Windows Server 2008 Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server 2008 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 640 550
Rank change year-on-year +79 -90 -45
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 119 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.17% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.18% 1.13% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 105 186
10th Percentile £29,675 £23,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £27,500 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £40,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +25.00% -12.47%
75th Percentile £44,313 £50,250 £40,625
90th Percentile £46,450 £57,000 £45,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +23.08% -13.33%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,999 10,537 9,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.90% 14.67% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 8,123 6,069
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2008
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2008
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
North of England +17 6 £40,250 -5.29%
Yorkshire +43 3 £32,000 -24.71%
North West -4 3 £42,500 +80.85%
Midlands +61 1 £46,000 +2.22% 2
East Midlands +34 1 £46,000 -20.00% 1
East of England +12 1 - - 8
Wales - 1 £34,000 - 1
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DHCP
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) IPv4
3 2 (22.22%) SAN
3 2 (22.22%) VLAN
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (11.11%) VoIP
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Support
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (22.22%) Linux
4 2 (22.22%) Unix
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) ITSM
4 1 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Meraki
3 2 (22.22%) Veeam
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) CyberArk
4 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds