The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 27 48 41
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -7
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 8 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.213% 2.128% 2.022%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.24% 12.36% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
Average daily rate £313 - £183
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 - £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 - £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £263 £256
% change year-on-year
+12.38% +2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.81% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £17.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.45% +10.93%
All Application Platforms
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
33 89 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 13.25% 17.21% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 56 27
Average daily rate £365 £375 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £303 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
Average hourly rate £21.50 £20.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.87% +2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £20.00 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £21.00 £20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheltenham +13 4 - -
Gloucester +11 3 £300 - 6
Tewkesbury - - - -
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
3 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (47.06%) VMware
5 7 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (41.18%) Windows XP
6 6 (35.29%) Mac OS X
6 6 (35.29%) Apple
6 6 (35.29%) Windows Vista
6 6 (35.29%) Mac OS X Server
6 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
8 3 (17.65%) Project Management
8 3 (17.65%) WSUS
9 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
9 2 (11.76%) QA
9 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (11.76%) Network Security
9 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
9 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
9 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
9 2 (11.76%) VMware ESX
9 2 (11.76%) Firewall
9 2 (11.76%) SAN
9 2 (11.76%) Hibernate
9 2 (11.76%) Spring
9 2 (11.76%) Systems Analysis

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 2 (11.76%) Hibernate
1 2 (11.76%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (11.76%) IIS
3 2 (11.76%) Apache
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) DNS
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 1 (5.882%) NAS
2 1 (5.882%) DHCP
2 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) MySQL
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
1 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Server Support
2 3 (17.65%) Mac Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.882%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.882%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Server Support Technician
4 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Server Technician
4 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Server Support
4 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.882%) Clustering
1 1 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (41.18%) Windows XP
4 6 (35.29%) Mac OS X
4 6 (35.29%) Windows Vista
4 6 (35.29%) Mac OS X Server
5 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (11.76%) Linux
7 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Project Management
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) OO
3 1 (5.882%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.882%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) Delphi
1 2 (11.76%) PHP
1 2 (11.76%) Python
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
1 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.76%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.882%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) VMware
3 6 (35.29%) Apple
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco
4 1 (5.882%) HP
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix
Gloucestershire, South West
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer -VMware, Exchange 2010, SAN is required on a 3-6 Month contract by a genuine market in Gloucestershire paying between £300-£350 per day-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP300 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer / Server Support Engineer is required on a 2-Month initial contract, paying between £18-£20 per hour in a Wintel environment. As 3rd...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £18 to £25 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
For these roles, you need to have previous experience of working within a Server Support / Technician position with technical skills of 3 or more of the following: Active...
Connectus
Rate: £17 - £25 per hour
Posted: 12 June 2013
Gloucester, South West
3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer / Server Support Engineer is required on a 2-Month initial contract, paying between £18-£20 per hour in a Wintel environment-As 3rd...
OPUS
Rate: GBP18 to GBP25 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gloucester, South West
Infrastructure Engineer, 3rd Line Engineer,- Contract - GloucesterOur client, has an urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their team-The postholder will be responsible for the...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013