The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 21 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 8 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 4.706% - 1.734%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.22% - 5.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £21.38 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
36 50 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 21.18% 29.41% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 27 31
Average daily rate £393 £358 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.79% +9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £388 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
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 £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
Yeovil - 3 - -
Bath - 1 - -
Clevedon - 1 - -
Street - 1 £300 -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 - -
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 9 (90.00%) Windows
1 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (50.00%) VMware
4 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco
5 4 (40.00%) Citrix
5 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
5 4 (40.00%) MS Office
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
5 4 (40.00%) XenApp
6 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (30.00%) ITIL
6 3 (30.00%) SQL
6 3 (30.00%) Oracle
6 3 (30.00%) VoIP
6 3 (30.00%) VPN
7 2 (20.00%) DNS
7 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (20.00%) DHCP
7 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (20.00%) MCSE
8 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
8 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
8 1 (10.00%) vSphere

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (10.00%) IIS
3 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) VoIP
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) SAN
3 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (40.00%) Desktop Support
3 3 (30.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) IT Support
5 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
5 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Clustering
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
1 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) LINC
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Server
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (10.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) VMware
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Citrix
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
4 1 (10.00%) Adobe
4 1 (10.00%) HP
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