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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 467 493
Rank change year-on-year -123 +26 +47
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 13 9 50
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.031% 0.037% 0.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.32% 0.26% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 33
10th Percentile £363 £162 £139
25th Percentile £466 £196 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £263 £380
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -30.92% -15.56%
75th Percentile £581 £331 £413
90th Percentile £588 £365 £498
UK median daily rate £525 £288 £380
% change year-on-year +82.61% -24.34% -11.21%

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 4,108 3,421 5,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.69% 14.04% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,667 2,321 3,448
10th Percentile £188 £200 £188
25th Percentile £313 £313 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -2.11% -5.09%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £460 £465 £470
% change year-on-year -1.08% -1.06% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 168 373
10th Percentile £15.88 £15.11 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.31 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £34.68 £19.27 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.94% -14.36% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £49.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.60 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +47.73% -2.22% -48.57%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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
London -68 10 £525 +250.00% 1
North West -39 1 - - 1
North of England -76 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £575 - 1
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 10 (76.92%) nginx
1 10 (76.92%) Tomcat
2 3 (23.08%) WebLogic
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) MinIO
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) DHCP
3 1 (7.69%) DSL
3 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (30.77%) GIS
3 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle Database
5 1 (7.69%) DTS
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Lead Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.69%) DBA
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Elasticsearch Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) Java Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Sybase DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) EJB
2 3 (23.08%) Java EE
2 3 (23.08%) OpenLayers
2 3 (23.08%) Spring
3 2 (15.38%) Java SE
3 2 (15.38%) JSON
3 2 (15.38%) Middleware
4 1 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (7.69%) JavaBeans
4 1 (7.69%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (7.69%) Clustering
4 1 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Solaris
3 9 (69.23%) Linux
3 9 (69.23%) Windows Server
4 8 (61.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (7.69%) Unix
7 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) ETL
1 8 (61.54%) Master Data Management
2 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 6 (46.15%) DevOps
3 5 (38.46%) Refactoring
3 5 (38.46%) Test Automation
4 4 (30.77%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Containerisation
5 3 (23.08%) Microservices
5 3 (23.08%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (23.08%) SDLC
5 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 2 (15.38%) Protective Monitoring
7 1 (7.69%) Database Mirroring
7 1 (7.69%) Database Tuning
7 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
7 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) Java
2 7 (53.85%) PL/SQL
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) Bash
4 2 (15.38%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
5 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (53.85%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (46.15%) Docker
4 5 (38.46%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (15.38%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) Kibana
3 1 (7.69%) logstash
3 1 (7.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) IBM
1 10 (76.92%) Oracle
2 9 (69.23%) Red Hat
3 8 (61.54%) VMware
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.69%) BMC
5 1 (7.69%) Citrix
5 1 (7.69%) Juniper
5 1 (7.69%) Remedy
5 1 (7.69%) Sybase