Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Exchange Specialist role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Exchange Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Exchange Specialist
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank500612
Rank change on same period last yearUp+112
Matching contract IT job ads3310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.064 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted132
Average minimum daily rate£336£325
Average daily rate£355£363
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£350
% change on same period last year+5.09 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£25.00£28.83
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£32.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£31.25
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5183980183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.20 %85.35 %
Daily rates quoted1670124716
Average minimum daily rate£365£389
Average daily rate£390£413
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted50727279
Average minimum hourly rate£21.96£23.46
Average hourly rate£23.41£25.03
% change on same period last year-6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.87£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£24.11
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Exchange Specialist UKExchange Specialist
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Exchange Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Specialist across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Exchange Specialist Demand Trend

Exchange Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Specialist across the England region.

England Exchange Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Exchange Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Exchange Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Specialist across the England region.

England Exchange Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+10418£345+25.32 %
West MidlandsUp+277£410-
South EastUp+626£343-
South WestNew entry-2£425-
Exchange Specialist UKExchange Specialist
UK

Exchange Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Exchange Specialist in their job title 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 with Exchange Specialist in their job title.

152 (72.22 %)MS Exchange
241 (56.94 %)Microsoft
338 (52.78 %)Exchange Server 2007
435 (48.61 %)Windows
528 (38.89 %)Exchange Server 2003
627 (37.50 %)Active Directory
722 (30.56 %)Windows Server 2003
818 (25.00 %)Finance
913 (18.06 %)Security Cleared
1012 (16.67 %)Migration
1111 (15.28 %)Windows Server 2008
1210 (13.89 %)Microsoft Certification
1210 (13.89 %)Windows 2000
1210 (13.89 %)MCSE
139 (12.50 %)Project Management
139 (12.50 %)Electronic Trading
139 (12.50 %)Equities
148 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
157 (9.722 %)Legal
157 (9.722 %)Exchange Server 5.5
157 (9.722 %)SAN
157 (9.722 %)IIS
157 (9.722 %)MS Excel
166 (8.333 %)Fidessa
166 (8.333 %)Banking
166 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
175 (6.944 %)VMware
175 (6.944 %)Exchange Server 2000
175 (6.944 %)MailMarshal
175 (6.944 %)SQL Server

Exchange Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Exchange Specialist in their job title 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 with Exchange Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (5.556 %)Middleware
21 (1.389 %)FIX Protocol
21 (1.389 %)MAPI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
152 (72.22 %)MS Exchange
238 (52.78 %)Exchange Server 2007
328 (38.89 %)Exchange Server 2003
47 (9.722 %)Exchange Server 5.5
47 (9.722 %)IIS
55 (6.944 %)Exchange Server 2000
63 (4.167 %)Office Communications Server
72 (2.778 %)Lotus Domino
72 (2.778 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (1.389 %)Live Communications Server
81 (1.389 %)PowerExchange
81 (1.389 %)Tuxedo
81 (1.389 %)SharePoint
81 (1.389 %)Lotus Notes
81 (1.389 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (9.722 %)MS Excel
21 (1.389 %)MS Visio
21 (1.389 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (9.722 %)SAN
24 (5.556 %)DMZ
24 (5.556 %)DHCP
24 (5.556 %)DNS
33 (4.167 %)SMTP
42 (2.778 %)TCP/IP
42 (2.778 %)Internet
42 (2.778 %)Firewall
51 (1.389 %)IMAP
51 (1.389 %)Network Security
51 (1.389 %)iSCSI
51 (1.389 %)VPN
51 (1.389 %)SMS
51 (1.389 %)WAN
51 (1.389 %)SSL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (6.944 %)SQL Server
21 (1.389 %)DB2
21 (1.389 %)Datawarehouse
21 (1.389 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (25.00 %)Finance
27 (9.722 %)Legal
36 (8.333 %)Banking
36 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
44 (5.556 %)Back Office
53 (4.167 %)Front Office
53 (4.167 %)Government
62 (2.778 %)Local Government
71 (1.389 %)Marketing
71 (1.389 %)Retail
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (12.50 %)Equities
23 (4.167 %)VWAP
23 (4.167 %)Clustering
32 (2.778 %)Blackberry
41 (1.389 %)Mainframe
41 (1.389 %)VSAM
41 (1.389 %)IBM Mainframe
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (48.61 %)Windows
222 (30.56 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (15.28 %)Windows Server 2008
410 (13.89 %)Windows 2000
55 (6.944 %)Solaris
63 (4.167 %)UNIX
72 (2.778 %)Windows XP
81 (1.389 %)Windows 2000 Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (18.06 %)Security Cleared
212 (16.67 %)Migration
39 (12.50 %)Project Management
39 (12.50 %)Electronic Trading
48 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
55 (6.944 %)PRINCE2
64 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
64 (5.556 %)Test Scripting
73 (4.167 %)PRINCE
73 (4.167 %)Data Migration
73 (4.167 %)DV Cleared
82 (2.778 %)CTC Cleared
82 (2.778 %)ITIL
82 (2.778 %)Release Management
82 (2.778 %)User Acceptance Testing
91 (1.389 %)Workflow
91 (1.389 %)Computer Security
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (5.556 %)SQL
23 (4.167 %)Tcl
23 (4.167 %)Shell Script
23 (4.167 %)Perl
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (13.89 %)MCSE
110 (13.89 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (4.167 %)MCSA
31 (1.389 %)ITIL Certification
31 (1.389 %)MCTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.389 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (37.50 %)Active Directory
25 (6.944 %)MailMarshal
33 (4.167 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (4.167 %)Terminal Server
41 (1.389 %)VMware ESX
41 (1.389 %)NetBackup
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (5.556 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (4.167 %)MAILsweeper
31 (1.389 %)SCOM
31 (1.389 %)Tivoli
31 (1.389 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
141 (56.94 %)Microsoft
26 (8.333 %)Fidessa
35 (6.944 %)Symantec
35 (6.944 %)VMware
44 (5.556 %)Clearswift
44 (5.556 %)Intel
53 (4.167 %)Blue Coat
53 (4.167 %)Reuters
53 (4.167 %)Bloomberg
62 (2.778 %)VERITAS
62 (2.778 %)GL TRADE
62 (2.778 %)Citrix
71 (1.389 %)BEA
71 (1.389 %)Informatica
71 (1.389 %)HP
71 (1.389 %)Oracle
71 (1.389 %)IBM
71 (1.389 %)Lotus