Windows Server 2008 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows Server 2008 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 469 530 471
Rank change year-on-year +61 -59 -51
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 66 133 329
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.26% 0.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.31% 1.61% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 111 240
10th Percentile £140 £190 £163
25th Percentile £200 £345 £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £426 £398
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +7.17% -0.63%
75th Percentile £475 £575 £488
90th Percentile £538 £675 £576
UK median daily rate £380 £428 £400
% change year-on-year -11.21% +7.00% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile - - £20.88
Median hourly rate - - £28.41
75th Percentile - - £46.42
90th Percentile - - £59.72
UK median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +65.29%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows Server 2008 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,045 8,260 11,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.65% 16.34% 15.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,433 5,890 7,674
10th Percentile £181 £190 £170
25th Percentile £285 £325 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 390 559
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.95 £17.73 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
% change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +91 37 £380 -5.12% 6
South East +14 17 £475 -20.83% 7
North of England +21 5 £395 -7.06% 2
Midlands +16 5 £200 -44.83% 2
Yorkshire +17 3 £400 +33.33% 1
West Midlands +26 2 £200 -42.86% 1
North West +7 2 £390 -8.45% 1
East Midlands +13 1 £160 -57.33% 1
South West 0 1 £700 +51.35% 1
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (54.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (42.42%) Exchange Server 2010
3 26 (39.39%) Exchange Server 2013
4 11 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (15.15%) Skype for Business
6 9 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (6.06%) nginx
7 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Sage X3
2 2 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (16.67%) Azure
3 4 (6.06%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.52%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.52%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 36 (54.55%) DNS
2 18 (27.27%) DHCP
3 15 (22.73%) Firewall
4 12 (18.18%) Skype
5 9 (13.64%) Wireless
6 5 (7.58%) WAN
7 4 (6.06%) SAN
7 4 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (4.55%) LAN
8 3 (4.55%) Network Security
8 3 (4.55%) VPN
9 2 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.03%) VSAN
10 1 (1.52%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.52%) PBX
10 1 (1.52%) PSTN
10 1 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (1.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.55%) MySQL
3 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 12 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Finance
5 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.52%) Electronics
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
7 1 (1.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Administrator
1 16 (24.24%) Systems Administrator
2 10 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
4 5 (7.58%) Field Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.06%) Server Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) 1st Line Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (4.55%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) EDI
2 1 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Clustering
2 3 (4.55%) CCTV
2 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) NHS
3 2 (3.03%) PKI
4 1 (1.52%) BYOD
4 1 (1.52%) CMDB
4 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.52%) iPad
4 1 (1.52%) iPhone
4 1 (1.52%) PDA
4 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.52%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (68.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 44 (66.67%) Windows Server
4 29 (43.94%) Windows 7
5 20 (30.30%) Windows 10
5 20 (30.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (28.79%) Windows Server 2003
7 18 (27.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (13.64%) Linux
9 3 (4.55%) Android
9 3 (4.55%) Mac OS
9 3 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (4.55%) Ubuntu
10 2 (3.03%) OpenVMS
10 2 (3.03%) VMS
11 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.52%) Unix
11 1 (1.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (24.24%) Migration
2 15 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (21.21%) Customer Service
4 11 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (13.64%) ITIL
6 7 (10.61%) Time Management
7 5 (7.58%) Project Management
8 4 (6.06%) Computer Science
8 4 (6.06%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (6.06%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (6.06%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (6.06%) User Experience
9 3 (4.55%) Agile
9 3 (4.55%) Coaching
9 3 (4.55%) IT Strategy
9 3 (4.55%) Project Delivery
10 2 (3.03%) Data Migration
10 2 (3.03%) ITSM
10 2 (3.03%) Network Load Balancing
10 2 (3.03%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 15 (22.73%) SQL
3 4 (6.06%) VBScript
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
3 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.58%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.55%) Degree
6 2 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) GDPR
2 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 54 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 32 (48.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (15.15%) Hyper-V
4 5 (7.58%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (6.06%) VMware NSX
5 4 (6.06%) XenApp
6 2 (3.03%) Terminal Services
6 2 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.52%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (19.70%) SCCM
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.06%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.55%) PaperCut
3 3 (4.55%) SCOM
3 3 (4.55%) WSUS
4 2 (3.03%) VxRail
5 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.52%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (57.58%) VMware
2 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.12%) Citrix
4 6 (9.09%) HP
4 6 (9.09%) Veeam
5 4 (6.06%) Ivanti
5 4 (6.06%) Symantec
6 3 (4.55%) Aruba
6 3 (4.55%) Cisco
6 3 (4.55%) Dell
6 3 (4.55%) EMC
6 3 (4.55%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.55%) Sage
6 3 (4.55%) WatchGuard
7 2 (3.03%) Huawei
7 2 (3.03%) Remedy
7 2 (3.03%) Splunk
7 2 (3.03%) Trend Micro
8 1 (1.52%) Qualys