The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Rank 104 81 67
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -14
Permanent jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 12 11 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.716% 0.757% 2.030%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.306% 3.860% 8.626%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 26
Average salary £41,250 £43,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.06% +22.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £20,950 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £95,000 £47,750 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.56%
All Application Platforms
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
363 285 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 21.66% 19.61% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 304 252 283
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Exchange Server 2003
West Midlands

Exchange Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Exchange Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Exchange Server 2003 Salary Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Exchange Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Exchange Server 2003.

1 23 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (69.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (65.22%) Exchange Server 2007
5 14 (60.87%) SCOM
5 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
6 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
6 13 (56.52%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (52.17%) MCSE
7 12 (52.17%) VMware
8 9 (39.13%) ITIL
9 7 (30.43%) MS Excel
9 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
9 7 (30.43%) NetApp
9 7 (30.43%) Cisco
9 7 (30.43%) ISA Server
9 7 (30.43%) vSphere
9 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (30.43%) SCCM
9 7 (30.43%) MCITP
10 6 (26.09%) NetBackup
10 6 (26.09%) SAN
10 6 (26.09%) WAN
11 5 (21.74%) DHCP
11 5 (21.74%) DNS
11 5 (21.74%) Veritas
11 5 (21.74%) HP
11 5 (21.74%) Backup Exec

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Exchange Server 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 23 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 15 (65.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (56.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
5 3 (13.04%) IIS
6 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) WAN
1 6 (26.09%) SAN
2 5 (21.74%) DHCP
2 5 (21.74%) DNS
3 3 (13.04%) NAS
3 3 (13.04%) Internet
3 3 (13.04%) LAN
4 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.348%) VPN
5 1 (4.348%) VoIP
5 1 (4.348%) Intranet
5 1 (4.348%) Firewall
5 1 (4.348%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Chief Technology Officer
4 2 (8.696%) Lead Technical Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Server Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Lead Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Network Support
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Project Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) CMDB
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
1 19 (82.61%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (69.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.348%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
2 4 (17.39%) Business Continuity
2 4 (17.39%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
3 3 (13.04%) Change Control
4 2 (8.696%) Project Management
5 1 (4.348%) Service Management
5 1 (4.348%) Time Management
5 1 (4.348%) Network Design
5 1 (4.348%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) MCSE
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (30.43%) MCITP
3 5 (21.74%) Degree
4 4 (17.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (17.39%) CCNA
5 3 (13.04%) MCSA
5 3 (13.04%) MCP
5 3 (13.04%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (13.04%) MCTS
6 2 (8.696%) VCP5
7 1 (4.348%) CCEE
7 1 (4.348%) CCAA
7 1 (4.348%) CCIA
7 1 (4.348%) CCNP
7 1 (4.348%) CCA
7 1 (4.348%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
2 1 (4.348%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (30.43%) ISA Server
2 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (30.43%) vSphere
3 5 (21.74%) Forefront TMG
4 4 (17.39%) XenApp
5 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
5 3 (13.04%) VMware ESX
5 3 (13.04%) XenDesktop
6 1 (4.348%) Terminal Services
6 1 (4.348%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 14 (60.87%) SCOM
2 7 (30.43%) SCCM
3 6 (26.09%) NetBackup
4 5 (21.74%) Backup Exec
5 3 (13.04%) ARCserve
5 3 (13.04%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (8.696%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) VMware
3 7 (30.43%) Cisco
3 7 (30.43%) NetApp
4 5 (21.74%) Veritas
4 5 (21.74%) HP
5 4 (17.39%) Citrix
6 3 (13.04%) Juniper
6 3 (13.04%) Symantec
6 3 (13.04%) McAfee
7 2 (8.696%) EMC
7 2 (8.696%) IBM