The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 17 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 South Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 38 29 28
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -1
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 1 11 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.327% 2.842% 4.467%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.000% 15.49% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 13
Average daily rate - £105 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -67.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £21.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +37.70%
All Application Platforms
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
50 71 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 16.34% 18.35% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 51
Average daily rate £350 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £105 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 10
Average hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -6.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2003
Wales

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff -2 1 - -
Exchange Server 2003
Wales

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) HP SIM
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) ARCserve
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Intel
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Impromptu
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Intel
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos