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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 686 | 753 | 724 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +67 | -29 | +48 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 | 23 | 159 | 239 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.15% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.32% | 1.13% | 1.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 132 | 200 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £24,000 | £24,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £30,000 | £28,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,000 | £40,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +23.08% | -13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £47,500 | £43,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £56,000 | £52,550 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £38,000 | £40,000 | £32,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +25.00% | -11.63% |
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 | 7,121 | 14,027 | 15,670 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 12.85% | 13.58% | 16.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,204 | 10,693 | 10,460 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,250 | £26,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £92,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -5.56% | - |
Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows Server 2008 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008.
Windows Server 2008
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Windows Server 2008
Top 11 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 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +29 | 22 | £42,000 | +5.00% | 15 |
| London | +93 | 15 | £42,000 | +5.00% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +82 | 11 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +83 | 8 | £38,000 | -5.00% | 14 |
| North of England | +27 | 5 | £38,000 | -10.59% | |
| Yorkshire | +42 | 3 | £32,000 | -24.71% | |
| North West | +4 | 2 | £43,750 | +86.17% | |
| Midlands | +75 | 1 | £46,000 | +2.22% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +44 | 1 | £46,000 | -20.00% | 1 |
| East of England | +21 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £34,000 | - |
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: