The first table below looks at the demand for Exchange Server 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 20 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 Warwickshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2010 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.927% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £289 £281
% change year-on-year
-0.86% +2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.60 £20.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+10.21% +13.88%
All Application Platforms
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 33 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 13.17% 13.25% 19.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 20
Average daily rate £260 £275 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -42.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +26.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £12.60 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £17.10 £24.20
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 Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Exchange Server 2010 Daily Rate Trend

Exchange Server 2010
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 7 (100.00%) MS Office
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 5 (71.43%) MCITP
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Backup Exec
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
2 5 (71.43%) MCSE
2 5 (71.43%) VMS
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Server
4 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) DHCP
4 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco
4 2 (28.57%) SAN
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) LAN

Exchange Server 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Support Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Server Support Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Server Support
1 3 (42.86%) Server Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Server Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Support
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 5 (71.43%) VMS
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) MCITP
2 5 (71.43%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) HP