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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 471 479
Rank change year-on-year -112 +8 +52
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 12 9 58
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.029% 0.037% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.30% 0.26% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 38
10th Percentile £468 £182 £139
25th Percentile £469 £245 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £351 £380
Median % change year-on-year +49.79% -7.76% -15.56%
75th Percentile £588 £369 £412
90th Percentile - £380 £516
UK median daily rate £525 £351 £380
% change year-on-year +49.79% -7.76% -13.78%

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 4,021 3,439 4,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.78% 14.06% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,643 2,338 3,374
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £310 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £468 £471
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -0.74% -8.10%
75th Percentile £573 £589 £588
90th Percentile £663 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £456 £467 £469
% change year-on-year -2.25% -0.53% -6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 152 362
10th Percentile £15.99 £15.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.41 £14.83
Median hourly rate £47.50 £21.59 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.01% -1.86% -42.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £59.09 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.74 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £22.53 £22.08
% change year-on-year +110.83% +2.06% -43.47%

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
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 17 May 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 -53 9 £525 +250.00%
North West -41 1 - - 1
North of England -72 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 8 (66.67%) nginx
1 8 (66.67%) Tomcat
2 3 (25.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) MinIO
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) HTTP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (8.33%) DSL
4 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (25.00%) GIS
2 3 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
4 1 (8.33%) DTS
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) DBA
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Java Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) SQL DBA
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Sybase DBA
4 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) EJB
2 3 (25.00%) Java EE
2 3 (25.00%) OpenLayers
2 3 (25.00%) Spring
3 2 (16.67%) Middleware
4 1 (8.33%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (8.33%) JavaBeans
4 1 (8.33%) JSON
4 1 (8.33%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (16.67%) Clustering
3 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (8.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 8 (66.67%) Solaris
4 7 (58.33%) Linux
4 7 (58.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
8 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
8 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ETL
1 7 (58.33%) Master Data Management
2 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 4 (33.33%) DevOps
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Refactoring
2 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Microservices
3 3 (25.00%) SDLC
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (8.33%) Code Quality
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) IT Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 7 (58.33%) PL/SQL
3 5 (41.67%) Java
4 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 1 (8.33%) Python
6 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
6 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (41.67%) Docker
2 5 (41.67%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (16.67%) SCOM
3 1 (8.33%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (8.33%) Kibana
3 1 (8.33%) logstash
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) IBM
1 8 (66.67%) Oracle
1 8 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) BMC
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Infoblox
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) Remedy
4 1 (8.33%) Sybase