Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2008 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 628 738 600
Rank change year-on-year +110 -138 -215
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 102 343 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.28% 0.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.12% 1.69% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 86 304 459
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,075 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,125 £26,892
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +7.86% -5.41%
75th Percentile £54,125 £45,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,875 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -7.14%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2008 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,131 20,345 22,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.23% 16.56% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 13,692 16,198
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,839 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +121 90 £40,000 +6.67% 53
UK excluding London +52 67 £40,000 +14.29% 50
London +248 34 £40,000 -5.88% 9
Work from Home +173 19 £42,500 - 19
North of England +107 16 £39,000 -2.50% 13
South East +65 16 £53,750 +58.09% 15
Yorkshire +85 11 £39,500 +6.76% 6
Scotland +40 10 £39,000 -23.90% 1
East of England +103 8 £38,250 -4.38% 4
South West +60 8 £27,500 +10.00% 8
Midlands +86 7 £45,000 +32.35% 5
West Midlands +91 6 £48,750 +43.38% 3
North West +104 5 £30,250 -28.82% 6
East Midlands +43 1 £43,000 -4.44% 2
Northern Ireland +33 1 £46,000 +21.85% 1
Wales +9 1 £50,000 +11.11% 3

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 30 (29.41%) MS Exchange
2 15 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2010
2 15 (14.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (4.90%) IIS
5 3 (2.94%) Skype for Business
6 2 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.98%) nginx
7 1 (0.98%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.98%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.98%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.98%) Salerio
Cloud Services
1 46 (45.10%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (33.33%) Azure
3 17 (16.67%) Mimecast
4 7 (6.86%) AWS
5 6 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.90%) IaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.98%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.98%) PaaS
7 1 (0.98%) SaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Slack
7 1 (0.98%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (36.27%) DNS
2 34 (33.33%) DHCP
3 29 (28.43%) Firewall
4 18 (17.65%) VLAN
5 12 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 9 (8.82%) LAN
6 9 (8.82%) WAN
6 9 (8.82%) Wireless
7 8 (7.84%) SAN
7 8 (7.84%) VPN
8 5 (4.90%) Skype
9 4 (3.92%) Network Security
9 4 (3.92%) VoIP
10 2 (1.96%) Internet
10 2 (1.96%) iSCSI
10 2 (1.96%) SSL
11 1 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.98%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.98%) NAS
11 1 (0.98%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.98%) MS Access
3 1 (0.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 45 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.78%) Retail
3 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.80%) Finance
4 5 (4.90%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.94%) Automotive
5 3 (2.94%) Back Office
5 3 (2.94%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.94%) Legal
6 2 (1.96%) Banking
6 2 (1.96%) Games
6 2 (1.96%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.96%) Law
6 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.98%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (27.45%) Support Engineer
2 16 (15.69%) Analyst
3 15 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (13.73%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (11.76%) Senior
6 10 (9.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
7 9 (8.82%) IT Engineer
7 9 (8.82%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.84%) Service Manager
9 7 (6.86%) 3rd Line Support
10 6 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (5.88%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.88%) IT Support
10 6 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.88%) Software Support Engineer
11 5 (4.90%) Help Desk Support
11 5 (4.90%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) .NET
2 3 (2.94%) WSH
3 2 (1.96%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.98%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.98%) EDI
4 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.98%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.86%) Clustering
3 5 (4.90%) Replication
3 5 (4.90%) SCADA
4 4 (3.92%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.96%) CCTV
5 2 (1.96%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.96%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.96%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.96%) VAX
6 1 (0.98%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.98%) Derivative
6 1 (0.98%) EPoS
6 1 (0.98%) Equities
6 1 (0.98%) FMCG
6 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) NHS
6 1 (0.98%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 102 (100.00%) Windows
2 81 (79.41%) Windows Server
3 38 (37.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 37 (36.27%) Windows 10
5 25 (24.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (20.59%) Windows 7
8 18 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (11.76%) Windows XP
10 7 (6.86%) Linux
11 5 (4.90%) Android
11 5 (4.90%) Mac OS X
11 5 (4.90%) Windows 8
12 3 (2.94%) SUSE
12 3 (2.94%) Unix
12 3 (2.94%) VMS
12 3 (2.94%) Windows 2000
12 3 (2.94%) Windows NT
13 2 (1.96%) Solaris
14 1 (0.98%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (43.14%) ITIL
2 32 (31.37%) Customer Service
3 22 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (15.69%) Problem Management
5 15 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (14.71%) Service Management
6 13 (12.75%) Time Management
7 12 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
8 10 (9.80%) Migration
9 9 (8.82%) Asset Management
10 8 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (7.84%) ITSM
11 7 (6.86%) Project Management
11 7 (6.86%) Service Delivery
12 6 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
12 6 (5.88%) Network Management
13 5 (4.90%) Change Control
13 5 (4.90%) Change Management
13 5 (4.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (4.90%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.88%) VBScript
3 5 (4.90%) SQL
4 3 (2.94%) VB
5 2 (1.96%) C#
5 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (17.65%) Degree
2 16 (15.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 8 (7.84%) MCP
6 7 (6.86%) MCSE
6 7 (6.86%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.88%) MCSA
8 4 (3.92%) CREST Certified
9 3 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.94%) MCTS
10 2 (1.96%) CCNA
10 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.96%) HND
11 1 (0.98%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.98%) CCENT
11 1 (0.98%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.98%) MCITP
11 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.76%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 73 (71.57%) Active Directory
2 34 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (27.45%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.96%) NFS
5 2 (1.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.98%) Firmware
6 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (12.75%) SCCM
2 10 (9.80%) WSUS
3 4 (3.92%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.92%) NetBackup
4 3 (2.94%) HP SIM
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.94%) OpenView
4 3 (2.94%) SCOM
5 2 (1.96%) Ansible
5 2 (1.96%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (1.96%) Control-M
5 2 (1.96%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (1.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.96%) SafeCom
6 1 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.98%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.98%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (57.84%) Microsoft
2 58 (56.86%) VMware
3 14 (13.73%) Sophos
4 12 (11.76%) Aruba
4 12 (11.76%) HP
4 12 (11.76%) SonicWALL
5 11 (10.78%) N-able
6 10 (9.80%) Cisco
6 10 (9.80%) Citrix
7 8 (7.84%) Apple
8 4 (3.92%) Bloomberg
8 4 (3.92%) FactSet
8 4 (3.92%) MobileIron
8 4 (3.92%) Refinitiv
8 4 (3.92%) Veeam
9 3 (2.94%) Datto
9 3 (2.94%) Meraki
9 3 (2.94%) Oracle
9 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.94%) WatchGuard