The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 86 131 157
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +26
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 166 112 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 2.130% 1.104% 0.925%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.58% 7.062% 5.430%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 44 39
Average daily rate £303 £300 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.83% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £203 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £360 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.60% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £11.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.10 £38.77 £29.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.85 £20.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+11.43% +2.50%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1433 1586 1768
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.39% 15.63% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 769 750
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 83 156
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Exchange Server 2010
England

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Oxfordshire +44 47 £340 -
Berkshire +19 45 £325 +23.80%
Hampshire +1 27 £294 +3.07%
Buckinghamshire +12 19 £353 +17.50%
Surrey +6 16 £275 -7.56%
Kent +3 8 £325 -10.95%
West Sussex +19 6 £263 -12.50%
Exchange Server 2010
England

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 246 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 161 (65.45%) Windows
3 155 (63.01%) Microsoft
4 139 (56.50%) VMware
5 138 (56.10%) Active Directory
6 120 (48.78%) Exchange Server 2003
7 111 (45.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 106 (43.09%) Windows Server 2003
9 93 (37.80%) Exchange Server 2007
10 86 (34.96%) Migration
11 63 (25.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 63 (25.61%) vSphere
12 59 (23.98%) SCOM
13 57 (23.17%) Citrix
14 56 (22.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 54 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
16 52 (21.14%) MCSE
17 41 (16.67%) Windows XP
17 41 (16.67%) Windows 7
18 38 (15.45%) SharePoint
19 37 (15.04%) SQL
19 37 (15.04%) DNS
19 37 (15.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
20 35 (14.23%) SCCM
21 34 (13.82%) DHCP
21 34 (13.82%) SQL Server
22 33 (13.41%) SAN
22 33 (13.41%) MobileIron
23 32 (13.01%) Data Protection
23 32 (13.01%) PowerShell

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 11 (4.472%) ADSI
2 4 (1.626%) XML
3 1 (0.407%) XMPP
3 1 (0.407%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.407%) COM
3 1 (0.407%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 246 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 120 (48.78%) Exchange Server 2003
3 93 (37.80%) Exchange Server 2007
4 56 (22.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 38 (15.45%) SharePoint
6 28 (11.38%) Lync
7 23 (9.350%) IIS
8 12 (4.878%) Office Communications Server
9 10 (4.065%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (2.846%) GroupWise
11 3 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.407%) CMS
12 1 (0.407%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 31 (12.60%) MS Excel
2 30 (12.20%) MS Office
3 6 (2.439%) Office 365
4 1 (0.407%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.407%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.813%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.04%) DNS
2 34 (13.82%) DHCP
3 33 (13.41%) SAN
4 30 (12.20%) Firewall
5 24 (9.756%) TCP/IP
6 23 (9.350%) LAN
7 21 (8.537%) WAN
8 16 (6.504%) VPN
9 8 (3.252%) Wireless
10 7 (2.846%) iSCSI
10 7 (2.846%) Internet
11 6 (2.439%) NAS
11 6 (2.439%) VoIP
12 5 (2.033%) VLAN
12 5 (2.033%) HTTP
12 5 (2.033%) WLAN
13 3 (1.220%) Network Security
13 3 (1.220%) IP Telephony
13 3 (1.220%) FTP
14 2 (0.813%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.82%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (6.098%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.407%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.407%) Cognos Impromptu
4 1 (0.407%) Crystal Reports
General
1 11 (4.472%) Publishing
2 10 (4.065%) Finance
3 4 (1.626%) French Language
4 3 (1.220%) Advertising
4 3 (1.220%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.407%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 48 (19.51%) Consultant
2 29 (11.79%) Analyst
2 29 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (10.57%) Messaging Consultant
4 25 (10.16%) Support Engineer
5 19 (7.724%) 3rd Line Support
5 19 (7.724%) Systems Engineer
6 16 (6.504%) Support Analyst
6 16 (6.504%) Server Engineer
6 16 (6.504%) Messaging Engineer
7 12 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (4.472%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.065%) Technical Support
9 10 (4.065%) Exchange Consultant
10 9 (3.659%) Exchange Engineer
10 9 (3.659%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (3.659%) Architect
10 9 (3.659%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.846%) Server Analyst
11 7 (2.846%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.317%) Blackberry
2 9 (3.659%) Clustering
3 3 (1.220%) Fat Client
3 3 (1.220%) Thin Client
4 2 (0.813%) EqualLogic
4 2 (0.813%) iPad
4 2 (0.813%) NHS
4 2 (0.813%) Handset
4 2 (0.813%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.407%) iPhone
5 1 (0.407%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.407%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 161 (65.45%) Windows
2 111 (45.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 106 (43.09%) Windows Server 2003
4 41 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 41 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 14 (5.691%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (4.878%) Windows Vista
7 9 (3.659%) UNIX
8 7 (2.846%) Linux
9 4 (1.626%) Windows 2000
10 3 (1.220%) Mac OS X
10 3 (1.220%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.220%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.813%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (0.813%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.96%) Migration
2 32 (13.01%) Data Protection
3 27 (10.98%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (6.911%) ITIL
5 13 (5.285%) Project Management
6 11 (4.472%) PRINCE2
7 7 (2.846%) Change Management
7 7 (2.846%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (2.033%) Compatibility Testing
8 5 (2.033%) Information Security
8 5 (2.033%) Service Management
8 5 (2.033%) Service Delivery
9 4 (1.626%) Change Control
9 4 (1.626%) B2B
9 4 (1.626%) Configuration Management
9 4 (1.626%) Validation
9 4 (1.626%) Integration Testing
9 4 (1.626%) Test Scripting
9 4 (1.626%) Time Management
10 3 (1.220%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.04%) SQL
2 32 (13.01%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.285%) VBScript
4 11 (4.472%) VB
5 4 (1.626%) C
6 1 (0.407%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (25.61%) Microsoft Certification
2 52 (21.14%) MCSE
3 37 (15.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 27 (10.98%) Security Cleared
5 18 (7.317%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.846%) MCP
7 6 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.439%) MCITP
7 6 (2.439%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.033%) CNA
8 5 (2.033%) Novell Certification
8 5 (2.033%) CCNA
9 4 (1.626%) MCSD
10 2 (0.813%) MCDST
11 1 (0.407%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.407%) Degree
11 1 (0.407%) MCSA
11 1 (0.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.407%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.659%) SLA
2 4 (1.626%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.813%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.407%) QA
System Software
1 138 (56.10%) Active Directory
2 63 (25.61%) vSphere
3 54 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (12.60%) XenApp
5 30 (12.20%) Hyper-V
6 18 (7.317%) VMware ESX
7 10 (4.065%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.846%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (2.846%) XenServer
9 5 (2.033%) Forefront TMG
10 4 (1.626%) XenDesktop
10 4 (1.626%) UAG
11 3 (1.220%) VMware Server
11 3 (1.220%) ISA Server
11 3 (1.220%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.813%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.813%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.813%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 1 (0.407%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.407%) NFS
Systems Management
1 59 (23.98%) SCOM
2 35 (14.23%) SCCM
3 14 (5.691%) Backup Exec
4 8 (3.252%) WSUS
5 5 (2.033%) MOM
5 5 (2.033%) Norton AntiVirus
5 5 (2.033%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 5 (2.033%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.220%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.220%) ARCserve
6 3 (1.220%) Sysprep
7 1 (0.407%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.407%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.407%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.407%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 155 (63.01%) Microsoft
2 139 (56.50%) VMware
3 57 (23.17%) Citrix
4 33 (13.41%) MobileIron
5 27 (10.98%) HP
6 25 (10.16%) Postini
7 24 (9.756%) Cisco
8 22 (8.943%) Symantec
9 12 (4.878%) Dell
10 11 (4.472%) McAfee
11 10 (4.065%) NetApp
12 9 (3.659%) Novell
12 9 (3.659%) Mercator
13 6 (2.439%) IBM
13 6 (2.439%) Brocade
14 5 (2.033%) Websense
14 5 (2.033%) Sophos
14 5 (2.033%) Peregrine
14 5 (2.033%) EMC
15 4 (1.626%) Adobe
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