Windows Server 2008 Contract Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.18% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £288 £380
% change year-on-year +82.61% -24.34% -14.80%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 69 38 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 12.45% 13.19% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 23 43
10th Percentile £176 £180 £134
25th Percentile £214 £230 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +43.08% -35.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £476 £438 £613
90th Percentile £583 £522 £700
UK median daily rate £460 £465 £470
% change year-on-year -1.08% -1.06% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 3
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.38 £12.67
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.13 £13.31
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +161.14% -58.97%
75th Percentile £55.00 £41.25 £31.18
90th Percentile - £49.38 £41.27
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +47.73% -2.22% -47.06%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in Wales

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2008.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
South Wales - 1 £600 - 1
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware