The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange 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 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 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
Rank 47 69 46
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -23
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 23 15 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.754% 1.345% 3.743%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.22% 9.259% 20.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 16
Average daily rate £380 £290 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.03% +7.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £151 £221 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £358 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.75 - £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
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%
MS Exchange
Berkshire

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 39 (82.98%) Windows
2 37 (78.72%) Active Directory
3 31 (65.96%) Microsoft
4 25 (53.19%) MS Office
4 25 (53.19%) Windows XP
5 24 (51.06%) Exchange Server 2007
6 23 (48.94%) Windows Server 2008
7 20 (42.55%) Windows Server 2003
8 16 (34.04%) VMware
8 16 (34.04%) Windows 7
9 15 (31.91%) Exchange Server 2003
10 13 (27.66%) SCCM
10 13 (27.66%) Exchange Server 2010
10 13 (27.66%) SQL
11 12 (25.53%) SharePoint
12 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
12 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
13 10 (21.28%) Retail
13 10 (21.28%) SQL Server 2005
13 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
14 9 (19.15%) SharePoint 2010
15 8 (17.02%) MS Excel
16 7 (14.89%) IIS
16 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (14.89%) NHS
16 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
17 6 (12.77%) vSphere
17 6 (12.77%) SCOM
17 6 (12.77%) Blackberry
17 6 (12.77%) Clearswift

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 24 (51.06%) Exchange Server 2007
2 15 (31.91%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (27.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (25.53%) SharePoint
5 9 (19.15%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (14.89%) IIS
7 2 (4.255%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (53.19%) MS Office
2 8 (17.02%) MS Excel
3 6 (12.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.128%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
2 5 (10.64%) VPN
3 4 (8.511%) LAN
4 3 (6.383%) IP Telephony
5 2 (4.255%) DNS
5 2 (4.255%) DHCP
5 2 (4.255%) Junos
6 1 (2.128%) Internet
6 1 (2.128%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) SQL Server 2005
1 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.383%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (21.28%) Retail
2 1 (2.128%) Banking
2 1 (2.128%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (19.15%) Support Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Support Technician
4 6 (12.77%) IT Support
4 6 (12.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Desktop Support
5 5 (10.64%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (10.64%) Administrator
6 4 (8.511%) Analyst
6 4 (8.511%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 3 (6.383%) Exchange Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Service Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) IT Support Technician
8 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support Technician
8 2 (4.255%) Server Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) NHS
2 6 (12.77%) Blackberry
3 3 (6.383%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.255%) Clustering
5 1 (2.128%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 39 (82.98%) Windows
2 25 (53.19%) Windows XP
3 23 (48.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (42.55%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (34.04%) Windows 7
6 3 (6.383%) Windows 2000
7 2 (4.255%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (2.128%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (6.383%) System Testing
1 3 (6.383%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (4.255%) Network Architecture
3 1 (2.128%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (2.128%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.66%) SQL
2 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.64%) MCP
3 4 (8.511%) MCSD
3 4 (8.511%) MCSE
4 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 37 (78.72%) Active Directory
2 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.77%) vSphere
4 4 (8.511%) ISA Server
5 3 (6.383%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (4.255%) VMware ESX
7 1 (2.128%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (2.128%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.128%) Hyper-V
7 1 (2.128%) XenApp
7 1 (2.128%) XenServer
7 1 (2.128%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (2.128%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (27.66%) SCCM
2 6 (12.77%) SCOM
3 2 (4.255%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 31 (65.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (34.04%) VMware
3 6 (12.77%) Clearswift
4 4 (8.511%) HP
4 4 (8.511%) Cisco
5 3 (6.383%) Apple
5 3 (6.383%) Citrix
5 3 (6.383%) Remedy
6 2 (4.255%) McAfee
6 2 (4.255%) Dell
7 1 (2.128%) Adobe
7 1 (2.128%) Websense
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