London Exchange Server 2000 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 skills within the London 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 2000 over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
Location Bath Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Kent Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Scunthorpe Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Street Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	326	359
Rank change on same period last year	+33
Matching contract IT job ads	81	133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.109 %	0.131 %
As % of the category below	1.747 %	2.259 %
Daily rates quoted	17	24
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£302
Average daily rate	£326	£318
% change on same period last year	+2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£224
% change on same period last year	+27.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.94	£20.26
Average hourly rate	£22.31	£22.00
% change on same period last year	+1.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.69	£23.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.25	£19.47
% change on same period last year	+29.66 %
Application Platforms London
Matching contract IT job ads	4636	5887
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.267 %	5.805 %
Daily rates quoted	1853	1964
Average minimum daily rate	£368	£376
Average daily rate	£393	£399
% change on same period last year	-1.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£422
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£344
% change on same period last year	+2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	328	441
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.02	£22.14
Average hourly rate	£24.27	£23.71
% change on same period last year	+2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.52	£25.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.63	£24.38
% change on same period last year	+5.11 %
Exchange Server 2000 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 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2000 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms 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 Exchange Server 2000 across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2000 across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2000 across the London region.

Exchange Server 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2000 across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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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 2000 within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
City of London	-27	23	£305	-5.55 %
Canary Wharf	-	3	£500	-
Docklands, London	+39	3	£400	-

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Exchange Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Exchange Server 2000 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 2000.

1 121 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 103 (85.12 %) Windows 3 97 (80.17 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 85 (70.25 %) Active Directory 5 78 (64.46 %) Windows Server 2003 6 71 (58.68 %) Microsoft 7 50 (41.32 %) Windows 2000 8 36 (29.75 %) Cisco 9 35 (28.93 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 34 (28.10 %) Finance 11 32 (26.45 %) Windows XP 12 30 (24.79 %) SQL Server 12 30 (24.79 %) Microsoft Certification 13 26 (21.49 %) MCSE 14 25 (20.66 %) MS Office

15 22 (18.18 %) SQL 16 21 (17.36 %) Blackberry 17 18 (14.88 %) VMware 17 18 (14.88 %) MS Excel 17 18 (14.88 %) DNS 18 16 (13.22 %) Exchange Server 2007 19 15 (12.40 %) Citrix 19 15 (12.40 %) SAN 20 14 (11.57 %) VPN 20 14 (11.57 %) LAN 20 14 (11.57 %) WAN 20 14 (11.57 %) Migration 21 13 (10.74 %) Clustering 21 13 (10.74 %) DHCP 21 13 (10.74 %) TCP/IP

Exchange Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Exchange Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (0.826 %) HTML 1 1 (0.826 %) .NET 1 1 (0.826 %) X-Windows	Application Platforms 1 121 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 97 (80.17 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 16 (13.22 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 11 (9.091 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 10 (8.264 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 5 (4.132 %) Live Communications Server 6 5 (4.132 %) MindAlign 6 5 (4.132 %) IIS 7 2 (1.653 %) Lotus Notes 7 2 (1.653 %) SharePoint 8 1 (0.826 %) GroupWise
Applications 1 25 (20.66 %) MS Office 2 18 (14.88 %) MS Excel 3 3 (2.479 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.826 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.826 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 18 (14.88 %) DNS 2 15 (12.40 %) SAN 3 14 (11.57 %) LAN 3 14 (11.57 %) WAN 3 14 (11.57 %) VPN 4 13 (10.74 %) TCP/IP 4 13 (10.74 %) DHCP 5 11 (9.091 %) Firewall 6 8 (6.612 %) SMTP 7 7 (5.785 %) Internet 8 4 (3.306 %) HTTP 8 4 (3.306 %) WLAN 8 4 (3.306 %) IP Telephony 8 4 (3.306 %) Cisco IPT 8 4 (3.306 %) Network Security 9 3 (2.479 %) Wireless 9 3 (2.479 %) 802.11 10 2 (1.653 %) SMS 10 2 (1.653 %) Cisco PIX 11 1 (0.826 %) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 30 (24.79 %) SQL Server 2 8 (6.612 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (3.306 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.826 %) Oracle 10g	General 1 34 (28.10 %) Finance 2 12 (9.917 %) Banking 3 7 (5.785 %) Investment Banking 4 6 (4.959 %) Government 5 3 (2.479 %) Retail 5 3 (2.479 %) Financial Institution 6 2 (1.653 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.826 %) Health 7 1 (0.826 %) Education 7 1 (0.826 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 36 (29.75 %) Analyst 2 33 (27.27 %) Support Analyst 3 22 (18.18 %) 3rd Line Support 4 16 (13.22 %) Support Engineer 5 15 (12.40 %) Desktop Support 6 11 (9.091 %) Server Support 6 11 (9.091 %) Server Analyst 7 10 (8.264 %) Server Support Analyst 8 7 (5.785 %) Desktop Engineer 8 7 (5.785 %) Wintel Support 8 7 (5.785 %) Messaging Support Analyst 8 7 (5.785 %) 2nd Line Support 8 7 (5.785 %) Messaging Analyst 8 7 (5.785 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 9 6 (4.959 %) Consultant 9 6 (4.959 %) Project Manager 9 6 (4.959 %) Technical Support 9 6 (4.959 %) Network Support 10 4 (3.306 %) Exchange Consultant 10 4 (3.306 %) Network Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 21 (17.36 %) Blackberry 2 13 (10.74 %) Clustering 3 2 (1.653 %) Replication 3 2 (1.653 %) NHS 4 1 (0.826 %) Thin Client 4 1 (0.826 %) German Language 4 1 (0.826 %) Fat Client 4 1 (0.826 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 103 (85.12 %) Windows 2 78 (64.46 %) Windows Server 2003 3 50 (41.32 %) Windows 2000 4 35 (28.93 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 32 (26.45 %) Windows XP 6 9 (7.438 %) Windows Vista 7 3 (2.479 %) Windows NT 7 3 (2.479 %) Linux 8 2 (1.653 %) Red Hat Linux 8 2 (1.653 %) UNIX 9 1 (0.826 %) Mac OS X Server 9 1 (0.826 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (11.57 %) Migration 2 7 (5.785 %) PRINCE2 2 7 (5.785 %) Service Delivery 3 5 (4.132 %) Project Management 3 5 (4.132 %) ITIL 4 4 (3.306 %) Disaster Recovery 5 3 (2.479 %) Service Management 6 2 (1.653 %) Business Continuity 6 2 (1.653 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (1.653 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (1.653 %) Operations Management 6 2 (1.653 %) Network Load Balancing 6 2 (1.653 %) Release Management 7 1 (0.826 %) Data Migration 7 1 (0.826 %) Network Design 7 1 (0.826 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 22 (18.18 %) SQL 2 4 (3.306 %) VBScript 3 3 (2.479 %) VB 4 1 (0.826 %) PowerShell 4 1 (0.826 %) C	Qualifications 1 30 (24.79 %) Microsoft Certification 2 26 (21.49 %) MCSE 3 10 (8.264 %) Cisco Certification 4 8 (6.612 %) MCSA 5 7 (5.785 %) CCNP 5 7 (5.785 %) Degree 6 6 (4.959 %) CCNA 7 5 (4.132 %) MCTS 8 2 (1.653 %) MCITP 8 2 (1.653 %) CCDA 9 1 (0.826 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 1 (0.826 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.653 %) SLA	System Software 1 85 (70.25 %) Active Directory 2 11 (9.091 %) Backup Exec 3 8 (6.612 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 7 (5.785 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 6 (4.959 %) MailMarshal 5 6 (4.959 %) VMware ESX 6 5 (4.132 %) ISA Server 6 5 (4.132 %) NetBackup 7 2 (1.653 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 8 1 (0.826 %) VMware GSX 8 1 (0.826 %) VMware Workstation
Systems Management 1 12 (9.917 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 9 (7.438 %) MAILsweeper 3 4 (3.306 %) MOM 4 2 (1.653 %) WSUS 4 2 (1.653 %) Unicenter 5 1 (0.826 %) Tivoli 5 1 (0.826 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 1 (0.826 %) MIMEsweeper 5 1 (0.826 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 71 (58.68 %) Microsoft 2 36 (29.75 %) Cisco 3 18 (14.88 %) VMware 4 15 (12.40 %) Citrix 5 13 (10.74 %) HP 6 10 (8.264 %) VERITAS 7 8 (6.612 %) Blue Coat 8 7 (5.785 %) Symantec 9 5 (4.132 %) Sophos 10 4 (3.306 %) Remedy 10 4 (3.306 %) Compaq 10 4 (3.306 %) Dell 10 4 (3.306 %) Intel 11 3 (2.479 %) Reuters 11 3 (2.479 %) Bloomberg 12 2 (1.653 %) Siemens 12 2 (1.653 %) Fujitsu Siemens 12 2 (1.653 %) Proquote 12 2 (1.653 %) Nortel 12 2 (1.653 %) EMC