The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 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 Northern Ireland 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 2010
Rank 30 19 46
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +27
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 3 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 1.277% 5.000% 0.270%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.977% 22.73% 2.703%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
Average daily rate £295 £260 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.46% -30.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £289 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.16% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +9.09%
All Application Platforms
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
43 44 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 18.30% 22.00% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 18
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £260 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2010
UK

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Northern Ireland Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -8 3 £295 +13.46%
Exchange Server 2010
UK

Exchange Server 2010
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) Lync
4 4 (57.14%) PBX
4 4 (57.14%) Migration
5 3 (42.86%) DHCP
5 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
5 3 (42.86%) DNS
6 2 (28.57%) Windows
7 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (14.29%) Sendmail
7 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (14.29%) COM
7 1 (14.29%) High Availability
7 1 (14.29%) VMware
7 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
7 1 (14.29%) Change Management
7 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
7 1 (14.29%) Finance

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 1 (14.29%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) Lync
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) PBX
2 3 (42.86%) DHCP
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Messaging Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Sendmail
2 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware