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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 462 518
Rank change year-on-year -163 +56 +30
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 12 37 14
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.13% 0.043%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.26% 0.98% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 31 10
10th Percentile £467 £171 £209
25th Percentile £486 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £575 £473
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% +21.69% -6.06%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £561
90th Percentile £678 £638 £589
UK median daily rate £492 £575 £473
% change year-on-year -14.41% +21.69% -9.13%

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 4,551 3,777 4,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.83% 13.78% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 2,485 2,965
10th Percentile £190 £190 £201
25th Percentile £310 £298 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £585
90th Percentile £675 £675 £685
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 256 224
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £21.66
Median hourly rate £38.50 £25.08 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year +53.54% -57.68% +24.29%
75th Percentile £67.92 £60.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +6.00% -52.10% +14.43%

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 22 September 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
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 22 September 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
North West -49 7 £492 - 1
North of England -67 7 £492 - 1
London -78 3 £638 +15.91% 2
East of England -37 1 £650 +280.12%
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) IaaS
1 2 (16.67%) PaaS
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) DHCP
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (25.00%) SMTP
4 2 (16.67%) SAN
4 2 (16.67%) VPN
5 1 (8.33%) LAN
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
5 1 (8.33%) Skype
5 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (8.33%) VLAN
5 1 (8.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (8.33%) Big Data
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) NetApp Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SCCM Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior SCCM Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Clustering
1 2 (16.67%) PKI
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (8.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (41.67%) Linux
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (8.33%) CentOS
5 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
5 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (8.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) AI
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.33%) Data Management
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
4 1 (8.33%) Presales
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Software Deployment
4 1 (8.33%) Storage Management
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) MCSE
5 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) BitLocker
3 2 (16.67%) Docker
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (8.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (25.00%) vCenter Server
3 2 (16.67%) Ansible
3 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (16.67%) Puppet
3 2 (16.67%) vMotion
4 1 (8.33%) Backup Exec
4 1 (8.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Ivanti
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Symantec
4 1 (8.33%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Google
4 1 (8.33%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) NetApp
4 1 (8.33%) Splunk
4 1 (8.33%) Veeam