The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 23 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 Birmingham 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank 40 45 40
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 4 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.915% 1.757% 1.741%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.780% 9.649% 7.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 8
Average daily rate £338 £331 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.88% -24.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £219 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £435 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £289 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.16% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +9.09%
All Application Platforms
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 114 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 13.50% 18.21% 22.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 57 66
Average daily rate £310 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £183 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
Average hourly rate £13.25 £30.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.83% +150.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £8.25 £11.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.45 £33.00 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2010
West Midlands

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (81.82%) Windows
3 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
4 7 (63.64%) SAN
4 7 (63.64%) VMware
4 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (54.55%) EMC
6 5 (45.45%) Citrix
6 5 (45.45%) HP
7 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
7 4 (36.36%) XenApp
7 4 (36.36%) Lync
8 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
9 2 (18.18%) Migration
9 2 (18.18%) MCITP
9 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (18.18%) MCSE
9 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
9 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (9.091%) NetApp
10 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
10 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
10 1 (9.091%) IIS
10 1 (9.091%) DHCP
10 1 (9.091%) DNS
10 1 (9.091%) Wireless

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (36.36%) Lync
3 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 1 (9.091%) IIS
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) SAN
2 1 (9.091%) DHCP
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
2 1 (9.091%) Wireless
2 1 (9.091%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Consultant
1 4 (36.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) IT Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (9.091%) Network Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Network Support
3 1 (9.091%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Support Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) MCITP
1 2 (18.18%) MCSE
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) XenApp
3 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (9.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) VMware
2 6 (54.55%) EMC
3 5 (45.45%) Citrix
3 5 (45.45%) HP
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) NetApp