South West MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server skills within the South West 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 15 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 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 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 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 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	90	75
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	52	86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.067 %	0.097 %
As % of the category below	11.13 %	13.19 %
Daily rates quoted	5	13
Average minimum daily rate	£370	£302
Average daily rate	£398	£320
% change on same period last year	+24.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£292
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.88	£14.44
Average hourly rate	£17.92	£15.47
% change on same period last year	+15.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.96	£16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.31	£17.21
% change on same period last year	+0.53 %
Application Platforms South West
Matching contract IT job ads	467	652
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.599 %	0.732 %
Daily rates quoted	83	135
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£327
Average daily rate	£362	£340
% change on same period last year	+6.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	67	76
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.05	£21.37
Average hourly rate	£23.06	£22.82
% change on same period last year	+1.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.07	£24.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
MS Exchange 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.

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 South West 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 South West region.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the South West 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 South West region.

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the South West 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 South West 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	Bristol	-8	17	£300	-
2	Wiltshire	+4	15	£423	+3.26 %
3	Devon	+12	8	-	-
4	Somerset	+2	4	-	-
5	Gloucestershire	-8	3	-	-
6	Cornwall	+6	2	-	-

MS Exchange England

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West 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 86 (64.66 %) Windows 2 79 (59.40 %) Microsoft 3 76 (57.14 %) Active Directory 4 49 (36.84 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 43 (32.33 %) MS Office 6 40 (30.08 %) TCP/IP 7 37 (27.82 %) MS Excel 8 32 (24.06 %) Windows 2000 9 28 (21.05 %) Windows Server 2003 10 26 (19.55 %) Citrix 10 26 (19.55 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 24 (18.05 %) Microsoft Certification 12 23 (17.29 %) VMware 13 20 (15.04 %) MCSE 14 19 (14.29 %) Windows XP

14 19 (14.29 %) SQL 15 18 (13.53 %) SQL Server 15 18 (13.53 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 16 17 (12.78 %) Cisco 17 16 (12.03 %) SAN 18 15 (11.28 %) Firewall 19 14 (10.53 %) ITIL 20 13 (9.774 %) IIS 20 13 (9.774 %) Solaris 20 13 (9.774 %) Terminal Services 21 12 (9.023 %) LAN 22 11 (8.271 %) WAN 22 11 (8.271 %) VERITAS 23 10 (7.519 %) Backup Exec 23 10 (7.519 %) SLA

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West 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 7 (5.263 %) .NET 2 1 (0.752 %) XML 2 1 (0.752 %) RSS 2 1 (0.752 %) ADSI 2 1 (0.752 %) Windows SharePoint Services 2 1 (0.752 %) .NET Framework 2 1 (0.752 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 49 (36.84 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 26 (19.55 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 13 (9.774 %) IIS 4 8 (6.015 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 7 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 5 (3.759 %) SharePoint 6 5 (3.759 %) Lotus Notes 7 2 (1.504 %) Apache 7 2 (1.504 %) Tomcat 7 2 (1.504 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 2 (1.504 %) WebLogic 8 1 (0.752 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 1 (0.752 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 43 (32.33 %) MS Office 2 37 (27.82 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.752 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.752 %) DeltaView 3 1 (0.752 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (2.256 %) Summit 2 1 (0.752 %) assyst 2 1 (0.752 %) GoldMine 2 1 (0.752 %) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking 1 40 (30.08 %) TCP/IP 2 16 (12.03 %) SAN 3 15 (11.28 %) Firewall 4 12 (9.023 %) LAN 5 11 (8.271 %) WAN 6 10 (7.519 %) DNS 7 8 (6.015 %) DHCP 7 8 (6.015 %) X.400 8 7 (5.263 %) SMTP 9 6 (4.511 %) WINS 10 5 (3.759 %) VPN 10 5 (3.759 %) LDAP 11 4 (3.008 %) VLAN 11 4 (3.008 %) X.500 12 3 (2.256 %) NetScreen 12 3 (2.256 %) Internet 13 2 (1.504 %) Wireless 14 1 (0.752 %) IPsec 14 1 (0.752 %) PPTP 14 1 (0.752 %) HTTPS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (13.53 %) SQL Server 2 7 (5.263 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (2.256 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 1 (0.752 %) Visual Studio	General 1 8 (6.015 %) Law 2 7 (5.263 %) Telecoms 3 3 (2.256 %) Finance 3 3 (2.256 %) Military 4 2 (1.504 %) Government 4 2 (1.504 %) Publishing 5 1 (0.752 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (0.752 %) Education 5 1 (0.752 %) Billing 5 1 (0.752 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 29 (21.80 %) Support Engineer 2 25 (18.80 %) Analyst 3 16 (12.03 %) 2nd Line Support 4 15 (11.28 %) 3rd Line Support 5 13 (9.774 %) Desktop Support 5 13 (9.774 %) Support Analyst 6 11 (8.271 %) Desktop Engineer 7 10 (7.519 %) Infrastructure Engineer 8 9 (6.767 %) Desktop Support Engineer 8 9 (6.767 %) Senior Infrastructure Engineer 9 8 (6.015 %) Network Support 10 7 (5.263 %) Technical Support 10 7 (5.263 %) Consultant 11 6 (4.511 %) Network Engineer 11 6 (4.511 %) Administrator 11 6 (4.511 %) Technical Consultant 11 6 (4.511 %) Helpdesk Support 12 5 (3.759 %) Desktop Analyst 12 5 (3.759 %) 1st Line Support 12 5 (3.759 %) Server Support	Miscellaneous 1 7 (5.263 %) Blackberry 2 5 (3.759 %) Thin Client 2 5 (3.759 %) Fat Client 3 2 (1.504 %) PKI 3 2 (1.504 %) Asset Management 4 1 (0.752 %) SecurID 4 1 (0.752 %) AS400 4 1 (0.752 %) Replication 4 1 (0.752 %) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems 1 86 (64.66 %) Windows 2 32 (24.06 %) Windows 2000 3 28 (21.05 %) Windows Server 2003 4 19 (14.29 %) Windows XP 5 13 (9.774 %) Solaris 6 10 (7.519 %) Windows NT 7 8 (6.015 %) Linux 8 7 (5.263 %) Unix 9 3 (2.256 %) Mac OS X 10 2 (1.504 %) Windows Vista 11 1 (0.752 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (10.53 %) ITIL 2 4 (3.008 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (2.256 %) Web Development 3 3 (2.256 %) Load Balancing 3 3 (2.256 %) Release Management 4 2 (1.504 %) Configuration Management 4 2 (1.504 %) Project Management 4 2 (1.504 %) PRINCE 4 2 (1.504 %) Benchmarking 4 2 (1.504 %) Service Delivery 5 1 (0.752 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (0.752 %) Data Security 5 1 (0.752 %) Migration 5 1 (0.752 %) Information Security 5 1 (0.752 %) Information Management 5 1 (0.752 %) Document Management 5 1 (0.752 %) Network Design 5 1 (0.752 %) CAD 5 1 (0.752 %) OO 5 1 (0.752 %) Service Management
Programming Languages 1 19 (14.29 %) SQL 2 4 (3.008 %) Shell Script 3 2 (1.504 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.752 %) C# 4 1 (0.752 %) Java 4 1 (0.752 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 24 (18.05 %) Microsoft Certification 2 20 (15.04 %) MCSE 3 9 (6.767 %) ITIL Certification 4 5 (3.759 %) MCP 4 5 (3.759 %) CCNA 4 5 (3.759 %) Cisco Certification 5 4 (3.008 %) MCSA 6 1 (0.752 %) CCNP 6 1 (0.752 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (7.519 %) SLA	System Software 1 76 (57.14 %) Active Directory 2 13 (9.774 %) Terminal Services 3 10 (7.519 %) Backup Exec 4 8 (6.015 %) NetBackup 5 4 (3.008 %) VMware ESX 6 3 (2.256 %) Citrix Presentation Server 7 2 (1.504 %) MetaFrame 8 1 (0.752 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 18 (13.53 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (2.256 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 2 (1.504 %) BMC Performance Manager 4 1 (0.752 %) OpenView 4 1 (0.752 %) CiscoWorks 4 1 (0.752 %) MOM 4 1 (0.752 %) MIMEsweeper 4 1 (0.752 %) NNM 4 1 (0.752 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 79 (59.40 %) Microsoft 2 26 (19.55 %) Citrix 3 23 (17.29 %) VMware 4 17 (12.78 %) Cisco 5 11 (8.271 %) VERITAS 6 9 (6.767 %) HP 7 7 (5.263 %) Dell 8 6 (4.511 %) IBM 8 6 (4.511 %) Symantec 9 5 (3.759 %) Lotus 10 4 (3.008 %) Oracle 11 3 (2.256 %) BMC 11 3 (2.256 %) EMC 11 3 (2.256 %) Red Hat 11 3 (2.256 %) Apple 11 3 (2.256 %) Altiris 12 2 (1.504 %) Novell 12 2 (1.504 %) Remedy 12 2 (1.504 %) Intel 12 2 (1.504 %) BEA