The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 17 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 Guildford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 24 16 17
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 8 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 3.670% 2.609% 1.587%
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.29% 13.04% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Average daily rate £305 £104 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+193.26% -52.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.76% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.75 £11.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% +17.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- +12.90%
All Application Platforms
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
56 23 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 25.69% 20.00% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 6 5
Average daily rate £300 £375 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +59.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £104 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £425 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
Average hourly rate £26.25 £17.50 £13.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +33.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £10.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.70 £23.10 £14.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
MS Exchange
Surrey

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (68.75%) Windows
3 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
4 9 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (43.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (43.75%) SCCM
5 7 (43.75%) Citrix
6 6 (37.50%) ITIL
6 6 (37.50%) Migration
7 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
8 4 (25.00%) SQL
8 4 (25.00%) DFS Replication
8 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (25.00%) Clustering
8 4 (25.00%) SCOM
9 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (18.75%) VMware
9 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
9 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
9 3 (18.75%) DHCP
9 3 (18.75%) DNS
10 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
10 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
10 2 (12.50%) Lotus
10 2 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
10 2 (12.50%) HP
10 2 (12.50%) MS Office
10 2 (12.50%) CMDB
10 2 (12.50%) XenApp

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 9 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (43.75%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) DHCP
1 3 (18.75%) DNS
2 1 (6.250%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.250%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) WAN
General
1 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Server Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Server Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Server Support
5 3 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (18.75%) Server Support Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Desktop Technician
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Technician
7 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Server Support
7 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (6.250%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
7 1 (6.250%) Migration Consultant
7 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
7 1 (6.250%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (12.50%) CMDB
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
3 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) MCP
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
3 4 (25.00%) DFS Replication
4 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) SCCM
2 4 (25.00%) SCOM
3 1 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Citrix
3 3 (18.75%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Lotus
5 1 (6.250%) Symantec
5 1 (6.250%) McAfee