The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange 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
Rank 33 32 58
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +26
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 22 26 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.663% 2.355% 1.005%
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.86% 16.77% 8.228%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 1
Average daily rate £125 £325 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-61.53% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
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%
MS Exchange
Scotland

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 24 (82.76%) Active Directory
3 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
4 14 (48.28%) VMware
5 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (44.83%) vSphere
6 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (37.93%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (37.93%) ITIL
6 11 (37.93%) MS Excel
7 10 (34.48%) MS Office
7 10 (34.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (34.48%) Windows 7
8 8 (27.59%) SQL
8 8 (27.59%) Linux
8 8 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (24.14%) Migration
9 7 (24.14%) Blackberry
10 6 (20.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (20.69%) Internet
10 6 (20.69%) Citrix
10 6 (20.69%) Windows XP
11 5 (17.24%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (17.24%) MCP
11 5 (17.24%) MCSE
11 5 (17.24%) DHCP
11 5 (17.24%) DNS
11 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
12 4 (13.79%) ITIL V2

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (3.448%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2010
1 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (13.79%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.79%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (6.897%) IIS
3 2 (6.897%) Apache
4 1 (3.448%) Lync
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) MS Excel
2 10 (34.48%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Internet
2 5 (17.24%) DHCP
2 5 (17.24%) DNS
3 3 (10.34%) LDAP
4 1 (3.448%) SAN
4 1 (3.448%) VoIP
4 1 (3.448%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (3.448%) Banking
1 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Administrator
2 5 (17.24%) IT Administrator
2 5 (17.24%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Support Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Desktop Administrator
3 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Desktop Support
4 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support
4 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (10.34%) Support Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support
5 2 (6.897%) Desktop Support Administrator
5 2 (6.897%) Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.897%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (34.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (34.48%) Windows 7
4 8 (27.59%) Linux
5 6 (20.69%) Windows XP
6 4 (13.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) ITIL
2 7 (24.14%) Migration
3 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL V2
5 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (6.897%) Data Migration
7 1 (3.448%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (20.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (17.24%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (17.24%) MCP
3 5 (17.24%) MCSE
4 2 (6.897%) MCITP
4 2 (6.897%) MCSA
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.448%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (82.76%) Active Directory
2 13 (44.83%) vSphere
3 8 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.448%) XenApp
4 1 (3.448%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) WSUS
1 4 (13.79%) SCOM
1 4 (13.79%) Backup Exec
2 2 (6.897%) PureDisk
2 2 (6.897%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) VMware
3 6 (20.69%) Citrix
4 4 (13.79%) Veeam
4 4 (13.79%) Postini
4 4 (13.79%) CommVault
4 4 (13.79%) NetApp
4 4 (13.79%) Lotus
4 4 (13.79%) Red Hat
5 2 (6.897%) IBM
5 2 (6.897%) HP
5 2 (6.897%) Nortel
5 2 (6.897%) Novell
6 1 (3.448%) Cisco