Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkMicrosoft Exchange Server
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank9367
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-26
Matching contract IT job ads5751619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.674 %2.103 %
As % of the Application Platforms category12.54 %15.28 %
Daily rates quoted152345
Average daily rate£233£300
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-22.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£165£158
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£243£275
% change on same period last year-11.81 %
Hourly rates quoted155389
Average hourly rate£17.50£20.75
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-15.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.66£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£18.00
% change on same period last year-2.770 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
458510594
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.35 %13.76 %
Daily rates quoted17233142
Average daily rate£335£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£513
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£370
% change on same period last year-14.05 %
Hourly rates quoted419982
Average hourly rate£20.50£23.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-12.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.56£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£22.50
% change on same period last year-8.880 %

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.

MS Exchange
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

MS Exchange Demand Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Trend

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

MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

MS Exchange Daily Rate Histogram

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

MS Exchange Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Exchange
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 MS Exchange within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-22526£243-19.16 %
LondonDown-33214£228-30.00 %
South EastDown-14108£357+15.90 %
City of LondonDown-1365£284-24.33 %
YorkshireUp+838£330+20.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1538£204-18.50 %
South WestUp+337£228-32.58 %
North WestUp+2035£255+70.00 %
ScotlandUp+1934£175-30.00 %
West YorkshireUp+1433£330+20.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1831£341+6.89 %
HampshireUp+2227£450+71.42 %
LeedsUp+927£330+20.00 %
Milton KeynesUp+1726£357+11.96 %
West MidlandsUp+323£204-16.41 %
East MidlandsUp+3122£230+41.19 %
BerkshireDown-2418£375+0.67 %
OxfordshireUp+515£103-59.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-1415£185-17.77 %
BasingstokeUp+2813£500-
EssexUp+1513£255+92.09 %
AberdeenUp+213£141-61.03 %
ManchesterUp+712--
BristolNo change012£220-26.66 %
GlasgowUp+2411£175-30.00 %
WalesUp+711£188-65.90 %
ReadingUp+710£375-3.22 %
South WalesUp+510£205-62.72 %
NorthamptonshireUp+178£230+67.27 %
CheshireUp+377£260-

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11070 (72.84 %)Windows
2857 (58.34 %)Active Directory
3732 (49.83 %)Exchange Server 2003
4690 (46.97 %)Microsoft
5674 (45.88 %)Windows Server 2003
6444 (30.22 %)Exchange Server 2007
7371 (25.26 %)Citrix
8344 (23.42 %)VMware
9300 (20.42 %)Windows XP
10290 (19.74 %)Microsoft Certification
11228 (15.52 %)MCSE
12225 (15.32 %)MS Excel
13214 (14.57 %)MS Office
14206 (14.02 %)Cisco
15205 (13.96 %)Windows 2000
16191 (13.00 %)ITIL
17188 (12.80 %)Security Cleared
18182 (12.39 %)SQL
19178 (12.12 %)SAN
20173 (11.78 %)SQL Server
20173 (11.78 %)DNS
21172 (11.71 %)Migration
22169 (11.50 %)TCP/IP
23164 (11.16 %)Blackberry
24158 (10.76 %)Windows Server 2008
25152 (10.35 %)HP
26151 (10.28 %)LAN
26151 (10.28 %)Windows 2000 Server
27148 (10.07 %)WAN
28141 (9.598 %)Finance

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (1.430 %).NET
218 (1.225 %)XML
310 (0.681 %)Application Packaging
49 (0.613 %)WSH
49 (0.613 %)ASP
58 (0.545 %)HTML
58 (0.545 %)WMI
66 (0.408 %)COM
75 (0.340 %)WebServices
75 (0.340 %)ASP.NET
75 (0.340 %)Software Packaging
84 (0.272 %)Windows SharePoint Services
93 (0.204 %)ADSI
93 (0.204 %)Middleware
93 (0.204 %).NET Framework
102 (0.136 %)Silverlight
102 (0.136 %)ASP.NET 2.0
102 (0.136 %)ISAPI
102 (0.136 %)MAPI
102 (0.136 %)XSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1732 (49.83 %)Exchange Server 2003
2444 (30.22 %)Exchange Server 2007
3127 (8.645 %)Exchange Server 2000
4111 (7.556 %)SharePoint
5108 (7.352 %)Exchange Server 5.5
695 (6.467 %)IIS
769 (4.697 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
844 (2.995 %)Lotus Notes
926 (1.770 %)Office Communications Server
1019 (1.293 %)GroupWise
1117 (1.157 %)Lotus Domino
1216 (1.089 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1311 (0.749 %)MindAlign
1410 (0.681 %)Apache
1410 (0.681 %)BizTalk Server
1410 (0.681 %)Site Server
155 (0.340 %)LiveLink
155 (0.340 %)WorkSite
162 (0.136 %)Morello
162 (0.136 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1225 (15.32 %)MS Excel
2214 (14.57 %)MS Office
317 (1.157 %)MS Visio
416 (1.089 %)MS PowerPoint
515 (1.021 %)MS Project
69 (0.613 %)Acrobat
76 (0.408 %)Photoshop
84 (0.272 %)Paint Shop Pro
92 (0.136 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.068 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.068 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.068 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.885 %)assyst
211 (0.749 %)SoftGrid
35 (0.340 %)Microsoft CRM
43 (0.204 %)Dynamics CRM
52 (0.136 %)Dynamics AX
52 (0.136 %)Axapta
52 (0.136 %)Summit
61 (0.068 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1178 (12.12 %)SAN
2173 (11.78 %)DNS
3169 (11.50 %)TCP/IP
4151 (10.28 %)LAN
5148 (10.07 %)WAN
6139 (9.462 %)Firewall
7123 (8.373 %)DHCP
877 (5.242 %)VPN
962 (4.221 %)Internet
1056 (3.812 %)SMTP
1140 (2.723 %)Wireless
1235 (2.383 %)NAS
1329 (1.974 %)LDAP
1428 (1.906 %)VoIP
1521 (1.430 %)SMS
1521 (1.430 %)VLAN
1617 (1.157 %)X.400
1716 (1.089 %)Ethernet
1813 (0.885 %)X.500
1813 (0.885 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1173 (11.78 %)SQL Server
253 (3.608 %)SQL Server 2005
332 (2.178 %)SQL Server 2000
415 (1.021 %)MS Access
511 (0.749 %)SQL Server 2008
63 (0.204 %)MySQL
63 (0.204 %)Oracle 10g
63 (0.204 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (0.204 %)Oracle 9i
72 (0.136 %)OLAP
72 (0.136 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.136 %)BusinessObjects
72 (0.136 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.136 %)Oracle OLAP
72 (0.136 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.068 %)EDRMS
81 (0.068 %)GIS
81 (0.068 %)PerformancePoint
81 (0.068 %)RDBMS
81 (0.068 %)SQL Server 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.204 %)Visual Studio
13 (0.204 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (0.136 %)ClearCase
31 (0.068 %)RequisitePro
31 (0.068 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1141 (9.598 %)Finance
288 (5.990 %)Government
364 (4.357 %)Banking
447 (3.199 %)Insurance
532 (2.178 %)Education
624 (1.634 %)Investment Banking
722 (1.498 %)Local Government
821 (1.430 %)Health
821 (1.430 %)Telecoms
919 (1.293 %)Law
1015 (1.021 %)Legal
1015 (1.021 %)Military
1015 (1.021 %)Retail
1114 (0.953 %)Back Office
127 (0.477 %)Auditing
136 (0.408 %)Pensions
145 (0.340 %)Home Office
154 (0.272 %)Financial Institution
163 (0.204 %)Billing
172 (0.136 %)Front Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1282 (19.20 %)Analyst
2177 (12.05 %)Support Engineer
3168 (11.44 %)Support Analyst
4125 (8.509 %)3rd Line Support
5122 (8.305 %)Administrator
6102 (6.943 %)Consultant
799 (6.739 %)Desktop Support
880 (5.446 %)2nd Line Support
973 (4.969 %)Server Engineer
1066 (4.493 %)Server Support
1164 (4.357 %)Systems Administrator
1260 (4.084 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1357 (3.880 %)Systems Engineer
1449 (3.336 %)Architect
1547 (3.199 %)Desktop Engineer
1646 (3.131 %)Technical Support
1745 (3.063 %)Network Engineer
1745 (3.063 %)Exchange Engineer
1843 (2.927 %)Service Analyst
1843 (2.927 %)Service Desk Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1164 (11.16 %)Blackberry
298 (6.671 %)Clustering
349 (3.336 %)NHS
421 (1.430 %)PDA
515 (1.021 %)Management Information System
515 (1.021 %)Replication
610 (0.681 %)PKI
79 (0.613 %)French Language
88 (0.545 %)Thin Client
88 (0.545 %)Fat Client
97 (0.477 %)CLARiiON
106 (0.408 %)EMC Centera
115 (0.340 %)Client/Server
115 (0.340 %)Swedish Language
115 (0.340 %)VLE
115 (0.340 %)Video Conferencing
124 (0.272 %)Celerra
124 (0.272 %)Derivative
124 (0.272 %)Handset
133 (0.204 %)German Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11070 (72.84 %)Windows
2674 (45.88 %)Windows Server 2003
3300 (20.42 %)Windows XP
4205 (13.96 %)Windows 2000
5158 (10.76 %)Windows Server 2008
6151 (10.28 %)Windows 2000 Server
7102 (6.943 %)Windows Vista
863 (4.289 %)UNIX
958 (3.948 %)Windows NT
1054 (3.676 %)Linux
1140 (2.723 %)Solaris
1222 (1.498 %)NetWare
137 (0.477 %)Windows Mobile
146 (0.408 %)Red Hat Linux
146 (0.408 %)HPUX
155 (0.340 %)AIX
162 (0.136 %)SUSE
171 (0.068 %)Mac OS X
171 (0.068 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1191 (13.00 %)ITIL
2172 (11.71 %)Migration
342 (2.859 %)Disaster Recovery
437 (2.519 %)Project Management
528 (1.906 %)Service Delivery
618 (1.225 %)Change Management
717 (1.157 %)CRM
816 (1.089 %)Performance Management
915 (1.021 %)PRINCE2
915 (1.021 %)ITSM
915 (1.021 %)Document Management
1014 (0.953 %)Load Balancing
1113 (0.885 %)Data Management
1113 (0.885 %)Service Management
1212 (0.817 %)Network Design
1311 (0.749 %)Asset Management
1311 (0.749 %)Data Migration
148 (0.545 %)Web Development
148 (0.545 %)Operations Management
148 (0.545 %)Business Continuity
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1182 (12.39 %)SQL
232 (2.178 %)PowerShell
325 (1.702 %)C
423 (1.566 %)VB
514 (0.953 %)Perl
69 (0.613 %)C#
69 (0.613 %)Shell Script
78 (0.545 %)VBScript
86 (0.408 %)VB.NET
86 (0.408 %)T-SQL
93 (0.204 %)AWK
93 (0.204 %)JavaScript
93 (0.204 %)Korn
102 (0.136 %)PL/SQL
102 (0.136 %)C++
102 (0.136 %)Java
102 (0.136 %)JCL
111 (0.068 %)VB6
111 (0.068 %)Python
111 (0.068 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1290 (19.74 %)Microsoft Certification
2228 (15.52 %)MCSE
3188 (12.80 %)Security Cleared
4124 (8.441 %)SC Cleared
581 (5.514 %)MCP
675 (5.106 %)Cisco Certification
758 (3.948 %)CCNA
845 (3.063 %)MCSA
941 (2.791 %)Degree
1040 (2.723 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1133 (2.246 %)DV Cleared
1227 (1.838 %)Citrix Certification
1323 (1.566 %)CCNP
1323 (1.566 %)CCA
1323 (1.566 %)Novell Certification
1422 (1.498 %)CNE
1513 (0.885 %)ITIL Certification
1610 (0.681 %)MCITP
179 (0.613 %)CCEA
188 (0.545 %)MCTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
158 (3.948 %)SLA
27 (0.477 %)ISO27001
36 (0.408 %)JSP 440
43 (0.204 %)QA
52 (0.136 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.136 %)ISO17799
52 (0.136 %)ISO9001
61 (0.068 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1857 (58.34 %)Active Directory
2128 (8.713 %)VMware Infrastructure
3110 (7.488 %)VMware ESX
455 (3.744 %)Citrix Presentation Server
550 (3.404 %)NetBackup
646 (3.131 %)Backup Exec
738 (2.587 %)ISA Server
833 (2.246 %)Terminal Server
929 (1.974 %)Terminal Services
929 (1.974 %)XenApp
1016 (1.089 %)MetaFrame
1112 (0.817 %)NFS
1112 (0.817 %)Hyper-V
128 (0.545 %)NDS
137 (0.477 %)VMware Workstation
137 (0.477 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
146 (0.408 %)Novell eDirectory
154 (0.272 %)XenServer
154 (0.272 %)VMware GSX
163 (0.204 %)MailMarshal
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
193 (6.331 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
250 (3.404 %)MOM
347 (3.199 %)SCOM
445 (3.063 %)SCCM
522 (1.498 %)WSUS
522 (1.498 %)ZENworks
620 (1.361 %)Norton AntiVirus
713 (0.885 %)Tivoli
812 (0.817 %)MIMEsweeper
910 (0.681 %)MIIS
107 (0.477 %)MAILsweeper
116 (0.408 %)DameWare
116 (0.408 %)Legato
116 (0.408 %)OpenView Configuration Management
116 (0.408 %)OVOW
116 (0.408 %)ARCserve
125 (0.340 %)ServiceCenter
125 (0.340 %)OpenView
133 (0.204 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
133 (0.204 %)BMC PATROL
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1690 (46.97 %)Microsoft
2371 (25.26 %)Citrix
3344 (23.42 %)VMware
4206 (14.02 %)Cisco
5152 (10.35 %)HP
682 (5.582 %)Dell
762 (4.221 %)Symantec
852 (3.540 %)Lotus
852 (3.540 %)IBM
944 (2.995 %)EMC
1040 (2.723 %)Novell
1138 (2.587 %)McAfee Security
1236 (2.451 %)Veritas
1329 (1.974 %)Remedy
1427 (1.838 %)NetApp
1526 (1.770 %)Oracle
1623 (1.566 %)Altiris
1720 (1.361 %)CheckPoint
1817 (1.157 %)Sun
1916 (1.089 %)NetIQ