Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Exchange Server 2003 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the West Midlands region.

 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank11412095
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Down-25
Matching permanent IT job ads3356179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.921 %1.207 %2.037 %
As % of the Application Platforms category5.108 %6.452 %13.33 %
Salaries quoted2952166
Average salary£27,000£23,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.39 %-23.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,000£17,600£19,150
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,000£33,700£38,000
UK excluding London average salary£28,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6468681343
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands18.03 %18.70 %15.29 %
Salaries quoted5666891190
Average salary£35,000£32,500£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-4.410 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Exchange Server 2003 EnglandExchange Server 2003
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Exchange Server 2003
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT 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 Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Exchange Server 2003 Salary Trend

Exchange Server 2003
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Exchange Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Exchange Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ShropshireUp+168£19,000-36.66 %
BirminghamDown-67£27,500+19.56 %
StaffordshireUp+136£25,000+25.00 %
WorcestershireNew entry-5£19,500-
HerefordshireUp+202£33,250+40.00 %
WolverhamptonUp+171--
WarwickshireUp+111£27,000+16.12 %
West BromwichNew entry-1--
Exchange Server 2003 EnglandExchange Server 2003
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Exchange Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Exchange Server 2003.

151 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
245 (88.24 %)Windows
340 (78.43 %)Active Directory
439 (76.47 %)Windows Server 2003
529 (56.86 %)Microsoft
627 (52.94 %)Exchange Server 2007
720 (39.22 %)Microsoft Certification
720 (39.22 %)MS Office
720 (39.22 %)Windows XP
816 (31.37 %)Windows Server 2008
915 (29.41 %)Citrix
1014 (27.45 %)Firewall
1113 (25.49 %)VMware
1113 (25.49 %)Windows Vista
1113 (25.49 %)MCSE
1212 (23.53 %)MS Excel
1212 (23.53 %)Cisco
1310 (19.61 %)SAN
149 (17.65 %)DNS
149 (17.65 %)Windows 7
149 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
158 (15.69 %)Terminal Services
158 (15.69 %)SQL
158 (15.69 %)SQL Server
158 (15.69 %)Windows 2000 Server
167 (13.73 %)Backup Exec
167 (13.73 %)Migration
167 (13.73 %)VB
167 (13.73 %)MCP
176 (11.76 %)IIS

Exchange Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Exchange Server 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
151 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
227 (52.94 %)Exchange Server 2007
36 (11.76 %)SharePoint
36 (11.76 %)IIS
44 (7.843 %)Lotus Notes
53 (5.882 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (39.22 %)MS Office
212 (23.53 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (5.882 %)BPCS
21 (1.961 %)Navision
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (27.45 %)Firewall
210 (19.61 %)SAN
39 (17.65 %)DNS
45 (9.804 %)TCP/IP
45 (9.804 %)Wireless
45 (9.804 %)Internet
54 (7.843 %)Cisco PIX
54 (7.843 %)POP3
54 (7.843 %)DHCP
63 (5.882 %)FTP
63 (5.882 %)HTTP
63 (5.882 %)WAN
63 (5.882 %)VPN
63 (5.882 %)HTTPS
63 (5.882 %)SSL
63 (5.882 %)Cisco ASA
72 (3.922 %)LAN
81 (1.961 %)VoIP
81 (1.961 %)Broadband
81 (1.961 %)Network Security
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (15.69 %)SQL Server
26 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (5.882 %)MS Access
41 (1.961 %)RDBMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (7.843 %)Finance
23 (5.882 %)Back Office
23 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
23 (5.882 %)Music
32 (3.922 %)Pensions
41 (1.961 %)Auditing
41 (1.961 %)Banking
41 (1.961 %)Retail
41 (1.961 %)Telecoms
41 (1.961 %)Education
41 (1.961 %)Health
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (23.53 %)IT Support
28 (15.69 %)Support Engineer
28 (15.69 %)Infrastructure Engineer
37 (13.73 %)Analyst
37 (13.73 %)Systems Administrator
37 (13.73 %)Administrator
46 (11.76 %)2nd Line Support
55 (9.804 %)Desktop Support
55 (9.804 %)3rd Line Support
55 (9.804 %)Support Analyst
55 (9.804 %)IT Administrator
64 (7.843 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
64 (7.843 %)Team Leader
73 (5.882 %)IT Support Engineer
73 (5.882 %)IT Support Analyst
73 (5.882 %)Network Support
73 (5.882 %)Network Engineer
82 (3.922 %)Systems Support
82 (3.922 %)Technical Support
82 (3.922 %)Support Team Leader
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (9.804 %)Blackberry
24 (7.843 %)EqualLogic
33 (5.882 %)AS400
41 (1.961 %)Clustering
41 (1.961 %)Client/Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
145 (88.24 %)Windows
239 (76.47 %)Windows Server 2003
320 (39.22 %)Windows XP
416 (31.37 %)Windows Server 2008
513 (25.49 %)Windows Vista
69 (17.65 %)Windows 7
78 (15.69 %)Windows 2000 Server
86 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
91 (1.961 %)UNIX
91 (1.961 %)Solaris
91 (1.961 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (13.73 %)Migration
24 (7.843 %)Load Balancing
33 (5.882 %)Project Management
33 (5.882 %)ITIL
41 (1.961 %)ERP
41 (1.961 %)Business Continuity
41 (1.961 %)Problem Management
41 (1.961 %)Time Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (15.69 %)SQL
27 (13.73 %)VB
34 (7.843 %)VBScript
43 (5.882 %)Java
43 (5.882 %)VBA
43 (5.882 %)VB6
51 (1.961 %)C
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (39.22 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (25.49 %)MCSE
37 (13.73 %)MCP
46 (11.76 %)CCNA
46 (11.76 %)Cisco Certification
54 (7.843 %)A+ Certification
62 (3.922 %)MCSA
71 (1.961 %)HNC
71 (1.961 %)HND
71 (1.961 %)MCDST
71 (1.961 %)MCTS
71 (1.961 %)Degree
71 (1.961 %)CCA
71 (1.961 %)Citrix Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.961 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
140 (78.43 %)Active Directory
29 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (15.69 %)Terminal Services
45 (9.804 %)VMware ESX
53 (5.882 %)vSphere
53 (5.882 %)ISA Server
62 (3.922 %)Terminal Server
71 (1.961 %)Citrix Presentation Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (13.73 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (56.86 %)Microsoft
215 (29.41 %)Citrix
313 (25.49 %)VMware
412 (23.53 %)Cisco
56 (11.76 %)IBM
56 (11.76 %)Veritas
64 (7.843 %)Lotus
64 (7.843 %)PeopleSoft
73 (5.882 %)CommVault
82 (3.922 %)Avaya
91 (1.961 %)AppSense
91 (1.961 %)IronPort
91 (1.961 %)Sage
91 (1.961 %)Sophos
91 (1.961 %)Oracle
91 (1.961 %)HP
91 (1.961 %)Intel
91 (1.961 %)Nortel