Windows Server 2008 Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 112 154
Rank change year-on-year -18 +42 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.035% 0.12% 0.062%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.25% 0.55% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £400 £630
25th Percentile £406 £400 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £675
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -40.70% +54.29%
75th Percentile £419 £401 £713
90th Percentile - £401 £720
England median daily rate £500 £400 £380
% change year-on-year +25.00% +5.26% -10.59%

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 397 363 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.83% 21.91% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 262 331
10th Percentile £180 £200 £175
25th Percentile £263 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +6.06% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £620 £576
90th Percentile £654 £725 £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 22 54
10th Percentile £16.62 £22.86 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.97 £65.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £52.05
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +29.70% -19.93%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.20 £68.75 -
England median hourly rate £22.58 £34.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -34.57% +53.33% -15.09%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2008 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in the South West

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 March 2026. 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
Gloucestershire -13 1 £413 +3.06%
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec