The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 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 Buckinghamshire 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 2007
Rank 53 71 70
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -1
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 12 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.523% 0.394% 0.472%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.186% 2.367% 3.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
Average daily rate £135 £231 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.62% +7.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £166 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £296 £218
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £219
% change year-on-year
+2.80% +22.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +12.90%
All Application Platforms
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
167 169 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 21.19% 16.63% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 77 58
Average daily rate £330 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £150 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 15
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -29.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £16.90 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2007
South East

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
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 2007 within the Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes +16 8 £110 -64.80%
High Wycombe -3 1 £135 -10.00%
Exchange Server 2007
South East

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 31 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 26 (83.87%) Active Directory
3 25 (80.65%) Exchange Server 2010
4 19 (61.29%) Windows
5 18 (58.06%) Windows Server 2008
6 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2003
7 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2003
8 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
9 13 (41.94%) DHCP
10 12 (38.71%) DNS
10 12 (38.71%) Windows 7
11 11 (35.48%) VMware
12 10 (32.26%) Firewall
12 10 (32.26%) TCP/IP
12 10 (32.26%) Migration
13 9 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
13 9 (29.03%) Windows XP
14 8 (25.81%) HP
14 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (22.58%) SAN
15 7 (22.58%) Novell
15 7 (22.58%) MS Office
15 7 (22.58%) ITIL
15 7 (22.58%) Symantec
15 7 (22.58%) GroupWise
15 7 (22.58%) Norton AntiVirus
16 6 (19.35%) Sophos
16 6 (19.35%) SLA
16 6 (19.35%) LAN
16 6 (19.35%) WAN

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 31 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 25 (80.65%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (22.58%) GroupWise
5 4 (12.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (9.677%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
7 1 (3.226%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) MS Office
2 4 (12.90%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) DHCP
2 12 (38.71%) DNS
3 10 (32.26%) Firewall
3 10 (32.26%) TCP/IP
4 7 (22.58%) SAN
5 6 (19.35%) LAN
5 6 (19.35%) WAN
6 5 (16.13%) VPN
6 5 (16.13%) Internet
7 2 (6.452%) NAS
8 1 (3.226%) DMZ
8 1 (3.226%) Wireless
General
1 3 (9.677%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Analyst
2 5 (16.13%) Service Analyst
2 5 (16.13%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (9.677%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.452%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.226%) Server Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) IT Support
6 1 (3.226%) Wintel Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Wintel Server Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) IT Administrator
6 1 (3.226%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.226%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (61.29%) Windows
2 18 (58.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (38.71%) Windows 7
5 9 (29.03%) Windows XP
6 6 (19.35%) Windows Vista
7 5 (16.13%) Windows 2000
8 2 (6.452%) Linux
9 1 (3.226%) Mac OS
9 1 (3.226%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Migration
2 7 (22.58%) ITIL
3 4 (12.90%) Configuration Management
3 4 (12.90%) Validation
3 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
3 4 (12.90%) Test Scripting
4 2 (6.452%) Change Management
4 2 (6.452%) Incident Management
4 2 (6.452%) Project Management
5 1 (3.226%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.226%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) SQL
2 1 (3.226%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
3 5 (16.13%) CNA
3 5 (16.13%) Novell Certification
4 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) MCDST
6 1 (3.226%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (83.87%) Active Directory
2 9 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.677%) VMware ESX
4 2 (6.452%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.226%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (3.226%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.226%) XenApp
5 1 (3.226%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (12.90%) SCCM
3 2 (6.452%) Backup Exec
4 1 (3.226%) OVSD
4 1 (3.226%) SCOM
4 1 (3.226%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (3.226%) NetBackup
4 1 (3.226%) OpenView
4 1 (3.226%) MOM
4 1 (3.226%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (35.48%) VMware
3 8 (25.81%) HP
4 7 (22.58%) Novell
4 7 (22.58%) Symantec
5 6 (19.35%) Sophos
6 4 (12.90%) Citrix
7 3 (9.677%) Cisco
7 3 (9.677%) Lotus
8 2 (6.452%) Dell