The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 17 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 Nottinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 33 36 22
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -14
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 8 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 2.424% 1.408% 4.362%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.56% 8.333% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
Average daily rate £290 £220 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.81% +3.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £208 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £232 £215
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+5.76% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +71.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- +12.90%
All Application Platforms
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 48 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 17.88% 16.90% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 19
Average daily rate £295 £299 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% -9.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £205 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £435 £552
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
Average hourly rate £28.25 £30.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.83% +71.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
MS Exchange
East Midlands

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottingham -4 7 £293 +32.95%
MS Exchange
East Midlands

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Active Directory
3 13 (59.09%) VMware
4 12 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (45.45%) Windows 7
5 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
6 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (31.82%) MS Office
8 6 (27.27%) Cisco
8 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
8 6 (27.27%) HP
8 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
9 5 (22.73%) Citrix
9 5 (22.73%) SAN
10 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
10 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (13.64%) SCCM
11 3 (13.64%) VoIP
11 3 (13.64%) DHCP
11 3 (13.64%) Linux
11 3 (13.64%) Windows 2000
11 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
11 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
11 3 (13.64%) DNS
11 3 (13.64%) Finance
12 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
12 2 (9.091%) Firewall
12 2 (9.091%) VMware ESX

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 8 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
1 8 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) MS Office
2 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 2 (9.091%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) SAN
2 3 (13.64%) VoIP
2 3 (13.64%) DHCP
2 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.64%) DNS
3 2 (9.091%) LAN
3 2 (9.091%) VPN
3 2 (9.091%) WAN
3 2 (9.091%) Firewall
4 1 (4.545%) Wireless
4 1 (4.545%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.545%) NAS
4 1 (4.545%) Internet
4 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Support Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Support Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) IT Support
5 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.091%) Consultant
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.545%) Server Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Network Support
6 1 (4.545%) Storage Consultant
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.545%) Clustering
2 1 (4.545%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 12 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (45.45%) Windows 7
4 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
6 3 (13.64%) Linux
6 3 (13.64%) Windows 2000
7 2 (9.091%) Windows Vista
7 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (4.545%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
1 2 (9.091%) VBScript
1 2 (9.091%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) MCSE
1 1 (4.545%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.545%) MCITP
System Software
1 18 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.091%) VMware ESX
3 2 (9.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (4.545%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.545%) ISA Server
4 1 (4.545%) XenApp
4 1 (4.545%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.545%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (4.545%) IAG
4 1 (4.545%) UAG
4 1 (4.545%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM
2 1 (4.545%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.545%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (4.545%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (4.545%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) VMware
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 6 (27.27%) HP
3 6 (27.27%) Cisco
4 5 (22.73%) Citrix
5 2 (9.091%) IBM
6 1 (4.545%) Altiris
6 1 (4.545%) Veeam
6 1 (4.545%) Hitachi
6 1 (4.545%) NetApp
6 1 (4.545%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.545%) Apple
6 1 (4.545%) Symantec
6 1 (4.545%) McAfee