The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 2003 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 97 97 90
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 26 42 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.074% 1.378% 1.177%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.824% 10.29% 7.659%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 11
Average daily rate £270 £240 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -16.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +31.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £21.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +37.70%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
381 408 457
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.74% 13.38% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 186 153
Average daily rate £350 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 39
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £14.50 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2003
South East

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +14 7 £335 +7.20%
Slough -6 5 - -
Maidenhead -7 1 £340 -
Bracknell -28 1 - -
Exchange Server 2003
South East

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Exchange Server 2003 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Exchange Server 2003.

1 34 (100.00%) Windows
1 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 32 (94.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (88.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 29 (85.29%) Active Directory
5 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
5 26 (76.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 20 (58.82%) Windows XP
7 17 (50.00%) Windows 7
8 16 (47.06%) VMware
9 14 (41.18%) SQL
9 14 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
10 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
10 12 (35.29%) SharePoint
11 11 (32.35%) Citrix
11 11 (32.35%) Exchange Server 2007
12 10 (29.41%) SCCM
12 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
12 10 (29.41%) VB
13 8 (23.53%) MS Office
13 8 (23.53%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (20.59%) WSUS
15 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
16 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
16 5 (14.71%) Cisco
17 4 (11.76%) Blackberry
17 4 (11.76%) IIS
17 4 (11.76%) Peregrine
17 4 (11.76%) vSphere

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Exchange Server 2003 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Exchange Server 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 26 (76.47%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (35.29%) SharePoint
4 11 (32.35%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (11.76%) IIS
6 2 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) MS Office
2 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.941%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.824%) VPN
2 3 (8.824%) IP Telephony
3 2 (5.882%) LAN
3 2 (5.882%) DHCP
3 2 (5.882%) DNS
4 1 (2.941%) SAN
4 1 (2.941%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (20.59%) Support Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Support Technician
6 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.882%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 2 (5.882%) IT Support
7 1 (2.941%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) SCCM Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Server Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Messaging Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 3 (8.824%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (94.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (88.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (58.82%) Windows XP
5 17 (50.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000
7 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.824%) Service Management
1 3 (8.824%) Migration
2 2 (5.882%) Network Architecture
3 1 (2.941%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (2.941%) Service Delivery
3 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) SQL
2 10 (29.41%) VB
3 3 (8.824%) VBScript
4 2 (5.882%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (8.824%) MCP
5 2 (5.882%) MCSD
5 2 (5.882%) MCSE
6 1 (2.941%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (85.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (23.53%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (11.76%) vSphere
5 3 (8.824%) VMware ESX
6 1 (2.941%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.941%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) SCCM
2 7 (20.59%) WSUS
3 2 (5.882%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (5.882%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 16 (47.06%) VMware
3 11 (32.35%) Citrix
4 5 (14.71%) Cisco
5 4 (11.76%) Peregrine
6 3 (8.824%) Apple
7 2 (5.882%) Symantec
7 2 (5.882%) Remedy
8 1 (2.941%) Adobe
Reading, Berkshire
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2007, Powershell scripting etc.), you will already have experience of supporting Exchange deployments and dealing with critical situations relating to Microsoft Exchange...
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Reading, Berkshire
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Rate: £400 - 450 Per Day Ltd Co
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
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Posted: 17 May 2013