Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2003 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 654 982 952
Rank change year-on-year +328 -30 -251
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 76 90 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.073% 0.100%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.83% 0.44% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 55 81 111
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £44,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.98% +7.23% +15.12%
75th Percentile £55,138 £53,750 £50,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,375 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -3.85% +11.43%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2003 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,131 20,345 22,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.23% 16.56% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 13,692 16,198
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,839 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2003 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2003 in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2003.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2003 in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2003 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2003 in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England +316 70 £52,500 +18.64% 18
UK excluding London +245 69 £50,000 +33.33% 17
Work from Home +240 35 £52,500 - 6
South East +145 30 £52,500 - 8
North of England +151 19 £29,000 -22.67% 2
North West +130 15 £28,000 +7.69% 1
Midlands +126 11 £50,000 +47.06% 4
London +255 6 £55,000 +4.76% 1
East Midlands - 6 £50,000 -
West Midlands +115 5 £32,750 -3.68% 4
Yorkshire +101 3 £32,500 -18.75% 1
East of England - 3 £42,500 - 2
Scotland +36 2 - -
Wales - 2 £50,000 -
South West +70 1 - -
North East +42 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Windows Server 2003
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (30.26%) MS Exchange
2 7 (9.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (43.42%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (30.26%) Azure
3 2 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (52.63%) DNS
2 39 (51.32%) DHCP
3 33 (43.42%) LAN
4 32 (42.11%) WAN
5 10 (13.16%) Firewall
6 5 (6.58%) OSPF
6 5 (6.58%) SNMP
7 3 (3.95%) Wireless
8 2 (2.63%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.32%) MS Access
General
1 36 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.95%) Automotive
5 1 (1.32%) Agriculture
5 1 (1.32%) Dutch Language
5 1 (1.32%) French Language
5 1 (1.32%) German Language
5 1 (1.32%) Law
5 1 (1.32%) Legal
5 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (35.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (28.95%) Senior
2 22 (28.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (21.05%) Consultant
3 16 (21.05%) Project Consultant
3 16 (21.05%) Wintel Consultant
4 10 (13.16%) Azure Engineer
4 10 (13.16%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (13.16%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Software Support Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Support Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Wintel Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Service Desk Technician
8 3 (3.95%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) Service Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.95%) Data Centre
2 9 (11.84%) Clustering
3 6 (7.89%) PKI
4 4 (5.26%) Housing Association
5 3 (3.95%) SCADA
5 3 (3.95%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.32%) CLARiiON
6 1 (1.32%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (1.32%) EMC VNX
6 1 (1.32%) FMCG
6 1 (1.32%) Life Science
6 1 (1.32%) NHS
6 1 (1.32%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.32%) Replication
6 1 (1.32%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 76 (100.00%) Windows
2 67 (88.16%) Windows Server
3 23 (30.26%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (23.68%) Windows Server 2008
6 16 (21.05%) Windows 10
7 9 (11.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (10.53%) Windows 2000
9 6 (7.89%) Windows XP
10 4 (5.26%) Linux
10 4 (5.26%) SUSE
11 3 (3.95%) Windows NT
12 2 (2.63%) Windows 7
13 1 (1.32%) Android
13 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
13 1 (1.32%) Solaris
13 1 (1.32%) Ubuntu
13 1 (1.32%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (1.32%) Windows 8
13 1 (1.32%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.11%) ITIL
2 29 (38.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (34.21%) Customer Service
4 19 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 17 (22.37%) Server Management
6 16 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (21.05%) Change Control
6 16 (21.05%) Knowledge Transfer
6 16 (21.05%) Virtual Environments
7 11 (14.47%) Network Management
8 9 (11.84%) Problem Management
8 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (10.53%) Change Management
10 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.58%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (6.58%) SIEM
10 5 (6.58%) Software Deployment
11 4 (5.26%) Service Delivery
12 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Architecture
12 3 (3.95%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.95%) VB
2 3 (3.95%) VBScript
3 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 15 (19.74%) SC Cleared
4 13 (17.11%) Degree
5 6 (7.89%) MCP
5 6 (7.89%) MCSE
5 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (6.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.32%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.21%) SLA
3 5 (6.58%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 52 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 21 (27.63%) Firmware
3 13 (17.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (14.47%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (10.53%) Hyper-V
6 7 (9.21%) vSphere
7 6 (7.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (15.79%) SCCM
2 9 (11.84%) WSUS
3 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Clustering
3 6 (7.89%) SCOM
4 5 (6.58%) FortiGate
4 5 (6.58%) McAfee ePO
4 5 (6.58%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.95%) HP SIM
5 3 (3.95%) OpenView
6 1 (1.32%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.32%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.32%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 49 (64.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (35.53%) VMware
3 16 (21.05%) Remedy
4 15 (19.74%) HP
5 13 (17.11%) Citrix
6 6 (7.89%) Cisco
6 6 (7.89%) Veritas
7 5 (6.58%) McAfee
7 5 (6.58%) Symantec
8 4 (5.26%) Dell
9 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.32%) Apple
10 1 (1.32%) EMC
10 1 (1.32%) F5
10 1 (1.32%) Oracle
10 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.32%) Sun
10 1 (1.32%) Veeam