The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry 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 21 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 Coventry 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 24 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.887% - 1.087%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.76% - 5.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £104 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £215
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +23.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
All Application Platforms
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
34 50 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 16.04% 19.46% 19.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 15
Average daily rate £108 £400 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-73.12% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £271 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £510 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 1
Average hourly rate £37.80 £11.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+228.69% -36.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2007
West Midlands

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) MCP
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (50.00%) vSphere
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) Citrix
5 1 (16.67%) XenApp
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Server Support
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) MCP
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) vSphere
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) XenApp
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix