The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 2010 over the 3 months to 19 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 Merseyside 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank - 33 33
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 0 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - 1.220% 1.079%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 4.286% 6.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £270
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £15.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +29.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Application Platforms
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
30 70 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 15.87% 28.46% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 35 30
Average daily rate £300 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £203 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 7
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.50 £21.80
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% -24.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £15.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £21.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2010
North West

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Merseyside Exchange Server 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Liverpool - - - - 1
Exchange Server 2010
North West

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing Exchange Server 2010 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 Exchange Server 2010.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing Exchange Server 2010 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 Exchange Server 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse
1 1 (100.00%) NETGEAR