The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 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 Cambridgeshire 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 2010
Rank 41 59 57
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -2
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 13 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.273% 0.690% 0.319%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.40% 3.425% 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £224 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.41% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £270
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Application Platforms
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
114 146 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 19.93% 20.14% 19.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 62 59
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £195 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 6
Average hourly rate £14.00 £31.75 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.90% +176.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £21.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £35.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2010
East of England

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +17 9 £225 -25.00% 2
Peterborough - 4 £223 -
Huntingdon - - - -
Exchange Server 2010
East of England

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 26 (76.47%) Windows
3 25 (73.53%) Active Directory
4 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
5 21 (61.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 20 (58.82%) ITIL
7 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2003
8 17 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
9 16 (47.06%) Windows 7
10 15 (44.12%) SQL
10 15 (44.12%) SQL Server
11 13 (38.24%) Linux
12 12 (35.29%) Red Hat
12 12 (35.29%) DNS
12 12 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
13 11 (32.35%) PKI
13 11 (32.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 11 (32.35%) SCOM
13 11 (32.35%) Oracle
13 11 (32.35%) Blackberry
14 10 (29.41%) Windows XP
14 10 (29.41%) DHCP
14 10 (29.41%) WSUS
15 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2008
15 9 (26.47%) Citrix
15 9 (26.47%) Cisco
16 8 (23.53%) XenApp
17 7 (20.59%) HP
18 6 (17.65%) Firewall
18 6 (17.65%) Symantec

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 17 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 12 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (17.65%) Lync
5 5 (14.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (8.824%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.941%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
2 4 (11.76%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (35.29%) DNS
2 10 (29.41%) DHCP
3 6 (17.65%) Firewall
4 5 (14.71%) NetScaler
5 4 (11.76%) Wireless
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (8.824%) Unified Communications
6 3 (8.824%) Intranet
6 3 (8.824%) Internet
7 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.941%) Network Security
8 1 (2.941%) VLAN
8 1 (2.941%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.941%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (2.941%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.941%) VPN
8 1 (2.941%) LDAP
8 1 (2.941%) LAN
8 1 (2.941%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (44.12%) SQL Server
2 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (8.824%) OLAP
4 3 (8.824%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) JIRA
1 1 (2.941%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Administrator
2 11 (32.35%) Systems Administrator
3 8 (23.53%) Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (8.824%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Storage Administrator
6 2 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Applications Support Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Network Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) PKI
1 11 (32.35%) Blackberry
2 5 (14.71%) Clustering
3 2 (5.882%) Replication
4 1 (2.941%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.941%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (76.47%) Windows
2 21 (61.76%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (47.06%) Windows 7
5 13 (38.24%) Linux
6 11 (32.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (29.41%) Windows XP
8 1 (2.941%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) ITIL
2 4 (11.76%) Migration
2 4 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (2.941%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.941%) IC Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (44.12%) SQL
2 3 (8.824%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.941%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) NCIE
1 2 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (73.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (23.53%) XenApp
3 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
4 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (8.824%) VMware ESX
5 3 (8.824%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (2.941%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.941%) Samba
7 1 (2.941%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (2.941%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.941%) NFS
Systems Management
1 11 (32.35%) SCOM
2 10 (29.41%) WSUS
3 6 (17.65%) Backup Exec
3 6 (17.65%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 4 (11.76%) SCCM
5 2 (5.882%) NetBackup
5 2 (5.882%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (2.941%) AppManager
Vendors
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (35.29%) Red Hat
3 11 (32.35%) Oracle
4 9 (26.47%) Citrix
4 9 (26.47%) Cisco
5 7 (20.59%) HP
6 6 (17.65%) Symantec
6 6 (17.65%) Altiris
7 5 (14.71%) VMware
8 3 (8.824%) Riverbed
8 3 (8.824%) Exinda
9 2 (5.882%) Dell
9 2 (5.882%) EMC
9 2 (5.882%) NetApp
9 2 (5.882%) Brocade
10 1 (2.941%) Cadence
10 1 (2.941%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.941%) Sun
10 1 (2.941%) CommVault