South East Exchange Server 5.5 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 skills within the South 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 Exchange Server 5.5 over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Location Aberdeen Ayr Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chertsey City of London Dorset East of England Edinburgh Ely England Fareham Gatwick Guildford Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent King's Lynn London Manchester Milton Keynes Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Peterborough Poole Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South Ayrshire South Coast South East South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Sussex Weybridge Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	221	230
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	35	71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.046 %	0.071 %
As % of the category below	2.023 %	2.708 %
Daily rates quoted	17	18
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£304
Average daily rate	£290	£310
% change on same period last year	-6.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£294	£316
UK excluding London average daily rate	£281	£263
% change on same period last year	+6.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	22
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.18	£25.38
Average hourly rate	£24.57	£26.43
% change on same period last year	-7.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.96	£27.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.99	£22.62
% change on same period last year	-11.65 %
Application Platforms South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1730	2622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.283 %	2.611 %
Daily rates quoted	437	612
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£334
Average daily rate	£357	£358
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£347
% change on same period last year	+1.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	213	311
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.64	£24.95
Average hourly rate	£26.79	£26.53
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.94	£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.22	£24.95
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Exchange Server 5.5 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 5.5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Exchange Server 5.5
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the South East region.

Exchange Server 5.5
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Exchange Server 5.5
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the South East region.

Exchange Server 5.5
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Exchange Server 5.5
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 5.5 within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Buckinghamshire	+17	19	£277	-16.84 %
Surrey	+1	11	£320	-29.37 %
Berkshire	+25	1	-	-
West Sussex	+3	1	-	-
Kent	0	1	-	-
Hampshire	+6	1	-	-

Exchange Server 5.5 England

Exchange Server 5.5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Exchange Server 5.5 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 5.5.

1 105 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 57 (54.29 %) Windows 3 56 (53.33 %) Migration 4 47 (44.76 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 47 (44.76 %) Security Cleared 5 46 (43.81 %) Microsoft 6 45 (42.86 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 41 (39.05 %) Active Directory 8 39 (37.14 %) Windows Server 2003 9 32 (30.48 %) SC Cleared 10 25 (23.81 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 22 (20.95 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 20 (19.05 %) MS Office 13 19 (18.10 %) Windows 2000 14 18 (17.14 %) Microsoft Certification

15 15 (14.29 %) DNS 15 15 (14.29 %) Windows NT 15 15 (14.29 %) Clustering 16 14 (13.33 %) MCSE 17 13 (12.38 %) Windows XP 17 13 (12.38 %) Citrix 17 13 (12.38 %) Government 18 12 (11.43 %) TCP/IP 18 12 (11.43 %) ITIL 19 11 (10.48 %) Finance 20 10 (9.524 %) Backup Exec 20 10 (9.524 %) CNE 20 10 (9.524 %) Novell Certification 20 10 (9.524 %) HP 20 10 (9.524 %) Data Migration

Exchange Server 5.5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Exchange Server 5.5 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 5.5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 105 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 2 47 (44.76 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 45 (42.86 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 22 (20.95 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 7 (6.667 %) IIS 6 3 (2.857 %) GroupWise 7 2 (1.905 %) Apache	Applications 1 20 (19.05 %) MS Office 2 8 (7.619 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.952 %) MS Project
Communications & Networking 1 15 (14.29 %) DNS 2 12 (11.43 %) TCP/IP 3 9 (8.571 %) SAN 4 8 (7.619 %) DHCP 5 6 (5.714 %) Firewall 6 5 (4.762 %) Cisco PIX 7 4 (3.810 %) LAN 8 3 (2.857 %) WAN 9 2 (1.905 %) Internet 9 2 (1.905 %) SMS 10 1 (0.952 %) VPN 10 1 (0.952 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.810 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.905 %) SQL Server 2000 2 2 (1.905 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 13 (12.38 %) Government 2 11 (10.48 %) Finance 3 8 (7.619 %) Telecoms 3 8 (7.619 %) Legal 4 2 (1.905 %) Health 5 1 (0.952 %) Insurance 5 1 (0.952 %) Local Government	Job Titles 1 38 (36.19 %) Consultant 2 29 (27.62 %) Exchange Consultant 3 19 (18.10 %) Analyst 4 10 (9.524 %) 2nd Line Support 4 10 (9.524 %) Migration Consultant 5 9 (8.571 %) Support Analyst 5 9 (8.571 %) 3rd Line Support 5 9 (8.571 %) Technical Consultant 5 9 (8.571 %) Support Engineer 6 7 (6.667 %) Technical Support 7 6 (5.714 %) Messaging Specialist 8 4 (3.810 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 8 4 (3.810 %) Infrastructure Analyst 9 3 (2.857 %) Exchange Specialist 9 3 (2.857 %) Messaging Consultant 9 3 (2.857 %) Support Specialist 9 3 (2.857 %) Desktop Support 9 3 (2.857 %) Test Engineer 9 3 (2.857 %) 3rd Line Support Analyst 9 3 (2.857 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 15 (14.29 %) Clustering 2 7 (6.667 %) Blackberry 3 2 (1.905 %) Thin Client 3 2 (1.905 %) Client/Server 3 2 (1.905 %) Fat Client 4 1 (0.952 %) Informatics 4 1 (0.952 %) PDA 4 1 (0.952 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 57 (54.29 %) Windows 2 39 (37.14 %) Windows Server 2003 3 25 (23.81 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 19 (18.10 %) Windows 2000 5 15 (14.29 %) Windows NT 6 13 (12.38 %) Windows XP 7 4 (3.810 %) Linux 7 4 (3.810 %) UNIX 8 3 (2.857 %) NetWare 9 2 (1.905 %) Red Hat Linux 10 1 (0.952 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 56 (53.33 %) Migration 2 47 (44.76 %) Security Cleared 3 32 (30.48 %) SC Cleared 4 12 (11.43 %) ITIL 5 10 (9.524 %) Data Migration 6 9 (8.571 %) Service Delivery 7 5 (4.762 %) Problem Management 8 4 (3.810 %) DV Cleared 8 4 (3.810 %) ITSM 8 4 (3.810 %) Change Management 9 3 (2.857 %) Validation 10 2 (1.905 %) Time Management 10 2 (1.905 %) PRINCE2 10 2 (1.905 %) Service Management 10 2 (1.905 %) Load Balancing 11 1 (0.952 %) Software Testing	Programming Languages 1 4 (3.810 %) SQL 2 2 (1.905 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 18 (17.14 %) Microsoft Certification 2 14 (13.33 %) MCSE 3 10 (9.524 %) CNE 3 10 (9.524 %) Novell Certification 4 4 (3.810 %) MCP 5 2 (1.905 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (1.905 %) MCSA 5 2 (1.905 %) Degree	System Software 1 41 (39.05 %) Active Directory 2 10 (9.524 %) Backup Exec 3 7 (6.667 %) MailMarshal 4 4 (3.810 %) MetaFrame 5 3 (2.857 %) Novell eDirectory 6 2 (1.905 %) ISA Server 6 2 (1.905 %) NetBackup 6 2 (1.905 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 2 (1.905 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 7 1 (0.952 %) Terminal Server 7 1 (0.952 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 4 (3.810 %) MOM 1 4 (3.810 %) OpenView 1 4 (3.810 %) OVOW	Vendors 1 46 (43.81 %) Microsoft 2 13 (12.38 %) Citrix 3 10 (9.524 %) HP 4 9 (8.571 %) VERITAS 5 7 (6.667 %) Cisco 6 6 (5.714 %) Compaq 7 5 (4.762 %) Symantec 8 4 (3.810 %) Dell 8 4 (3.810 %) IBM 8 4 (3.810 %) Sun 9 3 (2.857 %) IronPort 9 3 (2.857 %) NetApp 10 2 (1.905 %) Novell 10 2 (1.905 %) Siemens 10 2 (1.905 %) CheckPoint 10 2 (1.905 %) Red Hat 10 2 (1.905 %) Fujitsu Siemens 11 1 (0.952 %) Altiris 11 1 (0.952 %) LANDesk 11 1 (0.952 %) VMware