Windows Server 2003 Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 465 519
Rank change year-on-year -65 +54 +141
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 30 23 31
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.091% 0.086% 0.083%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.71% 0.61% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 22
10th Percentile - £184 £326
25th Percentile £126 £209 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £212 £363 £475
Median % change year-on-year -41.53% -23.68% +18.75%
75th Percentile £613 £503 £550
90th Percentile £638 £538 £656
UK median daily rate £212 £363 £475
% change year-on-year -41.53% -23.68% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £14.30
25th Percentile - - £15.99
Median hourly rate £6.00 - £17.35
75th Percentile - - £29.17
90th Percentile £16.95 - £49.17
UK median hourly rate £6.00 - £17.35

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,202 3,772 5,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.79% 14.18% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 2,369 3,733
10th Percentile £173 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £466
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.93% -9.07%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £447 £475 £473
% change year-on-year -5.89% +0.53% -7.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 124 337
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.33 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.25 £51.50 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -54.85% +103.96% -1.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £34.00 £25.90
% change year-on-year -26.47% +31.30% +0.72%

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2003 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2003 in England over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2003 in England

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server 2003 in England over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server 2003 in England

Windows Server 2003
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. 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
East of England - 18 £149 - 2
South East -30 4 £613 +15.24%
London - 4 £625 - 2
Midlands -55 3 £550 +215.19%
East Midlands - 3 £550 -
Windows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (13.33%) Office Communications Server
2 4 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (13.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) IaaS
2 3 (10.00%) PaaS
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) DHCP
1 9 (30.00%) DNS
2 7 (23.33%) VPN
3 5 (16.67%) SAN
4 4 (13.33%) DDNS
4 4 (13.33%) Firewall
4 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 3 (10.00%) SMTP
6 2 (6.67%) LAN
6 2 (6.67%) RS-232
6 2 (6.67%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (23.33%) Oracle Database
3 3 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Analyst
2 16 (53.33%) Support Analyst
3 15 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
4 14 (46.67%) Technical Support
4 14 (46.67%) Technical Support Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Exchange Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Exchange Support
5 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) IT Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) IT Support
6 3 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) NetApp Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Storage Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Consultant
7 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 1 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) NHS
2 4 (13.33%) Clustering
2 4 (13.33%) Replication
3 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (10.00%) PKI
4 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (43.33%) Windows 10
2 13 (43.33%) Windows 7
3 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 9 (30.00%) AIX
6 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (16.67%) Linux
7 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (3.33%) CentOS
9 1 (3.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 8 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (13.33%) Architectural Design
3 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (13.33%) Content Management
3 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Content Management
3 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Search
3 4 (13.33%) High Availability
3 4 (13.33%) Information Governance
3 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (13.33%) ITSM
3 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.33%) Service Management
4 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.33%) Migration
5 1 (3.33%) Patch Management
5 1 (3.33%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (3.33%) Security Patching
5 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (30.00%) MCP
2 9 (30.00%) MCSE
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (26.67%) DV Cleared
4 6 (20.00%) Degree
4 6 (20.00%) HNC
4 6 (20.00%) HND
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (13.33%) Brightmail
3 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
3 4 (13.33%) ISA Server
4 3 (10.00%) BitLocker
4 3 (10.00%) Docker
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (6.67%) Terminal Services
6 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (10.00%) Ansible
2 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.00%) Puppet
2 3 (10.00%) vCenter Server
2 3 (10.00%) vMotion
3 2 (6.67%) SCCM
4 1 (3.33%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (3.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (50.00%) Citrix
3 9 (30.00%) Oracle
4 7 (23.33%) IBM
5 6 (20.00%) VMware
6 3 (10.00%) NetApp
7 1 (3.33%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds