The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 89 79 67
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -12
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 6 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.437% 1.034% 1.333%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.875% 5.714% 5.818%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 4
Average daily rate - £290 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £210
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £15.25 £11.40 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.77% -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+10.14% +15.00%
All Application Platforms
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
320 315 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 23.32% 18.10% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 184 106
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £190 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 16
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.04 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.20 £30.00 £187.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2007
Yorkshire

Exchange Server 2007
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leeds -17 4 - -
Wakefield +1 1 - - 2
Halifax - - - -
Pontefract - - - -
Exchange Server 2007
Yorkshire

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (44.44%) MS Office
6 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
7 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (22.22%) vSphere
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (22.22%) VMware
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 2 (22.22%) HP
8 1 (11.11%) Dell
8 1 (11.11%) Citrix
8 1 (11.11%) SAN
8 1 (11.11%) NetApp
8 1 (11.11%) DMZ
8 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
8 1 (11.11%) SQL
8 1 (11.11%) ITIL
8 1 (11.11%) DNS
8 1 (11.11%) SLA

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) DMZ
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Service Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Exchange Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Change Management
1 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) vSphere
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (11.11%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Dell
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
3 1 (11.11%) Sophos
3 1 (11.11%) Brocade