The first 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 23 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 Manchester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 48 53 48
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 25 32 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.674% 2.473% 1.981%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.30% 12.45% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 13
Average daily rate £234 £225 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £108 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £325 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 7
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +54.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.60 £12.00 £9.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.18 £21.00 £11.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
188 257 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 20.11% 19.86% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 139 93
Average daily rate £295 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £192 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £439 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 18
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.60 £12.00 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.30 £25.00 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MS Exchange
North West

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wigan +4 2 - -
Bolton +3 2 £228 -4.00%
Salford -1 2 - -
Bury - 1 £150 -
Oldham - 1 £150 -
Rochdale - 1 £150 -
MS Exchange
North West

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 51 (83.61%) Windows
2 48 (78.69%) Active Directory
3 36 (59.02%) Windows Server 2008
4 29 (47.54%) Microsoft
5 27 (44.26%) Windows XP
6 25 (40.98%) ITIL
6 25 (40.98%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (36.07%) Exchange Server 2010
8 19 (31.15%) Exchange Server 2007
8 19 (31.15%) VMware
9 18 (29.51%) Exchange Server 2003
10 15 (24.59%) vSphere
11 14 (22.95%) SCOM
11 14 (22.95%) Citrix
12 13 (21.31%) DNS
12 13 (21.31%) Cisco
12 13 (21.31%) DHCP
13 12 (19.67%) MS Office
13 12 (19.67%) SCCM
14 11 (18.03%) MS Excel
15 10 (16.39%) SQL
15 10 (16.39%) SAN
15 10 (16.39%) Firewall
16 9 (14.75%) NetApp
16 9 (14.75%) PRINCE2
16 9 (14.75%) Windows 7
17 7 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
17 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
18 6 (9.836%) WAN
18 6 (9.836%) CCNA

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (3.279%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.639%) CSS3
2 1 (1.639%) HTML5
2 1 (1.639%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.639%) .NET
2 1 (1.639%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.639%) COM
2 1 (1.639%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 22 (36.07%) Exchange Server 2010
2 19 (31.15%) Exchange Server 2007
3 18 (29.51%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (9.836%) SharePoint
5 3 (4.918%) IIS
6 2 (3.279%) SAS
6 2 (3.279%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.639%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.639%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 12 (19.67%) MS Office
2 11 (18.03%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) DNS
1 13 (21.31%) DHCP
2 10 (16.39%) SAN
2 10 (16.39%) Firewall
3 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
4 6 (9.836%) WAN
5 5 (8.197%) LAN
5 5 (8.197%) Internet
5 5 (8.197%) VPN
6 3 (4.918%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (4.918%) Wireless
7 2 (3.279%) VoIP
7 2 (3.279%) Ethernet
7 2 (3.279%) NetScreen
7 2 (3.279%) iSCSI
7 2 (3.279%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.639%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.639%) NAS
8 1 (1.639%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.639%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.557%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.639%) MySQL
General
1 3 (4.918%) Banking
1 3 (4.918%) Investment Banking
2 1 (1.639%) Finance
2 1 (1.639%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (14.75%) Support Engineer
1 9 (14.75%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (13.11%) Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Project Engineer
4 6 (9.836%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (9.836%) Desktop Support
4 6 (9.836%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.557%) Customer Engineer
5 4 (6.557%) Support Analyst
5 4 (6.557%) Server Engineer
5 4 (6.557%) Technical Manager
5 4 (6.557%) Customer Support Engineer
6 3 (4.918%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.918%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Technical Services Manager
6 3 (4.918%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Service Manager
6 3 (4.918%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (4.918%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.557%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.918%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.918%) Statistics
2 3 (4.918%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.918%) NHS
3 1 (1.639%) iPad
3 1 (1.639%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.639%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.639%) Clustering
3 1 (1.639%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.639%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 51 (83.61%) Windows
2 36 (59.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (44.26%) Windows XP
4 25 (40.98%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (14.75%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.918%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (3.279%) VMS
7 2 (3.279%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.639%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.639%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.639%) Linux
8 1 (1.639%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.98%) ITIL
2 9 (14.75%) PRINCE2
3 7 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (8.197%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.557%) Change Control
6 3 (4.918%) Data Protection
6 3 (4.918%) Asset Management
6 3 (4.918%) Service Delivery
6 3 (4.918%) Change Management
7 2 (3.279%) Migration
7 2 (3.279%) Project Management
7 2 (3.279%) Release Management
7 2 (3.279%) Capacity Management
8 1 (1.639%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.639%) Network Management
8 1 (1.639%) ITIL V3
8 1 (1.639%) Time Management
8 1 (1.639%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.639%) Integration Testing
8 1 (1.639%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.39%) SQL
2 2 (3.279%) C
3 1 (1.639%) C#
3 1 (1.639%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.639%) VBScript
3 1 (1.639%) VB
3 1 (1.639%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (9.836%) CCNA
1 6 (9.836%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (9.836%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (6.557%) CCNP
3 3 (4.918%) MCP
3 3 (4.918%) MCSE
3 3 (4.918%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.279%) MCSA
4 2 (3.279%) MCITP
4 2 (3.279%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.639%) VCP5
5 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.639%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.918%) SLA
2 1 (1.639%) QA
2 1 (1.639%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.639%) BS7799
System Software
1 48 (78.69%) Active Directory
2 15 (24.59%) vSphere
3 6 (9.836%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.918%) XenDesktop
4 3 (4.918%) XenApp
5 2 (3.279%) NFS
5 2 (3.279%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (3.279%) XenServer
5 2 (3.279%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (3.279%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.639%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.639%) Samba
6 1 (1.639%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 14 (22.95%) SCOM
2 12 (19.67%) SCCM
3 4 (6.557%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (6.557%) Backup Exec
4 2 (3.279%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.639%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.639%) DameWare
Vendors
1 29 (47.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (31.15%) VMware
3 14 (22.95%) Citrix
4 13 (21.31%) Cisco
5 9 (14.75%) NetApp
6 3 (4.918%) Symantec
6 3 (4.918%) EMC
7 2 (3.279%) Veritas
7 2 (3.279%) Dell
7 2 (3.279%) Kaspersky
8 1 (1.639%) Veeam
8 1 (1.639%) Brocade
8 1 (1.639%) Websense
8 1 (1.639%) SurfControl
8 1 (1.639%) Oracle
8 1 (1.639%) Lotus
8 1 (1.639%) Avaya
8 1 (1.639%) Intel
8 1 (1.639%) HP
8 1 (1.639%) Sun
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