The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 24 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 Manchester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 69 80 67
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -13
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 6 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.643% 0.232% 0.480%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.141% 1.190% 2.747%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £300 £208
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +44.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £240
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £21.00 £12.00 £9.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +25.00%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
191 252 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 20.47% 19.50% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 136 92
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £184 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £443 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 18
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.60 £12.00 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.30 £25.00 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2003
North West

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wigan - 2 - -
Exchange Server 2003
North West

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 18 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
3 11 (61.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (38.89%) DNS
6 7 (38.89%) ITIL
6 7 (38.89%) DHCP
7 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
8 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (22.22%) MS Office
9 3 (16.67%) SCOM
9 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
9 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (11.11%) Application Packaging
10 2 (11.11%) SAN
10 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
10 2 (11.11%) WAN
10 2 (11.11%) EMC
10 2 (11.11%) Citrix
11 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
11 1 (5.556%) BS7799
11 1 (5.556%) Project Management
11 1 (5.556%) Websense
11 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (5.556%) Intel
11 1 (5.556%) HP

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 18 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) DNS
1 7 (38.89%) DHCP
2 2 (11.11%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.556%) VPN
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) Wireless
3 1 (5.556%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (5.556%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Server Support
5 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Data Centre Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
1 1 (5.556%) CLARiiON
1 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
4 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.556%) Integration Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) C
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
1 1 (5.556%) VBScript
1 1 (5.556%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.556%) MCP
1 1 (5.556%) MCSE
1 1 (5.556%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) BS7799
1 1 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Server
2 1 (5.556%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) EMC
2 2 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) Websense
3 1 (5.556%) Intel
3 1 (5.556%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Dell
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) SurfControl
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) Brocade
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