The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 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 Reading 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 2010
Rank 59 77 64
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 11 7 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.317% 0.628% 2.015%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.322% 4.321% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 8
Average daily rate £425 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% +4.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.60% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.85 £20.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+11.43% +2.50%
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
174 162 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 20.84% 14.53% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 61 84
Average daily rate £400 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £178 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 10
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.85 £10.00 £10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.00 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2010
Berkshire

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

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

Reading Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
4 6 (46.15%) Windows XP
4 6 (46.15%) MS Office
5 5 (38.46%) MCP
5 5 (38.46%) IIS
5 5 (38.46%) Blackberry
6 4 (30.77%) MCSE
6 4 (30.77%) MCSD
6 4 (30.77%) LAN
6 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
6 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
7 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
7 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 3 (23.08%) VMware
7 3 (23.08%) Remedy
8 2 (15.38%) McAfee
8 2 (15.38%) HP
8 2 (15.38%) Dell
8 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
8 2 (15.38%) VPN
8 2 (15.38%) DNS
8 2 (15.38%) DHCP

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (38.46%) IIS
4 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.692%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) DHCP
3 2 (15.38%) Junos
4 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Support Technician
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Technician
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Technician
3 2 (15.38%) Server Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Messaging Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Wintel Support
4 1 (7.692%) Exchange Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Wintel Server Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (46.15%) Windows XP
4 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (38.46%) MCP
3 4 (30.77%) MCSE
3 4 (30.77%) MCSD
4 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) vSphere
2 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 3 (23.08%) Remedy
3 2 (15.38%) McAfee
3 2 (15.38%) HP
3 2 (15.38%) Dell
4 1 (7.692%) Adobe
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix
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