The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 22 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 Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank 45 45 70
Rank change year-on-year
0 +25
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 10 13 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.211% 1.178% 0.077%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.757% 8.387% 0.633%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 0
Average daily rate £119 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-70.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £289 £281
% change year-on-year
-0.43% +2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.85 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+8.78% +13.51%
All Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
148 155 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 17.92% 14.04% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 61 57
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £134 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £430 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
Average hourly rate £19.75 £13.75 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.63% -21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £11.75 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £14.00 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2010
Scotland

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 11 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) Windows
3 6 (54.55%) Internet
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (54.55%) ITIL
3 6 (54.55%) Windows XP
3 6 (54.55%) Windows 7
4 5 (45.45%) MS Office
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (36.36%) Migration
5 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
5 4 (36.36%) DHCP
5 4 (36.36%) DNS
5 4 (36.36%) MCP
5 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) Linux
5 4 (36.36%) VMware
5 4 (36.36%) Backup Exec
5 4 (36.36%) vSphere
5 4 (36.36%) WSUS
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (36.36%) Veeam
6 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (27.27%) LDAP
6 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
6 3 (27.27%) Blackberry

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 11 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (18.18%) Apache
2 2 (18.18%) IIS
3 1 (9.091%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) MS Office
2 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Internet
2 4 (36.36%) DHCP
2 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 3 (27.27%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Administrator
2 5 (45.45%) IT Administrator
3 4 (36.36%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (36.36%) Desktop Administrator
4 3 (27.27%) IT Support
5 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Desktop Support
6 1 (9.091%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Blackberry
2 2 (18.18%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows XP
2 6 (54.55%) Windows 7
3 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (36.36%) MCP
3 2 (18.18%) MCSA
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (18.18%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) vSphere
3 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Backup Exec
1 4 (36.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 4 (36.36%) Veeam
3 2 (18.18%) IBM
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Nortel
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix