Swindon Exchange Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 skills within the Swindon region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Exchange Server 2003 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
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Rank	44	49
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	9	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	15.00 %	4.396 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£110
Average daily rate	£262	£115
% change on same period last year	+127.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£120
UK excluding London average daily rate	£276	£276
% change on same period last year	-0.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£15.58
Average hourly rate	-	£17.58
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£19.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.13	£23.33
% change on same period last year	-5.17 %
Application Platforms Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads	60	91
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.079 %	0.097 %
Daily rates quoted	16	28
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£289
Average daily rate	£363	£310
% change on same period last year	+17.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£331
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£347
% change on same period last year	+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.75	£22.34
Average hourly rate	£32.56	£24.56
% change on same period last year	+32.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.38	£26.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.43	£24.21
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %
Exchange Server 2003 Wiltshire

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Swindon 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 IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Swindon region.

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Swindon region.

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 11 (68.75 %) Windows 2 10 (62.50 %) Active Directory 3 6 (37.50 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 5 (31.25 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 5 (31.25 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (25.00 %) Windows XP 5 4 (25.00 %) MS Exchange 5 4 (25.00 %) Migration 6 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 3 (18.75 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (18.75 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (12.50 %) MCSE 7 2 (12.50 %) VoIP 7 2 (12.50 %) VPN 7 2 (12.50 %) Cisco

7 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 7 2 (12.50 %) SQL 7 2 (12.50 %) VBScript 7 2 (12.50 %) VB 7 2 (12.50 %) MS Office 7 2 (12.50 %) VERITAS 7 2 (12.50 %) Terminal Services 7 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft Certification 7 2 (12.50 %) Degree 7 2 (12.50 %) DameWare 7 2 (12.50 %) Telecoms 8 1 (6.250 %) Finance 8 1 (6.250 %) Legal 8 1 (6.250 %) NetBackup 8 1 (6.250 %) Data Migration

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 6 (37.50 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 5 (31.25 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 4 (25.00 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2007	Applications 1 2 (12.50 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 5 (31.25 %) TCP/IP 2 2 (12.50 %) VPN 2 2 (12.50 %) VoIP 3 1 (6.250 %) WAN 3 1 (6.250 %) LAN 3 1 (6.250 %) PBX	General 1 2 (12.50 %) Telecoms 2 1 (6.250 %) Finance 2 1 (6.250 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 6 (37.50 %) Support Engineer 2 4 (25.00 %) 2nd Line Support 3 3 (18.75 %) Consultant 4 2 (12.50 %) Analyst 5 1 (6.250 %) 3rd Line Support 5 1 (6.250 %) Network Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Support Analyst 5 1 (6.250 %) Technical Support 5 1 (6.250 %) Support Consultant 5 1 (6.250 %) Migration Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Migration Consultant 5 1 (6.250 %) Security Analyst 5 1 (6.250 %) Technical Support Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Network Support Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Technical Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Network Support 5 1 (6.250 %) Senior Support Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Specialist 5 1 (6.250 %) Server Specialist 5 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 11 (68.75 %) Windows 2 4 (25.00 %) Windows XP 3 3 (18.75 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (18.75 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (25.00 %) Migration 2 1 (6.250 %) Data Migration 2 1 (6.250 %) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages 1 2 (12.50 %) SQL 1 2 (12.50 %) VBScript 1 2 (12.50 %) VB	Qualifications 1 2 (12.50 %) MCSE 1 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft Certification 1 2 (12.50 %) Degree
System Software 1 10 (62.50 %) Active Directory 2 2 (12.50 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (6.250 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 2 (12.50 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 2 (12.50 %) Cisco 1 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 1 2 (12.50 %) VERITAS 2 1 (6.250 %) SAP 2 1 (6.250 %) EMC 2 1 (6.250 %) Avaya 2 1 (6.250 %) NetApp