Windows Server 2008 Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2008 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 552 520
Rank change year-on-year +32 -32 -107
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 78 168 363
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.35% 1.73% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 133 261
10th Percentile £143 £192 £163
25th Percentile £238 £350 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £428 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +7.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile £475 £575 £488
90th Percentile £538 £673 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £370 £435 £375
% change year-on-year -14.94% +16.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 16
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile - - £22.63
Median hourly rate - - £28.41
75th Percentile - - £47.02
90th Percentile - - £62.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +77.56%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2008 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,775 9,719 13,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 16.25% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,885 6,848 9,128
10th Percentile £184 £189 £175
25th Percentile £300 £326 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £717 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 422 633
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.31 £17.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%
75th Percentile £59.88 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.80% +56.25% +17.65%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +61 66 £380 -10.80% 26
London +91 37 £380 -5.12% 6
UK excluding London +10 36 £370 -14.94% 21
Work from Home +105 20 £380 -11.21% 12
South East +14 17 £475 -20.83% 7
Scotland +31 7 £325 -27.13% 2
North of England +21 5 £395 -7.06% 2
Midlands +16 5 £200 -44.83% 2
Yorkshire +17 3 £400 +33.33% 1
West Midlands +26 2 £200 -42.86% 1
North West +7 2 £390 -8.45% 1
East Midlands +13 1 £160 -57.33% 1
South West 0 1 £700 +51.35% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 37 (47.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (37.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 27 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2013
4 12 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (14.10%) Skype for Business
6 10 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (7.69%) IIS
8 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
9 4 (5.13%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Sage X3
2 2 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (39.74%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (14.10%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.28%) AWS
4 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.28%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.28%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 37 (47.44%) DNS
2 18 (23.08%) DHCP
3 15 (19.23%) Firewall
4 13 (16.67%) Skype
5 9 (11.54%) Wireless
6 5 (6.41%) SAN
6 5 (6.41%) WAN
7 4 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.85%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (3.85%) LAN
8 3 (3.85%) Network Security
8 3 (3.85%) VPN
9 2 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.56%) VSAN
10 1 (1.28%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.28%) PBX
10 1 (1.28%) PSTN
10 1 (1.28%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.10%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.85%) MySQL
3 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Public Sector
3 12 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.13%) Finance
5 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.28%) Electronics
7 1 (1.28%) Legal
7 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Administrator
1 16 (20.51%) Systems Administrator
2 10 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (11.54%) Support Engineer
4 7 (8.97%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (6.41%) Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Field Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.13%) Server Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 1st Line Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (3.85%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) EDI
2 1 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.41%) Clustering
3 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.85%) CCTV
5 2 (2.56%) BYOD
5 2 (2.56%) CMDB
5 2 (2.56%) iPad
5 2 (2.56%) iPhone
5 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.56%) NHS
5 2 (2.56%) PDA
5 2 (2.56%) PKI
5 2 (2.56%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 78 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (69.23%) Windows Server 2012
3 53 (67.95%) Windows Server
4 32 (41.03%) Windows 7
5 25 (32.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (28.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (26.92%) Windows 10
7 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
8 15 (19.23%) Linux
9 6 (7.69%) CentOS
9 6 (7.69%) Debian
10 3 (3.85%) Android
10 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
10 3 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (3.85%) Ubuntu
11 2 (2.56%) Apple iOS
11 2 (2.56%) OpenVMS
11 2 (2.56%) VMS
11 2 (2.56%) Windows XP
12 1 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) Migration
2 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (19.23%) Customer Service
4 11 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (12.82%) ITIL
6 7 (8.97%) Time Management
7 5 (6.41%) Computer Science
7 5 (6.41%) Project Management
8 4 (5.13%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (5.13%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (5.13%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (5.13%) User Experience
9 3 (3.85%) Agile
9 3 (3.85%) Coaching
9 3 (3.85%) IT Strategy
9 3 (3.85%) Project Delivery
10 2 (2.56%) ITSM
10 2 (2.56%) Network Load Balancing
10 2 (2.56%) People Management
10 2 (2.56%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.49%) PowerShell
2 15 (19.23%) SQL
3 4 (5.13%) VBScript
4 2 (2.56%) Python
5 1 (1.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.10%) DV Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.97%) MCSE
4 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (7.69%) MCSA
5 6 (7.69%) RHCT
6 5 (6.41%) DBS Check
7 4 (5.13%) Degree
8 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) GDPR
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
System Software
1 62 (79.49%) Active Directory
2 39 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (20.51%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.69%) KVM
4 6 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (5.13%) VMware NSX
5 4 (5.13%) XenApp
6 2 (2.56%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.28%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (17.95%) SCCM
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.13%) vCenter Server
2 4 (5.13%) WSUS
3 3 (3.85%) PaperCut
3 3 (3.85%) SCOM
4 2 (2.56%) VxRail
5 1 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.28%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (57.69%) VMware
2 27 (34.62%) Microsoft
3 14 (17.95%) Citrix
4 9 (11.54%) Red Hat
5 6 (7.69%) HP
5 6 (7.69%) Veeam
6 4 (5.13%) EMC
6 4 (5.13%) Ivanti
6 4 (5.13%) Symantec
7 3 (3.85%) Aruba
7 3 (3.85%) Cisco
7 3 (3.85%) Dell
7 3 (3.85%) Nimble Storage
7 3 (3.85%) Sage
7 3 (3.85%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.56%) Intel
8 2 (2.56%) NetApp
8 2 (2.56%) Remedy
8 2 (2.56%) Splunk
8 2 (2.56%) Trend Micro
29 Windows Server 2008 jobs Nationwide