The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 147 165 163
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -2
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 78 75 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.001% 0.739% 0.868%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.443% 4.729% 5.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 36 32
Average daily rate £303 £265 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.15% +20.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £163 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £358 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £215
% change year-on-year
+2.80% +24.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 21
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.55 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £37.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 £17.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.59% +7.81%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1433 1586 1768
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.39% 15.63% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 769 750
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 83 156
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2007
England

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +20 25 £345 +1.47%
Hampshire -14 20 £300 +25.00%
Surrey +16 12 £275 +25.00%
Buckinghamshire +14 10 £135 -41.62%
Oxfordshire +8 6 £338 -
Kent 0 4 - -
West Sussex +19 2 - -
Middlesex +6 1 - -
Exchange Server 2007
England

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 154 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 127 (82.47%) Windows
3 118 (76.62%) Active Directory
4 93 (60.39%) Exchange Server 2010
5 91 (59.09%) Microsoft
6 88 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 87 (56.49%) Windows Server 2003
8 67 (43.51%) VMware
9 53 (34.42%) Exchange Server 2003
10 47 (30.52%) Windows XP
11 46 (29.87%) Windows 7
12 43 (27.92%) Citrix
13 38 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
14 32 (20.78%) SQL
15 31 (20.13%) MS Office
16 30 (19.48%) DHCP
17 28 (18.18%) Migration
18 27 (17.53%) DNS
18 27 (17.53%) Cisco
18 27 (17.53%) Firewall
19 26 (16.88%) SharePoint
20 25 (16.23%) HP
21 24 (15.58%) MS Excel
22 23 (14.94%) PowerShell
22 23 (14.94%) SCCM
23 22 (14.29%) SCOM
23 22 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
24 21 (13.64%) SAN
24 21 (13.64%) SQL Server
24 21 (13.64%) ITIL

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 11 (7.143%) ADSI
2 4 (2.597%) XML
3 1 (0.649%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.649%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 154 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 93 (60.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 53 (34.42%) Exchange Server 2003
4 26 (16.88%) SharePoint
5 18 (11.69%) IIS
6 15 (9.740%) SharePoint 2010
7 9 (5.844%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (4.545%) GroupWise
9 6 (3.896%) Lync
10 3 (1.948%) Lotus Notes
11 2 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (1.299%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.649%) Apache
Applications
1 31 (20.13%) MS Office
2 24 (15.58%) MS Excel
3 7 (4.545%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.948%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (19.48%) DHCP
2 27 (17.53%) DNS
2 27 (17.53%) Firewall
3 21 (13.64%) SAN
4 20 (12.99%) TCP/IP
5 18 (11.69%) VPN
6 14 (9.091%) LAN
7 11 (7.143%) WAN
8 10 (6.494%) Internet
9 7 (4.545%) iSCSI
10 5 (3.247%) IP Telephony
10 5 (3.247%) NAS
11 4 (2.597%) VLAN
12 3 (1.948%) FTP
13 2 (1.299%) Cisco IOS
13 2 (1.299%) Intranet
13 2 (1.299%) FDDI
13 2 (1.299%) IPsec
13 2 (1.299%) SNMP
13 2 (1.299%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.04%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (11.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.948%) IDOL
4 1 (0.649%) DB2
4 1 (0.649%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (1.299%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.649%) WebLOAD
General
1 10 (6.494%) Retail
2 7 (4.545%) Finance
3 4 (2.597%) French Language
3 4 (2.597%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.948%) Advertising
4 3 (1.948%) Publishing
5 2 (1.299%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 25 (16.23%) Support Engineer
1 25 (16.23%) Analyst
2 20 (12.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (12.99%) Systems Engineer
3 17 (11.04%) Server Engineer
4 12 (7.792%) 3rd Line Support
4 12 (7.792%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 10 (6.494%) Support Analyst
5 10 (6.494%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (5.195%) Administrator
7 7 (4.545%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (4.545%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (4.545%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 6 (3.896%) Wintel Engineer
8 6 (3.896%) Server Analyst
8 6 (3.896%) Exchange Engineer
8 6 (3.896%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (3.896%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (3.896%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) Blackberry
2 10 (6.494%) Clustering
3 3 (1.948%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (1.948%) iPhone
4 2 (1.299%) EqualLogic
5 1 (0.649%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.649%) Replication
5 1 (0.649%) iSeries
5 1 (0.649%) SaaS
5 1 (0.649%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 127 (82.47%) Windows
2 88 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 87 (56.49%) Windows Server 2003
4 47 (30.52%) Windows XP
5 46 (29.87%) Windows 7
6 20 (12.99%) Windows Vista
7 11 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (4.545%) Linux
8 7 (4.545%) Windows 2000 Server
9 6 (3.896%) Windows 2000
10 4 (2.597%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.948%) Mac OS X
11 3 (1.948%) Windows 8
12 2 (1.299%) AIX
12 2 (1.299%) UNIX
13 1 (0.649%) VMS
13 1 (0.649%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.18%) Migration
2 21 (13.64%) ITIL
3 6 (3.896%) Project Management
4 5 (3.247%) Service Delivery
5 4 (2.597%) System Testing
5 4 (2.597%) Integration Testing
5 4 (2.597%) Test Scripting
5 4 (2.597%) Configuration Management
5 4 (2.597%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (2.597%) Validation
5 4 (2.597%) B2B
6 3 (1.948%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (1.299%) Change Control
7 2 (1.299%) Network Architecture
7 2 (1.299%) Data Protection
7 2 (1.299%) Time Management
7 2 (1.299%) Incident Management
7 2 (1.299%) Change Management
7 2 (1.299%) PRINCE2
8 1 (0.649%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.78%) SQL
2 23 (14.94%) PowerShell
3 11 (7.143%) VBScript
4 2 (1.299%) C
5 1 (0.649%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (8.442%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.792%) MCSE
4 6 (3.896%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.247%) MCP
5 5 (3.247%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.247%) CNA
5 5 (3.247%) Novell Certification
5 5 (3.247%) MCITP
5 5 (3.247%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (3.247%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.597%) MCSD
7 3 (1.948%) CCNA
8 2 (1.299%) MCDST
8 2 (1.299%) Degree
9 1 (0.649%) MCSA
9 1 (0.649%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.545%) SLA
2 2 (1.299%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.299%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 118 (76.62%) Active Directory
2 38 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (13.64%) vSphere
4 20 (12.99%) XenApp
5 16 (10.39%) Hyper-V
6 15 (9.740%) VMware ESX
7 10 (6.494%) XenServer
8 8 (5.195%) ISA Server
9 5 (3.247%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (2.597%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (1.299%) UAG
11 2 (1.299%) DFS Replication
11 2 (1.299%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (1.299%) VMware Server
11 2 (1.299%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.299%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.649%) NFS
12 1 (0.649%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (14.94%) SCCM
2 22 (14.29%) SCOM
3 13 (8.442%) Backup Exec
4 6 (3.896%) Norton AntiVirus
5 5 (3.247%) MOM
6 3 (1.948%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.948%) Sysprep
7 2 (1.299%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (1.299%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 1 (0.649%) OpenView
8 1 (0.649%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.649%) WSUS
8 1 (0.649%) OVSD
8 1 (0.649%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 91 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 67 (43.51%) VMware
3 43 (27.92%) Citrix
4 27 (17.53%) Cisco
5 25 (16.23%) HP
6 15 (9.740%) Symantec
7 12 (7.792%) Dell
8 8 (5.195%) IBM
9 7 (4.545%) Novell
9 7 (4.545%) Websense
10 6 (3.896%) Brocade
10 6 (3.896%) Clearswift
10 6 (3.896%) Apple
11 5 (3.247%) EMC
11 5 (3.247%) Sophos
12 4 (2.597%) NetApp
13 3 (1.948%) Adobe
13 3 (1.948%) Lotus
13 3 (1.948%) 3PAR
14 2 (1.299%) Lumension
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