The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 2007 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 Bedfordshire 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 2007
Rank - 17 41
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 0 15 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 5.515% 0.345%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 27.78% 1.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £215
% change year-on-year
+2.80% +24.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £17.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.59% +7.81%
All Application Platforms
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
41 54 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.58% 19.85% 25.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 38
Average daily rate £325 £375 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +76.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £325 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £301
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% +11.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2007
East of England

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Bedfordshire Exchange Server 2007 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Exchange Server 2007 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 2007.

1 8 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (75.00%) DHCP
3 6 (75.00%) DNS
3 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (75.00%) SAN
4 5 (62.50%) Back Office
4 5 (62.50%) DMZ
4 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
4 5 (62.50%) IIS
4 5 (62.50%) SQL
4 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (50.00%) NetBackup
5 4 (50.00%) HP
5 4 (50.00%) Firewall
6 3 (37.50%) Change Management
6 3 (37.50%) Symantec
6 3 (37.50%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (37.50%) Project Management
6 3 (37.50%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (37.50%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (25.00%) NAS
7 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 1 (12.50%) Terminal Server

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Exchange Server 2007 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 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (62.50%) IIS
3 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (12.50%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DHCP
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
1 6 (75.00%) SAN
2 5 (62.50%) DMZ
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) NAS
5 1 (12.50%) Wireless
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Network Security
5 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Back Office
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Support
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Support
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (37.50%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (12.50%) Terminal Server
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
3 1 (12.50%) NFS
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) XenServer
3 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 3 (37.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (37.50%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (12.50%) WSUS
3 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
3 4 (50.00%) HP
4 3 (37.50%) Symantec
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) LANDesk