The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 19 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 Bristol 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 39 48 45
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 6 16 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.217% 1.826% 1.732%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.607% 9.357% 9.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
Average daily rate £368 £199 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+84.90% -36.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £125 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £263 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £263 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +15.62%
All Application Platforms
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
107 171 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.70% 19.52% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 114 78
Average daily rate £338 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £440 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 8
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £16.50 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £29.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bristol MS Exchange Daily Rate Histogram

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 Bristol region.

Bristol MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 18 (94.74%) Windows
2 17 (89.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (73.68%) VMware
4 13 (68.42%) Exchange Server 2010
5 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
6 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
7 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (42.11%) HP
8 8 (42.11%) DNS
9 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (36.84%) MCSE
9 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
9 7 (36.84%) LAN
10 6 (31.58%) WAN
10 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
10 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
10 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
10 6 (31.58%) MCTS
10 6 (31.58%) MCITP
11 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
11 5 (26.32%) VPN
11 5 (26.32%) IIS
11 5 (26.32%) MCSA
11 5 (26.32%) Firewall
12 4 (21.05%) ProCurve
12 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
13 3 (15.79%) Lync
13 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
13 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
13 3 (15.79%) DHCP

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 Development
1 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (68.42%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (26.32%) IIS
3 3 (15.79%) Lync
3 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.53%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) DNS
2 7 (36.84%) LAN
3 6 (31.58%) WAN
3 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
4 5 (26.32%) VPN
4 5 (26.32%) Firewall
5 3 (15.79%) DHCP
6 2 (10.53%) SAN
7 1 (5.263%) Wireless
7 1 (5.263%) VoIP
7 1 (5.263%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.263%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.263%) IT Support
4 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.263%) Support Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.263%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Support Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 18 (94.74%) Windows
2 17 (89.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
5 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
6 1 (5.263%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Project Management
1 2 (10.53%) Migration
1 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.263%) Capacity Management
2 1 (5.263%) Software Deployment
2 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
2 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
2 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
2 1 (5.263%) Service Management
2 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
2 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.263%) ITIL
2 1 (5.263%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (36.84%) MCSE
2 6 (31.58%) MCTS
2 6 (31.58%) MCITP
3 5 (26.32%) MCSA
4 2 (10.53%) MCP
5 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.263%) Degree
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.263%) vSphere
3 1 (5.263%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (5.263%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.263%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
2 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) VMware
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
3 8 (42.11%) HP
4 4 (21.05%) ProCurve
5 3 (15.79%) NetApp
5 3 (15.79%) Veritas
6 2 (10.53%) Siemens
6 2 (10.53%) 3PAR
7 1 (5.263%) Symantec
7 1 (5.263%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (5.263%) Genesys
7 1 (5.263%) Dell