The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 18 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 Basingstoke 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank - 26 33
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 0 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke - 2.139% 0.370%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 13.33% 3.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £263 £256
% change year-on-year
+12.38% +2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £17.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.45% +10.93%
All Application Platforms
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
61 30 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 30.65% 16.04% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 9 13
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £325 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
Average hourly rate £39.00 £19.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+105.26% -44.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
MS Exchange
Hampshire

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Backup Exec
4 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) Dell
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) McAfee
5 1 (14.29%) EMC
5 1 (14.29%) MS Office
5 1 (14.29%) MCITP
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
5 1 (14.29%) Clustering
5 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) vSphere
5 1 (14.29%) XenApp

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Server Support
2 2 (28.57%) Server Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (14.29%) XenApp
3 1 (14.29%) vSphere
3 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Backup Exec
2 1 (14.29%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Dell
4 1 (14.29%) EMC
4 1 (14.29%) McAfee