The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 23 - 53
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 7 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.094% - 0.663%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.58% - 4.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £433
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
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
31 34 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 18.13% 16.11% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 17
Average daily rate £400 £505 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.79% +18.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £425 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £625 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +73.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MS Exchange
London

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 7 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Office 365
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) MS Office
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
5 2 (28.57%) MOM
5 2 (28.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (28.57%) MSI
5 2 (28.57%) InstallShield
5 2 (28.57%) SAN
5 2 (28.57%) WinRunner
5 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
5 2 (28.57%) NetApp
5 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
5 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 2 (28.57%) DNS
5 2 (28.57%) IBM
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
5 2 (28.57%) MCSE
5 2 (28.57%) Windows NT
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) HP

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (14.29%) Lync
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Office 365
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
1 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) NetScaler
2 1 (14.29%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MSI
1 2 (28.57%) InstallShield
1 2 (28.57%) WinRunner
1 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
1 2 (28.57%) Bugzilla
1 2 (28.57%) Selenium
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Exchange Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Messaging Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
2 2 (28.57%) Windows NT
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 2 (28.57%) ISEB
2 2 (28.57%) CCA
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) MCP
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware ESX
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) XenApp
2 2 (28.57%) XenServer
2 2 (28.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
1 2 (28.57%) MOM
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
1 2 (28.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) NetApp
1 2 (28.57%) IBM
1 2 (28.57%) HP
1 2 (28.57%) Compaq
1 2 (28.57%) Dell
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
1 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds