The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 20 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 Leicestershire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 34 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.913% 3.930% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.53% 30.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £328 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £263 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 £19.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.36% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-13.15% +22.58%
All Application Platforms
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
19 30 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 8.676% 13.10% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 5
Average daily rate £608 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+86.92% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 3
Average hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +17.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
MS Exchange
East Midlands

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leicester -8 1 - - 2
Hinckley - - - -
MS Exchange
East Midlands

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
1 8 (61.54%) Lync
2 7 (53.85%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
4 5 (38.46%) Migration
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
5 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
5 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 3 (23.08%) SAN
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000
6 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
6 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (7.692%) SQL
7 1 (7.692%) VMware
7 1 (7.692%) Windows Vista
7 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
7 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (7.692%) MS Office
7 1 (7.692%) SAP
7 1 (7.692%) ITIL
7 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 8 (61.54%) Lync
2 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
1 3 (23.08%) SAN
2 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.692%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Exchange Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Server Support
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Server Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000
5 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (7.692%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
3 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) VMware
2 1 (7.692%) SAP
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco