Windows Server 2008 Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 172 184
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 +32
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.029% 0.18% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.17% 1.02% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £350 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -2.70%
75th Percentile - £526 £681
90th Percentile - £618 £693
England median daily rate £613 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +75.00% -17.65% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
England median hourly rate - - £47.82
% change year-on-year - - -1.56%

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 595 785 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.28% 17.19% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 524 729
10th Percentile £188 £203 £175
25th Percentile £238 £330 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +8.43% -7.78%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £560
90th Percentile £625 £638 £640
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 38 84
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.22 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £27.38
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.00 £56.78
Median % change year-on-year -66.89% +0.38% +234.00%
75th Percentile £25.86 £70.00 £69.06
90th Percentile £66.03 £71.13 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.53% +98.66%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2008

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 16 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Thames Valley - 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