Windows Server 2008 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 335 431
Rank change year-on-year +29 +96 +82
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 20 28
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.090% 1.26% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 17 22
10th Percentile - £281 £205
25th Percentile - £350 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £380 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile - £475 £488
90th Percentile - £477 £674
UK median daily rate £200 £380 £425
% change year-on-year -47.37% -10.59% +6.92%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,112 1,585 3,224
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.38% 10.70% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 1,083 2,260
10th Percentile £277 £230 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £580 £594 £638
90th Percentile £675 £682 £733
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 43 115
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £19.40
25th Percentile £52.50 £14.14 £25.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £17.64 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +268.59% -66.41% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.60 £71.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £44.11
% change year-on-year -9.02% -45.18% +96.04%

Windows Server 2008
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2008 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Server Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) VMWare Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Server Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware