The first table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 37 45 41
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange 11 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.397% 1.914% 1.842%
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.92% 14.29% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
Average daily rate £335 £225 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.88% -13.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £145 £97
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £305 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 3
Average hourly rate £14.45 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.83% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +9.37%
All Application Platforms
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
65 84 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 14.16% 13.40% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 45 33
Average daily rate £420 £375 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% +6.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 3
Average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon - 8 £393 -
MS Exchange
South West

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (82.35%) Active Directory
3 10 (58.82%) VMware
3 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (35.29%) SQL
5 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
6 5 (29.41%) vSphere
6 5 (29.41%) Cisco
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
7 4 (23.53%) Citrix
7 4 (23.53%) MS Office
7 4 (23.53%) ITIL
7 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
7 4 (23.53%) XenApp
7 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
8 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
8 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
8 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
8 3 (17.65%) HP
8 3 (17.65%) SAN
8 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
9 2 (11.76%) Thin Client
9 2 (11.76%) NetApp
9 2 (11.76%) Dell
9 2 (11.76%) EMC

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 8 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Office
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) SAN
2 1 (5.882%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.882%) VLAN
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
2 1 (5.882%) DHCP
2 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (11.76%) Military
2 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.882%) Data Migration Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) IT Support
3 1 (5.882%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix Server Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Service Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Support
3 1 (5.882%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (5.882%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.882%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Server Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Thin Client
1 2 (11.76%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.882%) Clustering
2 1 (5.882%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
5 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
6 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) CRM
3 1 (5.882%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.882%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.882%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCSE
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (5.882%) MCP
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.882%) CCNA
System Software
1 14 (82.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) vSphere
3 4 (23.53%) XenApp
4 2 (11.76%) VMware ESX
4 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (5.882%) XenServer
5 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
5 1 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (5.882%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.882%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) SCOM
2 1 (5.882%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (5.882%) HP SIM
2 1 (5.882%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) VMware
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) Citrix
4 3 (17.65%) HP
5 2 (11.76%) NetApp
5 2 (11.76%) Dell
5 2 (11.76%) EMC
5 2 (11.76%) Sophos
6 1 (5.882%) ProCurve
6 1 (5.882%) Wyse
6 1 (5.882%) Nokia
6 1 (5.882%) Novell
6 1 (5.882%) Juniper
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