Windows Server 2008 Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 545 529
Rank change year-on-year +34 -16 -85
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 64 137 340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.11% 1.51% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 111 254
10th Percentile £143 £198 £163
25th Percentile £256 £356 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £414 £588 £475
90th Percentile £497 £688 £542
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £465 £375
% change year-on-year -30.11% +24.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £19.65
25th Percentile - - £22.10
Median hourly rate - - £28.41
75th Percentile - - £48.06
90th Percentile - - £65.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +77.56%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,784 9,075 12,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 16.19% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,888 6,324 8,810
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -3.12% +9.29% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 391 567
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.06 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.79 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -40.81% +92.50% +21.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2008 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2008 in the UK

Windows Server 2008
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +30 53 £380 -15.56% 19
London +82 31 £380 -5.12% 2
UK excluding London -6 28 £325 -30.11% 17
Work from Home +97 20 £380 -11.21% 7
South East -1 12 £475 -29.63% 5
Scotland +35 6 £325 -26.97% 1
Midlands +19 4 £200 -42.86% 3
North of England +17 4 £395 +61.22% 3
Yorkshire +16 3 £400 +110.53% 2
West Midlands +11 2 £200 -36.00% 1
North West +17 1 £390 -28.44% 1
East Midlands +10 1 £160 -57.33% 2
Northern Ireland +1 1 - -
South West -9 1 £700 +27.27% 1

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 30 (46.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (39.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 23 (35.94%) Exchange Server 2013
4 12 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (17.19%) Skype for Business
6 10 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (9.38%) IIS
8 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
9 1 (1.56%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.38%) Azure
3 3 (4.69%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.56%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 28 (43.75%) DNS
2 14 (21.88%) DHCP
3 13 (20.31%) Skype
4 9 (14.06%) Firewall
5 4 (6.25%) Wireless
6 3 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (3.13%) Network Security
7 2 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.13%) VPN
7 2 (3.13%) VSAN
8 1 (1.56%) LAN
8 1 (1.56%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.56%) PBX
8 1 (1.56%) PSTN
8 1 (1.56%) SAN
8 1 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
General
1 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Finance
5 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.56%) Electronics
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (18.75%) Administrator
1 12 (18.75%) Systems Administrator
2 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (10.94%) Support Engineer
4 5 (7.81%) Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Server Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) 1st Line Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (4.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.69%) Field Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.25%) Clustering
3 2 (3.13%) BYOD
3 2 (3.13%) iPad
3 2 (3.13%) iPhone
3 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.13%) NHS
3 2 (3.13%) PDA
3 2 (3.13%) PKI
3 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.13%) Smartphone
3 2 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.56%) CMDB
4 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (70.31%) Windows Server 2012
3 43 (67.19%) Windows Server
4 26 (40.63%) Windows 7
5 22 (34.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
7 18 (28.13%) Windows 10
8 15 (23.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (17.19%) Linux
10 6 (9.38%) CentOS
10 6 (9.38%) Debian
11 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (3.13%) OpenVMS
11 2 (3.13%) VMS
11 2 (3.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.13%) Migration
2 13 (20.31%) Customer Service
2 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (7.81%) Computer Science
4 5 (7.81%) ITIL
5 4 (6.25%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (6.25%) Time Management
6 3 (4.69%) Proactive Maintenance
6 3 (4.69%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (4.69%) Project Delivery
6 3 (4.69%) User Experience
7 2 (3.13%) Agile
7 2 (3.13%) Analytics
7 2 (3.13%) Data Migration
7 2 (3.13%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (3.13%) Network Load Balancing
7 2 (3.13%) Platform Engineering
7 2 (3.13%) Project Management
8 1 (1.56%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.81%) PowerShell
2 9 (14.06%) SQL
3 4 (6.25%) VBScript
4 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (39.06%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 7 (10.94%) MCSE
4 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (9.38%) MCSA
5 6 (9.38%) RHCT
6 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.13%) Degree
8 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 50 (78.13%) Active Directory
2 31 (48.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (21.88%) Hyper-V
4 6 (9.38%) KVM
5 4 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (6.25%) XenApp
6 3 (4.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (3.13%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.56%) DFS Replication
8 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) SCCM
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (4.69%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.69%) WSUS
3 2 (3.13%) SCOM
4 1 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.56%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 34 (53.13%) VMware
2 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
3 13 (20.31%) Citrix
4 6 (9.38%) Red Hat
5 4 (6.25%) Ivanti
5 4 (6.25%) Symantec
6 3 (4.69%) HP
6 3 (4.69%) Veeam
7 2 (3.13%) Dell
7 2 (3.13%) EMC
7 2 (3.13%) Huawei
7 2 (3.13%) Intel
7 2 (3.13%) Splunk
7 2 (3.13%) Trend Micro
8 1 (1.56%) IronPort
8 1 (1.56%) Kaseya
8 1 (1.56%) MEDITECH
8 1 (1.56%) Oracle
8 1 (1.56%) Qualys
8 1 (1.56%) SAP