North East MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server skills within the North East 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Ayr Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Cramlington Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenwich Grimsby Guildford Hackney Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Kent Knottingley Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Rickmansworth Rochdale Rotherham Runcorn Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stourbridge Street Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	53
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	16	21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	11.85 %	14.79 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£248
Average daily rate	-	£248
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£248
UK excluding London average daily rate	£294	£302
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.97	£15.50
Average hourly rate	£22.79	£16.31
% change on same period last year	+39.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.61	£17.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.04	£18.62
% change on same period last year	+2.25 %
Application Platforms North East
Matching contract IT job ads	135	142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.180 %	0.144 %
Daily rates quoted	21	24
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£392
Average daily rate	£353	£405
% change on same period last year	-12.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£369	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.26	£19.86
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£21.36
% change on same period last year	+17.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.73	£22.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
MS Exchange 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.

MS Exchange
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the North East 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 IT contract jobs citing MS Exchange across the North East region.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the North East region.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Exchange
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Tyne and Wear	+1	8	-	-
Durham	-	4	-	-
Northumberland	-	1	-	-

MS Exchange England

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange.

1 21 (55.26 %) Active Directory 1 21 (55.26 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 20 (52.63 %) Microsoft 3 17 (44.74 %) Windows 4 9 (23.68 %) TCP/IP 4 9 (23.68 %) Backup Exec 5 8 (21.05 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 8 (21.05 %) VPN 5 8 (21.05 %) MS Office 6 7 (18.42 %) SQL 6 7 (18.42 %) Windows 2000 7 6 (15.79 %) Solaris 7 6 (15.79 %) Citrix 7 6 (15.79 %) VERITAS 8 5 (13.16 %) Microsoft Certification

8 5 (13.16 %) SAN 8 5 (13.16 %) MCSE 8 5 (13.16 %) MS Excel 8 5 (13.16 %) SQL Server 8 5 (13.16 %) Perl 9 4 (10.53 %) VMware 9 4 (10.53 %) VMware Infrastructure 9 4 (10.53 %) iSCSI 9 4 (10.53 %) IIS 9 4 (10.53 %) MS Project 9 4 (10.53 %) Cognos 9 4 (10.53 %) Linux 9 4 (10.53 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 9 4 (10.53 %) NetApp 10 3 (7.895 %) Terminal Server

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.632 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 21 (55.26 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 8 (21.05 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 4 (10.53 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 3 4 (10.53 %) IIS 4 2 (5.263 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 1 (2.632 %) Lotus Domino 5 1 (2.632 %) SharePoint 5 1 (2.632 %) CMS 5 1 (2.632 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 8 (21.05 %) MS Office 2 5 (13.16 %) MS Excel 3 4 (10.53 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 9 (23.68 %) TCP/IP 2 8 (21.05 %) VPN 3 5 (13.16 %) SAN 4 4 (10.53 %) iSCSI 5 3 (7.895 %) Firewall 5 3 (7.895 %) DNS 5 3 (7.895 %) DHCP 6 2 (5.263 %) LAN 6 2 (5.263 %) WAN 6 2 (5.263 %) VLAN 7 1 (2.632 %) Network Security 7 1 (2.632 %) LDAP 7 1 (2.632 %) Wireless 7 1 (2.632 %) X.400 7 1 (2.632 %) X.500 7 1 (2.632 %) SMTP 7 1 (2.632 %) VoIP 7 1 (2.632 %) WLAN 7 1 (2.632 %) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (13.16 %) SQL Server 2 2 (5.263 %) SQL Server 2000	General 1 3 (7.895 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (2.632 %) Telecoms 2 1 (2.632 %) Finance 2 1 (2.632 %) Government 2 1 (2.632 %) Law 2 1 (2.632 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 9 (23.68 %) Analyst 2 8 (21.05 %) Support Analyst 3 5 (13.16 %) Administrator 3 5 (13.16 %) Server Support 3 5 (13.16 %) Server Support Analyst 3 5 (13.16 %) Server Analyst 4 4 (10.53 %) Storage Engineer 4 4 (10.53 %) Support Technician 5 3 (7.895 %) Consultant 5 3 (7.895 %) 2nd Line Support 5 3 (7.895 %) Network Administrator 5 3 (7.895 %) Wintel Support 6 2 (5.263 %) IT Support Technician 6 2 (5.263 %) 3rd Line Support 6 2 (5.263 %) Systems Administrator 7 1 (2.632 %) Technical Project Manager 7 1 (2.632 %) Project Manager 7 1 (2.632 %) Trainer 7 1 (2.632 %) Business Analyst 7 1 (2.632 %) Senior Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 3 (7.895 %) Client/Server 1 3 (7.895 %) AS400 2 1 (2.632 %) PKI 2 1 (2.632 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 17 (44.74 %) Windows 2 7 (18.42 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (15.79 %) Solaris 4 4 (10.53 %) Linux 5 2 (5.263 %) Windows XP 6 1 (2.632 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (2.632 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (2.632 %) HPUX 6 1 (2.632 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (7.895 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (5.263 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (5.263 %) ITIL 2 2 (5.263 %) Migration 3 1 (2.632 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (2.632 %) Release Management 3 1 (2.632 %) Test Scripting 3 1 (2.632 %) Performance Management 3 1 (2.632 %) Data Migration 3 1 (2.632 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 7 (18.42 %) SQL 2 5 (13.16 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 5 (13.16 %) MCSE 1 5 (13.16 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.632 %) CCNA 2 1 (2.632 %) Cisco Certification
System Software 1 21 (55.26 %) Active Directory 2 9 (23.68 %) Backup Exec 3 4 (10.53 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (7.895 %) Terminal Server 4 3 (7.895 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 2 (5.263 %) WSUS 2 1 (2.632 %) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors 1 20 (52.63 %) Microsoft 2 6 (15.79 %) Citrix 2 6 (15.79 %) VERITAS 3 4 (10.53 %) NetApp 3 4 (10.53 %) Cognos 3 4 (10.53 %) VMware 4 3 (7.895 %) Symantec 5 2 (5.263 %) Cisco 5 2 (5.263 %) Lotus 6 1 (2.632 %) Sage 6 1 (2.632 %) Novell 6 1 (2.632 %) Intel 6 1 (2.632 %) Sophos 6 1 (2.632 %) Clearswift 6 1 (2.632 %) Oracle