The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 260 231 269
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +38
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 322 444 400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.669% 0.765% 0.643%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.805% 4.693% 4.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 206 170
Average daily rate £305 £303 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.82% +21.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £163 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £422 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £210
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 72 57
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% +6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.05 £11.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £29.75 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+10.14% +15.00%
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8463 9460 9995
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 17.59% 16.30% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4776 5322 5437
Average daily rate £358 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 441 559
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £37.50 £42.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Exchange Server 2007 Hourly Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -30 312 £300 -4.68% 112
London -34 131 £328 +0.76% 36
South East +3 58 £305 -4.68% 24
City of London 0 48 £275 -26.66% 9
North West +33 38 £252 -4.00% 9
East of England +5 27 £180 -30.09% 5
Cheshire +13 19 £252 -4.00% 2
Berkshire +7 19 £375 +10.29% 4
East Midlands +10 16 £300 +50.00% 1
Hampshire -6 16 £303 - 8
Essex +6 15 £165 -40.54% 1
South West +35 12 £450 +73.07% 25
Surrey +17 12 £294 -11.65% 3
Yorkshire -7 12 £325 +12.06% 2
West Midlands +5 10 £210 -23.63% 9
Reading +2 10 £425 +54.54% 2
Manchester +6 9 £231 -28.84% 6
Southampton -5 9 £348 +8.59% 3
Nottingham +1 6 £300 +27.65%
Nottinghamshire 0 6 £300 +27.65%
West Yorkshire -10 6 - - 1
Wales +9 5 £419 +89.26% 1
South Wales +8 5 £419 +45.65% 1
Birmingham +8 5 £230 -0.54% 3
Oxfordshire +2 5 £330 - 2
Somerset +1 5 - -
Hertfordshire +22 4 £180 - 2
South Yorkshire +7 4 £360 - 1
Norfolk +3 4 £225 -12.62%
Leeds -17 4 - -

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 673 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 552 (82.02%) Windows
3 510 (75.78%) Active Directory
4 414 (61.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 380 (56.46%) Exchange Server 2010
6 341 (50.67%) Microsoft
7 337 (50.07%) Windows Server 2003
8 308 (45.77%) VMware
9 237 (35.22%) Exchange Server 2003
10 235 (34.92%) Citrix
11 210 (31.20%) Windows XP
12 169 (25.11%) Windows 7
13 161 (23.92%) DNS
14 156 (23.18%) VMware Infrastructure
15 142 (21.10%) ITIL
15 142 (21.10%) Blackberry
16 135 (20.06%) SQL
16 135 (20.06%) HP
17 124 (18.42%) Cisco
18 123 (18.28%) Microsoft Certification
18 123 (18.28%) MS Office
19 121 (17.98%) SAN
20 115 (17.09%) DHCP
21 104 (15.45%) Migration
22 101 (15.01%) SQL Server
23 97 (14.41%) SharePoint
24 92 (13.67%) Symantec
25 89 (13.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
26 88 (13.08%) MCSE
27 87 (12.93%) MS Excel

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 16 (2.377%) HTML
2 10 (1.486%) Application Packaging
2 10 (1.486%) .NET
3 8 (1.189%) ADSI
4 5 (0.743%) XML
5 4 (0.594%) Web Services
6 2 (0.297%) jQuery
6 2 (0.297%) Ajax
6 2 (0.297%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.297%) COM
6 2 (0.297%) CSS
7 1 (0.149%) ADO.NET
7 1 (0.149%) ASP
7 1 (0.149%) Middleware
7 1 (0.149%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.149%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.149%) RESTful
7 1 (0.149%) HTML5
7 1 (0.149%) WCF
7 1 (0.149%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 673 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 380 (56.46%) Exchange Server 2010
3 237 (35.22%) Exchange Server 2003
4 97 (14.41%) SharePoint
5 89 (13.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 71 (10.55%) IIS
7 44 (6.538%) Lync
8 29 (4.309%) SharePoint 2010
9 20 (2.972%) IBM Notes
10 15 (2.229%) Exchange Server 2013
10 15 (2.229%) Office Communications Server
11 9 (1.337%) SAS
11 9 (1.337%) SharePoint Server
12 7 (1.040%) GroupWise
13 5 (0.743%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 4 (0.594%) Exchange Server 2000
15 3 (0.446%) Live Communications Server
16 1 (0.149%) BizTalk Server
16 1 (0.149%) Apache
16 1 (0.149%) Documentum
Applications
1 123 (18.28%) MS Office
2 87 (12.93%) MS Excel
3 16 (2.377%) Office 365
4 6 (0.892%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.446%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.149%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.149%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (1.040%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.149%) Maximo
2 1 (0.149%) assyst
2 1 (0.149%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.149%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 161 (23.92%) DNS
2 121 (17.98%) SAN
3 115 (17.09%) DHCP
4 71 (10.55%) Firewall
5 68 (10.10%) TCP/IP
6 62 (9.212%) LAN
7 57 (8.470%) WAN
8 36 (5.349%) VPN
9 34 (5.052%) Internet
10 33 (4.903%) SMTP
11 28 (4.160%) VoIP
12 27 (4.012%) Wireless
13 24 (3.566%) Cisco ASA
14 17 (2.526%) NAS
15 15 (2.229%) Intranet
16 12 (1.783%) iSCSI
16 12 (1.783%) Cisco IOS
17 10 (1.486%) Cisco PIX
18 8 (1.189%) LDAP
18 8 (1.189%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (15.01%) SQL Server
2 52 (7.727%) SQL Server 2005
2 52 (7.727%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (2.080%) SQL Server 2000
4 7 (1.040%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.297%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (0.297%) IDOL
6 1 (0.149%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.149%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.149%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.149%) DB2
6 1 (0.149%) MS Access
6 1 (0.149%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.149%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.149%) DataStage
6 1 (0.149%) Xcelsius
6 1 (0.149%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (1.040%) MSI
2 4 (0.594%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.594%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.149%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.149%) WebLOAD
3 1 (0.149%) JIRA
General
1 68 (10.10%) Finance
2 22 (3.269%) Banking
3 18 (2.675%) Retail
4 15 (2.229%) Law
5 13 (1.932%) Legal
6 9 (1.337%) Advertising
7 8 (1.189%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.040%) Publishing
8 7 (1.040%) Back Office
9 5 (0.743%) Financial Institution
9 5 (0.743%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.594%) French Language
11 3 (0.446%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.297%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.297%) Military
13 1 (0.149%) Games
13 1 (0.149%) Electronics
13 1 (0.149%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.149%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 108 (16.05%) Support Engineer
2 100 (14.86%) Analyst
3 89 (13.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 85 (12.63%) 3rd Line Support
5 67 (9.955%) 2nd Line Support
6 49 (7.281%) Support Analyst
7 43 (6.389%) Administrator
8 41 (6.092%) Consultant
9 39 (5.795%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 36 (5.349%) IT Support
11 33 (4.903%) Desktop Support
12 32 (4.755%) Systems Engineer
13 31 (4.606%) Server Engineer
14 30 (4.458%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 30 (4.458%) Systems Administrator
15 26 (3.863%) Service Analyst
15 26 (3.863%) Exchange Engineer
16 22 (3.269%) Service Desk Analyst
17 20 (2.972%) IT Support Engineer
18 19 (2.823%) Messaging Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 142 (21.10%) Blackberry
2 62 (9.212%) Clustering
3 15 (2.229%) Thin Client
3 15 (2.229%) Fat Client
4 12 (1.783%) iPhone
5 11 (1.634%) Hedge funds
6 9 (1.337%) PKI
7 7 (1.040%) PACS
8 6 (0.892%) iPad
8 6 (0.892%) CESG
8 6 (0.892%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.892%) NHS
9 4 (0.594%) EPoS
10 3 (0.446%) Handset
10 3 (0.446%) Statistics
11 2 (0.297%) Computer Science
11 2 (0.297%) CMDB
11 2 (0.297%) EqualLogic
11 2 (0.297%) Replication
12 1 (0.149%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 552 (82.02%) Windows
2 414 (61.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 337 (50.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 210 (31.20%) Windows XP
5 169 (25.11%) Windows 7
6 65 (9.658%) Windows Vista
7 31 (4.606%) Windows 8
8 28 (4.160%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (3.715%) Linux
10 24 (3.566%) Windows 2000
11 20 (2.972%) Mac OS X
12 14 (2.080%) Windows 2000 Server
13 7 (1.040%) Mac OS
13 7 (1.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 6 (0.892%) Windows Mobile
15 4 (0.594%) Android
15 4 (0.594%) UNIX
16 3 (0.446%) AIX
16 3 (0.446%) CentOS
17 2 (0.297%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (21.10%) ITIL
2 104 (15.45%) Migration
3 38 (5.646%) Project Management
4 34 (5.052%) Service Delivery
5 32 (4.755%) PRINCE2
6 26 (3.863%) Disaster Recovery
7 25 (3.715%) Change Management
8 21 (3.120%) Service Management
9 20 (2.972%) Incident Management
10 15 (2.229%) Performance Management
11 14 (2.080%) Change Control
12 13 (1.932%) Business Analysis
13 11 (1.634%) CRM
13 11 (1.634%) Configuration Management
14 9 (1.337%) PRINCE
14 9 (1.337%) Data Protection
14 9 (1.337%) Problem Management
15 8 (1.189%) Capacity Management
16 7 (1.040%) Business Continuity
16 7 (1.040%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (20.06%) SQL
2 76 (11.29%) PowerShell
3 25 (3.715%) VBScript
4 16 (2.377%) VB
5 9 (1.337%) Shell Script
6 6 (0.892%) C
7 4 (0.594%) VB.NET
7 4 (0.594%) Perl
8 2 (0.297%) C#
8 2 (0.297%) Java
9 1 (0.149%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.149%) XAML
Qualifications
1 123 (18.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 88 (13.08%) MCSE
3 46 (6.835%) MCITP
4 37 (5.498%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (5.349%) MCP
6 35 (5.201%) Security Cleared
6 35 (5.201%) CCNA
7 33 (4.903%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 30 (4.458%) MCSA
9 20 (2.972%) SC Cleared
10 19 (2.823%) MCTS
11 18 (2.675%) Degree
11 18 (2.675%) Citrix Certification
12 16 (2.377%) CCA
13 14 (2.080%) CCNP
14 13 (1.932%) CCEA
15 11 (1.634%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (1.337%) DV Cleared
17 8 (1.189%) VCP5
18 6 (0.892%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.944%) SLA
2 2 (0.297%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.149%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 510 (75.78%) Active Directory
2 156 (23.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (12.18%) XenApp
4 71 (10.55%) vSphere
5 70 (10.40%) Hyper-V
6 49 (7.281%) VMware ESX
7 29 (4.309%) Forefront TMG
8 27 (4.012%) VMware ESXi
9 26 (3.863%) XenDesktop
10 25 (3.715%) XenServer
11 21 (3.120%) UAG
11 21 (3.120%) ISA Server
12 12 (1.783%) Terminal Services
13 11 (1.634%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 10 (1.486%) NFS
15 8 (1.189%) VMware Server
16 6 (0.892%) Microsoft App-V
17 5 (0.743%) Terminal Server
18 4 (0.594%) Postfix
19 3 (0.446%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 85 (12.63%) SCOM
2 67 (9.955%) SCCM
3 65 (9.658%) Backup Exec
4 31 (4.606%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 29 (4.309%) Norton AntiVirus
6 18 (2.675%) NetBackup
7 17 (2.526%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 17 (2.526%) WSUS
8 16 (2.377%) MOM
9 8 (1.189%) HP SIM
10 7 (1.040%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (0.743%) MIMEsweeper
12 4 (0.594%) Sysprep
12 4 (0.594%) WhatsUp Gold
12 4 (0.594%) Tivoli
13 2 (0.297%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
13 2 (0.297%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 2 (0.297%) OpenView Configuration Management
14 1 (0.149%) Unicenter
14 1 (0.149%) OpenView
Vendors
1 341 (50.67%) Microsoft
2 308 (45.77%) VMware
3 235 (34.92%) Citrix
4 135 (20.06%) HP
5 124 (18.42%) Cisco
6 92 (13.67%) Symantec
7 54 (8.024%) Dell
8 43 (6.389%) NetApp
9 39 (5.795%) Oracle
10 28 (4.160%) Apple
11 24 (3.566%) IBM
12 21 (3.120%) EMC
13 20 (2.972%) Lotus
14 18 (2.675%) Veritas
14 18 (2.675%) Sophos
14 18 (2.675%) McAfee
15 16 (2.377%) Websense
16 14 (2.080%) CommVault
17 13 (1.932%) Altiris
18 12 (1.783%) Veeam
City, London
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / IMAC. My client is currently recruiting for a 2 nd Line Desktop Support Engineer with IMAC Experience. This is a 1 month contract with a...
Roc Search
Salary: £100 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
We are looking for a contract Microsoft Engineer with MS Exchange migration experience for a 3 month contract in London to start beginning July-We would expect the...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP250 - 300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer / Server Support Engineer is required on a 2-Month initial contract, paying between £18-£20 per hour in a Wintel environment. As 3rd...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £18 to £25 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gloucester, South West
3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer / Server Support Engineer is required on a 2-Month initial contract, paying between £18-£20 per hour in a Wintel environment-As 3rd...
OPUS
Rate: GBP18 to GBP25 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Essential Technical Skills Active Directory Outlook/Exchange 2007, 2010 Symantec Enterprise Vault BlackBerry Enterprise Server Good for Enterprise Windows Server 2003, 2008 Preferable Technical Skills Voltage Encryption Quest...
Networking People
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
ITHR
Posted: 6 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Coal IT Services
Rate: Up to £250 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + NEG
Posted: 18 June 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 14 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £20.00 - £35.00 per hour
Posted: 29 May 2013
South Yorkshire
The Bridge Ltd
Rate: £Competitive Day Rate
Posted: 14 June 2013
UK
Roc Search
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newport, Wales, Gwent
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP350-400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
West Midlands
Venn Group
Rate: £25000 Per Annum 1600 car allowance
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Joanne Senior
Rate: £22.50 - 35.00 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013
Imperial Wharf, London, United Kingdom
Matsco Solutions
Rate: Highly competitive rates
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
People Source Consulting
Rate: £110 - £140 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
People Source Consulting
Rate: £110 - £140 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Basildon, Essex
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013