The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 8 45 27
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -18
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 56 12 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 12.28% 1.939% 4.536%
As % of the Application Platforms category 41.79% 8.392% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 2 10
Average daily rate £339 £206 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+64.24% +17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £171 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £241 £238
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
Average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.05 £16.50 £13.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.45 £16.50 £23.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
134 143 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 29.39% 23.10% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 72 51
Average daily rate £335 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £210 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 15
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £11.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.55 £27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MS Exchange
South East

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxford +29 40 £340 +36.00%
Abingdon +3 2 £343 -
Witney +3 1 - -
Kidlington - 1 - -
MS Exchange
South East

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 52 (80.00%) VMware
1 52 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 44 (67.69%) Exchange Server 2003
2 44 (67.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (66.15%) Microsoft
4 42 (64.62%) MCSE
5 41 (63.08%) Migration
5 41 (63.08%) SCOM
6 39 (60.00%) vSphere
7 38 (58.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 33 (50.77%) MobileIron
9 30 (46.15%) Data Protection
9 30 (46.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 25 (38.46%) Postini
11 22 (33.85%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (30.77%) Windows
13 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
14 12 (18.46%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (18.46%) Lync
14 12 (18.46%) Office Communications Server
15 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2007
15 9 (13.85%) Mercator
16 8 (12.31%) Publishing
16 8 (12.31%) Windows 7
17 7 (10.77%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (10.77%) MS Excel
18 6 (9.231%) SharePoint
18 6 (9.231%) Windows XP
19 5 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
20 4 (6.154%) SCCM

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (1.538%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 52 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 44 (67.69%) Exchange Server 2003
3 38 (58.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 12 (18.46%) Lync
4 12 (18.46%) Office Communications Server
5 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (9.231%) SharePoint
7 3 (4.615%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.538%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (10.77%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.154%) MS Office
3 1 (1.538%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.154%) LAN
1 4 (6.154%) VoIP
2 3 (4.615%) DHCP
2 3 (4.615%) DNS
3 2 (3.077%) WAN
3 2 (3.077%) Intranet
3 2 (3.077%) Internet
4 1 (1.538%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.615%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.077%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 8 (12.31%) Publishing
2 1 (1.538%) Finance
2 1 (1.538%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (46.15%) Consultant
2 26 (40.00%) Messaging Consultant
3 12 (18.46%) Messaging Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Analyst
5 8 (12.31%) Exchange Consultant
6 7 (10.77%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (9.231%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.692%) Systems Support
8 5 (7.692%) Support Engineer
8 5 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (6.154%) Exchange Engineer
9 4 (6.154%) Administrator
9 4 (6.154%) Technical Support
9 4 (6.154%) Systems Administrator
10 3 (4.615%) Migration Engineer
10 3 (4.615%) Exchange Administrator
10 3 (4.615%) Technical Support Analyst
11 2 (3.077%) Messaging Administrator
11 2 (3.077%) Systems Support Analyst
11 2 (3.077%) Systems Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.77%) Windows
2 12 (18.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (12.31%) Windows 7
4 7 (10.77%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (9.231%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.538%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (63.08%) Migration
2 30 (46.15%) Data Protection
3 22 (33.85%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (6.154%) ITIL
5 2 (3.077%) Change Control
6 1 (1.538%) Project Management
6 1 (1.538%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (1.538%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.538%) Test Strategy
6 1 (1.538%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.154%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (67.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 42 (64.62%) MCSE
3 30 (46.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.077%) Degree
5 1 (1.538%) MCP
5 1 (1.538%) CCIE
5 1 (1.538%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.538%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 39 (60.00%) vSphere
2 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.615%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.538%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 41 (63.08%) SCOM
2 4 (6.154%) SCCM
3 1 (1.538%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.538%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 52 (80.00%) VMware
2 43 (66.15%) Microsoft
3 33 (50.77%) MobileIron
4 25 (38.46%) Postini
5 9 (13.85%) Mercator
6 4 (6.154%) Citrix
7 1 (1.538%) Cisco