Scotland MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 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 MS Exchange over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Bellshill Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Cirencester City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham Coventry Cramlington Crawley Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dudley Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenwich Guildford Hackney Halesowen Hammersmith Hampshire Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Knottingley Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Peterlee Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rochdale Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stourbridge Strathclyde Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thurrock Tonbridge Torpoint Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	50
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	53	73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.068 %	0.082 %
As % of the category below	12.56 %	16.63 %
Daily rates quoted	10	6
Average minimum daily rate	£206	£306
Average daily rate	£213	£310
% change on same period last year	-31.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£221	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£287	£298
% change on same period last year	-3.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.03	£17.16
Average hourly rate	£15.38	£17.79
% change on same period last year	-13.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.73	£18.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.26	£17.22
% change on same period last year	+0.25 %
Application Platforms Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	422	439
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.541 %	0.493 %
Daily rates quoted	53	66
Average minimum daily rate	£290	£295
Average daily rate	£309	£311
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£327	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	50
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.24	£17.45
Average hourly rate	£18.62	£18.73
% change on same period last year	-0.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.00	£20.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
MS Exchange 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.

MS Exchange
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing MS Exchange across the Scotland 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 contract IT jobs ads citing MS Exchange across the Scotland region.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing MS Exchange across the Scotland region.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

MS Exchange
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Glasgow	-3	25	£171	-14.25 %
2	Edinburgh	-5	10	£204	-46.22 %
2	Aberdeen	+1	10	£300	-
3	Ayrshire	-	2	-	-
3	North Lanarkshire	0	2	-	-
3	Strathclyde	-	2	-	-
4	Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-
4	Scottish Borders	-	1	-	-

MS Exchange UK

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing MS Exchange also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Exchange.

1 73 (60.33 %) Active Directory 2 71 (58.68 %) Microsoft 2 71 (58.68 %) Windows 3 48 (39.67 %) MS Office 4 44 (36.36 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 27 (22.31 %) Windows 2000 6 24 (19.83 %) Microsoft Certification 7 22 (18.18 %) Windows XP 7 22 (18.18 %) ITIL 8 21 (17.36 %) MS Excel 8 21 (17.36 %) Cisco 9 20 (16.53 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 19 (15.70 %) Citrix 11 15 (12.40 %) Service Management 12 14 (11.57 %) VMware

12 14 (11.57 %) SAN 12 14 (11.57 %) LAN 13 13 (10.74 %) Windows Server 2003 14 12 (9.917 %) MCSE 15 11 (9.091 %) WAN 15 11 (9.091 %) Finance 16 10 (8.264 %) Windows NT 16 10 (8.264 %) Exchange Server 2007 17 8 (6.612 %) Change Management 17 8 (6.612 %) SQL 17 8 (6.612 %) TCP/IP 17 8 (6.612 %) DNS 18 6 (4.959 %) Exchange Server 5.5 18 6 (4.959 %) VMware ESX 18 6 (4.959 %) DHCP

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing MS Exchange also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Exchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (1.653 %) .NET 2 1 (0.826 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (0.826 %) SOAP 2 1 (0.826 %) WebServices 2 1 (0.826 %) XML 2 1 (0.826 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.826 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 44 (36.36 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 20 (16.53 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 10 (8.264 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 6 (4.959 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 3 (2.479 %) IIS 6 2 (1.653 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.826 %) LiveLink 7 1 (0.826 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.826 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 48 (39.67 %) MS Office 2 21 (17.36 %) MS Excel 3 2 (1.653 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.826 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.826 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (1.653 %) Line 50 2 1 (0.826 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 14 (11.57 %) LAN 1 14 (11.57 %) SAN 2 11 (9.091 %) WAN 3 8 (6.612 %) TCP/IP 3 8 (6.612 %) DNS 4 6 (4.959 %) DHCP 5 5 (4.132 %) Intranet 6 4 (3.306 %) Internet 6 4 (3.306 %) VPN 7 2 (1.653 %) WINS 7 2 (1.653 %) VoIP 7 2 (1.653 %) Firewall 7 2 (1.653 %) Wireless 7 2 (1.653 %) Cisco PIX 8 1 (0.826 %) WLAN 8 1 (0.826 %) Ethernet 8 1 (0.826 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.306 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.826 %) MS Access 2 1 (0.826 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
General 1 11 (9.091 %) Finance 2 3 (2.479 %) Financial Institution 2 3 (2.479 %) Telecoms 3 2 (1.653 %) Banking 3 2 (1.653 %) Government 4 1 (0.826 %) Health 4 1 (0.826 %) Police 4 1 (0.826 %) Pensions 4 1 (0.826 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 50 (41.32 %) Analyst 2 30 (24.79 %) Support Analyst 3 17 (14.05 %) Service Analyst 4 12 (9.917 %) Service Desk Analyst 5 11 (9.091 %) Desktop Support 6 9 (7.438 %) 2nd Line Support 6 9 (7.438 %) Server Engineer 7 8 (6.612 %) 3rd Line Support 8 7 (5.785 %) Desktop Support Analyst 8 7 (5.785 %) Desktop Analyst 9 5 (4.132 %) Administrator 9 5 (4.132 %) Consultant 10 4 (3.306 %) Systems Engineer 10 4 (3.306 %) Support Technician 10 4 (3.306 %) 1st Line Support 10 4 (3.306 %) Support Engineer 10 4 (3.306 %) Helpdesk Support 11 3 (2.479 %) Technical Analyst 11 3 (2.479 %) Desktop Engineer 11 3 (2.479 %) Helpdesk Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.306 %) Blackberry 2 1 (0.826 %) Handset 2 1 (0.826 %) Asset Management 2 1 (0.826 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 71 (58.68 %) Windows 2 27 (22.31 %) Windows 2000 3 22 (18.18 %) Windows XP 4 13 (10.74 %) Windows Server 2003 5 10 (8.264 %) Windows NT 6 2 (1.653 %) NetWare 6 2 (1.653 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.826 %) Unix 7 1 (0.826 %) Mac OS X 7 1 (0.826 %) AIX 7 1 (0.826 %) Solaris 7 1 (0.826 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 22 (18.18 %) ITIL 2 15 (12.40 %) Service Management 3 8 (6.612 %) Change Management 4 4 (3.306 %) Migration 5 2 (1.653 %) PRINCE2 5 2 (1.653 %) CRM 6 1 (0.826 %) Project Management 6 1 (0.826 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (0.826 %) ITSM 6 1 (0.826 %) Process Management 6 1 (0.826 %) Information Management	Programming Languages 1 8 (6.612 %) SQL 2 2 (1.653 %) VBScript 2 2 (1.653 %) VB
Qualifications 1 24 (19.83 %) Microsoft Certification 2 12 (9.917 %) MCSE 3 4 (3.306 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 3 4 (3.306 %) MCP 4 3 (2.479 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (1.653 %) MCSA 5 2 (1.653 %) CCA 5 2 (1.653 %) Citrix Certification 5 2 (1.653 %) CCEA 5 2 (1.653 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.826 %) MCT 6 1 (0.826 %) CCNP 6 1 (0.826 %) MCDST	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.479 %) SLA
System Software 1 73 (60.33 %) Active Directory 2 6 (4.959 %) VMware ESX 3 4 (3.306 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 3 (2.479 %) NetBackup 4 3 (2.479 %) ISA Server 5 1 (0.826 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 5 (4.132 %) MIMEsweeper 2 4 (3.306 %) MOM 2 4 (3.306 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.826 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.826 %) Legato 3 1 (0.826 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.826 %) DameWare 3 1 (0.826 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (0.826 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 71 (58.68 %) Microsoft 2 21 (17.36 %) Cisco 3 19 (15.70 %) Citrix 4 14 (11.57 %) VMware 5 5 (4.132 %) Remedy 6 4 (3.306 %) HP 7 3 (2.479 %) Dell 7 3 (2.479 %) NetApp 7 3 (2.479 %) VERITAS 8 2 (1.653 %) Sage 8 2 (1.653 %) Reuters 8 2 (1.653 %) Bloomberg 8 2 (1.653 %) SurfControl 9 1 (0.826 %) McAfee Security 9 1 (0.826 %) BT 9 1 (0.826 %) Altiris 9 1 (0.826 %) Symantec 9 1 (0.826 %) Lotus 9 1 (0.826 %) Novell 9 1 (0.826 %) Intel