The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 June 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 Oxfordshire 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 19 45 46
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +1
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 34 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 7.113% 1.062% 1.440%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.19% 4.478% 5.983%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 1 1
Average daily rate £370 £163 £120
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.69% +35.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £260 £213
% change year-on-year
+24.03% +22.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £22.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-38.88% +40.62%
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
135 134 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 28.24% 23.72% 24.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 76 65
Average daily rate £360 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £196 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £476 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 16
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £12.65 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.40 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2003
South East

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford - 30 £370 - 1
Abingdon - - - - 1
Exchange Server 2003
South East

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 50 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 50 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 49 (98.00%) VMware
3 46 (92.00%) MCSE
3 46 (92.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (86.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 43 (86.00%) SCOM
5 40 (80.00%) vSphere
6 39 (78.00%) Migration
7 36 (72.00%) MobileIron
8 34 (68.00%) Microsoft
9 33 (66.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (64.00%) Data Protection
11 28 (56.00%) Postini
12 26 (52.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (26.00%) Lync
13 13 (26.00%) Office Communications Server
14 10 (20.00%) Publishing
15 9 (18.00%) Mercator
16 3 (6.000%) VMware Infrastructure
17 2 (4.000%) Windows
18 1 (2.000%) Wireless
18 1 (2.000%) Backup Exec
18 1 (2.000%) Symantec
18 1 (2.000%) Juniper
18 1 (2.000%) SAN
18 1 (2.000%) Apple
18 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
18 1 (2.000%) HP
18 1 (2.000%) EMC

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 50 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 50 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 43 (86.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 13 (26.00%) Lync
3 13 (26.00%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (2.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.000%) Wireless
1 1 (2.000%) SAN
1 1 (2.000%) DNS
General
1 10 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (70.00%) Consultant
2 30 (60.00%) Messaging Consultant
3 13 (26.00%) Messaging Engineer
4 12 (24.00%) Exchange Consultant
5 3 (6.000%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (6.000%) Administrator
5 3 (6.000%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.000%) Exchange Administrator
6 2 (4.000%) Messaging Administrator
6 2 (4.000%) Exchange Engineer
7 1 (2.000%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.000%) Systems Support
7 1 (2.000%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Migration Consultant
7 1 (2.000%) Systems Support Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Messaging Specialist
7 1 (2.000%) Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) Systems Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.000%) Windows
2 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.000%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (78.00%) Migration
2 32 (64.00%) Data Protection
3 26 (52.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 46 (92.00%) MCSE
1 46 (92.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (66.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.000%) MCITP
System Software
1 40 (80.00%) vSphere
2 3 (6.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.000%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (86.00%) SCOM
2 1 (2.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 49 (98.00%) VMware
2 36 (72.00%) MobileIron
3 34 (68.00%) Microsoft
4 28 (56.00%) Postini
5 9 (18.00%) Mercator
6 1 (2.000%) Symantec
6 1 (2.000%) Juniper
6 1 (2.000%) Apple
6 1 (2.000%) HP
6 1 (2.000%) EMC
6 1 (2.000%) Citrix
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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