Windows Server 2008 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 324 429 502
Rank change year-on-year +105 +73 -129
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 20 46 120
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.26% 1.29% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 92
10th Percentile £281 £309 £227
25th Percentile £350 £400 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £428 £385
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +11.17% -6.67%
75th Percentile £475 £490 £450
90th Percentile £477 £600 £525
UK median daily rate £380 £428 £400
% change year-on-year -11.21% +7.00% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28.41
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £56.54
90th Percentile - - £69.10
UK median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +65.29%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,591 3,553 5,476
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.41% 13.70% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 2,514 3,871
10th Percentile £219 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £407 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £681 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 101 164
10th Percentile £13.15 £19.00 £14.33
25th Percentile £14.27 £40.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.30 £57.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.17% +35.29% +18.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
% change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%

Windows Server 2008
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2008 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Windows Server 2008 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (65.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (55.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (50.00%) Skype for Business
4 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Skype
2 4 (20.00%) DHCP
2 4 (20.00%) DNS
3 3 (15.00%) Firewall
4 1 (5.00%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Electronics
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.00%) Marketing
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (15.00%) Server Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Senior
2 2 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Business Support Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) IT Risk Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) IT Support
3 1 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Junior
3 1 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Risk Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Risk Remediation Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Risk Support Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SCCM Specialist
3 1 (5.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Clustering
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (50.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
7 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (10.00%) Linux
8 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Network Load Balancing
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) ITIL
5 1 (5.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (5.00%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 15 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (20.00%) VBScript
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) MCSE
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) XenApp
3 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.00%) DFS Replication
4 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Citrix
1 4 (20.00%) Ivanti
1 4 (20.00%) Symantec
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) HP
3 2 (10.00%) Huawei
3 2 (10.00%) Trend Micro
4 1 (5.00%) IronPort
4 1 (5.00%) SAP