £36,000 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.90% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Wigan
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
14 20 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 17.72% 15.75% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 13 19 10
Average salary £27,300 £26,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +1.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,900 £16,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
Manchester

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Wigan region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Wigan Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

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

Wigan Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wigan Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (50.00%) SQL
5 3 (37.50%) Oracle
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) IIS
5 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
5 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 3 (37.50%) LAN
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
5 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (25.00%) Brocade
6 2 (25.00%) CLARiiON
6 2 (25.00%) vSphere
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (25.00%) HP
6 2 (25.00%) EMC
6 2 (25.00%) MetaFrame
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Avaya
6 2 (25.00%) SAN
6 2 (25.00%) PRINCE
6 2 (25.00%) MS Office
6 2 (25.00%) HPUX

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) IIS
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Server Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Support Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) CLARiiON
2 1 (12.50%) Fat Client
2 1 (12.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (25.00%) HPUX
3 2 (25.00%) UNIX
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Solaris
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCP
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
1 2 (25.00%) MCSA
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) MetaFrame
2 2 (25.00%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Server
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Brocade
4 2 (25.00%) HP
4 2 (25.00%) EMC
4 2 (25.00%) Avaya
5 1 (12.50%) Symantec
5 1 (12.50%) McAfee