The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 24 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 County Antrim 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 30 18 36
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +18
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 3 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.546% 6.627% 2.417%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.375% 26.19% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 8
Average daily rate £295 £260 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.46% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £260 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £283 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
32 42 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 16.49% 25.30% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 17
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MS Exchange
Northern Ireland

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 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
Belfast -12 3 £295 +13.46%
MS Exchange
Northern Ireland

MS Exchange
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Lync
4 3 (37.50%) Windows
4 3 (37.50%) PBX
4 3 (37.50%) DHCP
4 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
4 3 (37.50%) DNS
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
5 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 1 (12.50%) High Availability
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (12.50%) Sendmail
6 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) Change Management
6 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 1 (12.50%) Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (12.50%) COM

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 (12.50%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (50.00%) Lync
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) PBX
1 3 (37.50%) DHCP
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
1 3 (37.50%) DNS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Messaging Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Specialist
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) High Availability
2 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (12.50%) Sendmail
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware