East of England Exchange Server 2007 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Exchange Server 2007 over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Location Aberdeen Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Cwmbran Denbighshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North Wales North West Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Reading Reigate Romford Scotland South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West St Asaph Staffordshire Stevenage Surrey Sussex Swindon Teddington Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	108	158
Rank change on same period last year	+50
Matching contract IT job ads	22	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.031 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	4.481 %	0.303 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£325	-
Average daily rate	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£375	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£351
% change on same period last year	+2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.60	-
Average hourly rate	£19.60	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.60	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.46	£21.84
% change on same period last year	+53.18 %
Application Platforms East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	491	661
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.700 %	0.684 %
Daily rates quoted	153	177
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£311
Average daily rate	£351	£327
% change on same period last year	+7.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£337
% change on same period last year	+3.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	97
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.23	£23.34
Average hourly rate	£20.56	£24.47
% change on same period last year	-15.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.89	£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.76	£23.84
% change on same period last year	+3.86 %
Exchange Server 2007 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.

Exchange Server 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Exchange Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the East of England region.

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the East of England region.

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Exchange Server 2007
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Cambridgeshire	-	13	£350	-
Essex	-	5	-	-
Hertfordshire	-	2	-	-
Bedfordshire	+22	2	-	-

Exchange Server 2007 England

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 61 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 37 (60.66 %) Windows 3 31 (50.82 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 30 (49.18 %) Active Directory 5 28 (45.90 %) VMware 6 27 (44.26 %) Microsoft 7 26 (42.62 %) Windows Server 2003 8 25 (40.98 %) Microsoft Certification 9 24 (39.34 %) MCSE 10 21 (34.43 %) SharePoint 11 18 (29.51 %) VMware Infrastructure 12 16 (26.23 %) DNS 13 12 (19.67 %) Cisco 14 11 (18.03 %) LAN 14 11 (18.03 %) WAN

14 11 (18.03 %) Linux 14 11 (18.03 %) MPLS 15 10 (16.39 %) Citrix 15 10 (16.39 %) Telecoms 16 9 (14.75 %) SAN 17 8 (13.11 %) TCP/IP 17 8 (13.11 %) SQL Server 17 8 (13.11 %) SQL 17 8 (13.11 %) VMware ESX 17 8 (13.11 %) Migration 18 7 (11.48 %) ITIL 18 7 (11.48 %) VoIP 18 7 (11.48 %) Firewall 19 6 (9.836 %) Clustering 20 5 (8.197 %) NetBackup

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 61 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 31 (50.82 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 21 (34.43 %) SharePoint 4 3 (4.918 %) IIS 5 2 (3.279 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 2 (3.279 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (1.639 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (1.639 %) Office Communications Server	Applications 1 5 (8.197 %) MS Excel 1 5 (8.197 %) MS Visio 2 2 (3.279 %) MS PowerPoint 2 2 (3.279 %) MS Project 2 2 (3.279 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 16 (26.23 %) DNS 2 11 (18.03 %) LAN 2 11 (18.03 %) WAN 2 11 (18.03 %) MPLS 3 9 (14.75 %) SAN 4 8 (13.11 %) TCP/IP 5 7 (11.48 %) VoIP 5 7 (11.48 %) Firewall 6 5 (8.197 %) VPN 7 4 (6.557 %) DHCP 8 2 (3.279 %) IPsec 9 1 (1.639 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (13.11 %) SQL Server 2 3 (4.918 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (1.639 %) SQL Server 2000
General 1 10 (16.39 %) Telecoms 2 2 (3.279 %) Government 2 2 (3.279 %) Electronics 2 2 (3.279 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.639 %) Health	Job Titles 1 14 (22.95 %) Analyst 2 13 (21.31 %) 3rd Line Support 3 11 (18.03 %) 2nd Line Support 4 10 (16.39 %) Support Analyst 5 8 (13.11 %) Support Engineer 5 8 (13.11 %) Consultant 5 8 (13.11 %) Desktop Support 6 5 (8.197 %) Administrator 6 5 (8.197 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Server Support 7 4 (6.557 %) Systems Administrator 7 4 (6.557 %) IT Support Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Windows Administrator 7 4 (6.557 %) Windows Systems Administrator 8 3 (4.918 %) Server Engineer 8 3 (4.918 %) Migration Consultant 8 3 (4.918 %) Support Specialist 8 3 (4.918 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 8 3 (4.918 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 9 2 (3.279 %) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 6 (9.836 %) Clustering 2 3 (4.918 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 37 (60.66 %) Windows 2 26 (42.62 %) Windows Server 2003 3 11 (18.03 %) Linux 4 4 (6.557 %) Windows XP 5 3 (4.918 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (1.639 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (1.639 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (1.639 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (13.11 %) Migration 2 7 (11.48 %) ITIL 3 3 (4.918 %) ERP 4 2 (3.279 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (1.639 %) Configuration Management 5 1 (1.639 %) PRINCE2	Programming Languages 1 8 (13.11 %) SQL 2 5 (8.197 %) PowerShell
Qualifications 1 25 (40.98 %) Microsoft Certification 2 24 (39.34 %) MCSE 3 4 (6.557 %) CCNA 3 4 (6.557 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (3.279 %) Degree 5 1 (1.639 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (1.639 %) MCP 5 1 (1.639 %) Citrix Certification 5 1 (1.639 %) CCEA 5 1 (1.639 %) MCSA	System Software 1 30 (49.18 %) Active Directory 2 18 (29.51 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 8 (13.11 %) VMware ESX 4 5 (8.197 %) NetBackup 4 5 (8.197 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 3 (4.918 %) Samba 6 2 (3.279 %) Backup Exec 6 2 (3.279 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 1 (1.639 %) MOM 1 1 (1.639 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 28 (45.90 %) VMware 2 27 (44.26 %) Microsoft 3 12 (19.67 %) Cisco 4 10 (16.39 %) Citrix 5 3 (4.918 %) HP 6 1 (1.639 %) Compaq 6 1 (1.639 %) IBM 6 1 (1.639 %) CommVault 6 1 (1.639 %) Hitachi 6 1 (1.639 %) Remedy 6 1 (1.639 %) Softricity 6 1 (1.639 %) WatchGuard 6 1 (1.639 %) Oracle