The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2007 skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Rank 99 100 73
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -27
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2007 12 16 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.629% 0.701% 1.345%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.906% 3.548% 5.868%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
Average daily rate £372 £300 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.08% +76.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £215
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +23.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 7
Average hourly rate £15.25 £11.40 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.77% -28.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
All Application Platforms
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
413 451 409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 21.66% 19.75% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 250 181
Average daily rate £308 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £150 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 30
Average hourly rate £23.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.45 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2007
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Yorkshire 0 7 - -
South Yorkshire 0 4 £372 -
North Yorkshire -2 1 - -
East Yorkshire -4 1 - -
Exchange Server 2007
England

Exchange Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 22 (100.00%) Windows
1 22 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 19 (86.36%) Active Directory
3 17 (77.27%) Windows XP
4 16 (72.73%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (68.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (59.09%) Exchange Server 2003
6 13 (59.09%) MS Office
7 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
8 11 (50.00%) Citrix
9 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
10 9 (40.91%) VMware
11 7 (31.82%) MS Excel
11 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
12 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
12 6 (27.27%) XenApp
13 4 (18.18%) DHCP
13 4 (18.18%) DNS
14 3 (13.64%) SLA
14 3 (13.64%) SAN
14 3 (13.64%) ITIL
14 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
14 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
14 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
14 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
14 3 (13.64%) Windows Vista
14 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
15 2 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
15 2 (9.091%) Problem Management
15 2 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM

Exchange Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 22 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 13 (59.09%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
5 1 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 13 (59.09%) MS Office
2 7 (31.82%) MS Excel
3 2 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) DHCP
1 4 (18.18%) DNS
2 3 (13.64%) SAN
3 2 (9.091%) Wireless
4 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.545%) Electronics
2 1 (4.545%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.545%) Legal
2 1 (4.545%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Service Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (31.82%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Server Specialist
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Specialist
4 2 (9.091%) Storage Specialist
4 2 (9.091%) Consultant
4 2 (9.091%) Support Technician
4 2 (9.091%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.545%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Storage Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Desktop Support Technician
5 1 (4.545%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Team Leader
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.545%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (77.27%) Windows XP
3 16 (72.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (68.18%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
6 3 (13.64%) Windows Vista
7 1 (4.545%) Windows NT
7 1 (4.545%) Windows 2000
7 1 (4.545%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) ITIL
2 2 (9.091%) Problem Management
2 2 (9.091%) CRM
3 1 (4.545%) Service Management
3 1 (4.545%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.545%) Data Management
3 1 (4.545%) Information Management
3 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
3 1 (4.545%) Time Management
3 1 (4.545%) Communications Security
3 1 (4.545%) Software Distribution
3 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) VBScript
2 1 (4.545%) C
2 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.545%) MCSE
3 1 (4.545%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) Degree
3 1 (4.545%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (86.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (27.27%) XenApp
3 2 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (9.091%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.545%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.545%) XenServer
4 1 (4.545%) vSphere
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) Unicenter
1 1 (4.545%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (4.545%) NetBackup
1 1 (4.545%) Backup Exec
1 1 (4.545%) SCCM
1 1 (4.545%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 11 (50.00%) Citrix
3 9 (40.91%) VMware
4 2 (9.091%) Symantec
4 2 (9.091%) NetApp
4 2 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (4.545%) Dell
5 1 (4.545%) EMC
5 1 (4.545%) IBM
5 1 (4.545%) Juniper
5 1 (4.545%) Lotus
5 1 (4.545%) Apple
5 1 (4.545%) CA
5 1 (4.545%) Sophos
5 1 (4.545%) Websense
5 1 (4.545%) Blue Coat
5 1 (4.545%) IronPort
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