The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 19 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 City of London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 162 162 203
Rank change year-on-year
0 +41
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 48 50 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.708% 0.646% 0.479%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.290% 4.092% 3.540%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 24
Average daily rate £275 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £182 £160 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £575 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £210
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 11
Average hourly rate £135.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+575.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+10.14% +15.00%
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1119 1222 1356
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 16.50% 15.79% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 833 941
Average daily rate £400 £400 £417
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 73
Average hourly rate £25.25 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.23% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £13.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £52.50 £42.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2007
London

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 95 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 79 (83.16%) Active Directory
3 77 (81.05%) Windows
4 64 (67.37%) Windows Server 2008
5 57 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 48 (50.53%) Citrix
7 44 (46.32%) Windows 7
8 41 (43.16%) Blackberry
9 38 (40.00%) Microsoft
9 38 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
10 37 (38.95%) Windows XP
11 33 (34.74%) Exchange Server 2003
12 32 (33.68%) VMware
13 24 (25.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 22 (23.16%) Cisco
14 22 (23.16%) ITIL
15 21 (22.11%) MCSE
15 21 (22.11%) DNS
15 21 (22.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 19 (20.00%) SLA
16 19 (20.00%) LAN
17 18 (18.95%) Finance
18 17 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
19 16 (16.84%) Project Management
19 16 (16.84%) CCNA
19 16 (16.84%) WAN
19 16 (16.84%) Cisco Certification
20 15 (15.79%) MS Office
21 14 (14.74%) PRINCE2
21 14 (14.74%) DHCP

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 13 (13.68%) HTML
2 1 (1.053%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.053%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 95 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 38 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 33 (34.74%) Exchange Server 2003
4 21 (22.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 13 (13.68%) SharePoint
6 7 (7.368%) Lync
6 7 (7.368%) IIS
7 4 (4.211%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (3.158%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (3.158%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (2.105%) IBM Notes
10 1 (1.053%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 5.5
10 1 (1.053%) WorkSite
10 1 (1.053%) Documentum
10 1 (1.053%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (15.79%) MS Office
2 13 (13.68%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.053%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.053%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.053%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.053%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 21 (22.11%) DNS
2 19 (20.00%) LAN
3 16 (16.84%) WAN
4 14 (14.74%) DHCP
4 14 (14.74%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (13.68%) Intranet
5 13 (13.68%) Internet
6 10 (10.53%) SAN
6 10 (10.53%) VPN
7 7 (7.368%) TCP/IP
7 7 (7.368%) Firewall
8 4 (4.211%) LDAP
8 4 (4.211%) SMTP
9 3 (3.158%) Wireless
9 3 (3.158%) ADSL
9 3 (3.158%) VoIP
10 1 (1.053%) VLAN
10 1 (1.053%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.053%) Cisco PIX
10 1 (1.053%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.211%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (3.158%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.053%) QlikView
4 1 (1.053%) Xcelsius
4 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.053%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.053%) DataStage
4 1 (1.053%) SAP BI
4 1 (1.053%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.053%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.053%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (2.105%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 18 (18.95%) Finance
2 7 (7.368%) Banking
2 7 (7.368%) Legal
3 6 (6.316%) Law
4 3 (3.158%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.105%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.105%) Retail Banking
5 2 (2.105%) Retail
6 1 (1.053%) Local Government
6 1 (1.053%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (24.21%) 2nd Line Support
2 21 (22.11%) Support Engineer
3 13 (13.68%) Administrator
4 12 (12.63%) 3rd Line Support
5 11 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (11.58%) Analyst
6 10 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
6 10 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 9 (9.474%) Desktop Support
8 8 (8.421%) Support Analyst
8 8 (8.421%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (4.211%) Exchange Engineer
10 3 (3.158%) Help Desk Engineer
10 3 (3.158%) Desktop Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 3 (3.158%) Messaging Specialist
10 3 (3.158%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) Consultant
11 2 (2.105%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (43.16%) Blackberry
2 5 (5.263%) iPhone
3 2 (2.105%) Clustering
4 1 (1.053%) Online Banking
4 1 (1.053%) Derivative
4 1 (1.053%) Statistics
4 1 (1.053%) PKI
4 1 (1.053%) iPad
4 1 (1.053%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.053%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 77 (81.05%) Windows
2 64 (67.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 57 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 44 (46.32%) Windows 7
5 37 (38.95%) Windows XP
6 13 (13.68%) Windows Vista
7 5 (5.263%) Mac OS X
8 3 (3.158%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (3.158%) Windows 2000
9 2 (2.105%) Linux
9 2 (2.105%) Android
9 2 (2.105%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (1.053%) CentOS
10 1 (1.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) ITIL
2 16 (16.84%) Project Management
3 14 (14.74%) PRINCE2
4 13 (13.68%) Business Analysis
4 13 (13.68%) Service Management
5 11 (11.58%) Migration
6 4 (4.211%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.105%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.105%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.105%) Time Management
7 2 (2.105%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.105%) Business Continuity
8 1 (1.053%) Data Management
8 1 (1.053%) Change Control
8 1 (1.053%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (1.053%) Network Management
8 1 (1.053%) Change Management
8 1 (1.053%) Practice Management
8 1 (1.053%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.053%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.474%) SQL
2 5 (5.263%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.105%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.053%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (25.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (22.11%) MCSE
3 16 (16.84%) CCNA
3 16 (16.84%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (8.421%) MCP
5 6 (6.316%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (6.316%) MCTS
6 4 (4.211%) MCSA
6 4 (4.211%) MCDST
7 3 (3.158%) MCITP
8 2 (2.105%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.053%) Degree
9 1 (1.053%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.053%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.053%) CCEA
9 1 (1.053%) CCA
9 1 (1.053%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 79 (83.16%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.421%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (5.263%) XenApp
5 4 (4.211%) Terminal Services
5 4 (4.211%) VMware ESX
6 3 (3.158%) VMware Server
6 3 (3.158%) vSphere
7 2 (2.105%) XenServer
7 2 (2.105%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.053%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.053%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.053%) UAG
Systems Management
1 4 (4.211%) SCOM
2 3 (3.158%) Backup Exec
2 3 (3.158%) WSUS
2 3 (3.158%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (2.105%) MIMEsweeper
3 2 (2.105%) MOM
3 2 (2.105%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.053%) SCCM
4 1 (1.053%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.053%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (1.053%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.053%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 48 (50.53%) Citrix
2 38 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 32 (33.68%) VMware
4 22 (23.16%) Cisco
5 13 (13.68%) Symantec
6 7 (7.368%) HP
7 6 (6.316%) Apple
8 3 (3.158%) IronPort
8 3 (3.158%) NetApp
8 3 (3.158%) Veritas
8 3 (3.158%) Websense
8 3 (3.158%) Remedy
8 3 (3.158%) CommVault
8 3 (3.158%) Oracle
9 2 (2.105%) Sybase
9 2 (2.105%) Business Objects
9 2 (2.105%) Juniper
9 2 (2.105%) Dell
9 2 (2.105%) Lotus
9 2 (2.105%) Red Hat
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