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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 494 537
Rank change year-on-year -21 +43 +145
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 35 21 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.067% 0.074%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.84% 0.48% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 18
10th Percentile £126 £181 £280
25th Percentile £171 £209 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £325 £531
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -38.82% +32.81%
75th Percentile £600 £401 £656
90th Percentile £643 £475 £666
UK median daily rate £550 £325 £525
% change year-on-year +69.23% -38.10% +31.25%
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 4,188 4,383 6,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.84% 14.08% 15.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 2,687 4,192
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.87%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 173 323
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.67% +71.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £55.30 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £76.22
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -52.00% +53.85% +30.00%

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 24 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 24 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
East of England - 17 £149 -
South East - 11 £600 - 3
Midlands -30 3 £550 +22.22%
East Midlands - 3 £550 -
South West +7 2 £600 +49.91% 1
London - 2 £500 - 1
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 (31.43%) SharePoint
2 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2013
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (28.57%) Office Communications Server
2 10 (28.57%) SharePoint Server
2 10 (28.57%) Skype for Business
3 2 (5.71%) Documentum
4 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (34.29%) DHCP
1 12 (34.29%) DNS
2 11 (31.43%) SAN
2 11 (31.43%) VPN
3 10 (28.57%) DDNS
4 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.86%) Firewall
5 1 (2.86%) LAN
5 1 (2.86%) RS-232
5 1 (2.86%) SSL
5 1 (2.86%) VLAN
5 1 (2.86%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (31.43%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (17.14%) Oracle Database
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Analyst
1 16 (45.71%) Support Analyst
2 14 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
2 14 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 14 (40.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 10 (28.57%) Exchange Engineer
3 10 (28.57%) Exchange Support
3 10 (28.57%) Support Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) IT Analyst
4 7 (20.00%) IT Support
4 7 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Data Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Data Migration Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Replication
2 5 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (37.14%) Windows 7
3 12 (34.29%) Windows 10
4 11 (31.43%) AIX
4 11 (31.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (22.86%) Windows Server
6 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (5.71%) Linux
9 1 (2.86%) CentOS
9 1 (2.86%) Ubuntu
9 1 (2.86%) Unix
9 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) ITIL
2 11 (31.43%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (28.57%) Content Management
3 10 (28.57%) Enterprise Content Management
3 10 (28.57%) Enterprise Search
3 10 (28.57%) High Availability
4 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.43%) Information Governance
5 4 (11.43%) ITSM
5 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.43%) Service Management
6 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.57%) Migration
7 2 (5.71%) Data Migration
7 2 (5.71%) Runbook
7 2 (5.71%) Validation
8 1 (2.86%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (48.57%) Security Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) DV Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 5 (14.29%) Degree
4 5 (14.29%) HNC
4 5 (14.29%) HND
4 5 (14.29%) MCP
4 5 (14.29%) MCSE
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (11.43%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 18 (51.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (28.57%) Brightmail
2 10 (28.57%) ISA Server
3 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.71%) Terminal Services
3 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 15 (42.86%) Citrix
3 11 (31.43%) Oracle
4 6 (17.14%) IBM
5 3 (8.57%) VMware
6 2 (5.71%) EMC
6 2 (5.71%) McAfee
6 2 (5.71%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.71%) Sophos
7 1 (2.86%) Veeam