The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 5.5 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 5.5 over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Rank - 404 414
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 0 2 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.007% 0.074%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 0.046% 0.441%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 10
Average daily rate - £338 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 - £200
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £17.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £23.00 £11.33
% change year-on-year
- +103.09%
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4017 4309 5220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.60% 16.09% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2587 2679 3212
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 124 176
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.35 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 5.5
England

Exchange Server 5.5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Exchange Server 5.5 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 5.5
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Exchange Server 5.5 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 5.5
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Exchange Server 5.5 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 5.5
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007

Exchange Server 5.5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus