Windows Server 2008 Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 356 356
Rank change year-on-year -47 0 +90
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 2 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.051% 0.016% 0.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.66% 0.13% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 20
10th Percentile £467 - £113
25th Percentile £469 £140 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £150 £380
Median % change year-on-year +250.00% -60.53% -5.06%
75th Percentile £588 £160 £410
90th Percentile - - £494
England median daily rate £525 £351 £380
% change year-on-year +49.79% -7.76% -13.14%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,370 1,489 2,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.72% 11.93% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,032 1,499
10th Percentile £208 £250 £200
25th Percentile £356 £376 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £631
90th Percentile £688 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% -8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 64
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.72 £14.79
25th Percentile £20.98 £21.89 £18.04
Median hourly rate £22.24 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +12.09% -45.00%
75th Percentile £47.06 £32.75 £25.07
90th Percentile £67.08 £53.80 £60.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £22.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +111.11% +2.27% -41.21%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (88.89%) nginx
1 8 (88.89%) Tomcat
2 3 (33.33%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) MinIO
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) DSL
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (33.33%) GIS
2 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Lead Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Elasticsearch Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) EJB
2 3 (33.33%) Java EE
2 3 (33.33%) OpenLayers
2 3 (33.33%) Spring
3 2 (22.22%) Middleware
4 1 (11.11%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (11.11%) JavaBeans
4 1 (11.11%) JSON
4 1 (11.11%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Solaris
3 7 (77.78%) Linux
3 7 (77.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ETL
1 7 (77.78%) Master Data Management
2 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Refactoring
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
5 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) PL/SQL
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
1 5 (55.56%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (11.11%) Kibana
2 1 (11.11%) logstash
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) IBM
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle
1 8 (88.89%) Red Hat
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix