Surrey MS Exchange Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Exchange Server skills within the Surrey 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 16 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 Burton-upon-Trent 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 Knottingley 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 Rochdale 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 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	74
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching contract IT job ads	52	44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.067 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	17.39 %	9.342 %
Daily rates quoted	8	3
Average minimum daily rate	£231	£263
Average daily rate	£243	£273
% change on same period last year	-11.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£256	£283
UK excluding London average daily rate	£287	£298
% change on same period last year	-3.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.69	£15.47
Average hourly rate	£19.65	£15.93
% change on same period last year	+23.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.62	£16.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.26	£17.22
% change on same period last year	+0.25 %
Application Platforms Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	299	471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.384 %	0.529 %
Daily rates quoted	66	85
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£336
Average daily rate	£378	£361
% change on same period last year	+4.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	55	59
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.79	£23.01
Average hourly rate	£22.95	£23.94
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.11	£24.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
MS Exchange South East

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 Surrey 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 Surrey region.

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

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

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Surrey 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 Surrey 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	Staines	-	5	£400	-
1	Woking	+1	5	£180	-
2	Weybridge	-1	4	-	-
3	Redhill	-	3	£200	-
4	Camberley	-	1	-	-
4	Dorking	-	1	-	-
4	Guildford	-8	1	£250	-10.71 %
4	Leatherhead	-6	1	-	-

MS Exchange South East

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Surrey 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 73 (74.49 %) Windows 2 65 (66.33 %) Microsoft 3 59 (60.20 %) Active Directory 4 45 (45.92 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 36 (36.73 %) MS Office 6 26 (26.53 %) Microsoft Certification 7 24 (24.49 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 22 (22.45 %) Windows 2000 9 21 (21.43 %) Citrix 10 20 (20.41 %) Firewall 10 20 (20.41 %) MS Excel 10 20 (20.41 %) TCP/IP 11 18 (18.37 %) MCSE 12 17 (17.35 %) Windows NT 12 17 (17.35 %) Clustering

13 16 (16.33 %) MCP 13 16 (16.33 %) Windows Server 2003 14 13 (13.27 %) HP 14 13 (13.27 %) Exchange Server 5.5 15 11 (11.22 %) WAN 15 11 (11.22 %) SQL Server 16 10 (10.20 %) VPN 16 10 (10.20 %) LAN 16 10 (10.20 %) Windows XP 16 10 (10.20 %) Exchange Server 2007 16 10 (10.20 %) Migration 17 9 (9.184 %) SharePoint 18 8 (8.163 %) Symantec 18 8 (8.163 %) Blackberry 19 7 (7.143 %) CRM

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (3.061 %) COM 1 3 (3.061 %) WebServices 1 3 (3.061 %) .NET 2 2 (2.041 %) ATL 2 2 (2.041 %) XML 2 2 (2.041 %) DOM 2 2 (2.041 %) XSL 2 2 (2.041 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 45 (45.92 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 24 (24.49 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 13 (13.27 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 10 (10.20 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 9 (9.184 %) SharePoint 6 7 (7.143 %) IIS 7 3 (3.061 %) BizTalk Server 7 3 (3.061 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 3 (3.061 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 1 (1.020 %) Office Project Server 8 1 (1.020 %) GroupWise 8 1 (1.020 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 1 (1.020 %) Live Communications Server 8 1 (1.020 %) Lotus Notes 8 1 (1.020 %) Apache 8 1 (1.020 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 36 (36.73 %) MS Office 2 20 (20.41 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.020 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.020 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (3.061 %) Line 50
Communications & Networking 1 20 (20.41 %) TCP/IP 1 20 (20.41 %) Firewall 2 11 (11.22 %) WAN 3 10 (10.20 %) LAN 3 10 (10.20 %) VPN 4 6 (6.122 %) SAN 4 6 (6.122 %) Intranet 5 5 (5.102 %) DNS 6 3 (3.061 %) Wireless 6 3 (3.061 %) VLAN 6 3 (3.061 %) Network Security 6 3 (3.061 %) SMTP 6 3 (3.061 %) DHCP 7 2 (2.041 %) FTP 7 2 (2.041 %) HTTP 7 2 (2.041 %) SNMP 7 2 (2.041 %) Internet 7 2 (2.041 %) WINS 8 1 (1.020 %) Wi-Fi 8 1 (1.020 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (11.22 %) SQL Server 2 3 (3.061 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (1.020 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (1.020 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (1.020 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 2 (2.041 %) Visual Studio	General 1 5 (5.102 %) Government 2 4 (4.082 %) Finance 2 4 (4.082 %) Back Office 2 4 (4.082 %) Education 3 3 (3.061 %) Banking 4 2 (2.041 %) Insurance 4 2 (2.041 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.020 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (1.020 %) Electronics 5 1 (1.020 %) Construction 5 1 (1.020 %) Health 5 1 (1.020 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 21 (21.43 %) Analyst 1 21 (21.43 %) Desktop Support 2 16 (16.33 %) 2nd Line Support 3 14 (14.29 %) Support Engineer 4 13 (13.27 %) Support Analyst 5 8 (8.163 %) Consultant 5 8 (8.163 %) Network Engineer 6 7 (7.143 %) Desktop Support Analyst 6 7 (7.143 %) Desktop Analyst 7 6 (6.122 %) Helpdesk Support 8 5 (5.102 %) Network Support 8 5 (5.102 %) Network Support Engineer 9 4 (4.082 %) Infrastructure Analyst 9 4 (4.082 %) Project Manager 9 4 (4.082 %) Systems Engineer 9 4 (4.082 %) Exchange Consultant 10 3 (3.061 %) Technical Manager 10 3 (3.061 %) Storage Consultant 10 3 (3.061 %) PC Support 10 3 (3.061 %) Desktop Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 17 (17.35 %) Clustering 2 8 (8.163 %) Blackberry 3 3 (3.061 %) Asset Management 3 3 (3.061 %) CLARiiON 3 3 (3.061 %) Symmetrix 3 3 (3.061 %) Celerra 4 2 (2.041 %) Video Conferencing 4 2 (2.041 %) PDA 5 1 (1.020 %) Management Information System 5 1 (1.020 %) Replication 5 1 (1.020 %) N-Tier 5 1 (1.020 %) NHS 5 1 (1.020 %) HACMP
Operating Systems 1 73 (74.49 %) Windows 2 22 (22.45 %) Windows 2000 3 17 (17.35 %) Windows NT 4 16 (16.33 %) Windows Server 2003 5 10 (10.20 %) Windows XP 6 4 (4.082 %) Unix 6 4 (4.082 %) Linux 7 3 (3.061 %) Fedora 7 3 (3.061 %) Solaris 8 2 (2.041 %) NetWare 9 1 (1.020 %) MVS 9 1 (1.020 %) AIX 9 1 (1.020 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (10.20 %) Migration 2 7 (7.143 %) CRM 2 7 (7.143 %) ITIL 3 5 (5.102 %) Project Management 4 4 (4.082 %) Change Management 5 3 (3.061 %) Disaster Recovery 5 3 (3.061 %) Data Security 6 2 (2.041 %) Network Planning 6 2 (2.041 %) PRINCE2 7 1 (1.020 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (1.020 %) E-Commerce 7 1 (1.020 %) B2B 7 1 (1.020 %) PRINCE 7 1 (1.020 %) Incident Management 7 1 (1.020 %) Problem Management 7 1 (1.020 %) Document Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (7.143 %) SQL 2 2 (2.041 %) C++ 2 2 (2.041 %) PL/SQL 2 2 (2.041 %) VC++ 3 1 (1.020 %) VB	Qualifications 1 26 (26.53 %) Microsoft Certification 2 18 (18.37 %) MCSE 3 16 (16.33 %) MCP 4 6 (6.122 %) MCSA 5 3 (3.061 %) CCNA 5 3 (3.061 %) Cisco Certification 5 3 (3.061 %) Novell Certification 6 2 (2.041 %) CNA 7 1 (1.020 %) CNE 7 1 (1.020 %) MCSD 7 1 (1.020 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 1 (1.020 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 7 1 (1.020 %) Degree 7 1 (1.020 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software 1 59 (60.20 %) Active Directory 2 7 (7.143 %) Backup Exec 3 4 (4.082 %) ISA Server 4 2 (2.041 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (1.020 %) NDS 5 1 (1.020 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 1 (1.020 %) Novell eDirectory 5 1 (1.020 %) VMware ESX 5 1 (1.020 %) MetaFrame 5 1 (1.020 %) Terminal Server	Systems Management 1 4 (4.082 %) MOM 1 4 (4.082 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (3.061 %) MAILsweeper 2 3 (3.061 %) EMC TimeFinder 2 3 (3.061 %) WSUS 3 1 (1.020 %) HP Data Protector 3 1 (1.020 %) ZENworks 3 1 (1.020 %) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors 1 65 (66.33 %) Microsoft 2 21 (21.43 %) Citrix 3 13 (13.27 %) HP 4 8 (8.163 %) Symantec 5 7 (7.143 %) VMware 6 6 (6.122 %) Cisco 7 5 (5.102 %) Oracle 7 5 (5.102 %) Novell 7 5 (5.102 %) McAfee Security 8 4 (4.082 %) 3Com 8 4 (4.082 %) EMC 8 4 (4.082 %) VERITAS 8 4 (4.082 %) Red Hat 8 4 (4.082 %) Sage 9 3 (3.061 %) Adobe 9 3 (3.061 %) Sun 10 2 (2.041 %) SAP 10 2 (2.041 %) IBM 10 2 (2.041 %) Remedy 11 1 (1.020 %) Altiris