The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 2007 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Kent region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 32 32 38
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.394% 1.515% 0.662%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.452% 9.091% 3.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £365 £80
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +356.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £215
% change year-on-year
+2.80% +24.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £17.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.59% +7.81%
All Application Platforms
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
62 44 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.60% 16.67% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 44
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £235 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £368 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £22.69 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.49% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2007
South East

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Kent Exchange Server 2007 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Kent region.

Kent Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Kent region.

Kent Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dartford - 2 - -
Exchange Server 2007
South East

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (72.73%) Windows 7
5 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
6 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
7 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (36.36%) Windows Vista
7 4 (36.36%) Citrix
7 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
7 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
8 3 (27.27%) Cisco
8 3 (27.27%) HP
8 3 (27.27%) SAN
8 3 (27.27%) Firewall
9 2 (18.18%) IP Telephony
9 2 (18.18%) WatchGuard
9 2 (18.18%) iSCSI
9 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
9 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
9 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
9 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (18.18%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (18.18%) Lync
9 2 (18.18%) NetApp
9 2 (18.18%) VMware
9 2 (18.18%) DHCP

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 Development
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (18.18%) Lync
4 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
5 1 (9.091%) Apache
5 1 (9.091%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) SAN
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) IP Telephony
2 2 (18.18%) iSCSI
2 2 (18.18%) DHCP
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
3 1 (9.091%) VoIP
3 1 (9.091%) MPLS
3 1 (9.091%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) DB2
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) WebLOAD
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.091%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Head of Infrastructure
4 1 (9.091%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
2 1 (9.091%) SaaS
2 1 (9.091%) iSeries
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (72.73%) Windows 7
4 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Vista
5 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
6 1 (9.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL
2 1 (9.091%) Service Management
2 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (9.091%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 2 (18.18%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (9.091%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Citrix
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) HP
4 2 (18.18%) WatchGuard
4 2 (18.18%) NetApp
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 1 (9.091%) IBM
5 1 (9.091%) Nokia
5 1 (9.091%) Intel
5 1 (9.091%) Avaya
5 1 (9.091%) F5