The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 72 110 105
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -5
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 36 26 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.785% 0.804% 0.601%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.651% 4.626% 3.761%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 9
Average daily rate £260 £130 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £125 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £226 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.60% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55% -20.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.85 £20.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+11.43% +2.50%
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
373 562 452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 18.49% 17.37% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 334 237
Average daily rate £350 £360 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £224 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £441 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.88 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.41% +11.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £41.50 £41.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West 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 West region.

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 South West 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
Bristol +15 10 £285 +128.00%
Devon +6 7 £260 -1.88%
Wiltshire +1 6 £393 -
Somerset - 5 £300 -
Dorset +2 2 - -
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 West 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 55 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 38 (69.09%) Windows
3 34 (61.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 31 (56.36%) VMware
5 24 (43.64%) Active Directory
6 22 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 16 (29.09%) HP
8 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
9 14 (25.45%) SAN
10 13 (23.64%) Windows 7
11 12 (21.82%) Exchange Server 2003
11 12 (21.82%) SQL Server
11 12 (21.82%) Migration
12 11 (20.00%) Citrix
12 11 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
13 10 (18.18%) Lync
13 10 (18.18%) MS Excel
14 9 (16.36%) Windows XP
14 9 (16.36%) TCP/IP
14 9 (16.36%) IIS
14 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (16.36%) DNS
14 9 (16.36%) Office 365
14 9 (16.36%) vSphere
15 8 (14.55%) XenApp
15 8 (14.55%) MCSE
15 8 (14.55%) MCTS
16 7 (12.73%) Cisco
16 7 (12.73%) LAN

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (5.455%) Hibernate
1 3 (5.455%) Spring
2 1 (1.818%) HTML
2 1 (1.818%) ASP
2 1 (1.818%) COM
2 1 (1.818%) XML
Application Platforms
1 55 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 12 (21.82%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (18.18%) Lync
4 9 (16.36%) IIS
5 6 (10.91%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (5.455%) Apache
6 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
7 2 (3.636%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 9 (16.36%) Office 365
3 6 (10.91%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.818%) Maximo
1 1 (1.818%) assyst
1 1 (1.818%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.45%) SAN
2 9 (16.36%) TCP/IP
2 9 (16.36%) DNS
3 7 (12.73%) LAN
4 6 (10.91%) WAN
4 6 (10.91%) Firewall
5 5 (9.091%) VPN
6 4 (7.273%) DHCP
7 2 (3.636%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.818%) Wireless
8 1 (1.818%) VoIP
8 1 (1.818%) WLAN
8 1 (1.818%) Internet
8 1 (1.818%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (1.818%) VLAN
8 1 (1.818%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.82%) SQL Server
2 10 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.636%) MySQL
General
1 1 (1.818%) Back Office
1 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.818%) Finance
1 1 (1.818%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 8 (14.55%) Analyst
3 7 (12.73%) Server Engineer
3 7 (12.73%) Administrator
3 7 (12.73%) Consultant
3 7 (12.73%) Systems Administrator
4 6 (10.91%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Migration Engineer
5 5 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (9.091%) Server Support
5 5 (9.091%) Network Engineer
5 5 (9.091%) Exchange Engineer
6 4 (7.273%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.273%) Server Analyst
6 4 (7.273%) Server Support Engineer
6 4 (7.273%) Support Consultant
6 4 (7.273%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (5.455%) Developer
7 3 (5.455%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.636%) Blackberry
1 2 (3.636%) Clustering
2 1 (1.818%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.818%) NHS
2 1 (1.818%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.818%) EqualLogic
2 1 (1.818%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.818%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.818%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (69.09%) Windows
2 34 (61.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (23.64%) Windows 7
5 9 (16.36%) Windows XP
6 4 (7.273%) Linux
7 2 (3.636%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.818%) UNIX
8 1 (1.818%) AIX
8 1 (1.818%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.818%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) Migration
2 5 (9.091%) ITIL
3 4 (7.273%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (5.455%) OO
4 3 (5.455%) Project Management
4 3 (5.455%) Data Protection
5 2 (3.636%) Problem Management
5 2 (3.636%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.818%) Service Management
6 1 (1.818%) Quality Management
6 1 (1.818%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.818%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.818%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.818%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.818%) Capacity Management
6 1 (1.818%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.818%) Software Deployment
6 1 (1.818%) ITIL V2
6 1 (1.818%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.091%) SQL
2 4 (7.273%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.455%) Delphi
4 2 (3.636%) Python
4 2 (3.636%) C#
4 2 (3.636%) PHP
5 1 (1.818%) VBScript
5 1 (1.818%) VB
5 1 (1.818%) LINC
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (14.55%) MCSE
2 8 (14.55%) MCTS
3 7 (12.73%) MCITP
4 5 (9.091%) MCSA
5 3 (5.455%) MCP
6 2 (3.636%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.636%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.818%) Degree
7 1 (1.818%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.818%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.636%) QA
1 2 (3.636%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (43.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (16.36%) vSphere
4 8 (14.55%) XenApp
5 7 (12.73%) UAG
6 4 (7.273%) Hyper-V
7 3 (5.455%) VMware ESX
7 3 (5.455%) ISA Server
8 2 (3.636%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.818%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (1.818%) NFS
9 1 (1.818%) Terminal Server
9 1 (1.818%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.818%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (1.818%) XenServer
9 1 (1.818%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) SCCM
2 1 (1.818%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.818%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.818%) ZENworks
2 1 (1.818%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.818%) SCOM
2 1 (1.818%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 31 (56.36%) VMware
2 16 (29.09%) HP
3 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 11 (20.00%) Citrix
5 7 (12.73%) Cisco
5 7 (12.73%) 3PAR
6 3 (5.455%) Dell
7 2 (3.636%) ProCurve
7 2 (3.636%) FalconStor
7 2 (3.636%) EMC
7 2 (3.636%) NetApp
7 2 (3.636%) Symantec
8 1 (1.818%) Wyse
8 1 (1.818%) Sophos
8 1 (1.818%) Novell
8 1 (1.818%) Sage
8 1 (1.818%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (1.818%) Adobe
8 1 (1.818%) Veeam
8 1 (1.818%) WatchGuard
Gloucestershire, South West
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer -VMware, Exchange 2010, SAN is required on a 3-6 Month contract by a genuine market in Gloucestershire paying between £300-£350 per day-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP300 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Gloucestershire
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer -VMware, Exchange 2010, SAN is required on a 3-6 Month contract by a genuine market in Gloucestershire paying between £300-£350 per day...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Infrastructure Engineer, 3rd Line Engineer,- Contract - GloucesterOur client, has an urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their team-The postholder will be responsible for the...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key skills: - Windows Server 2008 R2 - AD - Exchange 2010 - MS Clustering - WSUS - Networking technologies - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP - VMWare Experience of HP/Cisco Networking technologies is an advantage...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, South West
Exchange Migration Architect, Lync 2013, My Client has an immediate requirement for an Exchange 2010 migration Consultant,The Client has the design document and is need of a...
OPUS
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 4 May 2013
Swindon, South West
XenDesktop Infrastructure / Server Engineer / vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Swindon, £450 per dayA XenDesktop Infrastructure Engineer /vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Engineer is required on an initial 6-Month contract by a...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Bath, South West
Technical Skills* Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and 7. Windows Server 2003 and 2008. Linux and Mac OS... * Experience of Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007 or 2010 could...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Plymouth, South West
Our client has an immediate and critical contract requirement for an experienced server engineer to join an ongoing programme of work... Applicants should also be able to advise...
Posted: 30 April 2013