Windows Server 2008 Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 124 155 151
Rank change year-on-year +31 -4 -20
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 7 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.32% 0.32% 0.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.94% 1.69% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile - £444 £164
25th Percentile £313 £445 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £446 £400
Median % change year-on-year -27.13% +11.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £338 £492 -
90th Percentile £418 £519 £408
UK median daily rate £380 £428 £400
% change year-on-year -11.21% +7.00% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
UK median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +65.29%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 360 531 511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.31% 18.61% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 372 346
10th Percentile £182 £160 £137
25th Percentile £325 £260 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +6.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £538
90th Percentile £744 £730 £600
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 24
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.72 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.27 £20.79 £17.03
Median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +162.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.75 £59.03 £49.85
90th Percentile £62.50 £65.36 £55.75
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +5 7 £325 -26.97% 2
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (85.71%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (85.71%) CentOS
2 6 (85.71%) Debian
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) MCSA
1 6 (85.71%) MCSE
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (85.71%) RHCT
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
2 6 (85.71%) KVM
3 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Red Hat
3 1 (14.29%) EMC
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp