England Exchange Server 5.5 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 skills within the 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 5.5 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Location Aberdeen Ayr Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chertsey City of London Cornwall East of England Ely England Fareham Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Huntingdon Kent London Maidenhead Manchester Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford Torpoint UK Wales West Midlands Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	428	418
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	131	237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.175 %	0.240 %
As % of the category below	1.305 %	1.921 %
Daily rates quoted	35	54
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£297
Average daily rate	£291	£310
% change on same period last year	-6.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£303	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£272	£275
% change on same period last year	-1.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	48
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.86	£21.07
Average hourly rate	£23.78	£22.27
% change on same period last year	+6.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.69	£23.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.93	£21.68
% change on same period last year	+5.74 %
Application Platforms England
Matching contract IT job ads	10035	12336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.38 %	12.48 %
Daily rates quoted	3035	3209
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£358
Average daily rate	£377	£379
% change on same period last year	-0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	1090	1265
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.54	£22.80
Average hourly rate	£24.12	£24.23
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.70	£25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Exchange Server 5.5 UK

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 5.5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Exchange Server 5.5
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the England region.

Exchange Server 5.5
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Exchange Server 5.5
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the England region.

Exchange Server 5.5
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Exchange Server 5.5
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
South East	+41	56	£297	-13.91 %
London	-10	29	£333	-7.47 %
West Midlands	-3	15	£225	-4.15 %
East of England	+12	15	£155	-
South West	+20	12	£236	+30.94 %
Yorkshire	+11	2	-	-
South Coast	-	1	-	-
North West	-14	1	-	-

Exchange Server 5.5 UK

Exchange Server 5.5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Exchange Server 5.5 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 5.5.

1 190 (60.70 %) Windows 2 183 (58.47 %) MS Exchange 3 179 (57.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 137 (43.77 %) Active Directory 5 129 (41.21 %) Windows NT 6 118 (37.70 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 114 (36.42 %) Migration 8 108 (34.50 %) Microsoft 9 97 (30.99 %) Windows 2000 10 83 (26.52 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 80 (25.56 %) Security Cleared 12 56 (17.89 %) MS Office 13 50 (15.97 %) SC Cleared 14 49 (15.65 %) TCP/IP 15 48 (15.34 %) Microsoft Certification

16 47 (15.02 %) DNS 17 44 (14.06 %) MS Excel 18 40 (12.78 %) Citrix 19 36 (11.50 %) MCSE 20 34 (10.86 %) Cisco 20 34 (10.86 %) HP 21 31 (9.904 %) Windows Server 2003 22 30 (9.585 %) Blackberry 23 28 (8.946 %) SAN 23 28 (8.946 %) Windows XP 23 28 (8.946 %) LAN 24 27 (8.626 %) Government 25 26 (8.307 %) DHCP 25 26 (8.307 %) ITIL 26 25 (7.987 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)

Exchange Server 5.5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Exchange Server 5.5 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 5.5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (0.319 %) JDBC 1 1 (0.319 %) Hibernate 1 1 (0.319 %) Windows SharePoint Services	Application Platforms 1 183 (58.47 %) MS Exchange 2 179 (57.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 118 (37.70 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 83 (26.52 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 20 (6.390 %) IIS 6 12 (3.834 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 11 (3.514 %) Lotus Notes 8 8 (2.556 %) GroupWise 9 5 (1.597 %) Office Communications Server 10 4 (1.278 %) Apache 11 2 (0.639 %) Tomcat 11 2 (0.639 %) SharePoint 12 1 (0.319 %) Documentum
Applications 1 56 (17.89 %) MS Office 2 44 (14.06 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.639 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (0.319 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.319 %) DeltaView 4 1 (0.319 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (0.639 %) assyst 2 1 (0.319 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 49 (15.65 %) TCP/IP 2 47 (15.02 %) DNS 3 28 (8.946 %) LAN 3 28 (8.946 %) SAN 4 26 (8.307 %) DHCP 5 23 (7.348 %) Firewall 6 16 (5.112 %) VPN 7 12 (3.834 %) WAN 7 12 (3.834 %) Cisco PIX 8 11 (3.514 %) SMS 8 11 (3.514 %) ISDN 9 6 (1.917 %) ADSL 9 6 (1.917 %) VoIP 9 6 (1.917 %) WLAN 10 5 (1.597 %) SMTP 10 5 (1.597 %) Internet 11 3 (0.958 %) LDAP 12 2 (0.639 %) Wireless 13 1 (0.319 %) 3G 13 1 (0.319 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (4.792 %) SQL Server 2 7 (2.236 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (1.597 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (1.278 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (0.639 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.319 %) DB2 UDB 6 1 (0.319 %) MS Access 6 1 (0.319 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 2 (0.639 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 2 (0.639 %) MSI 1 2 (0.639 %) InstallShield	General 1 27 (8.626 %) Government 2 23 (7.348 %) Finance 3 12 (3.834 %) Legal 3 12 (3.834 %) Banking 4 9 (2.875 %) Pharmaceutical 5 8 (2.556 %) Telecoms 6 7 (2.236 %) Investment Banking 7 6 (1.917 %) Law 8 5 (1.597 %) Health 9 4 (1.278 %) Local Government 10 2 (0.639 %) Insurance 10 2 (0.639 %) Retail 10 2 (0.639 %) Military 10 2 (0.639 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 72 (23.00 %) Analyst 2 47 (15.02 %) Consultant 3 34 (10.86 %) Exchange Consultant 4 32 (10.22 %) Support Engineer 5 31 (9.904 %) Support Analyst 6 26 (8.307 %) 3rd Line Support 7 19 (6.070 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 19 (6.070 %) Desktop Support 7 19 (6.070 %) 2nd Line Support 8 15 (4.792 %) Exchange Specialist 9 12 (3.834 %) Support Specialist 9 12 (3.834 %) Technical Support 9 12 (3.834 %) Administrator 10 11 (3.514 %) Migration Consultant 11 10 (3.195 %) Infrastructure Engineer 11 10 (3.195 %) Migration Engineer 11 10 (3.195 %) Technical Consultant 12 9 (2.875 %) Systems Administrator 12 9 (2.875 %) Desktop Engineer 12 9 (2.875 %) Messaging Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 30 (9.585 %) Blackberry 2 20 (6.390 %) Clustering 3 9 (2.875 %) Video Conferencing 4 4 (1.278 %) Fat Client 4 4 (1.278 %) PDA 4 4 (1.278 %) Client/Server 4 4 (1.278 %) NHS 4 4 (1.278 %) Thin Client 5 2 (0.639 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 1 (0.319 %) Derivative 6 1 (0.319 %) Statistics 6 1 (0.319 %) Informatics 6 1 (0.319 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.319 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 190 (60.70 %) Windows 2 129 (41.21 %) Windows NT 3 97 (30.99 %) Windows 2000 4 31 (9.904 %) Windows Server 2003 5 28 (8.946 %) Windows XP 6 18 (5.751 %) UNIX 7 12 (3.834 %) Linux 8 8 (2.556 %) NetWare 9 2 (0.639 %) Debian 10 1 (0.319 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.319 %) AIX 10 1 (0.319 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 114 (36.42 %) Migration 2 80 (25.56 %) Security Cleared 3 50 (15.97 %) SC Cleared 4 26 (8.307 %) ITIL 5 25 (7.987 %) Data Migration 6 18 (5.751 %) Service Delivery 7 13 (4.153 %) Disaster Recovery 8 12 (3.834 %) Network Design 9 7 (2.236 %) Validation 10 6 (1.917 %) Change Management 10 6 (1.917 %) Problem Management 10 6 (1.917 %) CTC Cleared 11 5 (1.597 %) ITSM 12 4 (1.278 %) PRINCE2 13 3 (0.958 %) CRM 13 3 (0.958 %) Service Management 13 3 (0.958 %) Data Management 13 3 (0.958 %) DV Cleared 13 3 (0.958 %) Load Balancing 14 2 (0.639 %) Time Management
Programming Languages 1 10 (3.195 %) SQL 2 6 (1.917 %) VB 2 6 (1.917 %) Perl 3 2 (0.639 %) Shell Script 3 2 (0.639 %) C 4 1 (0.319 %) Java 4 1 (0.319 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.319 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 48 (15.34 %) Microsoft Certification 2 36 (11.50 %) MCSE 3 20 (6.390 %) MCP 4 10 (3.195 %) CNE 4 10 (3.195 %) Novell Certification 5 5 (1.597 %) Degree 6 4 (1.278 %) MCSA 6 4 (1.278 %) ISEB 7 3 (0.958 %) Cisco Certification 8 1 (0.319 %) CCNA 8 1 (0.319 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 1 (0.319 %) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (3.195 %) SLA	System Software 1 137 (43.77 %) Active Directory 2 22 (7.029 %) Backup Exec 3 13 (4.153 %) MetaFrame 4 11 (3.514 %) ISA Server 5 7 (2.236 %) MailMarshal 6 5 (1.597 %) Terminal Services 7 4 (1.278 %) NetBackup 7 4 (1.278 %) Terminal Server 8 3 (0.958 %) VMware ESX 8 3 (0.958 %) VMware Workstation 8 3 (0.958 %) Novell eDirectory 8 3 (0.958 %) Citrix Presentation Server 8 3 (0.958 %) VMware Infrastructure 9 2 (0.639 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 25 (7.987 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 17 (5.431 %) MOM 3 8 (2.556 %) ZENworks 4 6 (1.917 %) MAILsweeper 4 6 (1.917 %) DameWare 5 5 (1.597 %) MIMEsweeper 6 4 (1.278 %) OVOW 6 4 (1.278 %) OpenView 7 3 (0.958 %) ARCserve 8 2 (0.639 %) WSUS 8 2 (0.639 %) SCCM 9 1 (0.319 %) SCOM 9 1 (0.319 %) HP Data Protector 9 1 (0.319 %) ServiceCenter 9 1 (0.319 %) Norton AntiVirus 9 1 (0.319 %) Legato 9 1 (0.319 %) Tivoli 9 1 (0.319 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 108 (34.50 %) Microsoft 2 40 (12.78 %) Citrix 3 34 (10.86 %) HP 3 34 (10.86 %) Cisco 4 23 (7.348 %) Dell 5 18 (5.751 %) Compaq 6 13 (4.153 %) VMware 7 12 (3.834 %) Novell 8 11 (3.514 %) VERITAS 8 11 (3.514 %) Lotus 9 9 (2.875 %) Remedy 9 9 (2.875 %) Altiris 10 8 (2.556 %) Symantec 11 7 (2.236 %) NetApp 12 6 (1.917 %) McAfee Security 12 6 (1.917 %) Fujitsu Siemens 12 6 (1.917 %) LANDesk 12 6 (1.917 %) Siemens 12 6 (1.917 %) IBM 13 5 (1.597 %) Oracle