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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 374 425
Rank change year-on-year +2 +51 +72
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 3 16 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.022% 0.098% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.19% 0.77% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 27
10th Percentile - £387 £264
25th Percentile £609 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £410 £425
Median % change year-on-year +50.61% -3.53% +1.67%
75th Percentile £626 £501 £500
90th Percentile - £645 £535
England median daily rate £615 £390 £425
% change year-on-year +57.69% -8.24% +6.25%

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 1,543 2,080 3,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.47% 12.76% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 1,384 2,382
10th Percentile £225 £228 £208
25th Percentile £362 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £660
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 30 56
10th Percentile £18.87 £19.81 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.28 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.63 £41.92
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% -36.48% +75.31%
75th Percentile £27.00 £55.81 £61.13
90th Percentile £59.90 £64.93 £84.78
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £47.86
% change year-on-year -56.26% +20.14% +100.18%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 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
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Central London 0 1 - - 1
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) nginx
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) EJB
1 1 (33.33%) Java SE
1 1 (33.33%) OpenLayers
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) ETRM
1 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat