The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 21 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 Middlesex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 25 29 27
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 2 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.971% 0.643% 2.890%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.143% 5.714% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £303 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.76% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- +12.90%
All Application Platforms
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
28 35 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 13.59% 11.25% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 30
Average daily rate £443 £365 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.23% -18.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £234 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.52 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.03% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
MS Exchange
South East

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (40.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) MS Office
5 3 (30.00%) LAN
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (30.00%) Symantec
5 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (30.00%) Local Government
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (20.00%) Publishing
7 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
7 1 (10.00%) WSUS
7 1 (10.00%) LANDesk
7 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (10.00%) DNS
7 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (10.00%) DHCP
7 1 (10.00%) Linux
7 1 (10.00%) VBScript
7 1 (10.00%) VB
7 1 (10.00%) iPad

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Local Government
2 2 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) IT Assistant
2 2 (20.00%) Support Assistant
2 2 (20.00%) Network Support
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) iPad
1 1 (10.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
1 1 (10.00%) VB
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (10.00%) WSUS
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Symantec
3 1 (10.00%) LANDesk