The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 22 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 Suffolk 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 27 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 2 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.258% 2.381% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.00% 10.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £258 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £215
% change year-on-year
+2.80% +24.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 £17.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.02% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
All Application Platforms
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
20 56 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 12.58% 22.22% 26.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 34 21
Average daily rate £413 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.92% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £233 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
Average hourly rate £10.50 £17.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.13% +27.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2007
East of 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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ipswich +4 1 - -
Exchange Server 2007
East of England

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 5 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) IIS
3 3 (60.00%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (60.00%) UAG
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Windows 8
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) MS Office
5 1 (20.00%) LAN
5 1 (20.00%) VoIP
5 1 (20.00%) WAN
5 1 (20.00%) DHCP
5 1 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) SLA
5 1 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (20.00%) SAN

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 5 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (60.00%) IIS
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) NAS
2 1 (20.00%) WAAS
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Call Centre Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 8
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (20.00%) MCITP
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (60.00%) UAG
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Brocade