Hampshire MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server skills within the Hampshire 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	61	68
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	40	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.051 %	0.052 %
As % of the category below	12.35 %	12.27 %
Daily rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£309
Average daily rate	£337	£317
% change on same period last year	+6.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£292
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.39	£17.56
Average hourly rate	£17.02	£18.89
% change on same period last year	-9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.65	£20.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.31	£17.21
% change on same period last year	+0.53 %
Application Platforms Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	324	375
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.416 %	0.421 %
Daily rates quoted	77	84
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£361
Average daily rate	£398	£387
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£412
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	72
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.82	£30.29
Average hourly rate	£20.28	£31.57
% change on same period last year	-35.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.75	£32.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
MS Exchange South East

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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

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

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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	Basingstoke	+21	9	£394	-
2	Southampton	+10	5	-	-
2	Portsmouth	-3	5	-	-
3	Winchester	-5	2	-	-
3	Gosport	-	2	-	-
4	Fareham	-1	1	-	-
4	Andover	+3	1	-	-
4	Farnborough	-2	1	-	-

MS Exchange South East

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 71 (69.61 %) Windows 2 66 (64.71 %) Microsoft 3 54 (52.94 %) Active Directory 4 43 (42.16 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 22 (21.57 %) MS Office 5 22 (21.57 %) Windows 2000 6 20 (19.61 %) SQL Server 7 19 (18.63 %) Windows NT 8 17 (16.67 %) SQL 9 16 (15.69 %) Oracle 10 15 (14.71 %) WAN 10 15 (14.71 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 13 (12.75 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 11 13 (12.75 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 12 (11.76 %) Windows Server 2003

12 12 (11.76 %) SharePoint 12 12 (11.76 %) Linux 13 10 (9.804 %) Cisco 14 9 (8.824 %) Citrix 14 9 (8.824 %) MS Excel 14 9 (8.824 %) MOM 14 9 (8.824 %) NetApp 14 9 (8.824 %) Blackberry 14 9 (8.824 %) VMware 15 8 (7.843 %) Replication 15 8 (7.843 %) DNS 15 8 (7.843 %) Windows XP 16 7 (6.863 %) Red Hat 17 6 (5.882 %) VMware ESX 17 6 (5.882 %) Firewall

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 (4.902 %) .NET 2 2 (1.961 %) Windows SharePoint Services 2 2 (1.961 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (0.980 %) HTML 3 1 (0.980 %) ASP 3 1 (0.980 %) COM+ 3 1 (0.980 %) DCOM 3 1 (0.980 %) XML 3 1 (0.980 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 43 (42.16 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 15 (14.71 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 13 (12.75 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 12 (11.76 %) SharePoint 5 6 (5.882 %) IIS 6 5 (4.902 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 3 (2.941 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 2 (1.961 %) BizTalk Server 8 2 (1.961 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 1 (0.980 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 22 (21.57 %) MS Office 2 9 (8.824 %) MS Excel 3 4 (3.922 %) MS Visio 4 3 (2.941 %) Acrobat 5 2 (1.961 %) Paint Shop Pro 6 1 (0.980 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 15 (14.71 %) WAN 2 8 (7.843 %) DNS 3 6 (5.882 %) LAN 3 6 (5.882 %) TCP/IP 3 6 (5.882 %) Firewall 3 6 (5.882 %) iSCSI 4 5 (4.902 %) Cisco IOS 5 4 (3.922 %) VPN 5 4 (3.922 %) SAN 6 2 (1.961 %) Intranet 6 2 (1.961 %) Internet 6 2 (1.961 %) SMTP 7 1 (0.980 %) VoIP 7 1 (0.980 %) X.500 7 1 (0.980 %) WINS 7 1 (0.980 %) Wireless 7 1 (0.980 %) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (19.61 %) SQL Server 2 5 (4.902 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (2.941 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 3 (2.941 %) Oracle 9i 4 2 (1.961 %) Oracle 10g 4 2 (1.961 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (0.980 %) GIS 5 1 (0.980 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 2 (1.961 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.980 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (0.980 %) MSI 2 1 (0.980 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.980 %) PVCS 2 1 (0.980 %) WinRunner
General 1 4 (3.922 %) Government 2 3 (2.941 %) Back Office 3 2 (1.961 %) Telecoms 3 2 (1.961 %) Insurance 4 1 (0.980 %) Military 4 1 (0.980 %) Finance 4 1 (0.980 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 27 (26.47 %) Analyst 2 14 (13.73 %) Support Analyst 2 14 (13.73 %) 2nd Line Support 3 8 (7.843 %) Support Engineer 3 8 (7.843 %) Architect 4 6 (5.882 %) Test Analyst 4 6 (5.882 %) Systems Engineer 5 5 (4.902 %) 3rd Line Support 5 5 (4.902 %) Technical Engineer 6 4 (3.922 %) Infrastructure Architect 6 4 (3.922 %) Citrix Support 6 4 (3.922 %) Design Engineer 6 4 (3.922 %) Administrator 6 4 (3.922 %) Helpdesk Support 6 4 (3.922 %) Technical Architect 7 3 (2.941 %) Consultant 7 3 (2.941 %) Technical Support 7 3 (2.941 %) Technical Author 7 3 (2.941 %) Author 7 3 (2.941 %) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 9 (8.824 %) Blackberry 2 8 (7.843 %) Replication 3 3 (2.941 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.961 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.980 %) PDA 5 1 (0.980 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 71 (69.61 %) Windows 2 22 (21.57 %) Windows 2000 3 19 (18.63 %) Windows NT 4 12 (11.76 %) Linux 4 12 (11.76 %) Windows Server 2003 5 8 (7.843 %) Windows XP 6 2 (1.961 %) NetWare 6 2 (1.961 %) Unix 6 2 (1.961 %) Solaris 6 2 (1.961 %) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (4.902 %) ITIL 1 5 (4.902 %) Migration 2 3 (2.941 %) Service Management 3 2 (1.961 %) Project Management 3 2 (1.961 %) Workflow 3 2 (1.961 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (0.980 %) ERP 4 1 (0.980 %) OOD 4 1 (0.980 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (0.980 %) Document Management 4 1 (0.980 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (0.980 %) Software Testing 4 1 (0.980 %) Incident Management 4 1 (0.980 %) Problem Management 4 1 (0.980 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (0.980 %) Communications Security 4 1 (0.980 %) Data Protection	Programming Languages 1 17 (16.67 %) SQL 2 5 (4.902 %) C# 3 1 (0.980 %) C++ 3 1 (0.980 %) JavaScript 3 1 (0.980 %) Perl 3 1 (0.980 %) PHP 3 1 (0.980 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (0.980 %) VBScript 3 1 (0.980 %) VB 3 1 (0.980 %) VBA
Qualifications 1 6 (5.882 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (4.902 %) MCSE 3 4 (3.922 %) ISEB 3 4 (3.922 %) CCA 3 4 (3.922 %) Citrix Certification 4 2 (1.961 %) CCNA 4 2 (1.961 %) MCP 4 2 (1.961 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (1.961 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 1 (0.980 %) ISEB Practitioner 5 1 (0.980 %) CCEA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (4.902 %) SLA
System Software 1 54 (52.94 %) Active Directory 2 6 (5.882 %) VMware ESX 3 5 (4.902 %) NetBackup 3 5 (4.902 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 4 (3.922 %) VMware Server 4 4 (3.922 %) Backup Exec 4 4 (3.922 %) Terminal Services 5 2 (1.961 %) Terminal Server 6 1 (0.980 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 13 (12.75 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 9 (8.824 %) MOM 3 3 (2.941 %) OpenView 3 3 (2.941 %) BMC PATROL 4 1 (0.980 %) OVSD 4 1 (0.980 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.980 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 66 (64.71 %) Microsoft 2 16 (15.69 %) Oracle 3 10 (9.804 %) Cisco 4 9 (8.824 %) Citrix 4 9 (8.824 %) NetApp 4 9 (8.824 %) VMware 5 7 (6.863 %) Red Hat 6 3 (2.941 %) IBM 6 3 (2.941 %) Adobe 6 3 (2.941 %) HP 6 3 (2.941 %) EMC 7 2 (1.961 %) Sun 7 2 (1.961 %) SAP 7 2 (1.961 %) Novell 7 2 (1.961 %) VERITAS 8 1 (0.980 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.980 %) Symantec 8 1 (0.980 %) McAfee Security