The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 18 June 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 Cardiff 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 26 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.490% 1.923% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.226% 14.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £288 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £278 £210
% change year-on-year
+0.90% +32.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £16.75 £15.25
% change year-on-year
+13.43% +9.83%
All Application Platforms
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
31 28 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 15.20% 13.46% 17.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 33
Average daily rate £313 £500 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.40% +53.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £288 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £500 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +4.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
Exchange Server 2007
South Wales

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) HP SIM
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SAP