Windows Server 2003 Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2003 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 621 743
Rank change year-on-year +79 +122 -155
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 37 79 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.64% 0.81% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 68 79
10th Percentile £308 £213 £206
25th Percentile £350 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £442 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +6.25%
75th Percentile £480 £530 £550
90th Percentile £570 £608 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £423
% change year-on-year +11.76% +0.59% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £17.30
25th Percentile - - £22.63
Median hourly rate - - £28.41
75th Percentile - - £47.02
90th Percentile - - £62.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +64.36%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,803 9,755 13,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 16.27% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,900 6,876 9,112
10th Percentile £185 £190 £174
25th Percentile £300 £330 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 430 639
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.24 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.38 £17.73 £15.81
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +72.80% +24.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -28.33% +50.00% +19.40%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2003 in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2003 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2003 in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2003 in the UK

Windows Server 2003
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +87 29 £400 -5.88% 14
UK excluding London +43 21 £475 +11.76% 13
Work from Home +110 19 £380 -19.15% 5
London +109 13 £380 -22.45%
South East +24 6 £475 -4.52% 5
Scotland +27 5 £525 -
East of England +9 4 £505 +18.82% 7
North of England +24 2 £500 +163.16% 1
South West +14 2 £579 +44.69%
Midlands +25 1 £160 -71.81%
North East +21 1 £600 +406.33%
East Midlands +21 1 £160 -
Yorkshire +19 1 £400 +110.53%
Northern Ireland +8 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 24 (64.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (48.65%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2007
4 15 (40.54%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (37.84%) Exchange Server 2013
6 10 (27.03%) Skype for Business
7 4 (10.81%) Exchange Server 2000
8 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (24.32%) Azure
3 5 (13.51%) AWS
4 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (37.84%) DNS
2 13 (35.14%) DHCP
3 10 (27.03%) Skype
4 9 (24.32%) Firewall
5 7 (18.92%) SMTP
6 4 (10.81%) VPN
7 1 (2.70%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.70%) PBX
7 1 (2.70%) PSTN
7 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Senior
3 4 (10.81%) Messaging Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) SCCM Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Server Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Field Support Technician
6 1 (2.70%) Junior
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Monitoring Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) PowerShell Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) SCCM Specialist
6 1 (2.70%) Service Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Support Technician
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) LDAP
2 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Clustering
2 8 (21.62%) PKI
3 5 (13.51%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) BYOD
4 2 (5.41%) iPad
4 2 (5.41%) iPhone
4 2 (5.41%) PDA
4 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Smartphone
4 2 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Windows Server
2 21 (56.76%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (43.24%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (16.22%) Windows 10
5 6 (16.22%) Windows 7
6 5 (13.51%) Linux
7 4 (10.81%) Windows 2000
8 3 (8.11%) Unix
9 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
9 2 (5.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Migration
2 10 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
4 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
4 6 (16.22%) High Availability
4 6 (16.22%) ITIL
4 6 (16.22%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.51%) Project Management
6 4 (10.81%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (10.81%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (8.11%) Software Deployment
8 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.41%) ITSM
8 2 (5.41%) Network Load Balancing
8 2 (5.41%) Product Roadmap
8 2 (5.41%) Remediation Plan
8 2 (5.41%) Roadmaps
8 2 (5.41%) Runbook
8 2 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (70.27%) PowerShell
2 6 (16.22%) VBScript
3 3 (8.11%) SQL
4 1 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (59.46%) Security Cleared
2 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
3 10 (27.03%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (10.81%) Degree
4 4 (10.81%) MCP
5 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 28 (75.68%) Active Directory
2 11 (29.73%) Hyper-V
3 8 (21.62%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (16.22%) XenApp
5 4 (10.81%) BitLocker
5 4 (10.81%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (10.81%) Terminal Services
5 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (8.11%) vSphere
7 1 (2.70%) DFS Replication
7 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (32.43%) SCCM
2 8 (21.62%) vCenter Server
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (10.81%) vMotion
5 3 (8.11%) MAILsweeper
5 3 (8.11%) SCOM
6 2 (5.41%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (32.43%) Citrix
2 12 (32.43%) VMware
3 9 (24.32%) Symantec
4 6 (16.22%) HP
4 6 (16.22%) Ivanti
5 5 (13.51%) Trend Micro
6 4 (10.81%) Infoblox
6 4 (10.81%) IronPort
7 3 (8.11%) Sophos
7 3 (8.11%) Veritas
8 2 (5.41%) Huawei
8 2 (5.41%) Intel
8 2 (5.41%) McAfee
8 2 (5.41%) Remedy
8 2 (5.41%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.70%) Dell
9 1 (2.70%) Google
9 1 (2.70%) Peregrine