Windows Server 2008 Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 729 833
Rank change year-on-year +12 +104 -277
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 125 158 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.08% 1.16% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 93 144 397
10th Percentile £26,600 £24,475 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £29,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -8.75% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,500 £54,625 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £32,000 £37,967
% change year-on-year +36.72% -15.72% +6.20%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11,570 13,584 30,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 16.83% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,403 9,692 16,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +7 116 £42,500 +20.57% 15
UK excluding London -59 94 £43,750 +36.72% 17
Work from Home +53 38 £45,000 +15.38% 4
South East -7 29 £50,000 +58.73% 9
London +82 27 £41,500 +10.67%
North of England +4 21 £45,000 +39.53% 1
South West 0 15 £42,000 +55.56% 1
Yorkshire +63 14 £42,500 +26.87%
East of England +2 14 £42,500 - 2
Midlands -38 10 £45,000 +55.17% 3
East Midlands -27 6 £56,250 +48.03%
North West -19 5 £23,500 -20.34% 1
West Midlands -21 4 £27,500 -5.17% 3
Scotland -44 3 £48,500 +12.14% 2
Wales +26 2 £32,000 -
North East -10 2 £62,783 +56.96%

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 49 (39.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (22.40%) SharePoint
3 20 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 15 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (6.40%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (6.40%) IIS
6 4 (3.20%) Tomcat
6 4 (3.20%) TWiki
7 3 (2.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (27.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (34.40%) Azure
3 17 (13.60%) AWS
4 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.80%) Mimecast
5 5 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.20%) GCP
7 3 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.40%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.40%) Slack
7 3 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.80%) IaaS
8 1 (0.80%) PaaS
8 1 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (42.40%) DNS
2 49 (39.20%) Firewall
3 39 (31.20%) DHCP
4 22 (17.60%) TCP/IP
5 19 (15.20%) VPN
6 18 (14.40%) WAN
7 15 (12.00%) LAN
8 14 (11.20%) SAN
9 13 (10.40%) VLAN
10 7 (5.60%) SSL
11 5 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (3.20%) Network Security
12 4 (3.20%) SD-WAN
12 4 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (2.40%) HTTPS
13 3 (2.40%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (2.40%) Wireless
14 2 (1.60%) IPv4
14 2 (1.60%) Skype
14 2 (1.60%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.60%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.20%) MySQL
3 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (7.20%) eggPlant
2 3 (2.40%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.40%) Git
2 3 (2.40%) GitLab
2 3 (2.40%) JIRA
General
1 39 (31.20%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.20%) Finance
3 9 (7.20%) Aerospace
3 9 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.80%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.20%) Automotive
5 4 (3.20%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.40%) Law
6 3 (2.40%) Legal
6 3 (2.40%) Retail
7 2 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (23.20%) Support Engineer
2 22 (17.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (16.80%) IT Support
4 15 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 14 (11.20%) Analyst
5 14 (11.20%) IT Engineer
6 11 (8.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 11 (8.80%) Senior
7 10 (8.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.20%) Administrator
9 8 (6.40%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (6.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (6.40%) IT Manager
9 8 (6.40%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (5.60%) Service Analyst
10 7 (5.60%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (5.60%) Systems Administrator
11 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 6 (4.80%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) WSH
2 1 (0.80%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.60%) Replication
2 10 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.40%) Clustering
3 8 (6.40%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.80%) Cyberattack
4 6 (4.80%) Driving Licence
5 5 (4.00%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.20%) VAX
7 3 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.40%) PKI
7 3 (2.40%) Robotics
7 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.80%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 125 (100.00%) Windows
2 92 (73.60%) Windows Server
3 62 (49.60%) Windows Server 2012
4 55 (44.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 48 (38.40%) Windows 10
6 39 (31.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (20.80%) Windows 7
8 22 (17.60%) Linux
9 11 (8.80%) Windows 8
10 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (4.80%) Unix
12 4 (3.20%) Windows 2000
12 4 (3.20%) Windows NT
12 4 (3.20%) Windows XP
13 3 (2.40%) Amazon Linux
13 3 (2.40%) CentOS
13 3 (2.40%) Debian
13 3 (2.40%) Mac OS
13 3 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (1.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.40%) ITIL
2 28 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (20.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (13.60%) Agile
4 17 (13.60%) Customer Service
5 14 (11.20%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (8.80%) Change Management
6 11 (8.80%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (8.80%) DevOps
6 11 (8.80%) Kalman Filter
6 11 (8.80%) Migration
6 11 (8.80%) Time Management
7 10 (8.00%) ITSM
8 9 (7.20%) Budget Management
8 9 (7.20%) Project Management
8 9 (7.20%) Server Management
8 9 (7.20%) Service Management
8 9 (7.20%) Software Testing
8 9 (7.20%) Test Assurance
8 9 (7.20%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 14 (11.20%) SQL
3 8 (6.40%) VBScript
4 4 (3.20%) Java
4 4 (3.20%) Python
5 3 (2.40%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.80%) Degree
3 14 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.40%) MCSA
4 13 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (6.40%) CREST Certified
6 7 (5.60%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.20%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.20%) MCSE
8 3 (2.40%) CCNA
8 3 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.40%) RHCT
9 2 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.80%) MCITP
10 1 (0.80%) MCP
10 1 (0.80%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.20%) QA
2 5 (4.00%) SLA
3 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.80%) GDPR
System Software
1 77 (61.60%) Active Directory
2 46 (36.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (23.20%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.40%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.60%) Terminal Services
5 7 (5.60%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (4.80%) vSphere
7 4 (3.20%) XenApp
8 3 (2.40%) KVM
9 2 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.60%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (10.40%) SCCM
2 12 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (8.80%) SCOM
4 6 (4.80%) WSUS
5 5 (4.00%) NetBackup
6 4 (3.20%) Backup Exec
6 4 (3.20%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (3.20%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (3.20%) Nagios
6 4 (3.20%) Pingdom
6 4 (3.20%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 3 (2.40%) NetCrunch
7 3 (2.40%) Terraform
7 3 (2.40%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.60%) VxRail
9 1 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (62.40%) Microsoft
2 63 (50.40%) VMware
3 24 (19.20%) Cisco
4 15 (12.00%) Veeam
5 9 (7.20%) Citrix
5 9 (7.20%) EMC
5 9 (7.20%) Veritas
6 8 (6.40%) Bloomberg
6 8 (6.40%) Dell
6 8 (6.40%) FactSet
6 8 (6.40%) MobileIron
6 8 (6.40%) Refinitiv
6 8 (6.40%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.60%) Epicor
7 7 (5.60%) Red Hat
8 6 (4.80%) HP
8 6 (4.80%) Meraki
9 5 (4.00%) McAfee
10 4 (3.20%) Fortinet
10 4 (3.20%) NEC