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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 skills within the North West 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Exchange Server 2003
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank9259
Rank change on same period last yearDown-33
Matching contract IT job ads5169
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.078 %
As % of the category below7.907 %12.02 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£307£175
Average daily rate£314£188
% change on same period last year+67.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£286
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Hourly rates quoted1012
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00£17.00
Average hourly rate£19.92£18.33
% change on same period last year+8.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.85£19.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.08£21.14
% change on same period last year-0.27 %
Application Platforms North WestApplication Platforms
North West
Matching contract IT job ads645574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.828 %0.645 %
Daily rates quoted154111
Average minimum daily rate£356£292
Average daily rate£380£304
% change on same period last year+24.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£354
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted6953
Average minimum hourly rate£22.27£19.42
Average hourly rate£24.11£20.68
% change on same period last year+16.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.95£21.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.66£22.76
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Exchange Server 2003 EnglandExchange Server 2003
England

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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

North West Exchange Server 2003 Demand Trend

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 North West region.

North West Exchange Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West Exchange Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

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 North West region over the past 3 months.

North West Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2003
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 within the North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterDown-1723--
2CheshireDown-2411£300-
3LancashireUp+26--
4MerseysideDown-115£390-
Exchange Server 2003 EnglandExchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West 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.

175 (75.00 %)Windows
263 (63.00 %)Active Directory
350 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
438 (38.00 %)Microsoft
535 (35.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
628 (28.00 %)Windows XP
725 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
822 (22.00 %)Citrix
920 (20.00 %)Cisco
1015 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
1015 (15.00 %)LAN
1015 (15.00 %)WAN
1015 (15.00 %)Windows 2000
1114 (14.00 %)MS Excel
1114 (14.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
1213 (13.00 %)Microsoft Certification
1213 (13.00 %)Migration
1312 (12.00 %)MCSE
1411 (11.00 %)VPN
1411 (11.00 %)Firewall
1510 (10.00 %)DNS
169 (9.000 %)Ethernet
169 (9.000 %)HP
169 (9.000 %)AS400
178 (8.000 %)Blackberry
178 (8.000 %)ISA Server
187 (7.000 %)IIS
196 (6.000 %)MS Office
196 (6.000 %)SQL
196 (6.000 %)SQL Server

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West 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 Development
11 (1.000 %).NET
Application Platforms
150 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
235 (35.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
314 (14.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
47 (7.000 %)IIS
55 (5.000 %)GroupWise
55 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 5.5
62 (2.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (1.000 %)SharePoint
71 (1.000 %)BizTalk Server
Applications
114 (14.00 %)MS Excel
26 (6.000 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
115 (15.00 %)LAN
115 (15.00 %)WAN
115 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
211 (11.00 %)VPN
211 (11.00 %)Firewall
310 (10.00 %)DNS
49 (9.000 %)Ethernet
56 (6.000 %)DHCP
64 (4.000 %)HTTP
73 (3.000 %)SAN
82 (2.000 %)WINS
82 (2.000 %)SMS
82 (2.000 %)VoIP
82 (2.000 %)ADSL
82 (2.000 %)Network Security
91 (1.000 %)Broadband
91 (1.000 %)IP Telephony
91 (1.000 %)Cisco PIX
91 (1.000 %)DMZ
91 (1.000 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
16 (6.000 %)SQL Server
24 (4.000 %)SQL Server 7
31 (1.000 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (1.000 %)SQL Server 2005
General
14 (4.000 %)Finance
22 (2.000 %)Construction
22 (2.000 %)Law
31 (1.000 %)Banking
31 (1.000 %)Insurance
31 (1.000 %)Marketing
31 (1.000 %)Auditing
31 (1.000 %)Government
31 (1.000 %)Health
Job Titles
120 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
215 (15.00 %)Analyst
311 (11.00 %)Support Analyst
311 (11.00 %)Support Engineer
410 (10.00 %)Systems Support
410 (10.00 %)Systems Engineer
410 (10.00 %)Exchange Engineer
58 (8.000 %)Systems Support Engineer
58 (8.000 %)Server Engineer
58 (8.000 %)3rd Line Support
67 (7.000 %)Support Specialist
76 (6.000 %)Exchange Specialist
76 (6.000 %)Windows Server Engineer
85 (5.000 %)IT Support Specialist
85 (5.000 %)Messaging Specialist
85 (5.000 %)Technical Specialist
85 (5.000 %)Technical Support
85 (5.000 %)Administrator
94 (4.000 %)Network Engineer
94 (4.000 %)Service Manager
Miscellaneous
19 (9.000 %)AS400
28 (8.000 %)Blackberry
35 (5.000 %)Thin Client
35 (5.000 %)Fat Client
43 (3.000 %)NHS
43 (3.000 %)Management Information System
51 (1.000 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
175 (75.00 %)Windows
228 (28.00 %)Windows XP
325 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
415 (15.00 %)Windows 2000
54 (4.000 %)Linux
63 (3.000 %)Windows NT
71 (1.000 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
113 (13.00 %)Migration
25 (5.000 %)Project Management
34 (4.000 %)Security Management
43 (3.000 %)Disaster Recovery
43 (3.000 %)ITIL
43 (3.000 %)Information Security
52 (2.000 %)Business Continuity
52 (2.000 %)Technical Architecture
52 (2.000 %)ISMS
52 (2.000 %)Information Security Management
52 (2.000 %)Change Management
61 (1.000 %)Data Security
61 (1.000 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.000 %)ERP
61 (1.000 %)Service Management
61 (1.000 %)Data Migration
61 (1.000 %)Load Balancing
61 (1.000 %)Problem Management
61 (1.000 %)Document Management
Programming Languages
16 (6.000 %)SQL
Qualifications
113 (13.00 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (12.00 %)MCSE
35 (5.000 %)CCA
35 (5.000 %)Citrix Certification
35 (5.000 %)CCEA
42 (2.000 %)Cisco Certification
42 (2.000 %)CCNA
42 (2.000 %)MCP
42 (2.000 %)Degree
51 (1.000 %)MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.000 %)QA
21 (1.000 %)SLA
21 (1.000 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
163 (63.00 %)Active Directory
28 (8.000 %)ISA Server
35 (5.000 %)MetaFrame
43 (3.000 %)Terminal Services
43 (3.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (1.000 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
13 (3.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (1.000 %)ARCserve
21 (1.000 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
138 (38.00 %)Microsoft
222 (22.00 %)Citrix
320 (20.00 %)Cisco
49 (9.000 %)HP
56 (6.000 %)Novell
65 (5.000 %)LANDesk
73 (3.000 %)Symantec
73 (3.000 %)Dell
73 (3.000 %)Intel
82 (2.000 %)Lucent
82 (2.000 %)Compaq
82 (2.000 %)Remedy
82 (2.000 %)VMware
82 (2.000 %)Oracle
91 (1.000 %)Mitel
91 (1.000 %)Fujitsu Siemens
91 (1.000 %)WatchGuard
91 (1.000 %)IronPort
91 (1.000 %)McAfee Security
91 (1.000 %)SurfControl
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