England Messaging Specialist Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Messaging Specialist role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Messaging Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London England Glasgow Gloucestershire London Milton Keynes Newbury North West Runcorn Scotland South East South West UK	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	540	604
Rank change on same period last year	+64
Matching contract IT job ads	22	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.034 %	0.020 %
Daily rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum daily rate	£423	£358
Average daily rate	£440	£389
% change on same period last year	+13.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£440	£350
% change on same period last year	+25.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.85	-
Average hourly rate	£37.02	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.19	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£41.43	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	63872	80323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	84.22 %	85.20 %
Daily rates quoted	21073	23956
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£394
Average daily rate	£406	£419
% change on same period last year	-3.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£433	£445
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	5574	6600
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.97	£24.72
Average hourly rate	£23.59	£26.24
% change on same period last year	-10.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.20	£27.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Messaging Specialist 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Messaging Specialist across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Messaging Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Messaging Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 4 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
London	+67	8	£525	+28.44 %
South East	+38	8	£320	-
South West	-	4	£475	-
North West	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Messaging Specialist in their job title 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 with Messaging Specialist in their job title.

1 28 (62.22 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 24 (53.33 %) Microsoft 3 23 (51.11 %) MS Exchange 4 20 (44.44 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 18 (40.00 %) Migration 6 17 (37.78 %) Windows 7 16 (35.56 %) Active Directory 8 13 (28.89 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 11 (24.44 %) Security Cleared 10 10 (22.22 %) Blackberry 11 9 (20.00 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 11 9 (20.00 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 8 (17.78 %) Microsoft Certification 12 8 (17.78 %) ITIL 12 8 (17.78 %) MCSE

13 6 (13.33 %) Windows NT 13 6 (13.33 %) SMTP 13 6 (13.33 %) CNE 13 6 (13.33 %) Novell Certification 13 6 (13.33 %) HP 13 6 (13.33 %) Finance 13 6 (13.33 %) Data Migration 14 5 (11.11 %) SC Cleared 14 5 (11.11 %) MailMarshal 14 5 (11.11 %) Windows Server 2003 14 5 (11.11 %) Telecoms 14 5 (11.11 %) Cisco 14 5 (11.11 %) Unix 15 4 (8.889 %) HTTP 15 4 (8.889 %) TCP/IP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Messaging Specialist in their job title 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 with Messaging Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (4.444 %) XML 2 1 (2.222 %) JMS 2 1 (2.222 %) FpML 2 1 (2.222 %) WebSphere 2 1 (2.222 %) JDBC 2 1 (2.222 %) JSP 2 1 (2.222 %) Servlets 2 1 (2.222 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 28 (62.22 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 23 (51.11 %) MS Exchange 3 20 (44.44 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 13 (28.89 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 9 (20.00 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 9 (20.00 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 3 (6.667 %) Lotus Notes 7 2 (4.444 %) SharePoint 7 2 (4.444 %) Live Communications Server 7 2 (4.444 %) WebSphere Message Broker 8 1 (2.222 %) Office Communications Server 8 1 (2.222 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 1 (2.222 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 4 (8.889 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 6 (13.33 %) SMTP 2 4 (8.889 %) HTTP 2 4 (8.889 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (8.889 %) X.400 2 4 (8.889 %) Firewall 3 3 (6.667 %) LDAP 3 3 (6.667 %) X.500 4 2 (4.444 %) SAN
Development Applications 1 1 (2.222 %) PVCS 1 1 (2.222 %) Eclipse	General 1 6 (13.33 %) Finance 2 5 (11.11 %) Telecoms 3 4 (8.889 %) Government 4 1 (2.222 %) Banking 4 1 (2.222 %) Pensions 4 1 (2.222 %) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous 1 10 (22.22 %) Blackberry 2 2 (4.444 %) Clustering 2 2 (4.444 %) PKI 2 2 (4.444 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (2.222 %) CMDB	Operating Systems 1 17 (37.78 %) Windows 2 6 (13.33 %) Windows NT 3 5 (11.11 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (11.11 %) Unix 4 3 (6.667 %) Solaris 5 2 (4.444 %) HPUX 6 1 (2.222 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (40.00 %) Migration 2 11 (24.44 %) Security Cleared 3 8 (17.78 %) ITIL 4 6 (13.33 %) Data Migration 5 5 (11.11 %) SC Cleared 6 4 (8.889 %) DV Cleared 6 4 (8.889 %) ITSM 7 3 (6.667 %) Problem Management 8 1 (2.222 %) UML 8 1 (2.222 %) E-Commerce 8 1 (2.222 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (6.667 %) Java 2 1 (2.222 %) Perl 2 1 (2.222 %) VBScript 2 1 (2.222 %) VB 2 1 (2.222 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 8 (17.78 %) MCSE 1 8 (17.78 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (13.33 %) CNE 2 6 (13.33 %) Novell Certification 3 2 (4.444 %) ITIL Certification 3 2 (4.444 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 4 1 (2.222 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (8.889 %) SLA 2 2 (4.444 %) QA
System Software 1 16 (35.56 %) Active Directory 2 5 (11.11 %) MailMarshal 3 2 (4.444 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (2.222 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (2.222 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (2.222 %) ISA Server 4 1 (2.222 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (2.222 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 4 (8.889 %) OpenView 1 4 (8.889 %) OVOW
Vendors 1 24 (53.33 %) Microsoft 2 6 (13.33 %) HP 3 5 (11.11 %) Cisco 4 3 (6.667 %) Sun 4 3 (6.667 %) Lotus 5 2 (4.444 %) Citrix 5 2 (4.444 %) VMware 6 1 (2.222 %) IronPort 6 1 (2.222 %) thinkFolio 6 1 (2.222 %) Oracle 6 1 (2.222 %) NetApp 6 1 (2.222 %) Symantec 6 1 (2.222 %) IBM