Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Kent region.

 Microsoft Exchange Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank281835
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads71918
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent2.778 %5.398 %2.961 %
As % of the Application Platforms category16.28 %29.23 %19.15 %
Daily rates quoted0101
Average daily rate-£213£200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+6.250 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£284£300
% change year-on-year
+5.720 %-5.410 %
Hourly rates quoted513
Average hourly rate£11.00£19.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.10 %-15.55 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£19.75£19.00
% change year-on-year
-26.58 %+3.940 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
436594
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent17.06 %18.47 %15.46 %
Daily rates quoted162112
Average daily rate£345£242£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.56 %-24.37 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£280£150£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£438£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted9319
Average hourly rate£11.00£19.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.10 %-5.000 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
MS Exchange South EastMS Exchange
South East

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.

MS Exchange
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Kent MS Exchange Demand Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
MaidstoneUp+45--
MS Exchange South EastMS Exchange
South East

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

115 (93.75 %)Windows
211 (68.75 %)Exchange Server 2003
39 (56.25 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (50.00 %)Active Directory
57 (43.75 %)Windows 2000
66 (37.50 %)MS Office
66 (37.50 %)Windows XP
66 (37.50 %)LAN
66 (37.50 %)WAN
66 (37.50 %)Terminal Server
75 (31.25 %)Exchange Server 2007
75 (31.25 %)Citrix
75 (31.25 %)Microsoft
84 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (25.00 %)VMware
93 (18.75 %)Government
93 (18.75 %)Migration
93 (18.75 %)VMware Infrastructure
93 (18.75 %)NetBackup
93 (18.75 %)DNS
93 (18.75 %)DHCP
93 (18.75 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
93 (18.75 %)SAN
93 (18.75 %)Exchange Server 2000
102 (12.50 %)SMS
102 (12.50 %)MS Excel
102 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
102 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
102 (12.50 %)Local Government

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (68.75 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (31.25 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (18.75 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (6.250 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (6.250 %)Lotus Notes
41 (6.250 %)Lotus Domino
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (37.50 %)MS Office
22 (12.50 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (37.50 %)LAN
16 (37.50 %)WAN
23 (18.75 %)DNS
23 (18.75 %)DHCP
23 (18.75 %)SAN
32 (12.50 %)SMS
41 (6.250 %)VPN
41 (6.250 %)SSL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (18.75 %)Government
22 (12.50 %)Local Government
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (43.75 %)Analyst
26 (37.50 %)Support Analyst
26 (37.50 %)Helpdesk Analyst
26 (37.50 %)Helpdesk Support
26 (37.50 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
35 (31.25 %)Desktop Support Analyst
35 (31.25 %)Desktop Analyst
35 (31.25 %)Desktop Support
43 (18.75 %)3rd Line Support
52 (12.50 %)Administrator
61 (6.250 %)Technical Specialist
61 (6.250 %)Technical Support Specialist
61 (6.250 %)Server Engineer
61 (6.250 %)Infrastructure Analyst
61 (6.250 %)1st Line Support
61 (6.250 %)Support Engineer
61 (6.250 %)Support Specialist
61 (6.250 %)1st Line Support Analyst
61 (6.250 %)Windows Administrator
61 (6.250 %)Technical Support
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (6.250 %)NHS
11 (6.250 %)Blackberry
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (93.75 %)Windows
29 (56.25 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (43.75 %)Windows 2000
46 (37.50 %)Windows XP
54 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
54 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
71 (6.250 %)Windows NT
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (18.75 %)Migration
22 (12.50 %)Change Management
31 (6.250 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (6.250 %)ITIL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (6.250 %)PowerShell
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
21 (6.250 %)MCSE
21 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (50.00 %)Active Directory
26 (37.50 %)Terminal Server
33 (18.75 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (12.50 %)VMware ESX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (18.75 %)NetBackup
13 (18.75 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (6.250 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (31.25 %)Citrix
15 (31.25 %)Microsoft
24 (25.00 %)VMware
31 (6.250 %)Veritas
31 (6.250 %)Lotus
31 (6.250 %)Symantec