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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 497 548
Rank change year-on-year 0 +51 +134
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 37 21 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.068% 0.083%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.91% 0.48% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 22
10th Percentile £126 £181 £190
25th Percentile £171 £209 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £325 £525
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -38.10% +36.36%
75th Percentile £600 £401 £633
90th Percentile £640 £475 £656
UK median daily rate £500 £363 £525
% change year-on-year +37.93% -30.95% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £14.30
25th Percentile - - £15.99
Median hourly rate £6.00 - £17.35
75th Percentile - - £29.17
90th Percentile - - £49.17
UK median hourly rate £6.00 - £17.35
% change year-on-year - - -61.66%

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 4,084 4,381 6,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.01% 14.17% 15.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,671 2,694 4,256
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 183 326
10th Percentile £15.44 £16.25 £14.76
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £57.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.00% +59.72% +44.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £69.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -53.81% +61.54% +32.65%

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 3 November 2025.

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
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 3 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
South East - 15 £600 - 5
East of England - 15 £171 - 1
Midlands -23 3 £550 +22.22% 1
East Midlands - 3 £550 -
South West +9 2 £600 +49.91% 1
London - 2 £500 - 3
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 11 (29.73%) SharePoint
2 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2013
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (27.03%) Office Communications Server
2 10 (27.03%) SharePoint Server
2 10 (27.03%) Skype for Business
3 5 (13.51%) Confluence
4 2 (5.41%) Documentum
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) DHCP
1 16 (43.24%) DNS
2 15 (40.54%) VPN
3 11 (29.73%) SAN
4 10 (27.03%) DDNS
5 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
6 5 (13.51%) SSL
6 5 (13.51%) VLAN
7 1 (2.70%) Firewall
7 1 (2.70%) LAN
7 1 (2.70%) RS-232
7 1 (2.70%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (10.81%) Oracle Database
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Analyst
1 14 (37.84%) Support Analyst
2 12 (32.43%) Technical Analyst
2 12 (32.43%) Technical Support
2 12 (32.43%) Technical Support Analyst
3 10 (27.03%) Exchange Engineer
3 10 (27.03%) Exchange Support
3 10 (27.03%) Support Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) IT Analyst
4 7 (18.92%) IT Support
4 7 (18.92%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Windows Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Replication
2 5 (13.51%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Windows 7
3 10 (27.03%) Windows 10
4 9 (24.32%) AIX
4 9 (24.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (21.62%) Windows Server
6 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (13.51%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (5.41%) Linux
9 1 (2.70%) CentOS
9 1 (2.70%) Ubuntu
9 1 (2.70%) Unix
9 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) ITIL
2 10 (27.03%) Architectural Design
2 10 (27.03%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (27.03%) Content Management
2 10 (27.03%) Enterprise Content Management
2 10 (27.03%) Enterprise Search
2 10 (27.03%) High Availability
3 9 (24.32%) Proactive Monitoring
4 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Information Governance
6 4 (10.81%) ITSM
6 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.81%) Service Management
7 3 (8.11%) Migration
8 2 (5.41%) Data Migration
8 2 (5.41%) Runbook
8 2 (5.41%) Validation
9 1 (2.70%) Network Virtualisation
9 1 (2.70%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (29.73%) DV Cleared
3 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (13.51%) Degree
4 5 (13.51%) HNC
4 5 (13.51%) HND
4 5 (13.51%) MCP
4 5 (13.51%) MCSE
4 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (10.81%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 18 (48.65%) Active Directory
2 10 (27.03%) Brightmail
2 10 (27.03%) ISA Server
3 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
4 5 (13.51%) vSphere
5 2 (5.41%) Terminal Services
5 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Clustering
2 5 (13.51%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (45.95%) Citrix
3 9 (24.32%) Oracle
4 7 (18.92%) VMware
5 6 (16.22%) SolarWinds
6 5 (13.51%) Veeam
7 4 (10.81%) IBM
8 2 (5.41%) EMC
8 2 (5.41%) McAfee
8 2 (5.41%) Sophos