The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 81 91 85
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 14 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.857% 0.535% 0.899%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.534% 3.352% 5.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £340 £200 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £127 £200 £167
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £200 £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £259 £240
% change year-on-year
+14.00% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +83.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +25.00%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
253 358 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 15.97% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 160 159
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £205 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwickshire - 4 - -
Birmingham +9 3 £370 +85.00%
Staffordshire +16 2 £125 -
Herefordshire - 2 £350 -
Coventry - 1 - -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 28 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 26 (92.86%) Windows
3 17 (60.71%) Active Directory
4 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
5 15 (53.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 14 (50.00%) Windows 7
7 11 (39.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (39.29%) MS Office
7 11 (39.29%) VMware
8 10 (35.71%) Windows XP
8 10 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (21.43%) LAN
9 6 (21.43%) SAN
10 5 (17.86%) DNS
10 5 (17.86%) DHCP
10 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
10 5 (17.86%) SCCM
10 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
11 4 (14.29%) DV Cleared
11 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
11 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (14.29%) Exchange Server 5.5
11 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
11 4 (14.29%) X.500
11 4 (14.29%) Cisco
11 4 (14.29%) Sun
11 4 (14.29%) Citrix
11 4 (14.29%) HP

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 1 (3.571%) COM
1 1 (3.571%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 28 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 11 (39.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (14.29%) Exchange Server 5.5
5 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
5 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (7.143%) Lync
6 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (3.571%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 11 (39.29%) MS Office
2 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) LAN
1 6 (21.43%) SAN
2 5 (17.86%) DNS
2 5 (17.86%) DHCP
2 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
3 4 (14.29%) X.500
3 4 (14.29%) WAN
4 2 (7.143%) Firewall
5 1 (3.571%) MPLS
5 1 (3.571%) VPN
5 1 (3.571%) HTTP
5 1 (3.571%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 3 (10.71%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (14.29%) Network Support
3 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Desktop Support
4 3 (10.71%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Exchange Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Server Support
6 1 (3.571%) Support Technician
6 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Network Support Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.571%) Support Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Network Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Blackberry
1 3 (10.71%) Clustering
2 1 (3.571%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (92.86%) Windows
2 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (53.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 10 (35.71%) Windows XP
6 4 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (14.29%) Solaris
6 4 (14.29%) UNIX
7 3 (10.71%) HPUX
7 3 (10.71%) Linux
7 3 (10.71%) Windows 2000
8 1 (3.571%) Windows Vista
8 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.71%) Migration
1 3 (10.71%) Software Deployment
2 1 (3.571%) Project Management
2 1 (3.571%) Change Management
2 1 (3.571%) Business Continuity
2 1 (3.571%) ERP
2 1 (3.571%) Incident Management
2 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 3 (10.71%) Perl
3 1 (3.571%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.571%) MCITP
3 1 (3.571%) VCP5
System Software
1 17 (60.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.71%) Samba
3 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (7.143%) XenApp
4 2 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (7.143%) ISA Server
5 1 (3.571%) Terminal Services
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (3.571%) VMware Server
5 1 (3.571%) DFS Replication
5 1 (3.571%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) SCCM
2 3 (10.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (7.143%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (3.571%) Backup Exec
4 1 (3.571%) SCOM
4 1 (3.571%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (39.29%) VMware
3 4 (14.29%) Cisco
3 4 (14.29%) Sun
3 4 (14.29%) Citrix
3 4 (14.29%) HP
4 3 (10.71%) EMC
5 2 (7.143%) Symantec
6 1 (3.571%) Remedy
6 1 (3.571%) Avaya
6 1 (3.571%) Veritas
6 1 (3.571%) Nortel
6 1 (3.571%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.571%) Altiris