The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 19 June 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 Southampton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 28 23 26
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +3
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 9 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 2.687% 3.891% 1.070%
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.07% 24.39% 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 0
Average daily rate £348 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.59% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £210
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +74.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+10.14% +15.00%
All Application Platforms
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
56 41 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 16.72% 15.95% 19.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 17
Average daily rate £375 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 3
Average hourly rate £17.50 £37.50 £22.43
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.33% +67.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £15.99 £21.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £131.00 £27.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2007
Hampshire

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
3 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (69.23%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (61.54%) Citrix
4 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (46.15%) Migration
5 6 (46.15%) VMware
5 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (38.46%) XenApp
7 4 (30.77%) Lync
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
7 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
8 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
8 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
8 3 (23.08%) Backup Exec
8 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
8 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
8 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (23.08%) XenServer
8 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
9 2 (15.38%) French Language
9 2 (15.38%) VMware Server
10 1 (7.692%) Linux
10 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (7.692%) CentOS
10 1 (7.692%) DHCP
10 1 (7.692%) DNS

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (69.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (30.77%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) DHCP
1 1 (7.692%) DNS
General
1 2 (15.38%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Server Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
6 1 (7.692%) Linux
6 1 (7.692%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) XenApp
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (23.08%) XenServer
4 2 (15.38%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Citrix
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft