The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange 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 MS Exchange over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Exchange Server
Rank 19 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 12 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 5.634% - 1.415%
As % of the Application Platforms category 42.86% - 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £213 - £155
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £18.00 - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
28 33 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 13.15% 13.20% 18.40%
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 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 9
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +24.52%
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 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MS Exchange
West Midlands

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire MS Exchange Jobs Demand Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Exchange across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire MS Exchange Hourly Rate Trend

MS Exchange
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwick - 3 - -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £175 -
MS Exchange
West Midlands

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
3 9 (64.29%) Windows XP
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (57.14%) Windows 7
4 8 (57.14%) VMware
5 7 (50.00%) MS Office
5 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (42.86%) MCITP
6 6 (42.86%) Windows 2000
6 6 (42.86%) MCSE
6 6 (42.86%) Backup Exec
7 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (35.71%) VMS
7 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (28.57%) VMware Server
8 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
9 3 (21.43%) HP
9 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
9 3 (21.43%) VPN
10 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (14.29%) iPad
10 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (14.29%) iPhone
10 2 (14.29%) DNS
10 2 (14.29%) Cisco
10 2 (14.29%) DHCP

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Server Support
2 3 (21.43%) Server Support Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Support Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (21.43%) Server Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Server Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Support
3 2 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Team Leader
4 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (7.143%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) iPad
1 2 (14.29%) iPhone
2 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows XP
2 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (57.14%) Windows 7
4 6 (42.86%) Windows 2000
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (35.71%) VMS
6 1 (7.143%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (7.143%) Service Management
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (42.86%) MCITP
2 6 (42.86%) MCSE
3 1 (7.143%) MCP
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Server
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) HP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) Apple
5 1 (7.143%) Symantec
5 1 (7.143%) Remedy
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