Windows Server 2008 Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 306 274
Rank change year-on-year +26 -32 +106
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 8 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.089% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.70% 0.72% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 13
10th Percentile £53,800 £50,000 £22,850
25th Percentile £56,500 £50,625 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.82% +61.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £62,500 £56,525
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £58,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +36.47% +6.25% +8.11%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,136 1,803 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.69% 15.64% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,102 1,318
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,653 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.35% +7.53% +0.60%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,020 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.00% -4.76% -

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server 2008 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2008.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. 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
Hampshire +56 8 £58,000 +7.41% 2
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) DHCP
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Systems Support
2 7 (87.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) HPUX
1 8 (100.00%) Solaris
1 8 (100.00%) Unix
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Perl
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) HP