The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 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 Oxford 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 2010
Rank 8 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 32 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 14.48% - 2.532%
As % of the Application Platforms category 48.48% - 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 0 1
Average daily rate £320 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £285 £281
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +16.66%
All Application Platforms
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
66 75 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 29.86% 21.68% 18.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 46 17
Average daily rate £340 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 9
Average hourly rate £24.50 £14.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2010
Oxfordshire

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 31 (91.18%) Exchange Server 2003
3 30 (88.24%) SCOM
3 30 (88.24%) MCSE
3 30 (88.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (85.29%) Migration
4 29 (85.29%) vSphere
5 27 (79.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 23 (67.65%) MobileIron
7 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
8 21 (61.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 21 (61.76%) Data Protection
9 18 (52.94%) Postini
10 16 (47.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (23.53%) Lync
11 8 (23.53%) Office Communications Server
12 7 (20.59%) Publishing
12 7 (20.59%) Mercator
13 4 (11.76%) Windows
14 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
14 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (8.824%) SharePoint
14 3 (8.824%) DHCP
14 3 (8.824%) DNS
14 3 (8.824%) SharePoint 2010
14 3 (8.824%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (8.824%) SCCM
15 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 31 (91.18%) Exchange Server 2003
3 27 (79.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (23.53%) Office Communications Server
4 8 (23.53%) Lync
5 3 (8.824%) SharePoint
5 3 (8.824%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.824%) DHCP
1 3 (8.824%) DNS
General
1 7 (20.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Consultant
2 19 (55.88%) Messaging Consultant
3 9 (26.47%) Messaging Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Exchange Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Support Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Technical Support
6 3 (8.824%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) Administrator
7 2 (5.882%) Exchange Administrator
7 2 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (5.882%) Exchange Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Messaging Administrator
8 1 (2.941%) Messaging Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Systems Support
8 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Messaging Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) Migration
2 21 (61.76%) Data Protection
3 16 (47.06%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 30 (88.24%) MCSE
1 30 (88.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (61.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 29 (85.29%) vSphere
2 3 (8.824%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (88.24%) SCOM
2 3 (8.824%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (67.65%) MobileIron
3 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
4 18 (52.94%) Postini
5 7 (20.59%) Mercator
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Posted: 17 May 2013