The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 32 47 45
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -2
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 22 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 4.190% 1.958% 1.675%
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.60% 11.48% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 9
Average daily rate £300 £160 £142
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% +12.67%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.87% +28.12%
All Application Platforms
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
125 122 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 23.81% 17.06% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 51 39
Average daily rate £363 £300 £219
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% +36.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £325 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 8
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -38.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £13.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2003
Buckinghamshire

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 32 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 29 (90.63%) Windows
3 27 (84.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (62.50%) Active Directory
5 19 (59.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 16 (50.00%) VMware
6 16 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
7 15 (46.88%) Exchange Server 2007
8 14 (43.75%) Firewall
8 14 (43.75%) SQL
8 14 (43.75%) ITIL
9 13 (40.63%) HP
9 13 (40.63%) Citrix
10 12 (37.50%) TCP/IP
11 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
11 11 (34.38%) Hyper-V
12 10 (31.25%) Windows 7
12 10 (31.25%) DNS
12 10 (31.25%) WAN
12 10 (31.25%) DHCP
12 10 (31.25%) LAN
13 9 (28.13%) MS Excel
13 9 (28.13%) SAN
13 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
13 9 (28.13%) Backup Exec
14 8 (25.00%) SLA
15 7 (21.88%) MS Office
15 7 (21.88%) Windows XP

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 32 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 16 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (46.88%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (15.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
5 3 (9.375%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (6.250%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) MS Excel
2 7 (21.88%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) Firewall
2 12 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 10 (31.25%) DNS
3 10 (31.25%) WAN
3 10 (31.25%) DHCP
3 10 (31.25%) LAN
4 9 (28.13%) SAN
5 6 (18.75%) Internet
5 6 (18.75%) Wireless
6 5 (15.63%) VPN
6 5 (15.63%) WLAN
7 4 (12.50%) VoIP
8 3 (9.375%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Service Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Team Leader
5 3 (9.375%) Technical Support
6 2 (6.250%) Network Consultant
6 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.250%) Technical Support Team Leader
6 2 (6.250%) Technical Team Leader
6 2 (6.250%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (6.250%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.125%) Wintel Analyst
7 1 (3.125%) Wintel Server Analyst
7 1 (3.125%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Blackberry
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.125%) PDA
4 1 (3.125%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 29 (90.63%) Windows
2 27 (84.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (59.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (31.25%) Windows 7
5 7 (21.88%) Windows XP
6 6 (18.75%) UNIX
6 6 (18.75%) Windows Vista
7 5 (15.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (15.63%) Windows 2000
8 4 (12.50%) Linux
9 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) ITIL
2 6 (18.75%) Service Management
3 5 (15.63%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (15.63%) Compatibility Testing
3 5 (15.63%) Information Security
3 5 (15.63%) Service Delivery
3 5 (15.63%) Change Management
4 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.50%) Validation
4 4 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 4 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 4 (12.50%) ITIL V3
5 3 (9.375%) Network Management
6 2 (6.250%) CRM
6 2 (6.250%) Load Balancing
7 1 (3.125%) SIEM
7 1 (3.125%) Operations Management
7 1 (3.125%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (43.75%) SQL
2 2 (6.250%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
2 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) MCSE
3 6 (18.75%) MCP
3 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.250%) MCDST
5 1 (3.125%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) SLA
2 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 16 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (34.38%) Hyper-V
4 4 (12.50%) XenApp
5 3 (9.375%) XenDesktop
5 3 (9.375%) VMware ESX
6 2 (6.250%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (6.250%) vSphere
7 1 (3.125%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) Backup Exec
2 5 (15.63%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.125%) SCCM
3 1 (3.125%) SCOM
3 1 (3.125%) OVSD
3 1 (3.125%) Unicenter
3 1 (3.125%) MOM
3 1 (3.125%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (3.125%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (3.125%) OpenView
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) VMware
2 13 (40.63%) HP
2 13 (40.63%) Citrix
3 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
4 5 (15.63%) Symantec
4 5 (15.63%) Sophos
5 3 (9.375%) Lotus
5 3 (9.375%) Compaq
6 2 (6.250%) Dell
6 2 (6.250%) Cisco
7 1 (3.125%) AppSense
7 1 (3.125%) Remedy
7 1 (3.125%) CA