The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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 28 38 26
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -12
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 14 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 3.599% 2.703% 5.455%
As % of the Application Platforms category 19.72% 21.69% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
Average daily rate £259 £300 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% +17.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £157 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £375 £349
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 9
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £19.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 - £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 - £20.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
71 83 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 18.25% 12.46% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 39 16
Average daily rate £425 £406 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +41.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £293 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £504 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 13
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 - £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.55 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MS Exchange
South East

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex MS Exchange Daily Rate Trend

MS Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Exchange across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Sussex MS Exchange Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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
Crawley +12 5 £263 -
Worthing - 3 - -
Horsham - 2 £120 -
MS Exchange
South East

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 22 (88.00%) Active Directory
2 19 (76.00%) Windows
3 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 14 (56.00%) MS Office
5 11 (44.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 11 (44.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (40.00%) Windows XP
7 9 (36.00%) DNS
7 9 (36.00%) Citrix
7 9 (36.00%) VMware
7 9 (36.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 8 (32.00%) VPN
8 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (28.00%) DHCP
9 7 (28.00%) HP
10 6 (24.00%) Linux
10 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (24.00%) XenApp
10 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2003
11 5 (20.00%) Juniper
11 5 (20.00%) SAN
11 5 (20.00%) Firewall
11 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
11 5 (20.00%) WAN
12 4 (16.00%) Apache
12 4 (16.00%) LAN
12 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (16.00%) SSL
12 4 (16.00%) Cisco
12 4 (16.00%) SQL Server

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 Development
1 2 (8.000%) .NET
1 2 (8.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (44.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 9 (36.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (16.00%) Apache
4 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
6 2 (8.000%) IIS
6 2 (8.000%) Zimbra
7 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (4.000%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 14 (56.00%) MS Office
2 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (8.000%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) DNS
2 8 (32.00%) VPN
3 7 (28.00%) DHCP
4 5 (20.00%) SAN
4 5 (20.00%) Firewall
4 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (20.00%) WAN
5 4 (16.00%) LAN
5 4 (16.00%) SSL
6 3 (12.00%) IP Telephony
7 2 (8.000%) ADSL
7 2 (8.000%) Broadband
7 2 (8.000%) Wireless
7 2 (8.000%) IPsec
8 1 (4.000%) NAS
8 1 (4.000%) DMZ
8 1 (4.000%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (16.00%) MySQL
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (8.000%) Service Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.000%) Administrator
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Support Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (8.000%) Technical Leader
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (8.000%) Deskside Support
4 2 (8.000%) Team Leader
4 2 (8.000%) Server Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (8.000%) iPad
3 1 (4.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (24.00%) Linux
4 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.000%) AIX
5 2 (8.000%) UNIX
6 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.000%) ITIL
1 2 (8.000%) Performance Management
1 2 (8.000%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
2 1 (4.000%) Logistics
2 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
2 1 (4.000%) Project Management
2 1 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (4.000%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.000%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (88.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (24.00%) XenApp
3 4 (16.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 4 (16.00%) VMware ESX
3 4 (16.00%) Postfix
4 2 (8.000%) vSphere
5 1 (4.000%) VMware Server
5 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) SCCM
1 2 (8.000%) Backup Exec
1 2 (8.000%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) Citrix
2 9 (36.00%) VMware
3 7 (28.00%) HP
4 5 (20.00%) Juniper
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco
5 4 (16.00%) Sophos
6 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (8.000%) Oracle
7 2 (8.000%) SAP
7 2 (8.000%) Avaya
7 2 (8.000%) CommVault
8 1 (4.000%) ProCurve
8 1 (4.000%) NetApp
8 1 (4.000%) Lotus
8 1 (4.000%) Symantec
8 1 (4.000%) McAfee