Scotland Exchange Server 2007 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 skills within the Scotland 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Location Aberdeen Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham City of London Cwmbran Denbighshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hackney Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Leatherhead Lincolnshire London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North Wales North West Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Reading Reigate Romford Scotland South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West St Asaph Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Swindon Teddington Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex Westminster Wiltshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	120
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	7	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	2.318 %	1.449 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£345
% change on same period last year	+3.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.00	£14.25
Average hourly rate	£26.00	£14.25
% change on same period last year	+82.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.00	£14.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.40	£22.80
% change on same period last year	+46.49 %
Application Platforms Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	302	552
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.429 %	0.557 %
Daily rates quoted	59	84
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£294
Average daily rate	£395	£316
% change on same period last year	+25.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£339
% change on same period last year	+3.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.94	£17.95
Average hourly rate	£27.65	£19.07
% change on same period last year	+45.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.36	£20.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.54	£24.08
% change on same period last year	+1.92 %
Exchange Server 2007 UK

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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Exchange Server 2007
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 2007 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
Glasgow	+20	3	-	-
Aberdeen	-	2	-	-
Edinburgh	-	1	-	-
South Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-

Exchange Server 2007 UK

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (64.29 %) Microsoft 2 9 (64.29 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 8 (57.14 %) Windows 3 8 (57.14 %) Windows Server 2003 4 6 (42.86 %) Symantec 5 5 (35.71 %) Cisco 6 4 (28.57 %) Blackberry 6 4 (28.57 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 4 (28.57 %) DHCP 6 4 (28.57 %) DNS 6 4 (28.57 %) Migration 7 3 (21.43 %) Citrix Presentation Server 7 3 (21.43 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 3 (21.43 %) Live Communications Server

7 3 (21.43 %) VMware 7 3 (21.43 %) NetBackup 7 3 (21.43 %) Service Management 7 3 (21.43 %) Telecoms 7 3 (21.43 %) Citrix 7 3 (21.43 %) Microsoft Certification 7 3 (21.43 %) VERITAS 7 3 (21.43 %) MIMEsweeper 7 3 (21.43 %) MAILsweeper 7 3 (21.43 %) ITIL 7 3 (21.43 %) SQL 7 3 (21.43 %) VBScript 7 3 (21.43 %) VB 7 3 (21.43 %) LAN 7 3 (21.43 %) WAN

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (64.29 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (28.57 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 4 3 (21.43 %) Live Communications Server 5 2 (14.29 %) IIS 6 1 (7.143 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 5.5	Applications 1 2 (14.29 %) MS Office 1 2 (14.29 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 4 (28.57 %) DHCP 1 4 (28.57 %) DNS 2 3 (21.43 %) LAN 2 3 (21.43 %) WAN 3 2 (14.29 %) SAN 3 2 (14.29 %) Internet 3 2 (14.29 %) IP Telephony 3 2 (14.29 %) Cisco IPT	General 1 3 (21.43 %) Telecoms 2 2 (14.29 %) Government 3 1 (7.143 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 4 (28.57 %) Messaging Engineer 2 2 (14.29 %) Support Manager 2 2 (14.29 %) IT Support Manager 2 2 (14.29 %) IT Manager 2 2 (14.29 %) 3rd Line Support 3 1 (7.143 %) Infrastructure Architect 3 1 (7.143 %) Infrastructure Specialist 3 1 (7.143 %) Architect	Miscellaneous 1 4 (28.57 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 8 (57.14 %) Windows 1 8 (57.14 %) Windows Server 2003 2 3 (21.43 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 2 (14.29 %) UNIX 3 2 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2008 3 2 (14.29 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (28.57 %) Migration 2 3 (21.43 %) ITIL 2 3 (21.43 %) Service Management 3 1 (7.143 %) Quality Management 3 1 (7.143 %) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages 1 3 (21.43 %) SQL 1 3 (21.43 %) VBScript 1 3 (21.43 %) VB	Qualifications 1 3 (21.43 %) MCSE 1 3 (21.43 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (7.143 %) Cisco Certification
System Software 1 3 (21.43 %) NetBackup 1 3 (21.43 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 2 (14.29 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 3 (21.43 %) MIMEsweeper 1 3 (21.43 %) MAILsweeper 2 2 (14.29 %) MOM
Vendors 1 9 (64.29 %) Microsoft 2 6 (42.86 %) Symantec 3 5 (35.71 %) Cisco 4 3 (21.43 %) VERITAS 4 3 (21.43 %) Citrix 4 3 (21.43 %) VMware 5 2 (14.29 %) Remedy 5 2 (14.29 %) NetApp 5 2 (14.29 %) HP 5 2 (14.29 %) Apple 6 1 (7.143 %) Lotus 6 1 (7.143 %) Intel