Windows Server 2003 Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 320 262
Rank change year-on-year +61 -58 +170
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 27 1 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.30% 0.009% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.39% 0.056% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 27 1 19
10th Percentile £51,250 - -
25th Percentile £56,500 £25,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £26,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +123.08% -50.48% -
75th Percentile £59,500 £26,500 £56,525
90th Percentile £63,300 - -
England median annual salary £58,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +38.10% -16.00% +12.36%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,131 1,775 1,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.70% 15.61% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,084 1,315
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.35% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £51,000 £65,000 £59,380
90th Percentile £69,061 £82,500 £74,900
England median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server 2003 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2003.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2003 in the South East over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2003 in the South East

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 29 October 2025. 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
Hampshire - 27 £58,000 - 2
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (88.89%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (11.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) DHCP
1 20 (74.07%) DNS
2 4 (14.81%) SMTP
2 4 (14.81%) X.400
2 4 (14.81%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (88.89%) Oracle Database
1 24 (88.89%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 2 (7.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) 3rd Line Support
1 20 (74.07%) Systems Support
2 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Support
4 3 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Solaris Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Solaris Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Replication
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (88.89%) Solaris
2 24 (88.89%) Unix
3 23 (85.19%) HPUX
4 20 (74.07%) Windows 7
4 20 (74.07%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Incident Management
2 4 (14.81%) ITIL
2 4 (14.81%) Problem Management
3 3 (11.11%) Architectural Design
3 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (11.11%) Content Management
3 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Content Management
3 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Search
3 3 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (3.70%) Agile
4 1 (3.70%) Line Management
4 1 (3.70%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) Perl
1 20 (74.07%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 27 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 27 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (74.07%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) ISA Server
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (88.89%) Oracle
2 24 (88.89%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) HP