Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 152 | 147 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -5 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.031% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.20% | 3.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £675 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £700 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +51.35% | +36.03% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £725 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £579 |
| England median daily rate | £363 | £380 | £426 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.54% | -10.80% | +7.17% |
All Operating Systems
South West
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 West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 320 | 496 | 717 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 18.99% | 15.54% | 19.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 223 | 358 | 518 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £172 | £171 |
| 25th Percentile | £253 | £258 | £275 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | - | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £588 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £699 | £700 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £463 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.70% | -9.76% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 38 | 69 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £14.00 | £17.18 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £40.00 | £48.48 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.50 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.83% | -7.69% | +21.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £77.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £24.00 | £22.00 | £38.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -42.11% | +76.74% |
Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the South West.
Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the South West.