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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 493 553
Rank change year-on-year +12 +60 -36
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 11 52 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.30% 1.00% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 30 77
10th Percentile £162 £174 £190
25th Percentile £196 £290 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £380 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% -10.59% +10.39%
75th Percentile £331 £459 £575
90th Percentile £365 £553 £690
UK median daily rate £269 £380 £425
% change year-on-year -29.28% -10.59% +6.58%

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 3,689 5,205 7,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.91% 13.97% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,469 3,431 5,405
10th Percentile £200 £193 £193
25th Percentile £313 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 396 366
10th Percentile £15.31 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.41 £16.18 £18.41
Median hourly rate £20.38 £25.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.50% -41.18% +93.18%
75th Percentile £45.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.55 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.78 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -8.88% -41.18% +88.89%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 West +8 5 - - 11
North of England +7 5 - - 22
London +15 4 £150 -60.53% 16
South East +27 1 - - 15
East of England - 1 £375 - 8
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 (45.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (45.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
1 5 (45.45%) VPN
2 3 (27.27%) DHCP
2 3 (27.27%) DNS
2 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Documentation Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 5 (45.45%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Support Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (45.45%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (45.45%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (45.45%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (45.45%) Desktop Support
3 5 (45.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) IT Support
4 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Applications Support
5 1 (9.09%) Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Windows Server
2 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (54.55%) Windows 10
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
4 5 (45.45%) Windows 8
4 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
5 1 (9.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Proactive Maintenance
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Asset Management
3 5 (45.45%) Business Case
3 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 5 (45.45%) ITIL
3 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 5 (45.45%) Technical Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Time Management
4 3 (27.27%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (27.27%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) ITSM
6 1 (9.09%) Project Management
6 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Canon
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle
4 1 (9.09%) VMware