The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton 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 23 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 Luton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 15 12 10
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 2.500% 1.587% 3.774%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.524% 11.11% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £200 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -35.48%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.87% +28.12%
All Application Platforms
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
21 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 26.25% 14.29% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 4
Average daily rate £325 £368 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.62% +13.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £418 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2003
Bedfordshire

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe