The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 23 44 35
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -9
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 16 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.878% 1.185% 0.766%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.92% 5.952% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
Average daily rate £225 £300 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -9.43%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £289 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.16% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +9.09%
All Application Platforms
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
73 84 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.26% 19.91% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 15
Average daily rate £280 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 4
Average hourly rate £33.75 £35.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +159.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £35.00 £12.37
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.05 £41.25 £19.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2010
Cambridgeshire

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 27 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 19 (70.37%) Windows
2 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
3 18 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 16 (59.26%) ITIL
5 15 (55.56%) SQL
5 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 13 (48.15%) Exchange Server 2003
7 12 (44.44%) SQL Server
8 11 (40.74%) Linux
8 11 (40.74%) Oracle
8 11 (40.74%) Red Hat
8 11 (40.74%) Blackberry
8 11 (40.74%) Exchange Server 2007
8 11 (40.74%) SCOM
8 11 (40.74%) PKI
8 11 (40.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (37.04%) Windows 7
9 10 (37.04%) Windows XP
10 9 (33.33%) DNS
10 9 (33.33%) WSUS
11 7 (25.93%) DHCP
12 6 (22.22%) Citrix
12 6 (22.22%) Symantec
12 6 (22.22%) Backup Exec
12 6 (22.22%) XenApp
12 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (22.22%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 5 (18.52%) NetScaler

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 27 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 13 (48.15%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (40.74%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (18.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (14.81%) Lync
6 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Office
2 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) DNS
2 7 (25.93%) DHCP
3 5 (18.52%) NetScaler
4 2 (7.407%) Intranet
4 2 (7.407%) Internet
4 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.407%) Firewall
4 2 (7.407%) Wireless
4 2 (7.407%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (7.407%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.704%) LAN
5 1 (3.704%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (11.11%) OLAP
4 3 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Administrator
2 11 (40.74%) Systems Administrator
3 6 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Storage Administrator
5 2 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Desktop Technician
6 1 (3.704%) Applications Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Blackberry
1 11 (40.74%) PKI
2 5 (18.52%) Clustering
3 2 (7.407%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (70.37%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (40.74%) Linux
4 11 (40.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (37.04%) Windows 7
5 10 (37.04%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) ITIL
2 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (7.407%) Migration
2 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
1 2 (7.407%) NCIE
System Software
1 18 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) XenApp
3 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (7.407%) VMware ESX
4 2 (7.407%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (3.704%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) SCOM
2 9 (33.33%) WSUS
3 6 (22.22%) Backup Exec
3 6 (22.22%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (11.11%) SCCM
5 2 (7.407%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (3.704%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Oracle
2 11 (40.74%) Red Hat
3 6 (22.22%) Citrix
3 6 (22.22%) Symantec
4 4 (14.81%) Cisco
5 3 (11.11%) VMware
6 2 (7.407%) NetApp
6 2 (7.407%) HP
6 2 (7.407%) EMC
6 2 (7.407%) Altiris
6 2 (7.407%) Brocade
6 2 (7.407%) Riverbed
6 2 (7.407%) Exinda