The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 9 19 18
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 13 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 20.00% 1.389% 3.390%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.33% 4.348% 6.250%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 2
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +18.46%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
30 23 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 46.15% 31.94% 54.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29 23 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 £29,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £37,700 £47,500
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 Wolverhampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wolverhampton Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 19 (79.17%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (58.33%) MS Excel
4 14 (58.33%) VMware
5 13 (54.17%) MS Exchange
5 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
6 10 (41.67%) Citrix
6 10 (41.67%) SAN
6 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (37.50%) vSphere
7 9 (37.50%) VMware ESX
7 9 (37.50%) SQL
7 9 (37.50%) Cisco
8 8 (33.33%) HP
8 8 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (29.17%) XenApp
9 7 (29.17%) XenServer
9 7 (29.17%) XenDesktop
9 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
9 7 (29.17%) VB.NET
9 7 (29.17%) .NET
10 6 (25.00%) T-SQL
10 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
10 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
10 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
10 6 (25.00%) Asset Management
10 6 (25.00%) Advertising
10 6 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (20.83%) CCEE

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 7 (29.17%) .NET
2 4 (16.67%) XML
2 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (12.50%) COM+
3 3 (12.50%) DCOM
3 3 (12.50%) XSL
4 1 (4.167%) Application Packaging
4 1 (4.167%) ASP
4 1 (4.167%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 13 (54.17%) MS Exchange
2 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (16.67%) IIS
3 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (12.50%) MTS
5 1 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (4.167%) Lync
5 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (58.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) SAN
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
3 4 (16.67%) WAN
3 4 (16.67%) LAN
3 4 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (16.67%) NAS
3 4 (16.67%) iSCSI
4 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.333%) WLAN
4 2 (8.333%) xDSL
5 1 (4.167%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.167%) DNS
5 1 (4.167%) DHCP
5 1 (4.167%) Wireless
5 1 (4.167%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.167%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MSI
General
1 6 (25.00%) Advertising
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Support Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Technical Consultant
4 5 (20.83%) Consultant
5 4 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (8.333%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Project Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 1 (4.167%) VMware Consultant
7 1 (4.167%) VMware Specialist
7 1 (4.167%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Clustering
1 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (79.17%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 6 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (4.167%) Change Control
3 1 (4.167%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.167%) Business Development
3 1 (4.167%) Data Management
3 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 7 (29.17%) VB.NET
3 6 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 3 (12.50%) VB6
5 3 (12.50%) MUMPS
5 3 (12.50%) VB
6 1 (4.167%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (20.83%) CCEE
2 5 (20.83%) CCAA
2 5 (20.83%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (16.67%) MCITP
4 3 (12.50%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (12.50%) MCSE
4 3 (12.50%) MCTS
5 2 (8.333%) Degree
5 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.167%) NCDA
6 1 (4.167%) NCIE
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.167%) CCA
6 1 (4.167%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (37.50%) vSphere
3 9 (37.50%) VMware ESX
4 7 (29.17%) XenApp
4 7 (29.17%) XenServer
4 7 (29.17%) XenDesktop
5 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
6 2 (8.333%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (4.167%) VMware Server
7 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
7 1 (4.167%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) SCOM
2 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (12.50%) ARCserve
3 1 (4.167%) SCCM
3 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
3 1 (4.167%) Backup Exec
3 1 (4.167%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) VMware
2 10 (41.67%) Citrix
3 9 (37.50%) Cisco
4 8 (33.33%) HP
5 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
6 5 (20.83%) Dell
7 4 (16.67%) Symantec
8 3 (12.50%) McAfee
8 3 (12.50%) NetApp
8 3 (12.50%) Veritas
9 1 (4.167%) Mitel
9 1 (4.167%) CommVault