Surrey Exchange Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 skills within the Surrey 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 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Ayrshire Banbury Barnet Basingstoke Bathgate Bedfordshire Bellshill Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester Cornwall Coventry Cramlington Crawley Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Peterlee Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Renfrewshire Romford Rugby Runcorn Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stockport Strathclyde Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Thurrock Tonbridge Torpoint Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	71	80
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	26	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.033 %	0.040 %
As % of the category below	8.844 %	7.516 %
Daily rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum daily rate	£185	£250
Average daily rate	£215	£275
% change on same period last year	-21.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£245	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£281
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.11	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£23.31	£20.29
% change on same period last year	+14.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.50	£20.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.12	£20.95
% change on same period last year	+0.81 %
Application Platforms Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	294	479
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.377 %	0.538 %
Daily rates quoted	66	86
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£338
Average daily rate	£376	£361
% change on same period last year	+4.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.87	£22.61
Average hourly rate	£23.05	£23.48
% change on same period last year	-1.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.23	£24.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
Exchange Server 2003 South East

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

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 Surrey region.

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 Surrey region.

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 Surrey region over the past 3 months.

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 Surrey region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Staines	-	2	-	-
2	Woking	-4	1	£180	-
2	Guildford	-3	1	£250	-
2	Epsom	0	1	-	-

Exchange Server 2003 South East

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 51 (83.61 %) Windows 2 45 (73.77 %) MS Exchange 3 44 (72.13 %) Active Directory 4 36 (59.02 %) Microsoft 5 30 (49.18 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 26 (42.62 %) TCP/IP 7 24 (39.34 %) Firewall 8 20 (32.79 %) Citrix 8 20 (32.79 %) Microsoft Certification 9 19 (31.15 %) Windows NT 10 18 (29.51 %) Windows Server 2003 11 17 (27.87 %) LAN 12 16 (26.23 %) Windows 2000 13 15 (24.59 %) WAN 14 14 (22.95 %) Clustering

15 13 (21.31 %) VPN 16 12 (19.67 %) MCSE 17 11 (18.03 %) MCP 18 10 (16.39 %) HP 18 10 (16.39 %) Cisco 18 10 (16.39 %) Exchange Server 5.5 19 9 (14.75 %) MS Office 19 9 (14.75 %) SQL Server 20 8 (13.11 %) SharePoint 20 8 (13.11 %) Windows XP 20 8 (13.11 %) Symantec 20 8 (13.11 %) Exchange Server 2007 21 7 (11.48 %) MS Excel 21 7 (11.48 %) IIS 21 7 (11.48 %) Migration

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Surrey 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 1 3 (4.918 %) WebServices 2 1 (1.639 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 45 (73.77 %) MS Exchange 2 30 (49.18 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 10 (16.39 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 8 (13.11 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 8 (13.11 %) SharePoint 5 7 (11.48 %) IIS 6 3 (4.918 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 3 (4.918 %) BizTalk Server 6 3 (4.918 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 1 (1.639 %) GroupWise 7 1 (1.639 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 1 (1.639 %) Live Communications Server 7 1 (1.639 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 9 (14.75 %) MS Office 2 7 (11.48 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.639 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.639 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (4.918 %) Line 50
Communications & Networking 1 26 (42.62 %) TCP/IP 2 24 (39.34 %) Firewall 3 17 (27.87 %) LAN 4 15 (24.59 %) WAN 5 13 (21.31 %) VPN 6 6 (9.836 %) DNS 6 6 (9.836 %) Intranet 7 3 (4.918 %) SMTP 7 3 (4.918 %) DHCP 7 3 (4.918 %) VLAN 8 2 (3.279 %) Network Security 8 2 (3.279 %) Wireless 8 2 (3.279 %) FTP 8 2 (3.279 %) HTTP 8 2 (3.279 %) SNMP 8 2 (3.279 %) WINS 9 1 (1.639 %) SAN 9 1 (1.639 %) Internet 9 1 (1.639 %) MPLS 9 1 (1.639 %) Wi-Fi	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (14.75 %) SQL Server 2 2 (3.279 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (1.639 %) SQL Server 7
General 1 4 (6.557 %) Education 2 3 (4.918 %) Government 3 1 (1.639 %) Games 3 1 (1.639 %) Pensions 3 1 (1.639 %) Pharmaceutical 3 1 (1.639 %) Back Office 3 1 (1.639 %) Telecoms 3 1 (1.639 %) Finance 3 1 (1.639 %) Construction	Job Titles 1 15 (24.59 %) 2nd Line Support 2 11 (18.03 %) Support Engineer 2 11 (18.03 %) Analyst 3 10 (16.39 %) Network Support 4 9 (14.75 %) Network Engineer 5 6 (9.836 %) Desktop Support 5 6 (9.836 %) Network Support Engineer 6 5 (8.197 %) Consultant 7 4 (6.557 %) Systems Engineer 7 4 (6.557 %) Support Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Infrastructure Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Exchange Consultant 8 3 (4.918 %) 3rd Line Support 8 3 (4.918 %) Desktop Analyst 9 2 (3.279 %) Desktop Engineer 9 2 (3.279 %) Desktop Support Analyst 9 2 (3.279 %) Server Engineer 9 2 (3.279 %) Server Support 9 2 (3.279 %) Support Consultant 9 2 (3.279 %) PC Support
Miscellaneous 1 14 (22.95 %) Clustering 2 4 (6.557 %) Blackberry 3 2 (3.279 %) Asset Management 4 1 (1.639 %) PDA 4 1 (1.639 %) Video Conferencing 4 1 (1.639 %) NHS 4 1 (1.639 %) HACMP	Operating Systems 1 51 (83.61 %) Windows 2 19 (31.15 %) Windows NT 3 18 (29.51 %) Windows Server 2003 4 16 (26.23 %) Windows 2000 5 8 (13.11 %) Windows XP 6 3 (4.918 %) Unix 7 2 (3.279 %) NetWare 7 2 (3.279 %) Solaris 7 2 (3.279 %) Linux 8 1 (1.639 %) AIX 8 1 (1.639 %) SUSE 8 1 (1.639 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (11.48 %) Migration 2 5 (8.197 %) ITIL 3 4 (6.557 %) CRM 3 4 (6.557 %) Change Management 4 3 (4.918 %) Data Security 5 2 (3.279 %) Project Management 6 1 (1.639 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (1.639 %) B2B 6 1 (1.639 %) PRINCE2	Programming Languages 1 3 (4.918 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 20 (32.79 %) Microsoft Certification 2 12 (19.67 %) MCSE 3 11 (18.03 %) MCP 4 3 (4.918 %) Novell Certification 5 2 (3.279 %) CNA 6 1 (1.639 %) CNE 6 1 (1.639 %) MCSA 6 1 (1.639 %) RHCT 6 1 (1.639 %) Degree	System Software 1 44 (72.13 %) Active Directory 2 6 (9.836 %) ISA Server 3 2 (3.279 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (3.279 %) Terminal Server 3 2 (3.279 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (1.639 %) Novell eDirectory 4 1 (1.639 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (1.639 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 4 (6.557 %) MOM 1 4 (6.557 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (4.918 %) MAILsweeper 2 3 (4.918 %) WSUS 3 2 (3.279 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 1 (1.639 %) HP Data Protector 4 1 (1.639 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 36 (59.02 %) Microsoft 2 20 (32.79 %) Citrix 3 10 (16.39 %) HP 3 10 (16.39 %) Cisco 4 8 (13.11 %) Symantec 5 5 (8.197 %) McAfee Security 5 5 (8.197 %) VMware 5 5 (8.197 %) Novell 6 4 (6.557 %) Sage 7 3 (4.918 %) 3Com 7 3 (4.918 %) Adobe 8 2 (3.279 %) Sun 8 2 (3.279 %) Red Hat 9 1 (1.639 %) Oracle 9 1 (1.639 %) IBM 9 1 (1.639 %) Remedy 9 1 (1.639 %) Altiris