The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 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 North West 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 2010
Rank 83 110 114
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +4
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 43 22 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.776% 0.737% 0.234%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.307% 4.175% 1.628%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 3
Average daily rate £245 £228 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -17.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £115 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £300 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £280 £270
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +35.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.10 £15.50 £12.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £30.00 £16.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £20.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +18.57%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
462 527 430
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.08% 17.65% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 272 258
Average daily rate £310 £301 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.16% -12.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 36 30
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £34.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2010
England

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Cheshire +16 23 £252 +124.00% 3
Manchester +19 10 £240 +4.34% 13
Lancashire +4 4 £250 -16.66% 1
Merseyside - - - - 1
Exchange Server 2010
England

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 82 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 59 (71.95%) Windows
3 51 (62.20%) Windows Server 2008
4 49 (59.76%) Active Directory
5 45 (54.88%) Windows Server 2003
6 37 (45.12%) Exchange Server 2007
7 31 (37.80%) ITIL
8 30 (36.59%) VMware
9 26 (31.71%) Migration
9 26 (31.71%) Microsoft
10 24 (29.27%) PowerShell
11 23 (28.05%) Citrix
12 20 (24.39%) Exchange Server 2003
13 19 (23.17%) SMTP
14 18 (21.95%) Clustering
14 18 (21.95%) Blackberry
15 16 (19.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 16 (19.51%) DNS
16 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
17 14 (17.07%) Windows XP
18 13 (15.85%) DHCP
18 13 (15.85%) Firewall
19 12 (14.63%) SCCM
19 12 (14.63%) SCOM
19 12 (14.63%) XenApp
20 11 (13.41%) LAN
20 11 (13.41%) PRINCE2
20 11 (13.41%) WAN
20 11 (13.41%) HP
21 10 (12.20%) Cisco

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 5 (6.098%) .NET
2 2 (2.439%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 82 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 37 (45.12%) Exchange Server 2007
3 20 (24.39%) Exchange Server 2003
4 16 (19.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 6 (7.317%) SharePoint
6 4 (4.878%) Lync
6 4 (4.878%) IIS
7 3 (3.659%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (3.659%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (8.537%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.098%) MS Office
3 2 (2.439%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (23.17%) SMTP
2 16 (19.51%) DNS
3 13 (15.85%) DHCP
3 13 (15.85%) Firewall
4 11 (13.41%) LAN
4 11 (13.41%) WAN
5 10 (12.20%) SAN
6 9 (10.98%) TCP/IP
7 5 (6.098%) NAS
8 4 (4.878%) WLAN
9 3 (3.659%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (2.439%) VLAN
10 2 (2.439%) NetScaler
10 2 (2.439%) Wireless
11 1 (1.220%) IP Telephony
11 1 (1.220%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (1.220%) VoIP
11 1 (1.220%) ADSL
11 1 (1.220%) HTTP
11 1 (1.220%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.098%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.439%) DB2
2 2 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (2.439%) MSI
General
1 9 (10.98%) Finance
2 4 (4.878%) Banking
3 2 (2.439%) Legal
3 2 (2.439%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.220%) Law
4 1 (1.220%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (18.29%) Consultant
2 12 (14.63%) Messaging Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (8.537%) Exchange Engineer
5 6 (7.317%) IT Support
5 6 (7.317%) Analyst
6 5 (6.098%) Desktop Support
6 5 (6.098%) Technical Consultant
6 5 (6.098%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.098%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.098%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (4.878%) Exchange Consultant
7 4 (4.878%) Project Engineer
7 4 (4.878%) Support Consultant
7 4 (4.878%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.878%) Architect
7 4 (4.878%) IT Consultant
8 3 (3.659%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (3.659%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.659%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.95%) Clustering
1 18 (21.95%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.098%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.659%) Thin Client
3 3 (3.659%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.439%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 59 (71.95%) Windows
2 51 (62.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 45 (54.88%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (17.07%) Windows XP
5 6 (7.317%) UNIX
6 5 (6.098%) Linux
6 5 (6.098%) AIX
6 5 (6.098%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.659%) Windows 8
7 3 (3.659%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.659%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.220%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.80%) ITIL
2 26 (31.71%) Migration
3 11 (13.41%) PRINCE2
4 9 (10.98%) Project Management
5 7 (8.537%) Incident Management
6 6 (7.317%) Capacity Management
7 5 (6.098%) Change Management
7 5 (6.098%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (6.098%) Problem Management
8 4 (4.878%) Load Balancing
8 4 (4.878%) Service Desk Management
8 4 (4.878%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (3.659%) Service Management
9 3 (3.659%) Service Delivery
9 3 (3.659%) Programme Management
10 2 (2.439%) Data Protection
10 2 (2.439%) Software Deployment
10 2 (2.439%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (2.439%) Change Control
11 1 (1.220%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.27%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.317%) SQL
3 4 (4.878%) VB.NET
3 4 (4.878%) C
3 4 (4.878%) Perl
4 2 (2.439%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (10.98%) MCTS
2 9 (10.98%) MCITP
3 7 (8.537%) MCSE
4 6 (7.317%) MCSA
5 5 (6.098%) CCNA
5 5 (6.098%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.098%) MCP
6 4 (4.878%) CCNP
6 4 (4.878%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (3.659%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.659%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.439%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.220%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.439%) SLA
2 1 (1.220%) BS7799
2 1 (1.220%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 49 (59.76%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.63%) XenApp
3 10 (12.20%) vSphere
3 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.098%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.878%) Postfix
6 3 (3.659%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (2.439%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.220%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.220%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.220%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (1.220%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) SCCM
1 12 (14.63%) SCOM
2 4 (4.878%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (4.878%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (2.439%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.220%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 30 (36.59%) VMware
2 26 (31.71%) Microsoft
3 23 (28.05%) Citrix
4 11 (13.41%) HP
5 10 (12.20%) Cisco
6 9 (10.98%) IronPort
6 9 (10.98%) NetApp
7 6 (7.317%) Symantec
8 5 (6.098%) F5
9 4 (4.878%) Oracle
9 4 (4.878%) Dell
10 2 (2.439%) Veeam
10 2 (2.439%) Remedy
10 2 (2.439%) SAP
11 1 (1.220%) Wyse
11 1 (1.220%) EMC
11 1 (1.220%) McAfee
11 1 (1.220%) Hitachi
11 1 (1.220%) Twitter
11 1 (1.220%) NETGEAR
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