The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 53 59 46
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -13
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 11 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.690% 1.638% 2.108%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.68% 14.41% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
Average daily rate £180 £350 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.57% +20.68%
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.00 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -52.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
103 111 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.82% 11.36% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 48 64
Average daily rate £325 £400 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £222 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £526
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 11
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.50 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -50.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.38 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.75 £25.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MS Exchange
East of England

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire MS Exchange Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Watford +4 2 - -
Stevenage - 2 £180 -
MS Exchange
East of England

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 24 (88.89%) Windows
2 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
4 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 12 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
5 12 (44.44%) Symantec
6 10 (37.04%) Blackberry
6 10 (37.04%) VMware
7 8 (29.63%) DNS
7 8 (29.63%) Citrix
7 8 (29.63%) DHCP
7 8 (29.63%) MS Office
7 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
8 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
9 6 (22.22%) vSphere
9 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
9 6 (22.22%) Windows XP
10 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
10 5 (18.52%) SQL
10 5 (18.52%) Norton AntiVirus
10 5 (18.52%) Sophos
10 5 (18.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (18.52%) Migration
10 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
10 5 (18.52%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2008
10 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (7.407%) Flash
2 1 (3.704%) .NET
2 1 (3.704%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 15 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (18.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (11.11%) IIS
4 3 (11.11%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) MS Office
2 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) DNS
1 8 (29.63%) DHCP
2 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) LAN
2 3 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (7.407%) Unified Communications
3 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.704%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (7.407%) Retail
1 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Messaging Specialist
1 4 (14.81%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) IT Support
3 2 (7.407%) Services Delivery Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Exchange Specialist
3 2 (7.407%) Network Manager
3 2 (7.407%) Service Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (7.407%) Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Consultant
4 1 (3.704%) Architect
4 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support
4 1 (3.704%) Junior
4 1 (3.704%) Developer
4 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
4 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Blackberry
2 3 (11.11%) Clustering
3 2 (7.407%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 24 (88.89%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
2 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (22.22%) Windows XP
4 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
5 3 (11.11%) Windows 2000
6 2 (7.407%) Windows 8
6 2 (7.407%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (7.407%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Migration
2 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 2 (7.407%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.704%) Change Management
5 1 (3.704%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (3.704%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 2 (7.407%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) vSphere
3 4 (14.81%) Terminal Services
4 3 (11.11%) VMware ESX
4 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (7.407%) Hyper-V
5 2 (7.407%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Norton AntiVirus
1 5 (18.52%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (7.407%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.704%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (44.44%) Symantec
3 10 (37.04%) VMware
4 8 (29.63%) Citrix
5 5 (18.52%) Sophos
6 3 (11.11%) Remedy
6 3 (11.11%) IBM
6 3 (11.11%) Acronis
6 3 (11.11%) Veeam
7 2 (7.407%) Apple
7 2 (7.407%) McAfee
7 2 (7.407%) HP
8 1 (3.704%) Cisco
8 1 (3.704%) Veritas
8 1 (3.704%) IronPort