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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester region.

 Microsoft Exchange Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank495140
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-11
Matching contract IT job ads171032
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester1.947 %1.239 %2.662 %
As % of the Application Platforms category14.05 %7.407 %21.77 %
Daily rates quoted201
Average daily rate£193-£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£284£300
% change year-on-year
+5.720 %-5.410 %
Hourly rates quoted10313
Average hourly rate£12.50£19.00£12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.21 %+58.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.90£16.60£10.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.60£21.80£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£19.75£19.00
% change year-on-year
-26.58 %+3.940 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
121135147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester13.86 %16.73 %12.23 %
Daily rates quoted432824
Average daily rate£225£400£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.75 %+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£184£205£280
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£336£500£458
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted181016
Average hourly rate£13.00£22.50£15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.22 %+45.16 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.60£13.00£11.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.50£36.86£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
MS Exchange North WestMS Exchange
North West

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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Manchester MS Exchange Daily Rate Histogram

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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
OldhamNew entry-1--
WiganNew entry-1--
MS Exchange North WestMS Exchange
North West

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130 (75.00 %)Windows
225 (62.50 %)Active Directory
319 (47.50 %)Windows Server 2003
319 (47.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
418 (45.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
512 (30.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
611 (27.50 %)Microsoft
710 (25.00 %)Windows XP
710 (25.00 %)SQL
88 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
88 (20.00 %)Citrix
88 (20.00 %)Migration
88 (20.00 %)Blackberry
88 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
97 (17.50 %)Microsoft Certification
97 (17.50 %)TCP/IP
97 (17.50 %)MCSE
106 (15.00 %)MS Excel
115 (12.50 %)SQL Server
115 (12.50 %)MS Office
115 (12.50 %)LAN
115 (12.50 %)Cisco
124 (10.00 %)DNS
124 (10.00 %)VoIP
124 (10.00 %)DHCP
124 (10.00 %)Thin Client
124 (10.00 %)VB
124 (10.00 %).NET
124 (10.00 %)JavaScript
124 (10.00 %)C#

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (10.00 %).NET
14 (10.00 %)XML
22 (5.000 %)MAPI
22 (5.000 %)XForms
22 (5.000 %)XHTML
22 (5.000 %)XSL
22 (5.000 %)XSLT
22 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
22 (5.000 %)CSS
22 (5.000 %)Web Services
22 (5.000 %)HTML
31 (2.500 %)ADSI
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (47.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
218 (45.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (30.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
44 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
52 (5.000 %)SharePoint
52 (5.000 %)IIS
61 (2.500 %)Lotus Notes
61 (2.500 %)CICS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (15.00 %)MS Excel
25 (12.50 %)MS Office
32 (5.000 %)MS Project
41 (2.500 %)MS Visio
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (17.50 %)TCP/IP
25 (12.50 %)LAN
34 (10.00 %)DNS
34 (10.00 %)VoIP
34 (10.00 %)DHCP
34 (10.00 %)Wireless
43 (7.500 %)WAN
52 (5.000 %)SSL
52 (5.000 %)HTTP
52 (5.000 %)LDAP
52 (5.000 %)Wi-Fi
52 (5.000 %)IMAP
61 (2.500 %)RFID
61 (2.500 %)ADSL
61 (2.500 %)SAN
61 (2.500 %)Internet
61 (2.500 %)SNMP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (12.50 %)SQL Server
23 (7.500 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2008
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (7.500 %)Finance
22 (5.000 %)Banking
31 (2.500 %)Education
31 (2.500 %)Government
31 (2.500 %)Health
31 (2.500 %)Home Office
31 (2.500 %)Retail
31 (2.500 %)Retail Banking
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111 (27.50 %)Support Engineer
28 (20.00 %)3rd Line Support
36 (15.00 %)Analyst
36 (15.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
36 (15.00 %)IT Support
45 (12.50 %)2nd Line Support
45 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Support
54 (10.00 %)Service Analyst
63 (7.500 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Architect
63 (7.500 %)Desktop Support
63 (7.500 %)1st Line Support
63 (7.500 %)Helpdesk Engineer
72 (5.000 %)Service Desk Analyst
72 (5.000 %)Desktop Engineer
72 (5.000 %)IT Support Technician
72 (5.000 %)Technical Architect
72 (5.000 %)Analyst Programmer
72 (5.000 %)Support Technician
72 (5.000 %)Programmer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (20.00 %)Blackberry
24 (10.00 %)Thin Client
24 (10.00 %)Fat Client
31 (2.500 %)FMCG
31 (2.500 %)Cryptography
31 (2.500 %)Clustering
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
130 (75.00 %)Windows
219 (47.50 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (25.00 %)Windows XP
48 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
48 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (5.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (2.500 %)Windows Vista
61 (2.500 %)Windows NT
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (20.00 %)Migration
24 (10.00 %)ITIL
31 (2.500 %)Service Management
31 (2.500 %)Service Delivery
31 (2.500 %)Risk Assessment
31 (2.500 %)Project Planning
31 (2.500 %)WFM
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (25.00 %)SQL
24 (10.00 %)VB
24 (10.00 %)JavaScript
24 (10.00 %)C#
32 (5.000 %)C++
32 (5.000 %)Java
32 (5.000 %)T-SQL
32 (5.000 %)VBScript
32 (5.000 %)VB.NET
32 (5.000 %)VBA
41 (2.500 %)C
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (17.50 %)Microsoft Certification
17 (17.50 %)MCSE
24 (10.00 %)MCITP
33 (7.500 %)MCP
33 (7.500 %)MCSA
42 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
42 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
51 (2.500 %)CISM
51 (2.500 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
51 (2.500 %)MCTS
51 (2.500 %)CISSP
51 (2.500 %)Cisco Certification
51 (2.500 %)CCNA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.500 %)ISO9001
11 (2.500 %)SLA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
125 (62.50 %)Active Directory
23 (7.500 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (5.000 %)MetaFrame
32 (5.000 %)XenApp
41 (2.500 %)Hyper-V
41 (2.500 %)ISA Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (7.500 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (5.000 %)Backup Exec
22 (5.000 %)MIIS
31 (2.500 %)McAfee ePO
31 (2.500 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (2.500 %)Norton AntiVirus
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (27.50 %)Microsoft
28 (20.00 %)Citrix
35 (12.50 %)Cisco
44 (10.00 %)VMware
53 (7.500 %)HP
53 (7.500 %)Dell
62 (5.000 %)EMC
62 (5.000 %)IBM
62 (5.000 %)BMC
62 (5.000 %)Oracle
71 (2.500 %)Websense
71 (2.500 %)Clearswift
71 (2.500 %)Symantec
71 (2.500 %)McAfee
71 (2.500 %)SAP
71 (2.500 %)Avaya
71 (2.500 %)Lotus