Windows Server 2003 Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 677 624
Rank change year-on-year +88 -53 +258
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 28 2 56
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.053% 0.004% 0.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.63% 0.027% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 27 2 51
10th Percentile £51,250 £32,275 £27,000
25th Percentile £56,500 £39,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +2.38% +31.25%
75th Percentile £59,500 £68,813 £53,750
90th Percentile - £77,025 £56,525
UK median annual salary £58,000 £53,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.91% +2.38% +31.25%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,457 7,417 7,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.43% 15.41% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,395 4,185 6,504
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2003 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2003.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 26 £58,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 -
East of England - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 £55,000 -
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 26 (92.86%) Exchange Server 2003
1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 22 (78.57%) DHCP
1 22 (78.57%) DNS
2 4 (14.29%) SMTP
2 4 (14.29%) X.400
2 4 (14.29%) X.500
3 1 (3.57%) Firewall
3 1 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (96.43%) Oracle Database
2 26 (92.86%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (7.14%) Advertising
2 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (78.57%) 3rd Line Support
1 22 (78.57%) Systems Support
2 5 (17.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Solaris Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Solaris Support Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Systems Support Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Replication
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (92.86%) Solaris
2 26 (92.86%) Unix
3 25 (89.29%) HPUX
4 23 (82.14%) Windows 7
5 22 (78.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.57%) AIX
6 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (89.29%) Incident Management
2 4 (14.29%) ITIL
2 4 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 3 (10.71%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (3.57%) Agile
4 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.57%) Line Management
4 1 (3.57%) Network Design
4 1 (3.57%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) Perl
1 22 (78.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) DV Cleared
1 26 (92.86%) SC Cleared
1 26 (92.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (78.57%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (92.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (96.43%) Microsoft
1 27 (96.43%) Oracle
2 26 (92.86%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix
4 1 (3.57%) IBM