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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 365 397
Rank change year-on-year 0 +32 +108
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 5 18 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.037% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.32% 0.93% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 19
10th Percentile £488 £327 £190
25th Percentile £508 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £410 £425
Median % change year-on-year +36.28% -3.53% +13.33%
75th Percentile £601 £475 £500
90th Percentile £616 £545 £530
England median daily rate £550 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +57.14% -17.65% +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 1,553 1,943 3,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.37% 12.36% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,263 2,181
10th Percentile £204 £225 £208
25th Percentile £350 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £614 £650
90th Percentile £738 £723 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 25 49
10th Percentile £18.87 £19.28 £17.77
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -38.41% +75.34%
75th Percentile £28.00 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £58.80 £92.47 £87.25
England median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +43.75% +60.00%

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
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 30 October 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 & 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 1 (20.00%) nginx
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) MinIO
2 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) EJB
1 1 (20.00%) Java SE
1 1 (20.00%) OpenLayers
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Unix
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (20.00%) ETL
1 1 (20.00%) ETRM
1 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Management
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) User Experience
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) VMware