Windows Server 2008 Jobs

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 728 799
Rank change year-on-year -20 +71 -296
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 157 229 517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.10% 1.49% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 129 191 448
10th Percentile £23,950 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,875 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,000 £38,434
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -14.14% -3.92%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,050 £52,500 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £32,250 £37,000
% change year-on-year +24.03% -12.84% -1.33%

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 14,230 15,371 32,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 16.37% 18.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10,742 10,375 16,496
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,625
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 £91,250 £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 6 June 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 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -18 149 £40,000 +23.08% 20
UK excluding London -119 118 £40,000 +24.03% 19
Work from Home +34 48 £42,500 +8.97% 6
London +104 35 £40,750 +1.88% 2
North of England -1 29 £42,500 +8.16% 3
South East -46 28 £43,750 +38.89% 9
East of England +3 27 £33,000 -22.35% 3
Yorkshire +66 20 £45,000 +14.65% 2
South West -26 17 £30,000 +14.29% 1
Midlands -34 13 £45,000 +40.63% 2
West Midlands -44 10 £36,250 +15.08% 1
North West -27 7 £23,500 -39.74% 1
Scotland -75 4 £48,500 +12.14% 1
East Midlands -25 3 £57,500 +51.32% 1
North East -17 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 71 (45.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (21.02%) Exchange Server 2013
3 29 (18.47%) Exchange Server 2010
4 28 (17.83%) SharePoint
5 22 (14.01%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (4.46%) IIS
7 4 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (2.55%) TWiki
8 3 (1.91%) Confluence
9 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (26.75%) 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 85 (54.14%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (34.39%) Azure
3 25 (15.92%) AWS
4 11 (7.01%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.10%) GCP
5 8 (5.10%) Mimecast
6 5 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.91%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.91%) Slack
7 3 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.64%) IaaS
9 1 (0.64%) PaaS
9 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (45.86%) DNS
2 54 (34.39%) Firewall
3 53 (33.76%) DHCP
4 36 (22.93%) TCP/IP
5 21 (13.38%) SAN
6 20 (12.74%) VPN
7 19 (12.10%) VLAN
8 17 (10.83%) WAN
9 15 (9.55%) LAN
10 10 (6.37%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (5.73%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (3.82%) Skype
12 6 (3.82%) SSL
13 5 (3.18%) VoIP
14 4 (2.55%) Wireless
15 3 (1.91%) HTTPS
15 3 (1.91%) xDSL
16 2 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
16 2 (1.27%) MPLS
16 2 (1.27%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.29%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.01%) 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 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (5.73%) eggPlant
2 6 (3.82%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.91%) Git
3 3 (1.91%) GitLab
3 3 (1.91%) JIRA
General
1 46 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.01%) Finance
3 13 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.73%) Aerospace
5 8 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.46%) Automotive
6 7 (4.46%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.82%) Law
7 6 (3.82%) Legal
7 6 (3.82%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.55%) Retail
9 1 (0.64%) Back Office
9 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (27.39%) Support Engineer
2 36 (22.93%) IT Support
3 23 (14.65%) IT Engineer
4 19 (12.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (11.46%) IT Technician
6 17 (10.83%) Senior
7 16 (10.19%) Analyst
8 13 (8.28%) Administrator
9 12 (7.64%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (7.64%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (7.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 10 (6.37%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (6.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (6.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.73%) 1st Line Support
12 9 (5.73%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 9 (5.73%) Service Analyst
12 9 (5.73%) Service Desk Analyst
13 8 (5.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.19%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (8.92%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.92%) Replication
3 10 (6.37%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.10%) Clustering
4 8 (5.10%) VAX
5 6 (3.82%) Cyberattack
6 5 (3.18%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.91%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.91%) Robotics
7 3 (1.91%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) PKI
9 1 (0.64%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.64%) Life Science
9 1 (0.64%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.64%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 157 (100.00%) Windows
2 109 (69.43%) Windows Server
3 82 (52.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 71 (45.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 62 (39.49%) Windows 10
6 45 (28.66%) Windows 7
7 39 (24.84%) Linux
8 38 (24.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (13.38%) Windows 8
10 9 (5.73%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (3.82%) Android
13 5 (3.18%) Windows 2000
13 5 (3.18%) Windows NT
13 5 (3.18%) Windows XP
14 4 (2.55%) CentOS
14 4 (2.55%) Debian
14 4 (2.55%) Mac OS X
14 4 (2.55%) Unix
15 3 (1.91%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.66%) ITIL
2 35 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (14.01%) Collaborative Working
4 22 (14.01%) Customer Service
5 18 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (10.83%) ITSM
7 16 (10.19%) Service Delivery
8 15 (9.55%) Agile
9 14 (8.92%) Kalman Filter
9 14 (8.92%) Migration
10 13 (8.28%) Time Management
11 12 (7.64%) Batch Scripting
11 12 (7.64%) Cryptography
11 12 (7.64%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (7.01%) DevOps
12 11 (7.01%) Service Management
13 10 (6.37%) Project Management
14 9 (5.73%) Software Testing
14 9 (5.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.20%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.55%) SQL
3 12 (7.64%) VBScript
4 3 (1.91%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (16.56%) Degree
2 20 (12.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (12.74%) Security Cleared
3 16 (10.19%) MCSA
4 12 (7.64%) CREST Certified
5 11 (7.01%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.82%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.18%) MCSE
8 4 (2.55%) RHCT
9 3 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.64%) CCNA
10 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) QA
2 6 (3.82%) SLA
3 4 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (56.69%) Active Directory
2 54 (34.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (26.11%) Hyper-V
4 11 (7.01%) Terminal Services
5 10 (6.37%) XenApp
6 8 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.55%) KVM
7 4 (2.55%) vSphere
8 2 (1.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.27%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.64%) NFS
9 1 (0.64%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (7.64%) SCCM
2 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (5.10%) EMC VPLEX
3 8 (5.10%) Nagios
3 8 (5.10%) WSUS
4 7 (4.46%) SCOM
5 5 (3.18%) NetBackup
6 4 (2.55%) Backup Exec
6 4 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.91%) Terraform
8 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.27%) NetCrunch
9 1 (0.64%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.64%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.64%) VxRail
Vendors
1 104 (66.24%) Microsoft
2 78 (49.68%) VMware
3 32 (20.38%) Cisco
4 18 (11.46%) Citrix
5 17 (10.83%) Veeam
6 12 (7.64%) Bloomberg
6 12 (7.64%) FactSet
6 12 (7.64%) MobileIron
6 12 (7.64%) Refinitiv
7 11 (7.01%) EMC
7 11 (7.01%) Red Hat
8 9 (5.73%) Veritas
9 8 (5.10%) Centreon
9 8 (5.10%) Sybase
10 6 (3.82%) Avaya
10 6 (3.82%) Dell
10 6 (3.82%) Epicor
11 5 (3.18%) Apple
11 5 (3.18%) HP
12 4 (2.55%) Aruba