The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 20 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 North West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 106 112 102
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -10
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 13 24 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.561% 0.756% 0.997%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.250% 3.947% 6.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 17
Average daily rate £226 £300 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.66% +36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 1
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.82 £9.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.85% +86.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £21.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +40.00%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
400 608 496
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.26% 19.15% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 315 264
Average daily rate £313 £318 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.57% -7.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 33
Average hourly rate £19.50 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.60 £10.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs 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 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester +13 7 - -
Cheshire +9 3 - -
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 39 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 29 (74.36%) Windows
3 27 (69.23%) Active Directory
4 23 (58.97%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (58.97%) Exchange Server 2010
5 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
6 21 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
7 18 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2007
8 14 (35.90%) ITIL
9 12 (30.77%) DNS
10 11 (28.21%) Migration
10 11 (28.21%) VMware
11 8 (20.51%) Windows XP
11 8 (20.51%) DHCP
12 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (15.38%) HP
13 6 (15.38%) SAN
13 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
13 6 (15.38%) MCSE
13 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (15.38%) MCITP
14 5 (12.82%) MCTS
14 5 (12.82%) MCSA
14 5 (12.82%) MS Office
14 5 (12.82%) WAN
14 5 (12.82%) LAN
14 5 (12.82%) Blackberry
15 4 (10.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 4 (10.26%) Norton AntiVirus
15 4 (10.26%) Symantec

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (7.692%) .NET
2 2 (5.128%) Application Packaging
3 1 (2.564%) COM
Application Platforms
1 39 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 23 (58.97%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (10.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (7.692%) Exchange Server 5.5
5 3 (7.692%) IIS
5 3 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (5.128%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (2.564%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) MS Office
2 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
3 2 (5.128%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (30.77%) DNS
2 8 (20.51%) DHCP
3 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 6 (15.38%) SAN
4 5 (12.82%) LAN
4 5 (12.82%) WAN
5 4 (10.26%) SMTP
6 3 (7.692%) NAS
7 1 (2.564%) VoIP
7 1 (2.564%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.564%) HTTP
7 1 (2.564%) SNMP
7 1 (2.564%) Internet
7 1 (2.564%) Wireless
7 1 (2.564%) IP Telephony
7 1 (2.564%) VLAN
7 1 (2.564%) VPN
7 1 (2.564%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (5.128%) Banking
2 1 (2.564%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Analyst
3 4 (10.26%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Exchange Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Consultant
5 2 (5.128%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (5.128%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.128%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (5.128%) Server Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Messaging Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Technical Designer
5 2 (5.128%) Exchange Specialist
5 2 (5.128%) Windows Server Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Designer
6 1 (2.564%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Blackberry
2 4 (10.26%) Clustering
3 2 (5.128%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.128%) NHS
4 1 (2.564%) Thin Client
4 1 (2.564%) CLARiiON
4 1 (2.564%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.564%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.564%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 29 (74.36%) Windows
2 23 (58.97%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (20.51%) Windows XP
5 3 (7.692%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.564%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) ITIL
2 11 (28.21%) Migration
3 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.692%) Load Balancing
5 2 (5.128%) Capacity Management
5 2 (5.128%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.128%) Project Management
6 1 (2.564%) Service Management
6 1 (2.564%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.564%) Change Management
6 1 (2.564%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.564%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.564%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.564%) Network Management
6 1 (2.564%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 3 (7.692%) Perl
2 3 (7.692%) VB.NET
2 3 (7.692%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.128%) VBScript
3 2 (5.128%) VB
4 1 (2.564%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (15.38%) MCSE
2 6 (15.38%) MCITP
3 5 (12.82%) MCSA
3 5 (12.82%) MCTS
4 3 (7.692%) MCP
5 2 (5.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.564%) MCDST
6 1 (2.564%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.564%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) BS7799
1 1 (2.564%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.26%) vSphere
3 3 (7.692%) Postfix
4 1 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.564%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.564%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.564%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (7.692%) SCOM
2 3 (7.692%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (5.128%) Tivoli
4 1 (2.564%) HP SIM
4 1 (2.564%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.564%) WSUS
4 1 (2.564%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.21%) VMware
3 6 (15.38%) HP
4 4 (10.26%) Citrix
4 4 (10.26%) Symantec
5 3 (7.692%) IronPort
5 3 (7.692%) Lotus
6 2 (5.128%) EMC
6 2 (5.128%) Cisco
6 2 (5.128%) Remedy
7 1 (2.564%) Sophos
7 1 (2.564%) Websense
7 1 (2.564%) SurfControl
7 1 (2.564%) Brocade
7 1 (2.564%) Oracle
7 1 (2.564%) Dell
7 1 (2.564%) Intel
Cheshire, North West
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Posted: 16 May 2013