Windows Server 2008 Contracts in London

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Windows Server 2008 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 454 470
Rank change year-on-year +97 +16 -108
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 37 47 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.17% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.76% 1.22% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 41 97
10th Percentile £113 £190 £215
25th Percentile £200 £220 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £401 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -8.98% +3.53%
75th Percentile £410 £563 £525
90th Percentile £488 £625 £593
England median daily rate £380 £426 £398
% change year-on-year -10.80% +7.17% -0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £18.80
25th Percentile - - £21.75
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £46.33
90th Percentile - - £47.33
England median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +77.56%

All Operating Systems
London

Windows Server 2008 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,108 3,865 5,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.90% 14.29% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,499 2,832 3,864
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £325 £406 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 61 107
10th Percentile £15.40 £18.93 £16.08
25th Percentile £18.93 £22.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.34 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.08% +52.41% -42.35%
75th Percentile £33.31 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £74.70
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +20.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in London

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in London

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in London

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 28 April 2024. 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 +37 3 £450 +100.00%
West London +18 3 £159 -73.58%
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 29 (78.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (72.97%) Exchange Server 2010
3 26 (70.27%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (24.32%) Exchange Server 2003
5 9 (24.32%) Skype for Business
6 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.81%) WhatsApp
3 2 (5.41%) Azure
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (56.76%) DNS
2 9 (24.32%) Skype
3 5 (13.51%) DHCP
4 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.70%) Firewall
5 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
3 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Administrator
1 16 (43.24%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) 1st Line Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (8.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.41%) Server Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Field Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Junior
5 1 (2.70%) Migration Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Monitoring Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) SCCM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Clustering
1 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (81.08%) Windows Server
3 29 (78.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 20 (54.05%) Windows 7
5 13 (35.14%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (13.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (8.11%) Linux
8 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
9 2 (5.41%) OpenVMS
9 2 (5.41%) VMS
10 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Migration
2 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
4 4 (10.81%) Proactive Maintenance
4 4 (10.81%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (10.81%) User Experience
5 2 (5.41%) Data Migration
5 2 (5.41%) ITIL
5 2 (5.41%) Network Load Balancing
5 2 (5.41%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.70%) Agile
6 1 (2.70%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (2.70%) Change Management
6 1 (2.70%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (2.70%) ITSM
6 1 (2.70%) Project Management
6 1 (2.70%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (62.16%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) DV Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
System Software
1 34 (91.89%) Active Directory
2 18 (48.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) SCCM
1 3 (8.11%) SCOM
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (2.70%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) VMware
2 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) Citrix
4 2 (5.41%) HP
4 2 (5.41%) Huawei
4 2 (5.41%) Trend Micro
4 2 (5.41%) Veeam
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle
5 1 (2.70%) Remedy
5 1 (2.70%) Veritas