The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 21 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 Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 64 77 61
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -16
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 9 4 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.051% 0.362% 1.748%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.085% 2.410% 9.474%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 8
Average daily rate £425 £313 £284
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% +10.13%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £245
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £20.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.09% +32.25%
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
177 166 190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 20.68% 15.02% 18.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 62 79
Average daily rate £375 £325 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £183 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 10
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.85 £10.00 £10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.00 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2003
Berkshire

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Exchange Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
1 15 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (73.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (73.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 10 (66.67%) Windows XP
5 8 (53.33%) MS Office
6 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (46.67%) Windows 7
6 7 (46.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
7 6 (40.00%) IIS
8 5 (33.33%) MCP
9 4 (26.67%) MCSD
9 4 (26.67%) SQL
9 4 (26.67%) MCSE
9 4 (26.67%) Cisco
9 4 (26.67%) VMware
9 4 (26.67%) Blackberry
10 3 (20.00%) IP Telephony
10 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
10 3 (20.00%) Apple
10 3 (20.00%) VPN
10 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
10 3 (20.00%) vSphere
11 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 15 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 11 (73.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (46.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (40.00%) IIS
5 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) MS Office
2 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (6.667%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 3 (20.00%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) LAN
3 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 1 (6.667%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
1 1 (6.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Support Technician
2 2 (13.33%) IT Support
2 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (13.33%) Exchange Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Server Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Messaging Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Applications Packager
3 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Support Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Blackberry
2 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (73.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (66.67%) Windows XP
5 7 (46.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000
6 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (33.33%) MCP
3 4 (26.67%) MCSD
3 4 (26.67%) MCSE
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (20.00%) vSphere
3 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
4 1 (6.667%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco
2 4 (26.67%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) Apple
4 2 (13.33%) Remedy
5 1 (6.667%) Adobe
5 1 (6.667%) Citrix
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