The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 22 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 Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 51 59 49
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 17 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 2.261% 1.344% 0.805%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.252% 7.101% 3.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £308 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £11.40 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.87% +28.12%
All Application Platforms
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
206 169 160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 27.39% 18.92% 25.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 111 65
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 11
Average hourly rate £33.00 £11.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+186.95% -48.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2003
West Yorkshire

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
1 24 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 24 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (95.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (79.17%) Microsoft
3 19 (79.17%) Windows XP
4 18 (75.00%) SQL Server
5 17 (70.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (62.50%) SAN
7 14 (58.33%) Cisco
7 14 (58.33%) MCSE
8 12 (50.00%) LAN
8 12 (50.00%) WAN
8 12 (50.00%) NAS
8 12 (50.00%) F5
9 7 (29.17%) Windows 7
10 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
11 5 (20.83%) MS Office
11 5 (20.83%) VMware
12 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
12 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (16.67%) ITIL
12 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
13 3 (12.50%) Sage
13 3 (12.50%) ERP
13 3 (12.50%) MCP
13 3 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (12.50%) Time Management
13 3 (12.50%) Legal

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 24 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Office
2 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 15 (62.50%) SAN
2 12 (50.00%) LAN
2 12 (50.00%) WAN
2 12 (50.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (12.50%) Legal
1 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Analyst
2 8 (33.33%) Messaging Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (20.83%) Support Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Messaging Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Messaging Specialist
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Specialist
7 2 (8.333%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (8.333%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (8.333%) Service Analyst
7 2 (8.333%) Consultant
8 1 (4.167%) Architect
8 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support
8 1 (4.167%) VMware Consultant
8 1 (4.167%) Citrix Consultant
8 1 (4.167%) Server Engineer
8 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Celerra
1 1 (4.167%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
1 24 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (95.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (79.17%) Windows XP
4 7 (29.17%) Windows 7
5 3 (12.50%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.167%) Linux
6 1 (4.167%) UNIX
6 1 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) ERP
2 3 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (4.167%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (58.33%) MCSE
3 3 (12.50%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.333%) vSphere
4 1 (4.167%) XenApp
4 1 (4.167%) XenServer
4 1 (4.167%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (58.33%) Cisco
3 12 (50.00%) F5
4 5 (20.83%) VMware
5 3 (12.50%) Sage
6 1 (4.167%) NetApp
6 1 (4.167%) HP
6 1 (4.167%) EMC
6 1 (4.167%) Citrix