Milton Keynes Exchange Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 skills within the Milton Keynes region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Exchange Server 2003 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
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Rank	56	55
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	19	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	14.84 %	6.604 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£280	-
Average daily rate	£280	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£280	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£281
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.77	-
Average hourly rate	£31.07	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.37	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.12	£20.95
% change on same period last year	+0.81 %
Application Platforms Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	128	106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.164 %	0.119 %
Daily rates quoted	49	14
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£406
Average daily rate	£326	£459
% change on same period last year	-28.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£511
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.98	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£31.39	£25.25
% change on same period last year	+24.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.81	£25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
Exchange Server 2003 Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Exchange Server 2003
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Exchange Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Milton Keynes region.

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Milton Keynes region.

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Milton Keynes region over the past 3 months.

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Exchange Server 2003 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Exchange Server 2003.

1 23 (67.65 %) MS Exchange 2 15 (44.12 %) Active Directory 2 15 (44.12 %) Migration 3 13 (38.24 %) Microsoft 3 13 (38.24 %) Windows NT 3 13 (38.24 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 12 (35.29 %) Windows 4 12 (35.29 %) Government 5 11 (32.35 %) HP 6 10 (29.41 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 8 (23.53 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 7 (20.59 %) MailMarshal 8 7 (20.59 %) MCSE 8 7 (20.59 %) Microsoft Certification 9 6 (17.65 %) Citrix

9 6 (17.65 %) Data Migration 10 5 (14.71 %) Compaq 10 5 (14.71 %) Firewall 10 5 (14.71 %) CNE 10 5 (14.71 %) Novell Certification 10 5 (14.71 %) Windows 2000 10 5 (14.71 %) Windows XP 10 5 (14.71 %) LAN 11 4 (11.76 %) SQL 11 4 (11.76 %) ITIL 11 4 (11.76 %) Windows Server 2003 11 4 (11.76 %) MS Excel 11 4 (11.76 %) OpenView 11 4 (11.76 %) Cisco 11 4 (11.76 %) OVOW

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Exchange Server 2003 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Exchange Server 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 23 (67.65 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (38.24 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 10 (29.41 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 8 (23.53 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 1 (2.941 %) IIS	Applications 1 4 (11.76 %) MS Excel 2 2 (5.882 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 5 (14.71 %) LAN 1 5 (14.71 %) Firewall 2 3 (8.824 %) Ethernet 2 3 (8.824 %) 3G 3 2 (5.882 %) DNS 3 2 (5.882 %) Intranet 3 2 (5.882 %) Internet 3 2 (5.882 %) WAN 3 2 (5.882 %) DHCP 4 1 (2.941 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (2.941 %) WINS 4 1 (2.941 %) LDAP 4 1 (2.941 %) 2G	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.941 %) SQL Server 1 1 (2.941 %) SQL Server 2000 1 1 (2.941 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 12 (35.29 %) Government 2 3 (8.824 %) Back Office 3 2 (5.882 %) Telecoms 4 1 (2.941 %) Finance 4 1 (2.941 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 14 (41.18 %) Consultant 2 9 (26.47 %) Exchange Consultant 3 8 (23.53 %) Analyst 4 7 (20.59 %) Support Analyst 5 5 (14.71 %) Messaging Specialist 6 3 (8.824 %) Helpdesk Support 6 3 (8.824 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 6 3 (8.824 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 2 (5.882 %) 2nd Line Support 7 2 (5.882 %) Desktop Engineer 7 2 (5.882 %) Architect 8 1 (2.941 %) Microsoft Consultant 8 1 (2.941 %) Server Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Team Leader 8 1 (2.941 %) Helpdesk Team Leader 8 1 (2.941 %) Support Consultant 8 1 (2.941 %) IT Manager 8 1 (2.941 %) Technical Architect 8 1 (2.941 %) 1st Line Support 8 1 (2.941 %) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous 1 2 (5.882 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 13 (38.24 %) Windows NT 2 12 (35.29 %) Windows 3 5 (14.71 %) Windows 2000 3 5 (14.71 %) Windows XP 4 4 (11.76 %) Windows Server 2003 5 1 (2.941 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (44.12 %) Migration 2 6 (17.65 %) Data Migration 3 4 (11.76 %) Problem Management 3 4 (11.76 %) ITIL 4 3 (8.824 %) ITSM 5 1 (2.941 %) Disaster Recovery	Programming Languages 1 4 (11.76 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 7 (20.59 %) MCSE 1 7 (20.59 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (14.71 %) CNE 2 5 (14.71 %) Novell Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.941 %) SLA
System Software 1 15 (44.12 %) Active Directory 2 7 (20.59 %) MailMarshal 3 1 (2.941 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Systems Management 1 4 (11.76 %) OpenView 1 4 (11.76 %) OVOW
Vendors 1 13 (38.24 %) Microsoft 2 11 (32.35 %) HP 3 6 (17.65 %) Citrix 4 5 (14.71 %) Compaq 5 4 (11.76 %) Cisco 6 2 (5.882 %) IBM 6 2 (5.882 %) Dell 7 1 (2.941 %) VERITAS