The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset 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 31 12
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -19
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 3 3 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.415% 1.103% 11.56%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.383% 5.357% 46.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 18
Average daily rate - - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
47 56 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 22.17% 20.59% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 29 45
Average daily rate £370 £375 £185
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +102.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £400 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -48.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth +1 2 - -
Poole - 1 - -
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Lync
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (25.00%) Broadband
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (50.00%) Lync
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 3G
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Messaging Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
Poole, South West
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