Windows Server 2003 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2003 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 326 447
Rank change year-on-year +24 +121 +144
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 2 19 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.17% 1.19% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 19 25
10th Percentile £538 £308 £400
25th Percentile £539 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £380 £470
Median % change year-on-year +41.84% -19.15% +22.08%
75th Percentile £540 £475 £530
90th Percentile £540 £482 £562
UK median daily rate £545 £425 £445
% change year-on-year +28.24% -4.49% +4.71%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows Server 2003
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2003 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2003 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2003.

Windows Server 2003 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2003.

Windows Server 2003 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2003
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
1 2 (100.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware