The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 83 99 92
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -7
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 30 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.581% 0.567% 0.495%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.335% 2.948% 2.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £308 £135 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.77% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Average hourly rate - £13.20 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -39.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £21.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +37.70%
All Application Platforms
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
409 441 409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 21.55% 19.24% 22.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 242 183
Average daily rate £308 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 30
Average hourly rate £22.50 £14.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.71% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +13 22 £308 -
East Yorkshire - 5 £150 -
South Yorkshire 0 3 £160 +18.51%
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Exchange Server 2003
England

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 45 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 41 (91.11%) Windows
3 37 (82.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 36 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 32 (71.11%) Microsoft
6 31 (68.89%) Windows XP
7 22 (48.89%) SQL Server
8 21 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (44.44%) SAN
9 20 (44.44%) Active Directory
10 17 (37.78%) MCSE
11 16 (35.56%) Cisco
12 15 (33.33%) F5
13 14 (31.11%) NAS
13 14 (31.11%) LAN
13 14 (31.11%) WAN
13 14 (31.11%) VMware
13 14 (31.11%) Exchange Server 2010
14 13 (28.89%) MS Office
14 13 (28.89%) Exchange Server 2007
15 12 (26.67%) Windows 7
16 11 (24.44%) VMware Infrastructure
17 8 (17.78%) Citrix
18 6 (13.33%) ITIL
18 6 (13.33%) MS Excel
18 6 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
18 6 (13.33%) Windows Vista
19 4 (8.889%) Time Management
19 4 (8.889%) XenApp
19 4 (8.889%) MCP

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 45 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (31.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (28.89%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (4.444%) Lync
4 2 (4.444%) IIS
5 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.222%) WorkSite
Applications
1 13 (28.89%) MS Office
2 6 (13.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.222%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (6.667%) Line 500
2 2 (4.444%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (44.44%) SAN
2 14 (31.11%) LAN
2 14 (31.11%) WAN
2 14 (31.11%) NAS
3 4 (8.889%) DHCP
3 4 (8.889%) DNS
4 2 (4.444%) SSL
4 2 (4.444%) Wireless
4 2 (4.444%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.222%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (48.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (6.667%) Legal
1 3 (6.667%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.444%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.222%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) Analyst
2 9 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (17.78%) Messaging Analyst
4 7 (15.56%) Service Analyst
4 7 (15.56%) Service Desk Analyst
4 7 (15.56%) Support Analyst
5 6 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
7 4 (8.889%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (8.889%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.889%) Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) Desktop Support
8 3 (6.667%) Support Technician
8 3 (6.667%) Messaging Specialist
8 3 (6.667%) Exchange Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) Microsoft Specialist
9 2 (4.444%) Exchange Engineer
9 2 (4.444%) Platform Engineer
9 2 (4.444%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.444%) Blackberry
1 2 (4.444%) Clustering
1 2 (4.444%) Celerra
1 2 (4.444%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.222%) EqualLogic
2 1 (2.222%) CLARiiON
2 1 (2.222%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.222%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (91.11%) Windows
2 37 (82.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 36 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 31 (68.89%) Windows XP
5 12 (26.67%) Windows 7
6 6 (13.33%) Windows Vista
7 2 (4.444%) UNIX
7 2 (4.444%) Linux
7 2 (4.444%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.222%) Windows 2000
8 1 (2.222%) Android
8 1 (2.222%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.33%) ITIL
2 4 (8.889%) Migration
2 4 (8.889%) Time Management
3 3 (6.667%) ERP
4 2 (4.444%) CRM
4 2 (4.444%) Network Load Balancing
4 2 (4.444%) Resource Management
4 2 (4.444%) Data Protection
4 2 (4.444%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (4.444%) Load Testing
5 1 (2.222%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.222%) ITIL V3
5 1 (2.222%) Software Distribution
5 1 (2.222%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.222%) Data Management
5 1 (2.222%) Document Management
5 1 (2.222%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.889%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) VBScript
3 1 (2.222%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (37.78%) MCSE
3 4 (8.889%) MCP
4 1 (2.222%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.222%) MCITP
4 1 (2.222%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (24.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.889%) XenApp
4 3 (6.667%) Terminal Services
4 3 (6.667%) vSphere
5 1 (2.222%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (2.222%) MetaFrame
5 1 (2.222%) XenServer
5 1 (2.222%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.222%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) Backup Exec
1 1 (2.222%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (71.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (35.56%) Cisco
3 15 (33.33%) F5
4 14 (31.11%) VMware
5 8 (17.78%) Citrix
6 3 (6.667%) NetApp
6 3 (6.667%) EMC
6 3 (6.667%) Sage
7 2 (4.444%) HP
8 1 (2.222%) Dell
8 1 (2.222%) Apple
8 1 (2.222%) Juniper
8 1 (2.222%) Symantec