The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 19 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank 17 52 36
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -16
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 35 1 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 7.479% 0.174% 3.067%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.52% 0.741% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 0 11
Average daily rate £365 - £190
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 - £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £270
% change year-on-year
+5.35% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
132 135 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 28.21% 23.48% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 77 64
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £175 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £476 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 17
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £12.65 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.40 £26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Exchange Server 2010
South East

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Oxford - 28 £365 - 4
Witney +3 1 - - 1
Abingdon - 1 £275 - 1
Banbury - - - -
Henley-on-Thames - - - -
Thame - - - -
Exchange Server 2010
South East

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 57 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 52 (91.23%) VMware
3 48 (84.21%) Exchange Server 2003
4 45 (78.95%) MCSE
4 45 (78.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (77.19%) SCOM
5 44 (77.19%) Migration
5 44 (77.19%) vSphere
6 41 (71.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 37 (64.91%) Microsoft
8 35 (61.40%) MobileIron
9 33 (57.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (56.14%) Data Protection
11 28 (49.12%) Postini
12 25 (43.86%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (22.81%) Office Communications Server
13 13 (22.81%) Lync
14 9 (15.79%) Publishing
14 9 (15.79%) Mercator
14 9 (15.79%) Windows
15 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
16 7 (12.28%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
18 4 (7.018%) DNS
18 4 (7.018%) SharePoint
18 4 (7.018%) VMware Infrastructure
19 3 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
19 3 (5.263%) SCCM
19 3 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
19 3 (5.263%) VMware ESXi

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (1.754%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 57 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 48 (84.21%) Exchange Server 2003
3 41 (71.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 13 (22.81%) Office Communications Server
4 13 (22.81%) Lync
5 4 (7.018%) SharePoint
6 3 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.754%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) DNS
2 3 (5.263%) DHCP
3 1 (1.754%) VoIP
3 1 (1.754%) SAN
3 1 (1.754%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 9 (15.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (57.89%) Consultant
2 28 (49.12%) Messaging Consultant
3 13 (22.81%) Messaging Engineer
4 11 (19.30%) Exchange Consultant
5 5 (8.772%) Analyst
5 5 (8.772%) Support Analyst
6 4 (7.018%) Exchange Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.263%) Exchange Administrator
7 3 (5.263%) Technical Support
7 3 (5.263%) Administrator
7 3 (5.263%) Technical Support Analyst
7 3 (5.263%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (3.509%) Migration Engineer
8 2 (3.509%) Messaging Administrator
8 2 (3.509%) Systems Support
9 1 (1.754%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (1.754%) Server Support
9 1 (1.754%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (5.263%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.509%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (77.19%) Migration
2 32 (56.14%) Data Protection
3 25 (43.86%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 45 (78.95%) MCSE
1 45 (78.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (57.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.754%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.754%) MCP
3 1 (1.754%) MCITP
System Software
1 44 (77.19%) vSphere
2 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
3 4 (7.018%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.754%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.754%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (77.19%) SCOM
2 3 (5.263%) SCCM
3 1 (1.754%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.754%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.754%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 52 (91.23%) VMware
2 37 (64.91%) Microsoft
3 35 (61.40%) MobileIron
4 28 (49.12%) Postini
5 9 (15.79%) Mercator
6 1 (1.754%) Cisco
6 1 (1.754%) HP
6 1 (1.754%) EMC
6 1 (1.754%) Citrix
6 1 (1.754%) Symantec
6 1 (1.754%) Juniper
6 1 (1.754%) Apple
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