The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 23 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 Milton Keynes 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 48 59 51
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 7 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.321% 0.283% 0.817%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.785% 1.667% 5.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
Average daily rate £115 £313 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-63.20% +45.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £313 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £313 £218
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £217
% change year-on-year
+2.80% +23.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
All Application Platforms
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
121 120 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 22.83% 16.97% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 50 41
Average daily rate £375 £300 £217
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +38.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £328 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 8
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -38.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £13.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2007
Buckinghamshire

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 18 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2003
3 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
4 13 (72.22%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (61.11%) DHCP
6 10 (55.56%) DNS
7 9 (50.00%) Firewall
7 9 (50.00%) Windows 7
8 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
9 7 (38.89%) Windows XP
9 7 (38.89%) HP
9 7 (38.89%) VMware
9 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
10 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
10 6 (33.33%) Windows Vista
10 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
10 6 (33.33%) Symantec
10 6 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
10 6 (33.33%) MS Office
10 6 (33.33%) ITIL
11 5 (27.78%) SQL
11 5 (27.78%) LAN
11 5 (27.78%) WAN
11 5 (27.78%) SLA
11 5 (27.78%) Sophos
11 5 (27.78%) SAN
12 4 (22.22%) Blackberry

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Platforms
1 18 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (72.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) DHCP
2 10 (55.56%) DNS
3 9 (50.00%) Firewall
4 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
5 5 (27.78%) LAN
5 5 (27.78%) WAN
5 5 (27.78%) SAN
6 4 (22.22%) Internet
6 4 (22.22%) VPN
7 1 (5.556%) Wireless
7 1 (5.556%) DMZ
General
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Service Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support
5 1 (5.556%) Wintel Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Wintel Server Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Server Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
1 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 7 (38.89%) Windows XP
4 6 (33.33%) Windows Vista
5 4 (22.22%) Windows 2000
6 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 4 (22.22%) Validation
2 4 (22.22%) Integration Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Change Management
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL V3
4 1 (5.556%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) MCDST
4 1 (5.556%) MCITP
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.556%) XenApp
3 1 (5.556%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (5.556%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (5.556%) SCOM
3 1 (5.556%) OVSD
3 1 (5.556%) NetBackup
3 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
3 1 (5.556%) OpenView
3 1 (5.556%) MOM
3 1 (5.556%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) HP
1 7 (38.89%) VMware
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Symantec
3 5 (27.78%) Sophos
4 3 (16.67%) Lotus
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco
6 1 (5.556%) Dell