Windows Server 2003 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.06% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £126 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 - -
75th Percentile £172 - -
90th Percentile £216 - -
England median daily rate £500 £325 £525
% change year-on-year +53.85% -38.10% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £6.00 - -
England median hourly rate £6.00 - £17.35
% change year-on-year - - -61.66%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Windows Server 2003 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 274 236 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.32% 17.81% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 99 229
10th Percentile £163 £213 £143
25th Percentile £192 £280 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £438 £460
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.89% +22.67%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £613
90th Percentile £575 - £714
England median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 32 41
10th Percentile £13.00 £40.75 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.89 £52.56 £14.16
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +251.35% -42.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £23.58 £59.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.21% +48.11% +60.00%

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2003 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Windows Server 2003 job vacancy trend in the East of England

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2003.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2003 in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2003 in the East of England

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2003.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 November 2025. 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
Norfolk - 14 £171 - 1
Cambridgeshire - 1 £575 -
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) RS-232
2 1 (6.67%) SAN
2 1 (6.67%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (26.67%) Oracle Database
3 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Analyst
1 14 (93.33%) Support Analyst
2 12 (80.00%) Technical Analyst
2 12 (80.00%) Technical Support
2 12 (80.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 7 (46.67%) IT Analyst
3 7 (46.67%) IT Support
3 7 (46.67%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) AIX
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 10
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (6.67%) CentOS
5 1 (6.67%) Linux
5 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Information Governance
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) ITSM
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
1 5 (33.33%) HNC
1 5 (33.33%) HND
1 5 (33.33%) MCP
1 5 (33.33%) MCSE
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Citrix
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) IBM
4 1 (6.67%) VMware