Windows Server 2003 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Windows Server 2003 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 679 742
Rank change year-on-year +33 +63 +184
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 26 2 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.004% 0.075%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.50% 0.027% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 25 2 51
10th Percentile £52,750 £32,275 £26,250
25th Percentile £56,500 £39,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +13.16% +18.75%
75th Percentile £59,500 £68,813 £53,750
90th Percentile - £77,025 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +39.71%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,187 7,421 11,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.64% 15.09% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 4,166 9,483
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.95% +11.76% -5.56%

Windows Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows Server 2003 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Top 7 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 18 February 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
England +61 26 £58,000 +7.91% 6
UK excluding London - 26 £58,000 - 2
South East - 24 £58,000 -
Work from Home +44 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 -

Windows Server 2003
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 24 (92.31%) Exchange Server 2003
1 24 (92.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 22 (84.62%) DHCP
1 22 (84.62%) DNS
2 2 (7.69%) SMTP
2 2 (7.69%) X.400
2 2 (7.69%) X.500
3 1 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (96.15%) Oracle Database
2 24 (92.31%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (3.85%) Advertising
1 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) 3rd Line Support
1 22 (84.62%) Systems Support
2 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior
4 1 (3.85%) Solaris Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Solaris Support Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Support Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Support Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Support
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (92.31%) HPUX
2 24 (92.31%) Solaris
2 24 (92.31%) Unix
3 23 (88.46%) Windows 7
4 22 (84.62%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.85%) AIX
5 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Incident Management
2 2 (7.69%) ITIL
2 2 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (7.69%) Problem Management
3 1 (3.85%) Agile
3 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (3.85%) Line Management
3 1 (3.85%) Network Design
3 1 (3.85%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (84.62%) Perl
1 22 (84.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) DV Cleared
1 24 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (84.62%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Microsoft
1 25 (96.15%) Oracle
2 24 (92.31%) VMware
3 3 (11.54%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) Citrix
4 1 (3.85%) IBM