The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 21 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 Staffordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.529% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 18.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £125 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £286 £275
% change year-on-year
- +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+8.04% +13.51%
All Application Platforms
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
16 44 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 18.82% 20.28% 5.936%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 4
Average daily rate £135 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.00% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £275 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £435 £293
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +59.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Exchange Server 2010
West Midlands

Exchange Server 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) COM
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Avaya
3 1 (33.33%) Nortel
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (33.33%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Avaya
2 1 (33.33%) Nortel
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec