Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 136 155
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -22
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 3 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.48% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.76% 3.19% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 4
10th Percentile £243 £380 £404
25th Percentile £344 £494 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £681 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.94% +23.92% +75.92%
75th Percentile £538 £760 £644
90th Percentile - £799 £678
South East median daily rate £475 £600 £385
% change year-on-year -20.83% +55.84% -3.14%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 395 439 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.81% 15.15% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 311 433
10th Percentile £193 £213 £145
25th Percentile £213 £350 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +11.80%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £608 £638 £650
South East median daily rate £455 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -4.21% +5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 21
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.08 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £19.52 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +143.50% -18.37%
75th Percentile £59.50 £62.97 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.19 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £53.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -11.21% +167.50% -

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the Thames Valley

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Oxfordshire +7 2 £525 +16.67%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £175 -
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CCTV
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) PaperCut
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Aruba
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Nimble Storage
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 2 (66.67%) Sage
1 2 (66.67%) Veeam
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) WatchGuard