Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 195 192
Rank change year-on-year +33 -3 +25
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 9 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.030% 0.16% 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.17% 0.89% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 17
10th Percentile - £288 £350
25th Percentile - £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -29.63% +68.75%
75th Percentile - - £754
90th Percentile - £577 £799
England median daily rate £263 £380 £425
% change year-on-year -30.92% -10.59% +10.39%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 586 1,010 1,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.82% 17.78% 19.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 639 785
10th Percentile £198 £203 £194
25th Percentile £315 £331 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £590 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £643
England median daily rate £464 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.37% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 66 69
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.94 £16.30
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.77 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +223.53%
75th Percentile £28.00 £69.92 £66.00
90th Percentile £58.21 £71.88 £74.00
England median hourly rate £20.00 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% -41.18% +93.18%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Thames Valley +22 1 - - 5
Buckinghamshire +9 1 - - 1
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware