Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 for the West Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Exchange Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank455269
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads24824
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire2.279 %0.922 %1.314 %
As % of the Application Platforms category12.24 %3.922 %10.34 %
Daily rates quoted1211
Average daily rate£325£200£130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.50 %+53.84 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£284£300
% change year-on-year
+5.720 %-5.410 %
Hourly rates quoted5011
Average hourly rate£15.00-£13.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00-£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.30-£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£19.75£19.00
% change year-on-year
-26.58 %+3.940 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
196204232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire18.61 %23.50 %12.70 %
Daily rates quoted854049
Average daily rate£300£340£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76 %+13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£130£225£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£377£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted131428
Average hourly rate£17.00£17.50£12.67
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.850 %+38.17 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£8.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.00£32.70£17.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
MS Exchange YorkshireMS Exchange
Yorkshire

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
LeedsUp+1819£333+66.25 %
BradfordNew entry-1£100-
HalifaxNew entry-1--
MS Exchange YorkshireMS Exchange
Yorkshire

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

133 (82.50 %)Active Directory
230 (75.00 %)Windows
328 (70.00 %)Microsoft
427 (67.50 %)Windows Server 2003
524 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
622 (55.00 %)TCP/IP
721 (52.50 %)SharePoint
820 (50.00 %)Windows XP
919 (47.50 %)VMware
1018 (45.00 %)LAN
1018 (45.00 %)WAN
1117 (42.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
1215 (37.50 %)DNS
1313 (32.50 %)SAN
1313 (32.50 %)NetApp
1411 (27.50 %)ITIL
1411 (27.50 %)SQL
1411 (27.50 %)Oracle
1510 (25.00 %)ZENworks
1510 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
1510 (25.00 %)Firewall
169 (22.50 %)NHS
178 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
178 (20.00 %)NAS
187 (17.50 %)Lotus
187 (17.50 %)Citrix
187 (17.50 %)Lotus Notes
196 (15.00 %)Blackberry
205 (12.50 %)Degree
205 (12.50 %)MS Office

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (2.500 %)Spring
11 (2.500 %)CSS
11 (2.500 %)HTML
11 (2.500 %).NET
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
124 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
221 (52.50 %)SharePoint
310 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
47 (17.50 %)Lotus Notes
53 (7.500 %)Lotus Domino
53 (7.500 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
62 (5.000 %)IIS
71 (2.500 %)CMS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (12.50 %)MS Office
24 (10.00 %)MS Excel
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (5.000 %)Microsoft CRM
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (55.00 %)TCP/IP
218 (45.00 %)LAN
218 (45.00 %)WAN
315 (37.50 %)DNS
413 (32.50 %)SAN
510 (25.00 %)Firewall
68 (20.00 %)NAS
74 (10.00 %)DHCP
82 (5.000 %)VPN
91 (2.500 %)Cisco ASA
91 (2.500 %)SMTP
91 (2.500 %)FTP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (2.500 %)SQL Server
21 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (5.000 %)Aerospace
12 (5.000 %)Government
12 (5.000 %)Health
21 (2.500 %)Back Office
21 (2.500 %)Education
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (22.50 %)Support Engineer
19 (22.50 %)3rd Line Support
19 (22.50 %)Desktop Support
28 (20.00 %)Server Support
36 (15.00 %)Analyst
36 (15.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
45 (12.50 %)IT Support
54 (10.00 %)IT Support Engineer
54 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support
62 (5.000 %)Architect
62 (5.000 %)Systems Architect
62 (5.000 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
62 (5.000 %)Service Desk Analyst
62 (5.000 %)Infrastructure Architect
62 (5.000 %)Service Analyst
62 (5.000 %)1st Line Support
71 (2.500 %)Infrastructure Engineer
71 (2.500 %)Administrator
71 (2.500 %)Installations Engineer
71 (2.500 %)Technical Support Manager
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (22.50 %)NHS
26 (15.00 %)Blackberry
33 (7.500 %)Video Conferencing
33 (7.500 %)Mainframe
42 (5.000 %)PDA
51 (2.500 %)Clustering
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
130 (75.00 %)Windows
227 (67.50 %)Windows Server 2003
320 (50.00 %)Windows XP
48 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (7.500 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (7.500 %)UNIX
62 (5.000 %)Windows NT
71 (2.500 %)NetWare
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (27.50 %)ITIL
22 (5.000 %)CRM
22 (5.000 %)Incident Management
31 (2.500 %)Migration
31 (2.500 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (2.500 %)Content Management
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (27.50 %)SQL
23 (7.500 %)C
31 (2.500 %)VBScript
31 (2.500 %)VB
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (12.50 %)Degree
23 (7.500 %)Security Cleared
32 (5.000 %)Cisco Certification
32 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (5.000 %)MCSE
32 (5.000 %)MCP
32 (5.000 %)CCNA
32 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.500 %)MCTS
41 (2.500 %)MCSA
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
133 (82.50 %)Active Directory
217 (42.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (10.00 %)XenApp
43 (7.500 %)XenDesktop
43 (7.500 %)Citrix Presentation Server
43 (7.500 %)ISA Server
51 (2.500 %)VMware ESX
51 (2.500 %)Terminal Services
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (25.00 %)ZENworks
23 (7.500 %)Backup Exec
23 (7.500 %)WSUS
23 (7.500 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (5.000 %)Unicenter
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
128 (70.00 %)Microsoft
219 (47.50 %)VMware
313 (32.50 %)NetApp
411 (27.50 %)Oracle
57 (17.50 %)Lotus
57 (17.50 %)Citrix
63 (7.500 %)Altiris
63 (7.500 %)Adobe
63 (7.500 %)Symantec
63 (7.500 %)Remedy
63 (7.500 %)Avaya
63 (7.500 %)Novell
72 (5.000 %)CA
72 (5.000 %)Cisco
72 (5.000 %)CheckPoint
81 (2.500 %)HP