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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 728 742
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 -269
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 158 269 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.26% 0.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.13% 1.66% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 134 229 467
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -12.16% -7.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £48,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +21.54% -7.14% -6.67%

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 13,978 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,769 10,941 16,610
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

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 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Top 15 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 May 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 +6 150 £40,000 +23.08% 27
UK excluding London -131 113 £39,500 +21.54% 20
Work from Home +66 49 £45,000 +11.73% 9
London +142 41 £41,500 +3.75% 7
North of England +12 32 £42,500 +7.48% 2
East of England +32 25 £33,000 -22.35% 6
Yorkshire +71 23 £42,500 +25.00% 2
South East -44 20 £39,000 +23.81% 9
South West -28 19 £30,000 +15.38% 1
Midlands -24 13 £44,000 +37.50% 2
West Midlands -7 9 £36,250 +13.28% 1
North West -5 7 £23,500 -40.95%
East Midlands -17 4 £50,250 +32.24% 1
Scotland -63 4 £48,500 +14.12%
North East -6 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 81 (51.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (22.15%) Exchange Server 2013
3 31 (19.62%) Exchange Server 2010
4 30 (18.99%) SharePoint
5 22 (13.92%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (3.80%) IIS
7 4 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (2.53%) TWiki
8 3 (1.90%) Confluence
9 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (24.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Sage 200
1 2 (1.27%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.63%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 87 (55.06%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (31.01%) Azure
3 23 (14.56%) AWS
4 11 (6.96%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.96%) Mimecast
5 8 (5.06%) GCP
6 3 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.90%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.90%) IaaS
6 3 (1.90%) Slack
6 3 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.27%) PaaS
7 2 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (47.47%) DNS
2 58 (36.71%) Firewall
3 56 (35.44%) DHCP
4 38 (24.05%) TCP/IP
5 24 (15.19%) VPN
6 22 (13.92%) SAN
6 22 (13.92%) VLAN
7 18 (11.39%) WAN
8 15 (9.49%) LAN
9 10 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (5.70%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (3.80%) Skype
11 6 (3.80%) SSL
11 6 (3.80%) VoIP
11 6 (3.80%) Wireless
12 3 (1.90%) HTTPS
12 3 (1.90%) Network Security
12 3 (1.90%) xDSL
13 2 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (1.27%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.03%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.59%) MySQL
3 2 (1.27%) MS Access
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.80%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.53%) eggPlant
3 3 (1.90%) Git
3 3 (1.90%) GitLab
3 3 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 50 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.39%) Finance
3 12 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.70%) Retail
5 8 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.43%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.80%) Automotive
7 6 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.80%) Law
7 6 (3.80%) Legal
7 6 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.53%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.63%) Back Office
9 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.63%) Police
9 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (27.85%) Support Engineer
2 37 (23.42%) IT Support
3 26 (16.46%) IT Engineer
4 20 (12.66%) Analyst
5 19 (12.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (12.03%) Senior
6 18 (11.39%) IT Technician
7 16 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (8.23%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (8.23%) Administrator
8 13 (8.23%) Systems Administrator
9 12 (7.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 11 (6.96%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (6.33%) Support Analyst
12 9 (5.70%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (5.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (5.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 9 (5.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.70%) Service Analyst
12 9 (5.70%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) WSH
2 1 (0.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (10.13%) Replication
3 14 (8.86%) Driving Licence
4 8 (5.06%) VAX
5 7 (4.43%) Clustering
5 7 (4.43%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.80%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.90%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.90%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.90%) Robotics
7 3 (1.90%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.63%) CCTV
8 1 (0.63%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.63%) Life Science
8 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
8 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.63%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.63%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 158 (100.00%) Windows
2 113 (71.52%) Windows Server
3 85 (53.80%) Windows Server 2012
4 71 (44.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 64 (40.51%) Windows 10
6 49 (31.01%) Windows 7
7 38 (24.05%) Linux
8 37 (23.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (13.92%) Windows 8
10 8 (5.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (5.06%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (4.43%) Android
12 6 (3.80%) Windows XP
13 4 (2.53%) Mac OS X
13 4 (2.53%) Windows 2000
13 4 (2.53%) Windows NT
14 3 (1.90%) CentOS
14 3 (1.90%) Debian
14 3 (1.90%) Mac OS
14 3 (1.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (31.01%) ITIL
2 38 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (18.35%) Customer Service
4 26 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (12.03%) ITSM
6 17 (10.76%) Collaborative Working
6 17 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (10.76%) Service Delivery
7 16 (10.13%) Kalman Filter
7 16 (10.13%) Migration
8 14 (8.86%) Batch Scripting
8 14 (8.86%) Cryptography
8 14 (8.86%) Data Loss Prevention
9 12 (7.59%) Time Management
10 11 (6.96%) Project Management
10 11 (6.96%) Service Management
11 10 (6.33%) Mentoring
12 9 (5.70%) Agile
12 9 (5.70%) Change Control
12 9 (5.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (25.32%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.49%) SQL
3 12 (7.59%) VBScript
4 3 (1.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (15.82%) Degree
2 21 (13.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (10.76%) MCSA
4 14 (8.86%) CREST Certified
4 14 (8.86%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.53%) MCSE
5 4 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.90%) RHCT
7 1 (0.63%) CCNA
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.70%) SLA
2 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.53%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (60.76%) Active Directory
2 57 (36.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (26.58%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.96%) Terminal Services
5 10 (6.33%) XenApp
6 8 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.90%) KVM
8 2 (1.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.27%) vSphere
8 2 (1.27%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.63%) NFS
9 1 (0.63%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.33%) SCCM
3 8 (5.06%) EMC VPLEX
3 8 (5.06%) Nagios
4 7 (4.43%) WSUS
5 5 (3.16%) NetBackup
6 4 (2.53%) Backup Exec
6 4 (2.53%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.53%) SCOM
7 3 (1.90%) Terraform
8 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.63%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 97 (61.39%) Microsoft
2 81 (51.27%) VMware
3 35 (22.15%) Cisco
4 19 (12.03%) Citrix
5 17 (10.76%) Veeam
6 14 (8.86%) Bloomberg
6 14 (8.86%) FactSet
6 14 (8.86%) MobileIron
6 14 (8.86%) Refinitiv
7 11 (6.96%) Red Hat
8 10 (6.33%) EMC
9 9 (5.70%) Veritas
10 8 (5.06%) Centreon
10 8 (5.06%) Sybase
11 7 (4.43%) Aruba
12 6 (3.80%) Apple
12 6 (3.80%) Avaya
12 6 (3.80%) Epicor
12 6 (3.80%) HP
12 6 (3.80%) Sophos