Hybrid/Remote Windows Server 2003 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 330 392
Rank change year-on-year +29 +62 +176
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 5 1 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.052% 0.008% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.46% 0.065% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 24
10th Percentile - - £470
25th Percentile - - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +5.77% +48.57%
75th Percentile - - £581
90th Percentile - - £669
UK median daily rate £575 £473 £520
% change year-on-year +21.69% -9.13% +27.61%

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 1,077 1,533 2,583
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 12.11% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 1,009 1,830
10th Percentile £255 £250 £260
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -4.88% -2.38%
75th Percentile £582 £580 £638
90th Percentile £675 £651 £738
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 23 100
10th Percentile £20.87 £12.75 £20.00
25th Percentile £59.00 £12.98 £25.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £26.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.62% -50.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £67.40 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £51.25 £45.88
% change year-on-year -50.93% +11.70% +91.89%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server 2003.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server 2003.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Windows Server 2003

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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) SSL
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) NAS
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) ASIC
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) VMS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (20.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Veeam
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec