Windows Server 2003 Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -58 - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 1 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.027% 0.37% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.23% 2.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -10.87% +21.05% -7.99%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 428 285 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.47% 13.10% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 200 199
10th Percentile £163 £185 £199
25th Percentile £250 £278 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £400 £445
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -10.11% -0.28%
75th Percentile £537 £503 £613
90th Percentile £621 £625 £850
England median daily rate £469 £460 £488
% change year-on-year +1.96% -5.64% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 44
10th Percentile £16.80 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.00 £10.95
Median hourly rate £19.84 £17.44 £11.20
Median % change year-on-year +13.76% +55.78% -59.29%
75th Percentile £178.75 £18.51 £18.39
90th Percentile - £18.87 £27.38
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year +41.30% -24.59% -26.59%

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Windows Server 2003 job vacancy trend in the North West

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows Server 2003.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows Server 2003.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Lancashire -14 1 £400 -
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware