Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 179 177 211
Rank change year-on-year -2 +34 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 14 29 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.52% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.46% 2.54% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 31
10th Percentile £142 £286 £246
25th Percentile £151 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £625 £385
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +62.34% -3.75%
75th Percentile £475 £698 £481
90th Percentile £519 £781 £588
England median daily rate £380 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 959 1,143 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.63% 20.45% 19.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 776 958
10th Percentile £200 £196 £155
25th Percentile £285 £254 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £466 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% +3.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £575
90th Percentile £648 £650 £650
England median daily rate £471 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.10% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 66 105
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +197.30% -7.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £60.79
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.11% +72.73% +23.94%

Windows Server 2008
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2008 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the South East

Windows Server 2008
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
East Sussex - 4 £475 - 2
West Sussex - 4 £145 -
Surrey - 3 - - 3
Hampshire -15 2 £577 +0.30% 4
Thames Valley -17 1 £175 -74.31%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £175 -
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) DNS
2 8 (57.14%) DHCP
3 6 (42.86%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) Network Security
4 3 (21.43%) Wireless
5 1 (7.14%) NetScaler
5 1 (7.14%) SAN
5 1 (7.14%) Skype
5 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
5 1 (7.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Field Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Server Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (7.14%) Clustering
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) Windows 10
3 8 (57.14%) Windows 7
4 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (21.43%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) VBScript
3 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 4 (28.57%) XenApp
4 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (7.14%) DFS Replication
5 1 (7.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) SCCM
2 2 (14.29%) WSUS
3 1 (7.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (28.57%) Citrix
3 4 (28.57%) Ivanti
3 4 (28.57%) Symantec
4 1 (7.14%) EMC
4 1 (7.14%) NetApp
4 1 (7.14%) SAP
4 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) Splunk
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam