North West Exchange Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 skills within the North West 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 2007 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Location Aberdeen Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Bracknell Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colwyn Bay Conwy Cwmbran Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Farnborough Gloucestershire Guildford Hackney Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Reading Reigate Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stockton-on-Tees Surrey Swindon Telford Torfaen UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	123
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	12	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	2.024 %	2.560 %
Daily rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum daily rate	-	£221
Average daily rate	-	£249
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£278
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£350
% change on same period last year	-5.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.67	£23.00
Average hourly rate	£19.67	£24.00
% change on same period last year	-18.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.67	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.24	£23.88
% change on same period last year	+9.92 %
Application Platforms North West
Matching contract IT job ads	593	586
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.790 %	0.593 %
Daily rates quoted	125	112
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£288
Average daily rate	£351	£303
% change on same period last year	+16.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£317
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	71	76
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.12	£21.92
Average hourly rate	£25.45	£23.92
% change on same period last year	+6.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.79	£25.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Exchange Server 2007 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 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Exchange Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

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

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Exchange Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 within the North West 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
Manchester	-15	7	-	-
Lancashire	+11	1	-	-
Merseyside	+3	1	-	-
Cheshire	-9	1	-	-

Exchange Server 2007 England

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 16 (76.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 14 (66.67 %) MS Exchange 3 11 (52.38 %) Microsoft 3 11 (52.38 %) Migration 4 9 (42.86 %) Active Directory 5 5 (23.81 %) GroupWise 5 5 (23.81 %) Windows 5 5 (23.81 %) Novell 5 5 (23.81 %) Cisco 5 5 (23.81 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 4 (19.05 %) MS Office 6 4 (19.05 %) MS Excel 6 4 (19.05 %) HTTP 7 3 (14.29 %) VPN 8 2 (9.524 %) WAN

8 2 (9.524 %) TCP/IP 8 2 (9.524 %) LAN 8 2 (9.524 %) SQL 8 2 (9.524 %) IIS 8 2 (9.524 %) MCSE 8 2 (9.524 %) CAD 8 2 (9.524 %) AutoCAD 8 2 (9.524 %) Project Management 8 2 (9.524 %) Dell 8 2 (9.524 %) Citrix 8 2 (9.524 %) CCA 8 2 (9.524 %) Citrix Certification 8 2 (9.524 %) CCEA 8 2 (9.524 %) Microsoft Certification 8 2 (9.524 %) Thin Client

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 16 (76.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 14 (66.67 %) MS Exchange 3 5 (23.81 %) GroupWise 3 5 (23.81 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 2 (9.524 %) IIS	Applications 1 4 (19.05 %) MS Office 1 4 (19.05 %) MS Excel 2 2 (9.524 %) AutoCAD 2 2 (9.524 %) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking 1 4 (19.05 %) HTTP 2 3 (14.29 %) VPN 3 2 (9.524 %) WAN 3 2 (9.524 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (9.524 %) LAN 4 1 (4.762 %) VoIP 4 1 (4.762 %) Firewall 4 1 (4.762 %) IP Telephony	General 1 1 (4.762 %) Government
Job Titles 1 5 (23.81 %) Exchange Specialist 2 4 (19.05 %) Active Directory Specialist 2 4 (19.05 %) Technical Specialist 2 4 (19.05 %) Messaging Specialist 3 2 (9.524 %) IT Support Specialist 3 2 (9.524 %) Support Manager 3 2 (9.524 %) IT Support Manager 3 2 (9.524 %) Desktop Support 3 2 (9.524 %) IT Manager 3 2 (9.524 %) Consultant 3 2 (9.524 %) Support Engineer 3 2 (9.524 %) Support Specialist 3 2 (9.524 %) Exchange Consultant 3 2 (9.524 %) Desktop Support Manager 3 2 (9.524 %) Desktop Manager 3 2 (9.524 %) Migration Consultant 4 1 (4.762 %) Services Delivery Manager 4 1 (4.762 %) Service Manager 4 1 (4.762 %) Server Specialist 4 1 (4.762 %) Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 2 (9.524 %) Thin Client 1 2 (9.524 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 5 (23.81 %) Windows 2 2 (9.524 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (4.762 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (4.762 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (52.38 %) Migration 2 2 (9.524 %) CAD 2 2 (9.524 %) Project Management 3 1 (4.762 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (4.762 %) ITIL 3 1 (4.762 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (4.762 %) PRINCE 3 1 (4.762 %) Matrix Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (9.524 %) SQL 2 1 (4.762 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 2 (9.524 %) MCSE 1 2 (9.524 %) CCA 1 2 (9.524 %) Citrix Certification 1 2 (9.524 %) CCEA 1 2 (9.524 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 9 (42.86 %) Active Directory 2 2 (9.524 %) Terminal Services 2 2 (9.524 %) ISA Server 3 1 (4.762 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 2 (9.524 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 11 (52.38 %) Microsoft 2 5 (23.81 %) Cisco 2 5 (23.81 %) Novell 3 2 (9.524 %) Citrix 3 2 (9.524 %) Dell 4 1 (4.762 %) EMC 4 1 (4.762 %) VERITAS