The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 21 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 9 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 12 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 17.91% 2.703% 3.279%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.50% 8.000% 6.250%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 2
Average salary £37,500 £34,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.91% +6.92%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
32 25 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 47.76% 33.78% 52.46%
Number of salaries quoted 31 25 30
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £28,600 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £37,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
West Midlands

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wolverhampton Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 17 (89.47%) Active Directory
3 13 (68.42%) MS Excel
4 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
4 11 (57.89%) VMware
5 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
6 8 (42.11%) SQL
6 8 (42.11%) VMware ESX
6 8 (42.11%) SAN
6 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (42.11%) vSphere
7 7 (36.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (36.84%) VB.NET
7 7 (36.84%) .NET
8 6 (31.58%) T-SQL
8 6 (31.58%) HP
8 6 (31.58%) Cisco
8 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (31.58%) Citrix
8 6 (31.58%) Asset Management
8 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (31.58%) Advertising
8 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
8 6 (31.58%) XenApp
8 6 (31.58%) XenServer
8 6 (31.58%) XenDesktop
8 6 (31.58%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (26.32%) CCEE
9 5 (26.32%) CCAA

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 7 (36.84%) .NET
2 4 (21.05%) XML
2 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET
3 3 (15.79%) COM+
3 3 (15.79%) DCOM
3 3 (15.79%) XSL
4 1 (5.263%) ASP
4 1 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
2 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (21.05%) IIS
3 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (15.79%) MTS
Applications
1 13 (68.42%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) SAN
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) iSCSI
2 4 (21.05%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (15.79%) NAS
4 1 (5.263%) xDSL
4 1 (5.263%) LAN
4 1 (5.263%) WLAN
4 1 (5.263%) WAN
4 1 (5.263%) DHCP
4 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.263%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) MySQL
General
1 6 (31.58%) Advertising
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 1 (5.263%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Support Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Technical Support
3 6 (31.58%) Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (15.79%) Consultant
6 2 (10.53%) Sales Consultant
6 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (10.53%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (10.53%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 1 (5.263%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (5.263%) VMware Specialist
7 1 (5.263%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Citrix Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (21.05%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Asset Management
1 6 (31.58%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) VB.NET
3 6 (31.58%) T-SQL
4 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
5 3 (15.79%) VB6
5 3 (15.79%) VB
5 3 (15.79%) MUMPS
6 1 (5.263%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (26.32%) CCEE
2 5 (26.32%) CCAA
2 5 (26.32%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (21.05%) MCITP
4 3 (15.79%) MCTS
4 3 (15.79%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (15.79%) MCSE
5 2 (10.53%) Degree
6 1 (5.263%) CCIA
6 1 (5.263%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (89.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (42.11%) VMware ESX
2 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (42.11%) vSphere
3 6 (31.58%) XenApp
3 6 (31.58%) XenServer
3 6 (31.58%) XenDesktop
4 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
5 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (5.263%) Terminal Services
6 1 (5.263%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) ARCserve
1 3 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) VMware
2 6 (31.58%) HP
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco
2 6 (31.58%) Citrix
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) Dell
5 3 (15.79%) Veritas
5 3 (15.79%) Symantec
5 3 (15.79%) McAfee
6 1 (5.263%) Mitel