Windows Server 2008 Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - 217
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 4 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.14% - 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.93% - 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £31,725
25th Percentile £21,250 - £35,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 - £43,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £23,750 - £53,688
90th Percentile - - £59,875
UK median annual salary £58,000 £38,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +52.63% -2.56% +9.86%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 207 306 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.19% 12.25% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 81 172 351
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,575 £25,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.58% +7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.08% -6.67%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
Edinburgh - 2 £22,500 - 1
Glasgow - 2 - -
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Junior
1 2 (50.00%) Junior IT Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Junior IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Remote Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (50.00%) Server Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Dell
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft