The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 20 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 Aberdeen 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 27 23 15
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 1 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.629% 3.175% 7.216%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.500% 21.43% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
Average daily rate £210 £150 £244
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.76% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
All Application Platforms
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
40 28 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 25.16% 14.81% 22.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 23
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £150 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
Average hourly rate £15.83 - £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
MS Exchange
Scotland

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen MS Exchange Jobs Demand Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Exchange across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange.

1 9 (81.82%) VMware
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Citrix
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (36.36%) vSphere
4 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (27.27%) CommVault
5 3 (27.27%) DNS
5 3 (27.27%) MCSE
5 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (27.27%) XenApp
5 3 (27.27%) MCTS
5 3 (27.27%) MCITP
6 2 (18.18%) Altiris
6 2 (18.18%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 2 (18.18%) Replication
6 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
6 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
6 2 (18.18%) Linux
6 2 (18.18%) Symantec
7 1 (9.091%) GroupWise
7 1 (9.091%) Novell
7 1 (9.091%) SAN
7 1 (9.091%) Dell
7 1 (9.091%) EMC

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 1 (9.091%) GroupWise
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DNS
2 1 (9.091%) SAN
2 1 (9.091%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) Wireless
2 1 (9.091%) IPsec
2 1 (9.091%) NAS
2 1 (9.091%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (9.091%) HTTP
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Network Support
2 2 (18.18%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Server Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Replication
2 1 (9.091%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (18.18%) Linux
4 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) Data Security
1 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
1 1 (9.091%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) MCSE
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (27.27%) MCTS
1 3 (27.27%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) vSphere
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (27.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) VMware
2 7 (63.64%) Citrix
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) CommVault
5 2 (18.18%) Altiris
5 2 (18.18%) Symantec
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco
6 1 (9.091%) Brocade
6 1 (9.091%) Fortinet
6 1 (9.091%) Novell
6 1 (9.091%) Dell
6 1 (9.091%) EMC
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