The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Exchange Server 2010 over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

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.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank182311476
Rank change year-on-year
Up+129Up+165
Matching contract IT job ads59530460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.005 %0.495 %0.109 %
As % of the Application Platforms category6.181 %2.966 %0.723 %
Number of daily rates quoted30113615
Average daily rate£300£298£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.84 %-16.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£178£193£163
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£275£258
% change year-on-year
-+6.79 %
Number of hourly rates quoted80376
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--15.78 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£13.10£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.50£28.80£36.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£18.00£36.18
% change year-on-year
+11.11 %-50.24 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
9626102508302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK16.26 %16.70 %15.08 %
Number of daily rates quoted532254453765
Average daily rate£350£375£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66 %+3.44 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£325
% change year-on-year
-7.14 %+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted426561523
Average hourly rate£20.00£19.50£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.00£37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.57£19.50£19.00
% change year-on-year
+0.37 %+2.63 %

Exchange Server 2010
Demand Trend

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

Exchange Server 2010 Demand Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 within the UK.

Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 within the UK.

Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Exchange Server 2010 Hourly Rate Histogram

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+127544£300-
LondonUp+134258£355-0.69 %
South EastUp+11112£300+12.67 %
City of LondonUp+6970£394+3.61 %
North WestUp+3243£225-43.75 %
East of EnglandUp+2137£305+38.63 %
BerkshireDown-537£263-10.63 %
South WestDown-927£153-35.10 %
ScotlandUp+1026£363+74.69 %
SurreyUp+1824£303-28.90 %
BracknellUp+1723£240-
East MidlandsUp+1220£250+19.04 %
West MidlandsDown-1419£263-38.23 %
ManchesterDown-318£225+25.00 %
YorkshireDown-317£160-58.70 %
BuckinghamshireUp+316£300+39.53 %
HampshireUp+915£265-13.46 %
Milton KeynesUp+515£300+39.53 %
North EastUp+712£375+7.14 %
LancashireNew entry-12£228-
EdinburghNew entry-12£400-
Tyne and WearUp+411£375+7.14 %
BirminghamDown-711£331-24.28 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-11£260-
BedfordshireUp+1310£375+70.45 %
SuffolkNew entry-10£258-
BristolNew entry-10£130-
County AntrimNew entry-9£260-
BelfastNew entry-9£260-
SouthamptonUp+38£265-

Exchange Server 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11072 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
2780 (72.76 %)Windows
3632 (58.96 %)Active Directory
4543 (50.65 %)Windows Server 2008
5519 (48.41 %)Microsoft
6492 (45.90 %)VMware
7400 (37.31 %)Exchange Server 2003
8339 (31.62 %)Exchange Server 2007
9303 (28.26 %)Windows Server 2003
10302 (28.17 %)Citrix
11254 (23.69 %)Migration
12242 (22.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
13223 (20.80 %)SAN
14218 (20.34 %)Windows 7
15174 (16.23 %)MS Excel
16159 (14.83 %)Cisco
17156 (14.55 %)HP
18155 (14.46 %)SharePoint
19146 (13.62 %)DNS
20144 (13.43 %)SQL Server
21143 (13.34 %)SCCM
22138 (12.87 %)Finance
23131 (12.22 %)Windows XP
24129 (12.03 %)Clustering
25128 (11.94 %)Firewall
26126 (11.75 %)Blackberry
27125 (11.66 %)SQL
28123 (11.47 %)MS Office
29121 (11.29 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
30116 (10.82 %)ITIL

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (1.399 %).NET
214 (1.306 %)Forefront TMG
38 (0.746 %)COM
47 (0.653 %)Application Packaging
56 (0.560 %)Web Services
65 (0.466 %)WSH
73 (0.280 %)Software Packaging
73 (0.280 %)Middleware
73 (0.280 %)HTML
73 (0.280 %)ASP.NET
82 (0.187 %)ADSI
82 (0.187 %)XML
82 (0.187 %)Spring
91 (0.093 %).NET Framework
91 (0.093 %)XSLT
91 (0.093 %)CSS
91 (0.093 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11072 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
2400 (37.31 %)Exchange Server 2003
3339 (31.62 %)Exchange Server 2007
4155 (14.46 %)SharePoint
5121 (11.29 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
6116 (10.82 %)Lync
790 (8.396 %)IIS
868 (6.343 %)SharePoint 2010
946 (4.291 %)Lotus Notes
1038 (3.545 %)Office Communications Server
1116 (1.493 %)Lotus Domino
1215 (1.399 %)SharePoint Server
1311 (1.026 %)Oracle Application Server
1410 (0.933 %)BizTalk Server
157 (0.653 %)Apache
166 (0.560 %)Live Communications Server
173 (0.280 %)Exchange Server 5.5
173 (0.280 %)Exchange Server 2000
173 (0.280 %)CMS
173 (0.280 %)GroupWise
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1174 (16.23 %)MS Excel
2123 (11.47 %)MS Office
324 (2.239 %)Office 365
49 (0.840 %)MS Visio
53 (0.280 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.187 %)MS Project
62 (0.187 %)MATLAB
71 (0.093 %)LightWave 3D
71 (0.093 %)Final Cut Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.653 %)Dynamics NAV
23 (0.280 %)Sage 1000
23 (0.280 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.280 %)Oracle Financials
23 (0.280 %)Sage 200
32 (0.187 %)Dynamics AX
41 (0.093 %)assyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1223 (20.80 %)SAN
2146 (13.62 %)DNS
3128 (11.94 %)Firewall
498 (9.142 %)TCP/IP
586 (8.022 %)DHCP
685 (7.929 %)WAN
770 (6.530 %)LAN
858 (5.410 %)VPN
946 (4.291 %)Unified Communications
1036 (3.358 %)VLAN
1133 (3.078 %)Cisco ASA
1133 (3.078 %)VoIP
1230 (2.799 %)iSCSI
1327 (2.519 %)NAS
1327 (2.519 %)Wireless
1422 (2.052 %)MPLS
1520 (1.866 %)SMTP
1615 (1.399 %)Internet
1615 (1.399 %)Fibre Channel
1710 (0.933 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1144 (13.43 %)SQL Server
273 (6.810 %)SQL Server 2008
341 (3.825 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (0.840 %)Oracle 8/8i
58 (0.746 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (0.280 %)MySQL
63 (0.280 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.093 %)FileMaker
71 (0.093 %)Oracle Exadata
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (0.560 %)Team Foundation Server
24 (0.373 %)InstallShield
33 (0.280 %)MSI
41 (0.093 %)Subversion
41 (0.093 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.093 %)TortoiseSVN
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1138 (12.87 %)Finance
236 (3.358 %)Banking
236 (3.358 %)Telecoms
317 (1.586 %)Investment Banking
415 (1.399 %)Law
512 (1.119 %)Legal
610 (0.933 %)Publishing
610 (0.933 %)Retail
77 (0.653 %)Local Government
86 (0.560 %)Financial Institution
93 (0.280 %)Back Office
93 (0.280 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.187 %)Advertising
102 (0.187 %)International Banking
102 (0.187 %)Marketing
111 (0.093 %)Billing
111 (0.093 %)German Language
111 (0.093 %)Online Betting
111 (0.093 %)Front Office
111 (0.093 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1141 (13.15 %)Analyst
2113 (10.54 %)Support Engineer
3104 (9.701 %)Consultant
495 (8.862 %)3rd Line Support
582 (7.649 %)Architect
678 (7.276 %)Administrator
777 (7.183 %)Infrastructure Engineer
872 (6.716 %)Support Analyst
950 (4.664 %)Server Engineer
1049 (4.571 %)Server Support
1146 (4.291 %)2nd Line Support
1244 (4.104 %)Exchange Consultant
1343 (4.011 %)Project Manager
1343 (4.011 %)Desktop Support
1439 (3.638 %)Systems Administrator
1536 (3.358 %)Technical Architect
1634 (3.172 %)Exchange Engineer
1729 (2.705 %)Exchange Specialist
1828 (2.612 %)Desktop Engineer
1927 (2.519 %)IT Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1129 (12.03 %)Clustering
2126 (11.75 %)Blackberry
336 (3.358 %)Replication
423 (2.146 %)PKI
521 (1.959 %)AS400
618 (1.679 %)CLARiiON
78 (0.746 %)EqualLogic
87 (0.653 %)HP StorageWorks
96 (0.560 %)Kindle
96 (0.560 %)Mathematics
96 (0.560 %)EMC Centera
105 (0.466 %)Celerra
105 (0.466 %)PDA
105 (0.466 %)Client/Server
114 (0.373 %)Hedge funds
114 (0.373 %)NHS
114 (0.373 %)Computer Science
123 (0.280 %)Video Conferencing
123 (0.280 %)Statistics
123 (0.280 %)Device Driver
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1780 (72.76 %)Windows
2543 (50.65 %)Windows Server 2008
3303 (28.26 %)Windows Server 2003
4218 (20.34 %)Windows 7
5131 (12.22 %)Windows XP
640 (3.731 %)Linux
729 (2.705 %)UNIX
825 (2.332 %)Windows 2000
923 (2.146 %)Windows Vista
1017 (1.586 %)Windows 2000 Server
1111 (1.026 %)Solaris
126 (0.560 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
126 (0.560 %)Mac OS X
135 (0.466 %)Windows NT
144 (0.373 %)Ubuntu
153 (0.280 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.187 %)Android
162 (0.187 %)FreeBSD
162 (0.187 %)SUSE
162 (0.187 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1254 (23.69 %)Migration
2116 (10.82 %)ITIL
365 (6.063 %)Disaster Recovery
449 (4.571 %)Project Management
536 (3.358 %)PRINCE2
633 (3.078 %)Business Continuity
732 (2.985 %)Load Balancing
828 (2.612 %)Change Control
925 (2.332 %)Incident Management
1024 (2.239 %)Problem Management
1024 (2.239 %)Information Security
1123 (2.146 %)High Availability
1123 (2.146 %)Change Management
1220 (1.866 %)Network Load Balancing
1316 (1.493 %)CRM
1414 (1.306 %)Service Management
1414 (1.306 %)Service Delivery
1512 (1.119 %)Technical Architecture
1512 (1.119 %)Time Management
1611 (1.026 %)Data Protection
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1125 (11.66 %)SQL
288 (8.209 %)PowerShell
326 (2.425 %)VBScript
48 (0.746 %)VB
54 (0.373 %)C
54 (0.373 %)Shell Script
63 (0.280 %)C#
63 (0.280 %)JavaScript
63 (0.280 %)Python
72 (0.187 %)Perl
72 (0.187 %)PHP
72 (0.187 %)VBA
72 (0.187 %)T-SQL
81 (0.093 %)Ruby
81 (0.093 %)Korn
81 (0.093 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1114 (10.63 %)Microsoft Certification
283 (7.743 %)MCSE
366 (6.157 %)MCITP
465 (6.063 %)Security Cleared
551 (4.757 %)SC Cleared
641 (3.825 %)Cisco Certification
738 (3.545 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
836 (3.358 %)CCNA
931 (2.892 %)MCP
1019 (1.772 %)MCSA
1117 (1.586 %)MCTS
1216 (1.493 %)Citrix Certification
1315 (1.399 %)DV Cleared
1413 (1.213 %)Degree
1413 (1.213 %)CCA
1510 (0.933 %)ITIL Certification
168 (0.746 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
176 (0.560 %)PMP
176 (0.560 %)PMI Certification
176 (0.560 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (2.612 %)SLA
26 (0.560 %)ISO 9001
35 (0.466 %)ISO/IEC 27001
35 (0.466 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.280 %)ISO 9000
52 (0.187 %)BS7799
52 (0.187 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.093 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1632 (58.96 %)Active Directory
2242 (22.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
3116 (10.82 %)XenApp
4115 (10.73 %)Hyper-V
5107 (9.981 %)vSphere
657 (5.317 %)VMware ESX
732 (2.985 %)XenServer
829 (2.705 %)Terminal Services
928 (2.612 %)XenDesktop
1027 (2.519 %)VMware ESXi
1120 (1.866 %)ISA Server
1219 (1.772 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1317 (1.586 %)NFS
1414 (1.306 %)UAG
159 (0.840 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
159 (0.840 %)DFS Replication
166 (0.560 %)VMware Server
175 (0.466 %)MetaFrame
183 (0.280 %)Veritas Cluster Server
183 (0.280 %)EMC RecoverPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1143 (13.34 %)SCCM
2104 (9.701 %)SCOM
352 (4.851 %)Backup Exec
437 (3.451 %)NetBackup
528 (2.612 %)Norton AntiVirus
626 (2.425 %)WSUS
722 (2.052 %)EMC NetWorker
813 (1.213 %)vCenter
97 (0.653 %)WMI
106 (0.560 %)Legato
115 (0.466 %)SCVMM
115 (0.466 %)MOM
115 (0.466 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
124 (0.373 %)Windows Storage Server
133 (0.280 %)DameWare
133 (0.280 %)MIMEsweeper
133 (0.280 %)McAfee ePO
142 (0.187 %)SolarWinds Orion
142 (0.187 %)WhatsUp Gold
142 (0.187 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1519 (48.41 %)Microsoft
2492 (45.90 %)VMware
3302 (28.17 %)Citrix
4159 (14.83 %)Cisco
5156 (14.55 %)HP
6112 (10.45 %)NetApp
792 (8.582 %)Symantec
861 (5.690 %)EMC
952 (4.851 %)Dell
952 (4.851 %)Lotus
1039 (3.638 %)McAfee
1130 (2.799 %)Oracle
1223 (2.146 %)Websense
1319 (1.772 %)Juniper
1418 (1.679 %)IBM
1516 (1.493 %)CommVault
1615 (1.399 %)CA
1714 (1.306 %)Novell
1714 (1.306 %)CheckPoint
1811 (1.026 %)Mitel