Windows Server 2008 Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 449 464
Rank change year-on-year -104 +15 +65
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 34 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.21% 0.91% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 20 44
10th Percentile £427 £174 £143
25th Percentile £458 £209 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £384 £380
Median % change year-on-year +36.72% +1.05% -15.56%
75th Percentile £608 £404 £500
90th Percentile £667 £441 £538
UK median daily rate £525 £368 £380
% change year-on-year +42.66% -3.16% -11.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £17.04
25th Percentile - - £17.22
Median hourly rate - - £19.50
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £19.50
% change year-on-year - - -73.10%

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 4,263 3,718 5,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.49% 14.27% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,855 2,373 3,710
10th Percentile £178 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £475 £452
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.20% -13.17%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £440 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -7.37% +2.70% -10.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 120 361
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.63 £17.22
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.75 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +69.78% -3.15%
75th Percentile £51.42 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.50 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £29.89 £25.25
% change year-on-year -21.38% +18.38% -1.87%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2008

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 13 February 2026. 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
South West -13 3 £550 +37.41%
Midlands -54 3 £550 +215.19%
East Midlands - 3 £550 -
London -36 2 £500 +21.95% 4
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Skype
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VSAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (11.11%) Unix
6 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) Migration
1 2 (22.22%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
1 2 (22.22%) Service Management
1 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) Application Security
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
2 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (11.11%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Terminal Services
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (11.11%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (11.11%) OPNET
2 1 (11.11%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
2 1 (11.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Infoblox
3 1 (11.11%) McAfee
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec