The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 21 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 East of England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 80 92 86
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 40 39 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.835% 1.328% 1.547%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.975% 8.369% 8.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 8
Average daily rate £225 £258 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.62% +10.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £175 £139
10% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £475 £329
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £245
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 20
Average hourly rate £22.50 £17.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.35% +21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.95 £11.45 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.25 £23.95 £33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £20.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.09% +32.25%
All Application Platforms
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
401 466 481
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.39% 15.87% 18.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 225 223
Average daily rate £300 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £211 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 43 53
Average hourly rate £23.50 £19.63 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.74% +40.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.75 £35.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire +18 14 £225 +28.57%
Essex -5 10 £225 -15.09%
Hertfordshire +13 7 £180 -48.57%
Bedfordshire +4 4 £188 -
Norfolk +1 4 - -
Suffolk -1 1 - -
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 78 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 69 (88.46%) Windows
3 64 (82.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 60 (76.92%) Active Directory
5 55 (70.51%) Windows Server 2008
6 50 (64.10%) Windows Server 2003
7 40 (51.28%) Microsoft
8 33 (42.31%) VMware
9 26 (33.33%) HP
10 25 (32.05%) SQL Server
10 25 (32.05%) SQL Server 2008
11 24 (30.77%) SQL
12 22 (28.21%) Windows 7
13 21 (26.92%) Cisco
13 21 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
14 20 (25.64%) Windows XP
15 18 (23.08%) vSphere
16 17 (21.79%) Hyper-V
17 16 (20.51%) Migration
17 16 (20.51%) MS Office
17 16 (20.51%) ITIL
17 16 (20.51%) Citrix
18 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (19.23%) Firewall
19 14 (17.95%) TCP/IP
20 13 (16.67%) DNS
20 13 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
21 12 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
21 12 (15.38%) Symantec
22 11 (14.10%) SAN

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (1.282%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 78 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 64 (82.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 8 (10.26%) Lync
4 8 (10.26%) IIS
5 4 (5.128%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.564%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (1.282%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 16 (20.51%) MS Office
2 7 (8.974%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.564%) Office 365
3 2 (2.564%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.23%) Firewall
2 14 (17.95%) TCP/IP
3 13 (16.67%) DNS
4 11 (14.10%) SAN
4 11 (14.10%) DHCP
5 10 (12.82%) Wireless
5 10 (12.82%) WAN
6 9 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (10.26%) Unified Communications
8 7 (8.974%) LAN
9 6 (7.692%) Internet
10 5 (6.410%) Intranet
11 4 (5.128%) iSCSI
12 3 (3.846%) VPN
13 1 (1.282%) ISDN
13 1 (1.282%) SMTP
13 1 (1.282%) BGP
13 1 (1.282%) EIGRP
13 1 (1.282%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (32.05%) SQL Server
1 25 (32.05%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (12.82%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (8.974%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (3.846%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (3.846%) OLAP
General
1 3 (3.846%) Finance
2 2 (2.564%) Law
2 2 (2.564%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.282%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (21.79%) Analyst
2 16 (20.51%) 3rd Line Support
3 15 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) Support Engineer
5 7 (8.974%) Technical Analyst
6 5 (6.410%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (6.410%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.128%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (5.128%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (5.128%) Consultant
7 4 (5.128%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (5.128%) Server Engineer
8 3 (3.846%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.846%) Senior Support Engineer
8 3 (3.846%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (3.846%) Migration Engineer
9 2 (2.564%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.564%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 2 (2.564%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
9 2 (2.564%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.26%) Blackberry
2 7 (8.974%) Clustering
3 4 (5.128%) iPhone
3 4 (5.128%) PACS
4 3 (3.846%) NHS
5 2 (2.564%) iPad
6 1 (1.282%) PKI
6 1 (1.282%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.282%) CMDB
6 1 (1.282%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 69 (88.46%) Windows
2 55 (70.51%) Windows Server 2008
3 50 (64.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (28.21%) Windows 7
5 20 (25.64%) Windows XP
6 6 (7.692%) Windows Vista
7 4 (5.128%) Windows 2000
8 3 (3.846%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.564%) UNIX
10 1 (1.282%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.51%) Migration
1 16 (20.51%) ITIL
2 13 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (5.128%) Performance Management
4 2 (2.564%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (2.564%) High Availability
5 1 (1.282%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.282%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.77%) SQL
2 5 (6.410%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.128%) VBScript
3 4 (5.128%) VB
4 3 (3.846%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (14.10%) MCSE
3 5 (6.410%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.128%) MCITP
5 3 (3.846%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.564%) VCP4
6 2 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.564%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.282%) MCDST
7 1 (1.282%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.282%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 18 (23.08%) vSphere
3 17 (21.79%) Hyper-V
4 12 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (6.410%) XenApp
6 4 (5.128%) Forefront TMG
6 4 (5.128%) ISA Server
7 3 (3.846%) VMware ESX
7 3 (3.846%) DFS Replication
8 2 (2.564%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.282%) Terminal Server
9 1 (1.282%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (14.10%) Backup Exec
2 5 (6.410%) HP Data Protector
2 5 (6.410%) NetBackup
2 5 (6.410%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (5.128%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 4 (5.128%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (51.28%) Microsoft
2 33 (42.31%) VMware
3 26 (33.33%) HP
4 21 (26.92%) Cisco
5 16 (20.51%) Citrix
6 12 (15.38%) Symantec
7 10 (12.82%) Veritas
8 9 (11.54%) Dell
9 8 (10.26%) Altiris
10 6 (7.692%) Sophos
11 5 (6.410%) Exinda
11 5 (6.410%) Riverbed
12 4 (5.128%) ADIC
12 4 (5.128%) CommVault
12 4 (5.128%) Compaq
12 4 (5.128%) Websense
12 4 (5.128%) Oracle
13 3 (3.846%) IBM
13 3 (3.846%) McAfee
13 3 (3.846%) Acronis
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