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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 713 763
Rank change year-on-year -43 +50 -258
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 158 241 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.13% 1.54% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 131 202 457
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,031 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,000 £52,500 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £32,000 £36,298
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.84% -3.20%

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 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 £92,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +10 150 £40,000 +23.08% 17
UK excluding London -102 118 £40,000 +25.00% 15
Work from Home +63 48 £42,500 +6.25% 6
London +157 36 £40,000 - 2
North of England +26 30 £42,500 +7.36% 3
East of England +15 27 £33,000 -22.35% 3
South East -50 26 £39,500 +25.40% 6
Yorkshire +75 21 £42,500 +8.28% 2
South West -20 19 £30,000 +15.38% 1
Midlands -29 12 £45,000 +40.63%
West Midlands -11 9 £36,250 +15.08%
North West -12 7 £23,500 -39.74% 1
Scotland -57 4 £48,500 +14.12% 1
East Midlands -18 3 £57,500 +51.32%
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 72 (45.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (20.89%) Exchange Server 2013
3 29 (18.35%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (18.35%) SharePoint
4 22 (13.92%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (4.43%) IIS
6 4 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (2.53%) TWiki
7 3 (1.90%) Confluence
8 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (27.22%) 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
Cloud Services
1 82 (51.90%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (32.91%) Azure
3 25 (15.82%) AWS
4 11 (6.96%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.06%) GCP
5 8 (5.06%) Mimecast
6 5 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.90%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.90%) Slack
7 3 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.63%) IaaS
9 1 (0.63%) PaaS
9 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (44.30%) DNS
2 53 (33.54%) Firewall
3 51 (32.28%) DHCP
4 37 (23.42%) TCP/IP
5 20 (12.66%) SAN
5 20 (12.66%) VPN
6 19 (12.03%) VLAN
7 16 (10.13%) WAN
8 14 (8.86%) LAN
9 10 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (5.70%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (3.80%) Skype
11 6 (3.80%) SSL
12 5 (3.16%) VoIP
13 4 (2.53%) Wireless
14 3 (1.90%) HTTPS
14 3 (1.90%) xDSL
15 2 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
15 2 (1.27%) MPLS
15 2 (1.27%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.56%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.96%) 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 9 (5.70%) eggPlant
2 6 (3.80%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.90%) Git
3 3 (1.90%) GitLab
3 3 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 48 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.66%) Finance
3 13 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.70%) Aerospace
5 8 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.43%) Automotive
6 7 (4.43%) Retail
6 7 (4.43%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.80%) Law
7 6 (3.80%) Legal
7 6 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.63%) Back Office
8 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 44 (27.85%) Support Engineer
2 36 (22.78%) IT Support
3 23 (14.56%) IT Engineer
4 19 (12.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (11.39%) IT Technician
6 17 (10.76%) Analyst
6 17 (10.76%) Senior
7 16 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (7.59%) Administrator
8 12 (7.59%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (6.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 10 (6.33%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (6.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (6.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.70%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (5.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 9 (5.70%) Service Analyst
11 9 (5.70%) Service Desk Analyst
12 8 (5.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (9.49%) Replication
3 14 (8.86%) Driving Licence
4 10 (6.33%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.06%) VAX
6 7 (4.43%) Clustering
7 6 (3.80%) Cyberattack
8 4 (2.53%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.90%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.90%) Robotics
9 3 (1.90%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.63%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.63%) Life Science
10 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.63%) NHS
10 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.63%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.63%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 158 (100.00%) Windows
2 110 (69.62%) Windows Server
3 81 (51.27%) Windows Server 2012
4 70 (44.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 60 (37.97%) Windows 10
6 47 (29.75%) Windows 7
7 39 (24.68%) Linux
8 38 (24.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (13.29%) Windows 8
10 9 (5.70%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (4.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (4.43%) Windows XP
12 6 (3.80%) Android
13 5 (3.16%) Windows 2000
13 5 (3.16%) Windows NT
14 4 (2.53%) CentOS
14 4 (2.53%) Debian
14 4 (2.53%) Mac OS X
14 4 (2.53%) Unix
15 3 (1.90%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (29.75%) ITIL
2 37 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (15.19%) Customer Service
5 22 (13.92%) Collaborative Working
6 19 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (11.39%) ITSM
8 16 (10.13%) Service Delivery
9 15 (9.49%) Agile
9 15 (9.49%) Kalman Filter
10 14 (8.86%) Migration
11 13 (8.23%) Batch Scripting
11 13 (8.23%) Cryptography
11 13 (8.23%) Data Loss Prevention
12 12 (7.59%) Service Management
12 12 (7.59%) Time Management
13 11 (6.96%) DevOps
14 10 (6.33%) Project Management
15 9 (5.70%) Mentoring
15 9 (5.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.05%) PowerShell
2 14 (8.86%) SQL
3 12 (7.59%) VBScript
4 3 (1.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (18.35%) Degree
2 21 (13.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (12.03%) Security Cleared
4 17 (10.76%) MCSA
5 13 (8.23%) CREST Certified
6 10 (6.33%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.80%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.16%) MCSE
9 4 (2.53%) RHCT
10 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.63%) CCNA
11 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.70%) QA
2 8 (5.06%) SLA
3 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (56.33%) Active Directory
2 54 (34.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (25.95%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.96%) Terminal Services
5 10 (6.33%) XenApp
6 8 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.53%) 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
9 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (6.96%) SCCM
2 10 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (5.06%) EMC VPLEX
3 8 (5.06%) Nagios
3 8 (5.06%) WSUS
4 6 (3.80%) SCOM
5 5 (3.16%) NetBackup
6 4 (2.53%) Backup Exec
6 4 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.90%) Terraform
8 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 101 (63.92%) Microsoft
2 76 (48.10%) VMware
3 33 (20.89%) Cisco
4 20 (12.66%) Citrix
5 16 (10.13%) Veeam
6 13 (8.23%) Bloomberg
6 13 (8.23%) FactSet
6 13 (8.23%) MobileIron
6 13 (8.23%) 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 6 (3.80%) Avaya
11 6 (3.80%) Epicor
12 5 (3.16%) Apple
12 5 (3.16%) Dell
12 5 (3.16%) HP
13 4 (2.53%) NEC