Windows Server 2008 Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.34% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £368 £400
% change year-on-year +49.46% -8.00% -5.88%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 127 76 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.32% 12.77% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 48 83
10th Percentile £132 £178 £123
25th Percentile £163 £202 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £375 £275
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +36.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £459 £444 £500
90th Percentile £507 £528 £598
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 21
10th Percentile £17.61 £15.83 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £17.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.41 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +23.22% +15.18% +4.64%
75th Percentile - £24.91 £20.00
90th Percentile - £71.15 £23.73
England median hourly rate £25.15 £56.20 £32.50
% change year-on-year -55.25% +72.92% +30.00%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2008 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Derbyshire - 3 £550 -
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft