The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 68 64 53
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 178 206 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 3.369% 3.654% 3.739%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.16% 14.18% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 158 185 207
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,550 £21,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £48,700 £53,700
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1464 1453 1565
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 27.71% 25.77% 26.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1304 1241 1354
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the South West region.

South West Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bristol -13 52 £36,750 +5.00%
Somerset +22 35 £32,500 +27.45%
Wiltshire -10 27 £30,000 -9.09%
Dorset +4 24 £29,000 -14.07%
Gloucestershire -27 15 £32,500 -5.79%
Devon +2 14 £23,950 -26.30%
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Windows Server 2003 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Server 2003.

1 412 (100.00%) Windows
2 346 (83.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 237 (57.52%) Microsoft
4 234 (56.80%) Active Directory
5 206 (50.00%) MS Exchange
6 180 (43.69%) VMware
7 154 (37.38%) SQL Server
8 153 (37.14%) MS Excel
9 131 (31.80%) Exchange Server 2010
10 127 (30.83%) VMware Infrastructure
11 116 (28.16%) Cisco
12 115 (27.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 98 (23.79%) Windows XP
14 93 (22.57%) ITIL
15 91 (22.09%) MCSE
16 90 (21.84%) Firewall
17 86 (20.87%) DNS
18 85 (20.63%) SAN
18 85 (20.63%) Windows 7
19 82 (19.90%) Exchange Server 2003
20 80 (19.42%) SQL
21 72 (17.48%) IIS
21 72 (17.48%) Service Delivery
22 70 (16.99%) Citrix
23 69 (16.75%) LAN
24 68 (16.50%) SharePoint
24 68 (16.50%) Exchange Server 2007
25 67 (16.26%) Clustering
26 66 (16.02%) MS Office
27 65 (15.78%) .NET

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Windows Server 2003 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Server 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 65 (15.78%) .NET
2 40 (9.709%) XML
3 32 (7.767%) ASP.NET
3 32 (7.767%) HTML
4 20 (4.854%) .NET Framework
5 13 (3.155%) J2EE
6 10 (2.427%) CSS
7 7 (1.699%) jQuery
8 6 (1.456%) WSH
9 4 (0.971%) Web Services
9 4 (0.971%) XHTML
9 4 (0.971%) HTML5
9 4 (0.971%) Apache Cordova
9 4 (0.971%) LINQ
9 4 (0.971%) Ajax
10 3 (0.728%) SAP XI
11 1 (0.243%) Silverlight
11 1 (0.243%) ODBC
11 1 (0.243%) COM
Application Platforms
1 206 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 131 (31.80%) Exchange Server 2010
3 82 (19.90%) Exchange Server 2003
4 72 (17.48%) IIS
5 68 (16.50%) SharePoint
5 68 (16.50%) Exchange Server 2007
6 32 (7.767%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 15 (3.641%) SharePoint 2010
7 15 (3.641%) Lotus Notes
8 13 (3.155%) Apache
8 13 (3.155%) Tomcat
9 11 (2.670%) Lotus Domino
10 8 (1.942%) Lync
11 5 (1.214%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.971%) WordPress
13 3 (0.728%) WorkSite
13 3 (0.728%) Exchange Server 2000
13 3 (0.728%) Office Communications Server
14 1 (0.243%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.243%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 153 (37.14%) MS Excel
2 66 (16.02%) MS Office
3 9 (2.184%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.971%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.971%) MS Project
4 4 (0.971%) Office 365
5 2 (0.485%) InfoPath
5 2 (0.485%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.971%) Google Analytics
1 4 (0.971%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.243%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 90 (21.84%) Firewall
2 86 (20.87%) DNS
3 85 (20.63%) SAN
4 69 (16.75%) LAN
5 64 (15.53%) TCP/IP
6 61 (14.81%) VPN
7 59 (14.32%) WAN
8 47 (11.41%) DHCP
9 36 (8.738%) MPLS
10 19 (4.612%) SSL
10 19 (4.612%) SMTP
11 18 (4.369%) Internet
11 18 (4.369%) NAS
12 16 (3.883%) Wireless
12 16 (3.883%) iSCSI
13 15 (3.641%) DSL
13 15 (3.641%) VoIP
14 14 (3.398%) Ethernet
15 13 (3.155%) HTTP
16 11 (2.670%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (37.38%) SQL Server
2 36 (8.738%) SQL Server 2008
3 27 (6.553%) SQL Server 2005
4 26 (6.311%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (1.456%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.214%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.971%) GIS
7 4 (0.971%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (0.971%) MySQL
7 4 (0.971%) SQLite
8 2 (0.485%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (0.485%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (0.485%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.485%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.243%) DTS
9 1 (0.243%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.243%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (6.311%) Visual Studio
2 23 (5.583%) Team Foundation Server
3 20 (4.854%) Subversion
4 16 (3.883%) Dreamweaver
4 16 (3.883%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.214%) ReSharper
5 5 (1.214%) NUnit
6 4 (0.971%) Xcode
6 4 (0.971%) Eclipse
General
1 42 (10.19%) Finance
2 27 (6.553%) Telecoms
3 16 (3.883%) Advertising
4 15 (3.641%) Marketing
5 7 (1.699%) Law
6 6 (1.456%) Legal
6 6 (1.456%) Banking
7 5 (1.214%) Retail
7 5 (1.214%) Back Office
8 3 (0.728%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.728%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.485%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.243%) Local Government
10 1 (0.243%) Automotive
10 1 (0.243%) Electronics
10 1 (0.243%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (24.76%) Analyst
2 70 (16.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (12.38%) Support Engineer
4 45 (10.92%) Support Analyst
5 35 (8.495%) Systems Engineer
6 27 (6.553%) IT Support
7 25 (6.068%) 2nd Line Support
7 25 (6.068%) Developer
8 24 (5.825%) 3rd Line Support
9 21 (5.097%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (5.097%) Administrator
9 21 (5.097%) Consultant
10 20 (4.854%) Systems Administrator
10 20 (4.854%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 18 (4.369%) Technical Analyst
12 17 (4.126%) Infrastructure Manager
13 15 (3.641%) Analyst Developer
14 14 (3.398%) Support Technician
14 14 (3.398%) Configuration Manager
14 14 (3.398%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 67 (16.26%) Clustering
2 47 (11.41%) Blackberry
3 34 (8.252%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.670%) Fat Client
4 11 (2.670%) Thin Client
5 7 (1.699%) Computer Science
6 6 (1.456%) Replication
6 6 (1.456%) Mathematics
7 4 (0.971%) N-Tier
7 4 (0.971%) iPhone
7 4 (0.971%) FMCG
7 4 (0.971%) Social Network
7 4 (0.971%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.728%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.485%) Firmware
9 2 (0.485%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.243%) PDA
10 1 (0.243%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.243%) RMADS
10 1 (0.243%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 412 (100.00%) Windows
2 346 (83.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 98 (23.79%) Windows XP
4 85 (20.63%) Windows 7
5 35 (8.495%) Linux
6 26 (6.311%) UNIX
7 25 (6.068%) Windows Vista
8 21 (5.097%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (4.612%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (3.641%) Windows 2000 Server
11 11 (2.670%) Windows 2000
11 11 (2.670%) Solaris
12 7 (1.699%) Windows 8
13 6 (1.456%) Android
14 4 (0.971%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.485%) Windows Mobile
16 1 (0.243%) BlackBerry OS
16 1 (0.243%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.57%) ITIL
2 72 (17.48%) Service Delivery
3 49 (11.89%) Migration
4 35 (8.495%) Problem Management
5 24 (5.825%) Service Management
6 23 (5.583%) Information Security
7 22 (5.340%) Business Analysis
8 19 (4.612%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (4.612%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (4.126%) Performance Management
10 16 (3.883%) UML
11 15 (3.641%) Release Management
12 14 (3.398%) Network Load Balancing
13 13 (3.155%) ITIL V3
13 13 (3.155%) ITSM
14 12 (2.913%) Load Balancing
15 11 (2.670%) Root Cause Analysis
15 11 (2.670%) ISMS
15 11 (2.670%) Information Security Management
15 11 (2.670%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (19.42%) SQL
2 58 (14.08%) C#
3 47 (11.41%) VB.NET
4 26 (6.311%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.854%) Java
5 20 (4.854%) C++
6 10 (2.427%) T-SQL
7 9 (2.184%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.942%) VB
9 7 (1.699%) VBScript
10 6 (1.456%) Perl
10 6 (1.456%) Python
11 5 (1.214%) VBA
12 4 (0.971%) PHP
12 4 (0.971%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.971%) C
13 3 (0.728%) ABAP
14 2 (0.485%) VB6
Qualifications
1 115 (27.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 91 (22.09%) MCSE
3 49 (11.89%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (11.41%) Degree
5 46 (11.17%) MCSA
5 46 (11.17%) Security Cleared
6 42 (10.19%) MCITP
7 40 (9.709%) MCP
8 38 (9.223%) CCNA
9 27 (6.553%) MCTS
10 20 (4.854%) CCNP
11 19 (4.612%) SC Cleared
12 17 (4.126%) MCT
13 11 (2.670%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.699%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.456%) A+ Certification
15 6 (1.456%) MCSD
16 5 (1.214%) MCDST
17 4 (0.971%) ITIL Certification
18 3 (0.728%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.854%) SLA
2 13 (3.155%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.971%) QA
4 1 (0.243%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 234 (56.80%) Active Directory
2 127 (30.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (11.89%) Hyper-V
4 46 (11.17%) vSphere
5 21 (5.097%) Xen
6 19 (4.612%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (4.612%) VMware ESX
7 16 (3.883%) Terminal Services
7 16 (3.883%) Forefront TMG
8 13 (3.155%) XenApp
8 13 (3.155%) UAG
8 13 (3.155%) NFS
9 11 (2.670%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 5 (1.214%) XenServer
11 4 (0.971%) ISA Server
12 3 (0.728%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.485%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.485%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.485%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.485%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 35 (8.495%) SCCM
2 33 (8.010%) SCOM
3 20 (4.854%) Backup Exec
4 18 (4.369%) MOM
5 15 (3.641%) Tivoli
6 14 (3.398%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 13 (3.155%) WSUS
8 8 (1.942%) MIMEsweeper
9 6 (1.456%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 5 (1.214%) Nagios
11 3 (0.728%) Cisco UCCX
12 2 (0.485%) ARCserve
12 2 (0.485%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.485%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.485%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.243%) Sysprep
13 1 (0.243%) McAfee ePO
13 1 (0.243%) SCVMM
13 1 (0.243%) Netcool
Vendors
1 237 (57.52%) Microsoft
2 180 (43.69%) VMware
3 116 (28.16%) Cisco
4 70 (16.99%) Citrix
5 63 (15.29%) Oracle
6 35 (8.495%) HP
7 23 (5.583%) Red Hat
8 20 (4.854%) IBM
9 16 (3.883%) Macromedia
10 15 (3.641%) Lotus
11 14 (3.398%) Juniper
12 13 (3.155%) CheckPoint
12 13 (3.155%) Dell
13 11 (2.670%) NetSuite
14 10 (2.427%) Symantec
15 9 (2.184%) Nortel
16 8 (1.942%) Clearswift
16 8 (1.942%) Apple
16 8 (1.942%) Sage
16 8 (1.942%) CommVault
Wiltshire
Specialist distribution and logistics Company that work with one of the largest manufacturers in the UK currently have an excellent opportunity available to join their team... Responsibilities include:...
Colston Consulting
Salary: From £28,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
The candidate will be skilled in delivering and supporting Windows Server, Citrix XenApp or VMware solutions and associated applications.(Exchange, Active Directory)This is an excellent opportunity for...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + Car
Posted: 11 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
The candidate will be skilled in delivering and supporting Windows Server, Citrix XenApp or VMware solutions and associated applications.(Exchange, Active Directory)This is an excellent opportunity for...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + Car
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bristol, South West
You will also be supporting the various Projects within the IT Department.You will have excellent experience in a 2nd Line role with good VMware experience. Excellent Microsoft...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £28000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Dorset
This is an exciting opportunity for an IT Manager to manage a small team of technical staff ensuring that IT service delivery is to a high standard... - Strong...
NES Global Talent
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Skills required are; - Windows OS - XP, 7, Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2. - Knowledge of HyperV or VMware... Key words; infrastructure engineer, network engineer, windows, xp, windows 7, SQL,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
IT Support Assistant - Urgent - Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Dorset - Windows 7, Active Directory, MS Office - £14,000 - £17,000. A Windows, Server, Exchange, VMware IT Support Assistant is required...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £14000 - £17000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Salisbury, South West
Skills and experience required: Knowledge and experience of using Windows Server 2003/2008 Experience of providing support to Windows XP, 7 and Vista. Experience of using Active Directory...
Salary: £16000 per annum + Company Car, Laptop and Mobile Phone
Posted: 26 April 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
You will have experience of Active Directory and VMware. Whilst also having experience in a Citrix environment. Exchange 2007/2010 experience is also essential. You main experience will...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £28000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Windows 2000/2003/2008 server platform - Proven substantial experience Unix / Linux technologies - Extensive experience in VM and physical server troubleshooting, dealing with performance issues, firmware updates and hardware...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire
Keywords: Windows Server, VMWare, Storage/SAN, Exchange 2010, Active Directory, SQL Server... Owning core infrastructure upgrade projects such as installation, enhancements and augmentation of Active Directory, Exchange 2003,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
Support Analyst, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, MS Exchange Server, MS SQL Server or Oracle, Clevedon, North Somerset, £25-28,000 + benefits.Key Skills:- 4+ years' IT Support experience.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-28,000 + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
Senior Support Analyst, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, MS Exchange Server, MS Outlook, Active Directory, Clevedon, North Somerset, £25-28,000 + benefits... - Good Windows Server 2003 / 2008 experience... - MS...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-30,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Dorset, South West
My client, a well known company based in Dorset, is looking for a Technical Support Analyst to join their IT department and provide support to staff across their...
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Essential Skills & Experience: - Windows Server 2003, 2008. - Active Directory. - Windows 7, Windows XP. - MS Outlook / MS Exchange... - Blackberry and iPhone support - Excellent communication & interpersonal skills... Ideally Backup exec.
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £25,000 to £28,000 per annum + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucestershire
It is an ideal position for someone with some IT support experience to advance their career and work within an exciting fast paced environment... Due to the nature...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
Senior Support Analyst, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, MS Exchange Server, MS Outlook, Active Directory, Clevedon, North Somerset, £25-28,000 + benefits... - Good Windows Server 2003 / 2008 experience... - MS...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-28,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Ideally the technical support consultant will have experience with implementation of new systems into existing infrastructures as well as the following skills / experience- * a good working knowledge of...
Acorn
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Installation, deployment and maintenance experience of VMware, Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Active Directory, Blackberry Enterprise server (Ver 7), Backup Exec, MYSQL server 2005,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
South West
The Infrastructure Support Analyst is responsible for providing third line support for the Hardware and Software that is essential to business operations and development-The role includes working...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Wiltshire
Understanding, Ethernet, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, firewalls and VPN technologies, preferably SonicWall * Solid understanding of XP Desktop/Laptop Support, * Exposure to Windows 2003 Server and Windows Exchange 2003...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Taunton
Who we're looking for In order to apply for the Analyst Developer position you will have demonstrable experience of: - C# or VB.Net (.Net 2.0 or...
Michael Page
Salary: £25,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newton Abbot, Devon
Skills: Mandatory Minimum 5 years commercial experience with ASP.net and C# Windows Services, Web Services & Console Applications Management of Windows 2003/2008 (IIS 6 & 7.5.) Hosting...
Berry Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013