The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 77 60 57
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -3
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.313% 0.129% 0.292%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.765% 0.781% 1.258%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £235 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £245
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £20.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.09% +32.25%
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
170 128 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 17.76% 16.56% 23.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 49 79
Average daily rate £338 £311 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.52% -11.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2003
Scotland

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) Migration
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco
4 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (33.33%) PureDisk
4 2 (33.33%) Lync
5 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) MCSA

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (33.33%) Lync
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
1 2 (33.33%) PureDisk
2 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco