The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 27 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 5 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 2.732% - 1.266%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.51% - 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £285 £281
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £21.38 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +16.66%
All Application Platforms
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
37 52 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 20.22% 30.41% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 25
Average daily rate £353 £358 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.39% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £403 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £21.38 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Exchange Server 2010
South West

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bath - 1 - -
Clevedon - 1 - -
Street - 1 £300 -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 - -
Exchange Server 2010
South West

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
4 4 (57.14%) Citrix
4 4 (57.14%) XenApp
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) DHCP
6 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (28.57%) DNS
6 2 (28.57%) MCSE
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
7 1 (14.29%) Network Security
7 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
7 1 (14.29%) LINC
7 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
7 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
7 1 (14.29%) Clustering
7 1 (14.29%) Veeam
7 1 (14.29%) vSphere

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) VB
1 1 (14.29%) LINC
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) MCSE
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) XenApp
3 1 (14.29%) vSphere
3 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services
3 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) Veeam
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
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