The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 20 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 Cardiff 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 27 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -3
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 1 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.581% 4.367% 6.140%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.348% 25.64% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 12
Average daily rate - £105 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -67.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £21.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +40.00%
All Application Platforms
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23 39 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 13.37% 17.03% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 38
Average daily rate £325 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.24% -8.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £105 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2003
South Wales

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Exchange Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) HP SIM
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) ARCserve
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Intel
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Impromptu
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Intel
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos