The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 2010 over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank 83 102 92
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -10
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 40 37 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.653% 1.214% 1.110%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.50% 9.069% 7.221%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 11
Average daily rate £290 £263 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.47% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £223 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £325 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £285 £281
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +16.66%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
381 408 457
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.74% 13.38% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 186 153
Average daily rate £350 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 39
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £14.50 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2010
South East

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
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 2010 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Maidenhead +3 11 £325 -
Reading +13 8 £335 +11.66%
Slough -8 5 - -
Bracknell -27 1 - -
Exchange Server 2010
South East

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Exchange Server 2010 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 2010.

1 55 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 52 (94.55%) Windows
3 43 (78.18%) Active Directory
4 42 (76.36%) Microsoft
5 41 (74.55%) Windows Server 2003
6 35 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
7 29 (52.73%) VMware
8 26 (47.27%) Exchange Server 2003
9 21 (38.18%) Exchange Server 2007
10 18 (32.73%) PowerShell
11 16 (29.09%) Windows XP
12 15 (27.27%) Citrix
12 15 (27.27%) Windows 7
13 14 (25.45%) vSphere
13 14 (25.45%) SharePoint
13 14 (25.45%) SQL
14 13 (23.64%) VMware Infrastructure
15 12 (21.82%) SCCM
15 12 (21.82%) VBScript
16 11 (20.00%) IIS
16 11 (20.00%) ADSI
16 11 (20.00%) VMware ESX
16 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
16 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
17 10 (18.18%) Firewall
17 10 (18.18%) VB
18 9 (16.36%) SQL Server
18 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2008
19 8 (14.55%) Migration
19 8 (14.55%) SQL Server 2005

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Exchange Server 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (20.00%) ADSI
2 4 (7.273%) XML
3 1 (1.818%) COM
Application Platforms
1 55 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 26 (47.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 21 (38.18%) Exchange Server 2007
4 14 (25.45%) SharePoint
5 11 (20.00%) IIS
6 6 (10.91%) Lync
7 2 (3.636%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (3.636%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (3.636%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) MS Office
2 6 (10.91%) MS Excel
2 6 (10.91%) Office 365
3 1 (1.818%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.18%) Firewall
2 6 (10.91%) LAN
3 5 (9.091%) SAN
4 4 (7.273%) DNS
4 4 (7.273%) DHCP
4 4 (7.273%) iSCSI
5 3 (5.455%) VLAN
5 3 (5.455%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.636%) VPN
6 2 (3.636%) WAN
6 2 (3.636%) SSL
6 2 (3.636%) Internet
6 2 (3.636%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.36%) SQL Server
1 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (14.55%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (5.455%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.818%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 8 (14.55%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (10.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (9.091%) Messaging Engineer
6 5 (9.091%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.273%) Support Technician
7 4 (7.273%) Messaging Support Engineer
8 3 (5.455%) Server Engineer
8 3 (5.455%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 3 (5.455%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.455%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (5.455%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (5.455%) Desktop Support
8 3 (5.455%) Analyst
9 2 (3.636%) Consultant
9 2 (3.636%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (3.636%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.091%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.818%) Clustering
2 1 (1.818%) iPhone
2 1 (1.818%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 52 (94.55%) Windows
2 41 (74.55%) Windows Server 2003
3 35 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (29.09%) Windows XP
5 15 (27.27%) Windows 7
6 3 (5.455%) Linux
7 2 (3.636%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.55%) Migration
2 4 (7.273%) B2B
3 3 (5.455%) Service Management
4 2 (3.636%) ITIL
5 1 (1.818%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.818%) Incident Management
5 1 (1.818%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.73%) PowerShell
2 14 (25.45%) SQL
3 12 (21.82%) VBScript
4 10 (18.18%) VB
5 1 (1.818%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (9.091%) MCSE
4 3 (5.455%) CCNA
4 3 (5.455%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.455%) MCP
4 3 (5.455%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (5.455%) MCITP
5 2 (3.636%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.818%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (78.18%) Active Directory
2 14 (25.45%) vSphere
3 13 (23.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (20.00%) VMware ESX
5 7 (12.73%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (5.455%) Hyper-V
6 3 (5.455%) XenApp
7 2 (3.636%) UAG
7 2 (3.636%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 12 (21.82%) SCCM
2 7 (12.73%) WSUS
3 4 (7.273%) SCOM
4 3 (5.455%) Backup Exec
4 3 (5.455%) MOM
5 2 (3.636%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (1.818%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 42 (76.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (52.73%) VMware
3 15 (27.27%) Citrix
4 8 (14.55%) Dell
4 8 (14.55%) Cisco
5 7 (12.73%) HP
6 6 (10.91%) Symantec
7 4 (7.273%) Brocade
7 4 (7.273%) EMC
7 4 (7.273%) Peregrine
8 2 (3.636%) Remedy
8 2 (3.636%) McAfee
9 1 (1.818%) Polycom
9 1 (1.818%) Adobe
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