Windows Server 2008 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 476 523
Rank change year-on-year +1 +47 -40
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 10 66 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.29% 1.30% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 42 109
10th Percentile £203 £140 £190
25th Percentile £298 £200 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £380 £426
Median % change year-on-year -4.54% -10.80% +7.17%
75th Percentile £400 £475 £575
90th Percentile £423 £538 £675
UK median daily rate £351 £380 £428
% change year-on-year -7.76% -11.21% +7.00%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
North of England +20 6 £351 -11.27%
North West +20 5 - -
London +4 3 £288 -24.34% 6
Yorkshire +6 1 £351 -12.38%
East of England - 1 £375 - 7
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:

Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
3 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) IT Support
5 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 8
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (50.00%) Business Case
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Canon
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Kaseya