The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 21 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 West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 107 132 80
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -52
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 10 10 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.480% 0.306% 1.490%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.674% 1.754% 9.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 24
Average daily rate - £225 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +28.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £215
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +23.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.90% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
374 570 424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 17.95% 17.46% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 340 218
Average daily rate £350 £365 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +17.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £444 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +23.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £41.50 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Exchange Server 2007 Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Somerset - 5 - -
Wiltshire +2 2 - -
Dorset +3 1 - -
Exchange Server 2007
England

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 18 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (77.78%) Windows
3 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
4 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 9 (50.00%) VMware
7 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
7 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (27.78%) Windows 7
8 5 (27.78%) SQL
8 5 (27.78%) MS Office
8 5 (27.78%) Cisco
9 4 (22.22%) ITIL
9 4 (22.22%) HP
9 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (22.22%) Windows Vista
10 3 (16.67%) VoIP
10 3 (16.67%) VPN
10 3 (16.67%) Citrix
10 3 (16.67%) SAN
10 3 (16.67%) Oracle
11 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
11 2 (11.11%) Firewall
11 2 (11.11%) Sophos
11 2 (11.11%) Thin Client
11 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
11 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
11 2 (11.11%) Dell

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 Development
1 1 (5.556%) HTML
1 1 (5.556%) XML
Application Platforms
1 18 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Office
2 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) VoIP
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
1 3 (16.67%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) IP Telephony
3 1 (5.556%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (5.556%) DNS
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) DHCP
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Technician
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Technician
5 1 (5.556%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Thin Client
1 2 (11.11%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.556%) NHS
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 5 (27.78%) Windows 7
6 4 (22.22%) Windows Vista
7 1 (5.556%) Mac OS
7 1 (5.556%) AIX
7 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 2 (11.11%) Migration
2 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL V2
3 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.556%) Service Management
3 1 (5.556%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.556%) VBScript
3 1 (5.556%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
3 1 (5.556%) vSphere
3 1 (5.556%) VMware Server
3 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.556%) HP SIM
2 1 (5.556%) SCCM
2 1 (5.556%) SCOM
2 1 (5.556%) ZENworks
2 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (50.00%) VMware
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
3 4 (22.22%) HP
4 3 (16.67%) Citrix
4 3 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (11.11%) Sophos
5 2 (11.11%) Dell
5 2 (11.11%) Veeam
6 1 (5.556%) ProCurve
6 1 (5.556%) EMC
6 1 (5.556%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (5.556%) NetApp
6 1 (5.556%) Nokia
6 1 (5.556%) Novell
6 1 (5.556%) Juniper
6 1 (5.556%) Genesys
6 1 (5.556%) Adobe
6 1 (5.556%) Symantec
6 1 (5.556%) Wyse
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