East Midlands MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server skills within the East Midlands 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	51	41
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	49	44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	13.96 %	15.28 %
Daily rates quoted	8	11
Average minimum daily rate	£194	£270
Average daily rate	£201	£281
% change on same period last year	-28.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£208	£292
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£292
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.48	£18.44
Average hourly rate	£14.94	£19.75
% change on same period last year	-24.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.40	£21.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.31	£17.21
% change on same period last year	+0.53 %
Application Platforms East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	351	288
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.450 %	0.324 %
Daily rates quoted	97	59
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£310
Average daily rate	£353	£321
% change on same period last year	+9.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	41
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.66	£17.92
Average hourly rate	£19.36	£19.57
% change on same period last year	-1.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.05	£21.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
MS Exchange England

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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

MS Exchange
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the East Midlands region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Nottinghamshire	+5	13	-	-
2	Leicestershire	0	10	£197	-28.18 %
2	Northamptonshire	-8	10	-	-
3	Lincolnshire	-4	7	£141	-
4	Derbyshire	+5	6	£145	+81.25 %

MS Exchange England

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 90 (75.63 %) Microsoft 2 81 (68.07 %) Active Directory 3 61 (51.26 %) Windows 4 46 (38.66 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 38 (31.93 %) Citrix 6 34 (28.57 %) MS Office 7 26 (21.85 %) Microsoft Certification 8 25 (21.01 %) MS Excel 9 24 (20.17 %) MCSE 9 24 (20.17 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 23 (19.33 %) Windows 2000 10 23 (19.33 %) Cisco 11 15 (12.61 %) Windows NT 12 14 (11.76 %) Windows XP 13 13 (10.92 %) VMware

14 11 (9.244 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 14 11 (9.244 %) Blackberry 14 11 (9.244 %) SharePoint 14 11 (9.244 %) MCP 14 11 (9.244 %) Citrix Presentation Server 15 10 (8.403 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 16 9 (7.563 %) Windows Server 2003 16 9 (7.563 %) Remedy 16 9 (7.563 %) NetWare 16 9 (7.563 %) SAN 16 9 (7.563 %) Exchange Server 5.5 17 8 (6.723 %) TCP/IP 17 8 (6.723 %) Migration 18 7 (5.882 %) GroupWise 18 7 (5.882 %) MOM

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 5 (4.202 %) MAPI 2 3 (2.521 %) HTML 2 3 (2.521 %) .NET 2 3 (2.521 %) WebServices 3 1 (0.840 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 46 (38.66 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 24 (20.17 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 11 (9.244 %) SharePoint 4 10 (8.403 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 9 (7.563 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 7 (5.882 %) GroupWise 7 6 (5.042 %) BizTalk Server 8 4 (3.361 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 3 (2.521 %) Commerce Server 9 3 (2.521 %) Lotus Notes 10 2 (1.681 %) IIS 11 1 (0.840 %) Site Server 11 1 (0.840 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 34 (28.57 %) MS Office 2 25 (21.01 %) MS Excel 3 3 (2.521 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 5 (4.202 %) SoftGrid 2 2 (1.681 %) BPCS 2 2 (1.681 %) Navision 3 1 (0.840 %) Summit 3 1 (0.840 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 9 (7.563 %) SAN 2 8 (6.723 %) TCP/IP 3 7 (5.882 %) LAN 3 7 (5.882 %) WAN 4 5 (4.202 %) VPN 5 4 (3.361 %) Firewall 6 3 (2.521 %) DHCP 6 3 (2.521 %) VLAN 6 3 (2.521 %) WINS 6 3 (2.521 %) DNS 7 2 (1.681 %) VoIP 7 2 (1.681 %) Wireless 8 1 (0.840 %) HTTP 8 1 (0.840 %) Broadband 8 1 (0.840 %) SMTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (5.042 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.521 %) Crystal Reports 3 2 (1.681 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (0.840 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.840 %) MS Access
General 1 3 (2.521 %) Finance 2 1 (0.840 %) Construction 2 1 (0.840 %) Government 2 1 (0.840 %) Health 2 1 (0.840 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (0.840 %) Publishing 2 1 (0.840 %) Banking 2 1 (0.840 %) Local Government 2 1 (0.840 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 46 (38.66 %) Analyst 2 20 (16.81 %) Support Analyst 3 16 (13.45 %) Desktop Support 4 13 (10.92 %) Helpdesk Analyst 5 10 (8.403 %) 2nd Line Support 6 9 (7.563 %) 3rd Line Support 6 9 (7.563 %) Service Analyst 6 9 (7.563 %) Service Desk Analyst 7 8 (6.723 %) Desktop Support Analyst 7 8 (6.723 %) Support Engineer 7 8 (6.723 %) Desktop Analyst 8 7 (5.882 %) 1st Line Support 9 6 (5.042 %) Helpdesk Support 9 6 (5.042 %) Infrastructure Manager 10 5 (4.202 %) Programmer 11 4 (3.361 %) Desktop Engineer 11 4 (3.361 %) Server Specialist 11 4 (3.361 %) Technical Analyst 11 4 (3.361 %) Systems Engineer 11 4 (3.361 %) Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 11 (9.244 %) Blackberry 2 3 (2.521 %) AS400 3 2 (1.681 %) Clustering 3 2 (1.681 %) Fat Client 3 2 (1.681 %) Thin Client	Operating Systems 1 61 (51.26 %) Windows 2 23 (19.33 %) Windows 2000 3 15 (12.61 %) Windows NT 4 14 (11.76 %) Windows XP 5 9 (7.563 %) NetWare 5 9 (7.563 %) Windows Server 2003 6 4 (3.361 %) Linux 6 4 (3.361 %) Unix 7 2 (1.681 %) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (6.723 %) Migration 2 6 (5.042 %) Problem Management 2 6 (5.042 %) ITIL 2 6 (5.042 %) Disaster Recovery 3 4 (3.361 %) Project Management 4 3 (2.521 %) Logistics 4 3 (2.521 %) Incident Management 5 2 (1.681 %) Workflow 5 2 (1.681 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (1.681 %) ERP 6 1 (0.840 %) CRM 6 1 (0.840 %) Service Delivery	Programming Languages 1 3 (2.521 %) Perl 1 3 (2.521 %) SQL 2 2 (1.681 %) C
Qualifications 1 26 (21.85 %) Microsoft Certification 2 24 (20.17 %) MCSE 3 11 (9.244 %) MCP 4 7 (5.882 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 5 (4.202 %) MCSA 6 2 (1.681 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (1.681 %) CCNA 7 1 (0.840 %) CCA 7 1 (0.840 %) Citrix Certification 7 1 (0.840 %) CCEA 7 1 (0.840 %) CCNP 7 1 (0.840 %) MCDST 7 1 (0.840 %) Degree 7 1 (0.840 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (5.882 %) SLA 2 1 (0.840 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 81 (68.07 %) Active Directory 2 11 (9.244 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 3 (2.521 %) NDS 3 3 (2.521 %) ISA Server 3 3 (2.521 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.840 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.840 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.840 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 11 (9.244 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 7 (5.882 %) MOM 3 3 (2.521 %) DirXML 4 1 (0.840 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.840 %) BMC Marimba 4 1 (0.840 %) SCOM 4 1 (0.840 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 90 (75.63 %) Microsoft 2 38 (31.93 %) Citrix 3 23 (19.33 %) Cisco 4 13 (10.92 %) VMware 5 9 (7.563 %) Remedy 6 7 (5.882 %) Novell 6 7 (5.882 %) Dell 7 6 (5.042 %) EMC 8 4 (3.361 %) IBM 8 4 (3.361 %) CheckPoint 9 3 (2.521 %) Lotus 9 3 (2.521 %) Wyse 9 3 (2.521 %) AppSense 9 3 (2.521 %) Altiris 10 2 (1.681 %) Comino 10 2 (1.681 %) LANDesk 10 2 (1.681 %) CA 10 2 (1.681 %) HP 10 2 (1.681 %) Intel 11 1 (0.840 %) Juniper