The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 207 222 239
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +17
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 394 433 421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.948% 0.812% 0.746%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.177% 4.942% 4.419%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 192 167
Average daily rate £296 £275 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.63% +5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £148 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 68 66
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.25 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.25 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £21.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +37.70%
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7610 8762 9528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.31% 16.42% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4375 4958 5146
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 426 395 531
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2003
UK

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 England 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
London -12 146 £313 +0.80%
South East +44 118 £296 +31.55%
East of England +16 38 £225 -12.62%
Yorkshire +16 30 £308 +127.77%
East Midlands +6 21 £238 -9.52%
West Midlands +10 14 £305 +52.50%
North West +3 13 £226 -24.66%
South West +11 12 £395 +81.60%
Midlands +9 2 £325 -
Exchange Server 2003
UK

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 669 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 522 (78.03%) Windows
3 469 (70.10%) Active Directory
4 412 (61.58%) Exchange Server 2010
5 368 (55.01%) Windows Server 2008
6 353 (52.77%) Microsoft
7 350 (52.32%) Windows Server 2003
8 273 (40.81%) VMware
9 229 (34.23%) Exchange Server 2007
10 200 (29.90%) Windows XP
11 185 (27.65%) Windows 7
12 171 (25.56%) Citrix
13 166 (24.81%) Migration
14 152 (22.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 141 (21.08%) MS Office
16 128 (19.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 127 (18.98%) SAN
18 124 (18.54%) ITIL
18 124 (18.54%) VMware Infrastructure
19 121 (18.09%) DNS
20 120 (17.94%) MCSE
21 118 (17.64%) Cisco
22 117 (17.49%) HP
22 117 (17.49%) TCP/IP
23 115 (17.19%) SQL
24 111 (16.59%) Blackberry
25 105 (15.70%) DHCP
26 103 (15.40%) SQL Server
27 96 (14.35%) vSphere
28 95 (14.20%) MS Excel

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 8 (1.196%) COM
2 5 (0.747%) .NET
3 4 (0.598%) Middleware
3 4 (0.598%) Web Services
4 2 (0.299%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.149%) XML
5 1 (0.149%) ADSI
5 1 (0.149%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.149%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 669 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 412 (61.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 229 (34.23%) Exchange Server 2007
4 128 (19.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 65 (9.716%) Lync
6 63 (9.417%) SharePoint
7 34 (5.082%) Lotus Notes
8 23 (3.438%) Office Communications Server
9 22 (3.288%) IIS
10 14 (2.093%) Lotus Domino
10 14 (2.093%) SharePoint 2010
11 10 (1.495%) Exchange Server 2000
12 9 (1.345%) Exchange Server 5.5
13 6 (0.897%) WorkSite
14 4 (0.598%) Apache
14 4 (0.598%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.448%) CMS
15 3 (0.448%) Live Communications Server
16 2 (0.299%) SharePoint Server
16 2 (0.299%) Zimbra
Applications
1 141 (21.08%) MS Office
2 95 (14.20%) MS Excel
3 21 (3.139%) Office 365
4 7 (1.046%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.299%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.448%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.448%) Line 500
2 2 (0.299%) assyst
3 1 (0.149%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.149%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.149%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 127 (18.98%) SAN
2 121 (18.09%) DNS
3 117 (17.49%) TCP/IP
4 105 (15.70%) DHCP
5 88 (13.15%) LAN
6 85 (12.71%) WAN
7 62 (9.268%) VPN
8 52 (7.773%) Firewall
9 32 (4.783%) NAS
10 31 (4.634%) SMTP
11 29 (4.335%) Wireless
12 26 (3.886%) Internet
13 25 (3.737%) SSL
14 22 (3.288%) Cisco ASA
15 20 (2.990%) VoIP
15 20 (2.990%) LDAP
16 18 (2.691%) POP3
17 15 (2.242%) Intranet
18 9 (1.345%) iSCSI
19 8 (1.196%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (15.40%) SQL Server
2 66 (9.865%) SQL Server 2008
3 39 (5.830%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (2.541%) SQL Server 2000
5 7 (1.046%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.598%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (0.598%) MS Access
6 4 (0.598%) MySQL
7 3 (0.448%) OLAP
8 1 (0.149%) SAP BI
8 1 (0.149%) QlikView
8 1 (0.149%) Xcelsius
8 1 (0.149%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.149%) Cognos Impromptu
8 1 (0.149%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.149%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.149%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.149%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 2 (0.299%) Visual Studio
1 2 (0.299%) WinRunner
1 2 (0.299%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (0.299%) LoadRunner
1 2 (0.299%) MSI
1 2 (0.299%) InstallShield
1 2 (0.299%) Bugzilla
1 2 (0.299%) Selenium
General
1 47 (7.025%) Finance
2 34 (5.082%) Banking
3 17 (2.541%) Legal
4 16 (2.392%) Telecoms
5 14 (2.093%) Law
6 13 (1.943%) Publishing
7 12 (1.794%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.794%) Back Office
8 7 (1.046%) Advertising
9 5 (0.747%) Local Government
9 5 (0.747%) French Language
9 5 (0.747%) Retail
10 4 (0.598%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.299%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.299%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.149%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.149%) Military
Job Titles
1 134 (20.03%) Analyst
2 97 (14.50%) Support Engineer
3 81 (12.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 66 (9.865%) Consultant
5 60 (8.969%) 2nd Line Support
6 54 (8.072%) Support Analyst
7 49 (7.324%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 38 (5.680%) Administrator
9 33 (4.933%) Desktop Support
9 33 (4.933%) Exchange Engineer
10 30 (4.484%) Messaging Consultant
10 30 (4.484%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 27 (4.036%) Service Desk Analyst
12 26 (3.886%) Service Analyst
12 26 (3.886%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 26 (3.886%) IT Support
13 25 (3.737%) Messaging Engineer
14 23 (3.438%) Exchange Consultant
15 22 (3.288%) Architect
16 21 (3.139%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 111 (16.59%) Blackberry
2 29 (4.335%) Clustering
3 14 (2.093%) NHS
4 11 (1.644%) Thin Client
4 11 (1.644%) Fat Client
5 8 (1.196%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.046%) CLARiiON
6 7 (1.046%) iPhone
6 7 (1.046%) iPad
7 5 (0.747%) EPoS
7 5 (0.747%) CESG
8 4 (0.598%) Replication
8 4 (0.598%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.598%) CMDB
8 4 (0.598%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.448%) Celerra
9 3 (0.448%) EqualLogic
9 3 (0.448%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.448%) SecurID
9 3 (0.448%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 522 (78.03%) Windows
2 368 (55.01%) Windows Server 2008
3 350 (52.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 200 (29.90%) Windows XP
5 185 (27.65%) Windows 7
6 77 (11.51%) Windows Vista
7 39 (5.830%) Windows 2000
8 22 (3.288%) UNIX
8 22 (3.288%) Windows 2000 Server
9 18 (2.691%) Linux
10 13 (1.943%) Mac OS X
10 13 (1.943%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (1.644%) Apple iOS
12 10 (1.495%) Android
13 9 (1.345%) Windows Phone
14 6 (0.897%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.598%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.598%) Mac OS X Server
15 4 (0.598%) Solaris
15 4 (0.598%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (24.81%) Migration
2 124 (18.54%) ITIL
3 55 (8.221%) Disaster Recovery
4 39 (5.830%) Project Management
5 33 (4.933%) Data Protection
6 32 (4.783%) Service Delivery
7 30 (4.484%) PRINCE2
8 27 (4.036%) Change Management
8 27 (4.036%) Service Management
9 19 (2.840%) Problem Management
10 17 (2.541%) Business Continuity
11 15 (2.242%) Capacity Planning
12 14 (2.093%) Incident Management
13 13 (1.943%) Mobile Device Management
14 12 (1.794%) Performance Management
15 11 (1.644%) Time Management
15 11 (1.644%) Configuration Management
16 8 (1.196%) High Availability
16 8 (1.196%) Root Cause Analysis
17 6 (0.897%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (17.19%) SQL
2 61 (9.118%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.541%) C
3 17 (2.541%) VB
4 15 (2.242%) VBScript
5 7 (1.046%) Shell Script
6 4 (0.598%) Perl
7 3 (0.448%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.448%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (22.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 120 (17.94%) MCSE
3 66 (9.865%) Security Cleared
4 46 (6.876%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 43 (6.428%) SC Cleared
6 41 (6.129%) MCP
7 34 (5.082%) MCITP
8 22 (3.288%) DV Cleared
9 21 (3.139%) Degree
10 19 (2.840%) MCSA
11 15 (2.242%) MCDST
12 14 (2.093%) MCTS
13 13 (1.943%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (1.644%) CCNA
15 9 (1.345%) ISEB
16 6 (0.897%) CCA
16 6 (0.897%) Citrix Certification
17 4 (0.598%) CCEA
17 4 (0.598%) CCNP
18 3 (0.448%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.634%) SLA
2 14 (2.093%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.448%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.448%) QA
4 1 (0.149%) BS7799
4 1 (0.149%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 469 (70.10%) Active Directory
2 124 (18.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 96 (14.35%) vSphere
4 51 (7.623%) XenApp
5 44 (6.577%) Hyper-V
6 30 (4.484%) VMware ESX
7 21 (3.139%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (2.990%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 18 (2.691%) Terminal Services
10 12 (1.794%) VMware Server
11 11 (1.644%) XenDesktop
12 9 (1.345%) ISA Server
12 9 (1.345%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (1.046%) Postfix
13 7 (1.046%) UAG
14 5 (0.747%) Forefront TMG
15 4 (0.598%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.598%) DFS Replication
15 4 (0.598%) XenServer
15 4 (0.598%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 84 (12.56%) SCOM
2 49 (7.324%) SCCM
3 40 (5.979%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 36 (5.381%) Backup Exec
5 31 (4.634%) Norton AntiVirus
6 18 (2.691%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 18 (2.691%) WSUS
7 14 (2.093%) MAILsweeper
8 11 (1.644%) Tivoli
9 10 (1.495%) MOM
10 8 (1.196%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.747%) ARCserve
11 5 (0.747%) HP Data Protector
11 5 (0.747%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.598%) Sysprep
12 4 (0.598%) RepliStor
13 3 (0.448%) OVSD
13 3 (0.448%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.448%) OpenView Configuration Management
14 2 (0.299%) DameWare
Vendors
1 353 (52.77%) Microsoft
2 273 (40.81%) VMware
3 171 (25.56%) Citrix
4 118 (17.64%) Cisco
5 117 (17.49%) HP
6 92 (13.75%) Symantec
7 41 (6.129%) MobileIron
8 36 (5.381%) Dell
9 34 (5.082%) Lotus
10 27 (4.036%) NetApp
11 22 (3.288%) Postini
12 21 (3.139%) Sophos
12 21 (3.139%) Apple
13 19 (2.840%) McAfee
14 18 (2.691%) EMC
14 18 (2.691%) Compaq
15 17 (2.541%) Veritas
16 15 (2.242%) F5
17 14 (2.093%) Juniper
18 13 (1.943%) IBM
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