Windows Server 2008 Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 610 694
Rank change year-on-year -55 +84 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 18 30 147
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.022% 0.076% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.37% 0.48% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 126
10th Percentile £44,850 £29,750 £23,875
25th Percentile £48,750 £31,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.90% +5.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - £76,250 £55,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +5.00% +23.08%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows Server 2008 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,901 6,267 12,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.09% 15.97% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,695 4,127 9,884
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -14.29%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2008.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -8 6 £62,500 -
London -31 5 £52,500 +25.00%
North West -9 3 £55,000 +29.41% 1
North of England -54 3 £55,000 +36.65% 1
South West - 3 £65,000 - 1
South East - 1 £85,000 -
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (5.56%) Apache
3 1 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 4 (22.22%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.56%) IaaS
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) DHCP
1 5 (27.78%) DNS
1 5 (27.78%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (22.22%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) Firewall
3 1 (5.56%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) MPLS
3 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) MySQL
2 6 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 6 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) DBA
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
1 6 (33.33%) Wintel Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) MySQL DBA
2 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) IT Support
3 4 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Algorithms
2 4 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (94.44%) Windows Server 2012
2 17 (94.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (88.89%) Windows Server
4 7 (38.89%) Linux
5 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (5.56%) Mac OS X
6 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
6 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Agile
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) Software License Management
4 4 (22.22%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Security
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.56%) DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) Identity Management
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (5.56%) OWASP
5 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Project Management
5 1 (5.56%) SDLC
5 1 (5.56%) Software Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.56%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Ansible
1 6 (33.33%) Progress Chef
1 6 (33.33%) Puppet
1 6 (33.33%) SCCM
1 6 (33.33%) SCOM
2 5 (27.78%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (5.56%) CASB
4 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Dell
1 10 (55.56%) HP
2 7 (38.89%) VMware
3 6 (33.33%) IBM
3 6 (33.33%) McAfee
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (33.33%) Oracle
4 1 (5.56%) Zscaler