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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 151
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% - 0.062%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.09% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £531 - £603
25th Percentile £541 - £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.28%
75th Percentile £688 - £656
90th Percentile £699 - £668
England median daily rate £615 £370 £425
% change year-on-year +66.22% -12.94% +5.26%

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 366 555 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.53% 20.87% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 340 404
10th Percentile £188 £173 £173
25th Percentile £233 £322 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £523 £520
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +0.48% +9.47%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £630
90th Percentile £670 £672 £707
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 62 55
10th Percentile £18.28 £65.00 £20.10
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 £48.32
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 - £78.00
90th Percentile £68.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 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 18 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
Wiltshire - 3 £613 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 2
Windows Server 2008
England

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Skype
1 3 (75.00%) VSAN
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) PKI
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (75.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) NsoIT
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (75.00%) OPNET
1 3 (75.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware