City of London MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Exchange over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Bellshill Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Cirencester City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham Coventry Cramlington Crawley Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dudley Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenwich Guildford Hackney Halesowen Hammersmith Hampshire Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Peterlee Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stourbridge Strathclyde Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thurrock Tonbridge Torpoint Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	84	68
Rank change on same period last year	-16
Matching contract IT job ads	153	146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.196 %	0.164 %
As % of the category below	12.16 %	19.01 %
Daily rates quoted	52	40
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£363
Average daily rate	£360	£372
% change on same period last year	-3.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£292
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	39	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.82	£20.15
Average hourly rate	£23.49	£21.12
% change on same period last year	+11.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.16	£22.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.31	£17.21
% change on same period last year	+0.53 %
Application Platforms City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	1258	768
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.614 %	0.863 %
Daily rates quoted	595	277
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£423
Average daily rate	£435	£447
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£469	£471
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	91	64
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.11	£22.51
Average hourly rate	£27.38	£23.86
% change on same period last year	+14.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.66	£25.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
MS Exchange London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS Exchange
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing MS Exchange across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing MS Exchange across the City of London region.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the City of London region over the past 3 months.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing MS Exchange across the City of London region.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the City of London region over the past 3 months.

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing MS Exchange also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Exchange.

1 202 (68.94 %) Windows 2 154 (52.56 %) Microsoft 3 151 (51.54 %) Active Directory 4 108 (36.86 %) MS Office 4 108 (36.86 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 89 (30.38 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 79 (26.96 %) Windows XP 7 71 (24.23 %) Finance 8 68 (23.21 %) MS Excel 9 58 (19.80 %) Windows 2000 10 56 (19.11 %) Microsoft Certification 11 50 (17.06 %) Exchange Server 2007 12 48 (16.38 %) Blackberry 12 48 (16.38 %) MCSE 12 48 (16.38 %) ITIL

13 46 (15.70 %) Banking 14 38 (12.97 %) Law 14 38 (12.97 %) TCP/IP 14 38 (12.97 %) Windows Server 2003 15 32 (10.92 %) Citrix 16 31 (10.58 %) Cisco 17 30 (10.24 %) SAN 18 28 (9.556 %) Legal 18 28 (9.556 %) Investment Banking 19 27 (9.215 %) SQL 20 26 (8.874 %) DNS 21 25 (8.532 %) Windows NT 21 25 (8.532 %) Insurance 22 24 (8.191 %) Exchange Server 5.5 22 24 (8.191 %) Bloomberg

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing MS Exchange also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Exchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 23 (7.850 %) .NET 2 5 (1.706 %) ADSI 3 4 (1.365 %) MAPI 3 4 (1.365 %) WinForms 4 3 (1.024 %) XML 4 3 (1.024 %) XSLT 5 1 (0.341 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.341 %) COM 5 1 (0.341 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 108 (36.86 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 89 (30.38 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 50 (17.06 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 24 (8.191 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 24 (8.191 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 23 (7.850 %) SharePoint 6 19 (6.485 %) Lotus Notes 7 13 (4.437 %) IIS 7 13 (4.437 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 3 (1.024 %) MindAlign 8 3 (1.024 %) Lotus Domino 8 3 (1.024 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 108 (36.86 %) MS Office 2 68 (23.21 %) MS Excel 3 6 (2.048 %) MS Project 4 4 (1.365 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (1.024 %) MS Visio 6 1 (0.341 %) QuarkXPress	Business Applications 1 2 (0.683 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 38 (12.97 %) TCP/IP 2 30 (10.24 %) SAN 3 26 (8.874 %) DNS 4 23 (7.850 %) DHCP 5 22 (7.509 %) LAN 6 18 (6.143 %) WAN 7 17 (5.802 %) VPN 8 15 (5.119 %) Internet 9 14 (4.778 %) Firewall 10 13 (4.437 %) WINS 10 13 (4.437 %) SMTP 11 7 (2.389 %) LDAP 11 7 (2.389 %) VoIP 11 7 (2.389 %) Wireless 12 5 (1.706 %) IP Telephony 13 4 (1.365 %) WLAN 13 4 (1.365 %) Cisco IPT 13 4 (1.365 %) Network Security 14 3 (1.024 %) HTTP 15 2 (0.683 %) Kerberos	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (6.485 %) SQL Server 2 9 (3.072 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 8 (2.730 %) SQL Server 2000 4 5 (1.706 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (1.024 %) MS Access 6 1 (0.341 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 10 (3.413 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.341 %) MSI	General 1 71 (24.23 %) Finance 2 46 (15.70 %) Banking 3 38 (12.97 %) Law 4 28 (9.556 %) Legal 4 28 (9.556 %) Investment Banking 5 25 (8.532 %) Insurance 6 13 (4.437 %) Back Office 7 8 (2.730 %) Financial Institution 8 7 (2.389 %) Government 9 6 (2.048 %) Telecoms 10 4 (1.365 %) Front Office 11 1 (0.341 %) Health 11 1 (0.341 %) Publishing 11 1 (0.341 %) Marketing 11 1 (0.341 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 107 (36.52 %) Analyst 2 74 (25.26 %) Support Analyst 3 70 (23.89 %) Desktop Support 4 33 (11.26 %) Support Engineer 5 28 (9.556 %) Desktop Support Analyst 5 28 (9.556 %) Desktop Analyst 6 25 (8.532 %) Desktop Engineer 7 23 (7.850 %) Desktop Support Engineer 8 19 (6.485 %) Helpdesk Support 8 19 (6.485 %) 2nd Line Support 9 17 (5.802 %) Helpdesk Analyst 10 13 (4.437 %) Administrator 11 11 (3.754 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 11 11 (3.754 %) 3rd Line Support 12 10 (3.413 %) Service Analyst 12 10 (3.413 %) Trainer 12 10 (3.413 %) Service Desk Analyst 13 9 (3.072 %) Consultant 14 8 (2.730 %) Infrastructure Engineer 15 7 (2.389 %) Systems Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 48 (16.38 %) Blackberry 2 11 (3.754 %) Clustering 3 7 (2.389 %) Video Conferencing 4 5 (1.706 %) Client/Server 5 4 (1.365 %) NHS 5 4 (1.365 %) Asset Management 5 4 (1.365 %) CMDB 6 3 (1.024 %) Fat Client 6 3 (1.024 %) PDA 6 3 (1.024 %) Thin Client 7 2 (0.683 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 2 (0.683 %) CLARiiON 7 2 (0.683 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.341 %) Contract for Difference 8 1 (0.341 %) Spread Betting 8 1 (0.341 %) Multithreading 8 1 (0.341 %) Symmetrix 8 1 (0.341 %) EMC Centera 8 1 (0.341 %) Fixed Income 8 1 (0.341 %) Derivative
Operating Systems 1 202 (68.94 %) Windows 2 79 (26.96 %) Windows XP 3 58 (19.80 %) Windows 2000 4 38 (12.97 %) Windows Server 2003 5 25 (8.532 %) Windows NT 6 8 (2.730 %) Unix 7 6 (2.048 %) Windows Vista 8 3 (1.024 %) Mac OS X 8 3 (1.024 %) Windows CE 9 2 (0.683 %) Windows Mobile 9 2 (0.683 %) HPUX 9 2 (0.683 %) Linux 10 1 (0.341 %) Mac OS X Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 48 (16.38 %) ITIL 2 20 (6.826 %) Migration 3 13 (4.437 %) PRINCE2 4 12 (4.096 %) Document Management 5 10 (3.413 %) CRM 6 9 (3.072 %) Business Intelligence 6 9 (3.072 %) Service Management 6 9 (3.072 %) Service Delivery 7 7 (2.389 %) Disaster Recovery 8 5 (1.706 %) Change Management 8 5 (1.706 %) Incident Management 9 4 (1.365 %) Workflow 10 3 (1.024 %) Statistical Analysis 10 3 (1.024 %) Network Design 11 2 (0.683 %) Strategic Planning 11 2 (0.683 %) Problem Management 11 2 (0.683 %) Process Management 11 2 (0.683 %) CAD 12 1 (0.341 %) Configuration Management 12 1 (0.341 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 27 (9.215 %) SQL 2 19 (6.485 %) C# 3 10 (3.413 %) VBScript 4 4 (1.365 %) Perl 5 3 (1.024 %) VB.NET 5 3 (1.024 %) C++ 6 2 (0.683 %) VB 6 2 (0.683 %) JCL 7 1 (0.341 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 56 (19.11 %) Microsoft Certification 2 48 (16.38 %) MCSE 3 12 (4.096 %) MCP 3 12 (4.096 %) Degree 4 10 (3.413 %) MCSD 4 10 (3.413 %) MCDBA 4 10 (3.413 %) MCT 4 10 (3.413 %) Cisco Certification 5 6 (2.048 %) MCSA 6 5 (1.706 %) CCNP 7 4 (1.365 %) ITIL Certification 8 3 (1.024 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 8 3 (1.024 %) CCNA 9 1 (0.341 %) CCDA 9 1 (0.341 %) HNC 9 1 (0.341 %) MOS 9 1 (0.341 %) CNA 9 1 (0.341 %) CNE 9 1 (0.341 %) Novell Certification 9 1 (0.341 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 16 (5.461 %) SLA 2 10 (3.413 %) ISO9001 3 3 (1.024 %) MiFID 4 1 (0.341 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 151 (51.54 %) Active Directory 2 9 (3.072 %) Backup Exec 3 8 (2.730 %) NetBackup 4 7 (2.389 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 7 (2.389 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 6 (2.048 %) ISA Server 6 4 (1.365 %) VMware ESX 7 3 (1.024 %) Terminal Services 8 2 (0.683 %) MetaFrame 9 1 (0.341 %) Terminal Server 9 1 (0.341 %) VMware GSX 9 1 (0.341 %) MailMarshal 9 1 (0.341 %) VMware Server
Systems Management 1 5 (1.706 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 4 (1.365 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 4 (1.365 %) DameWare 3 3 (1.024 %) MIMEsweeper 3 3 (1.024 %) ARCserve 4 2 (0.683 %) MAILsweeper 4 2 (0.683 %) WSUS 4 2 (0.683 %) SCCM 4 2 (0.683 %) MOM 5 1 (0.341 %) EMC TimeFinder	Vendors 1 154 (52.56 %) Microsoft 2 32 (10.92 %) Citrix 3 31 (10.58 %) Cisco 4 24 (8.191 %) Bloomberg 5 21 (7.167 %) Reuters 6 19 (6.485 %) Lotus 7 18 (6.143 %) HP 8 17 (5.802 %) VMware 9 9 (3.072 %) VERITAS 10 8 (2.730 %) Remedy 11 7 (2.389 %) Symantec 12 6 (2.048 %) NetIQ 13 5 (1.706 %) NetApp 13 5 (1.706 %) EMC 13 5 (1.706 %) Avaya 13 5 (1.706 %) IBM 14 4 (1.365 %) Interwoven 14 4 (1.365 %) Apple 14 4 (1.365 %) Hummingbird 15 3 (1.024 %) Open Text