Windows Server 2008 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows Server 2008 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 531 486
Rank change year-on-year +52 -45 -64
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 58 120 308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.25% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.17% 1.53% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 98 225
10th Percentile £139 £190 £163
25th Percentile £181 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £412 £600 £488
90th Percentile £516 £688 £574
UK median daily rate £380 £441 £400
% change year-on-year -13.78% +10.19% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile - - £20.88
Median hourly rate - - £28.41
75th Percentile - - £46.42
90th Percentile - - £59.72
UK median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +77.56%

All Operating Systems
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,944 7,824 10,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.59% 16.24% 15.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,374 5,533 7,535
10th Percentile £185 £193 £175
25th Percentile £300 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 370 532
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.89 £13.38
25th Percentile £14.83 £17.73 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% +72.73% +23.94%
75th Percentile £61.60 £64.88 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £39.05 £23.00
% change year-on-year -43.47% +69.78% +31.43%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in England

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +90 33 £380 -5.06% 8
South East -2 14 £438 -30.00% 11
North of England +20 5 £395 +31.67% 2
Midlands +23 4 £200 -42.86% 1
Yorkshire +13 3 £400 +63.27% 1
West Midlands +23 2 £200 -36.00% 1
North West +14 2 £390 -28.44% 1
East Midlands +11 1 £160 -57.33%
South West -9 1 £700 +47.37% 1
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (51.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (43.10%) Exchange Server 2010
3 23 (39.66%) Exchange Server 2013
4 11 (18.97%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (17.24%) Skype for Business
6 9 (15.52%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
8 1 (1.72%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.07%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.72%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 32 (55.17%) DNS
2 17 (29.31%) DHCP
3 12 (20.69%) Skype
4 11 (18.97%) Firewall
5 5 (8.62%) Wireless
6 4 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (5.17%) Network Security
8 2 (3.45%) LAN
8 2 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
8 2 (3.45%) VPN
8 2 (3.45%) VSAN
8 2 (3.45%) WAN
9 1 (1.72%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.72%) PBX
9 1 (1.72%) PSTN
9 1 (1.72%) SAN
9 1 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
General
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Public Sector
3 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Finance
5 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.72%) Electronics
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Administrator
1 13 (22.41%) Systems Administrator
2 10 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 4 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (6.90%) Field Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Server Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) 1st Line Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (5.17%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Clustering
2 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) NHS
3 2 (3.45%) PKI
4 1 (1.72%) BYOD
4 1 (1.72%) CMDB
4 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.72%) iPad
4 1 (1.72%) iPhone
4 1 (1.72%) PDA
4 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (67.24%) Windows Server 2012
3 38 (65.52%) Windows Server
4 26 (44.83%) Windows 7
5 19 (32.76%) Windows 10
6 18 (31.03%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (31.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (27.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (8.62%) Linux
9 2 (3.45%) OpenVMS
9 2 (3.45%) VMS
10 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.72%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Migration
2 13 (22.41%) Customer Service
3 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (18.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (10.34%) Time Management
6 5 (8.62%) ITIL
7 4 (6.90%) Computer Science
7 4 (6.90%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (6.90%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (6.90%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (6.90%) User Experience
8 3 (5.17%) Project Delivery
9 2 (3.45%) Agile
9 2 (3.45%) Data Migration
9 2 (3.45%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (3.45%) Network Load Balancing
9 2 (3.45%) Platform Engineering
9 2 (3.45%) Project Management
10 1 (1.72%) ITSM
10 1 (1.72%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (34.48%) PowerShell
2 11 (18.97%) SQL
3 4 (6.90%) VBScript
4 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (39.66%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) DV Cleared
3 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.90%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) GDPR
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 47 (81.03%) Active Directory
2 28 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (15.52%) Hyper-V
4 5 (8.62%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (6.90%) VMware NSX
5 4 (6.90%) XenApp
6 2 (3.45%) Terminal Services
6 2 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.72%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) SCCM
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (6.90%) vCenter Server
3 3 (5.17%) WSUS
4 2 (3.45%) SCOM
4 2 (3.45%) VxRail
5 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.72%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (53.45%) VMware
2 24 (41.38%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.79%) Citrix
4 4 (6.90%) Ivanti
4 4 (6.90%) Symantec
5 3 (5.17%) Dell
5 3 (5.17%) EMC
5 3 (5.17%) HP
5 3 (5.17%) Veeam
6 2 (3.45%) Huawei
6 2 (3.45%) Splunk
6 2 (3.45%) Trend Micro
7 1 (1.72%) Kaseya
7 1 (1.72%) MEDITECH
7 1 (1.72%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.72%) Qualys
7 1 (1.72%) Remedy
7 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.72%) Sophos