Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MS Exchange skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkMicrosoft Exchange Server
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank896267
Rank change year-on-year
Down-27Up+5
Matching permanent IT job ads172931675734
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.196 %3.133 %2.837 %
As % of the Application Platforms category14.09 %19.90 %18.60 %
Salaries quoted145627134960
Average salary£31,500£31,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--1.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,900£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£47,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
122721591530824
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.59 %15.75 %15.25 %
Salaries quoted104441357525734
Average salary£40,000£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

MS Exchange
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

MS Exchange Demand Trend

MS Exchange
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK.

MS Exchange Salary Trend

MS Exchange
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Exchange over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

MS Exchange Salary Histogram

MS Exchange
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-301647£31,500-
LondonDown-59623£35,500+1.42 %
South EastDown-35303£32,500-
City of LondonDown-37190£40,000-
North WestDown-2146£27,000-3.57 %
South WestUp+5145£30,000-4.76 %
East of EnglandDown-7133£30,000-
YorkshireDown-6101£24,000-12.72 %
East MidlandsUp+1497£30,000+0.84 %
ManchesterDown-796£26,000-7.14 %
BerkshireDown-1296£33,250-5.00 %
West MidlandsDown-1591£32,500+30.00 %
West YorkshireDown-169£25,750-8.03 %
SurreyDown-3953£36,500+12.30 %
GloucestershireUp+3252£22,500-28.57 %
EssexUp+850£30,000-5.51 %
LeedsDown-850£27,500-1.78 %
ScotlandUp+846£30,500+15.09 %
HertfordshireDown-1843£33,500+11.66 %
GloucesterUp+2342£26,500-19.69 %
CheshireUp+1638£35,000+16.66 %
BirminghamDown-1235£32,500+41.30 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2935£23,000-16.36 %
ColchesterUp+1034£30,000-6.97 %
ReadingUp+234£36,250+3.57 %
DorsetUp+1131£30,000-14.28 %
HampshireDown-3429£30,000-1.63 %
WalesDown-325£25,250-8.18 %
DerbyshireUp+3824£30,000+23.20 %
NorthamptonshireDown-124£29,500-4.06 %

MS Exchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Exchange.

12829 (80.58 %)Windows
22127 (60.58 %)Active Directory
31936 (55.14 %)Windows Server 2003
41844 (52.52 %)Exchange Server 2003
51706 (48.59 %)Microsoft
61428 (40.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
71209 (34.43 %)Microsoft Certification
81105 (31.47 %)VMware
91001 (28.51 %)MCSE
10882 (25.12 %)Windows Server 2008
11829 (23.61 %)Citrix
12820 (23.36 %)Windows XP
13818 (23.30 %)MS Excel
14795 (22.64 %)SQL Server
15766 (21.82 %)TCP/IP
16721 (20.54 %)Cisco
17692 (19.71 %)SQL
18589 (16.78 %)Firewall
19587 (16.72 %)MS Office
20540 (15.38 %)VMware Infrastructure
21527 (15.01 %)DNS
22497 (14.16 %)WAN
23480 (13.67 %)LAN
24477 (13.59 %)Finance
25424 (12.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
26404 (11.51 %)VPN
27402 (11.45 %)Windows Vista
28396 (11.28 %)Blackberry
29388 (11.05 %)IIS
30381 (10.85 %)Cisco Certification

MS Exchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Exchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1113 (3.218 %).NET
277 (2.193 %)XML
372 (2.051 %)ASP.NET
458 (1.652 %)HTML
540 (1.139 %)CSS
632 (0.911 %)ASP
730 (0.854 %)AJAX
730 (0.854 %)XHTML
827 (0.769 %)XSLT
919 (0.541 %)Web Services
1016 (0.456 %)WebSphere
1016 (0.456 %)Application Packaging
1016 (0.456 %)Middleware
1115 (0.427 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1212 (0.342 %).NET Framework
1310 (0.285 %)WMI
146 (0.171 %)WAMP
146 (0.171 %)WinForms
155 (0.142 %)LAMP
164 (0.114 %)JDBC
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11844 (52.52 %)Exchange Server 2003
21428 (40.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
3388 (11.05 %)IIS
4379 (10.79 %)SharePoint
5241 (6.864 %)Exchange Server 2000
6235 (6.693 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
798 (2.791 %)SharePoint Server 2007
878 (2.222 %)Lotus Notes
974 (2.108 %)Apache
1056 (1.595 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1152 (1.481 %)Office Communications Server
1235 (0.997 %)Lotus Domino
1315 (0.427 %)WebLogic
1410 (0.285 %)GroupWise
159 (0.256 %)SharePoint Portal Server
167 (0.199 %)Tomcat
176 (0.171 %)Live Communications Server
176 (0.171 %)Documentum
184 (0.114 %)Moodle
184 (0.114 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1818 (23.30 %)MS Excel
2587 (16.72 %)MS Office
326 (0.741 %)MS PowerPoint
414 (0.399 %)MS Project
512 (0.342 %)MS Visio
69 (0.256 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.142 %)QuarkXPress
75 (0.142 %)Acrobat
84 (0.114 %)Pro/ENGINEER
92 (0.057 %)Photoshop
101 (0.028 %)Fireworks
101 (0.028 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.028 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.028 %)PageMaker
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
122 (0.627 %)Dynamics CRM
215 (0.427 %)Microsoft CRM
314 (0.399 %)Navision
49 (0.256 %)assyst
57 (0.199 %)Movex
65 (0.142 %)BPCS
65 (0.142 %)Great Plains
65 (0.142 %)Dynamics GP
73 (0.085 %)SoftGrid
82 (0.057 %)Dynamics NAV
82 (0.057 %)Line 500
82 (0.057 %)SAP HR
91 (0.028 %)Oracle 11i
91 (0.028 %)JDE OneWorld
91 (0.028 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.028 %)SyteLine
91 (0.028 %)SAP ERP
91 (0.028 %)SAP Business One
91 (0.028 %)Remedy ITSM
91 (0.028 %)Remedy AR System
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1766 (21.82 %)TCP/IP
2589 (16.78 %)Firewall
3527 (15.01 %)DNS
4497 (14.16 %)WAN
5480 (13.67 %)LAN
6404 (11.51 %)VPN
7380 (10.82 %)SAN
8345 (9.826 %)DHCP
9233 (6.636 %)Internet
10139 (3.959 %)VoIP
1184 (2.392 %)Network Security
1281 (2.307 %)Wireless
1374 (2.108 %)NAS
1469 (1.965 %)SMTP
1555 (1.567 %)Cisco ASA
1555 (1.567 %)SSL
1653 (1.510 %)VLAN
1751 (1.453 %)Cisco PIX
1840 (1.139 %)Intranet
1939 (1.111 %)MPLS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1795 (22.64 %)SQL Server
2298 (8.488 %)SQL Server 2005
3194 (5.525 %)SQL Server 2000
470 (1.994 %)MySQL
559 (1.680 %)Crystal Reports
642 (1.196 %)SQL Server 2008
728 (0.797 %)Oracle 8/8i
816 (0.456 %)DB2
914 (0.399 %)MS Access
1012 (0.342 %)EDRMS
1012 (0.342 %)RDBMS
118 (0.228 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
126 (0.171 %)GIS
126 (0.171 %)Datawarehouse
135 (0.142 %)Oracle 10g
135 (0.142 %)Oracle 11g
144 (0.114 %)IDOL
144 (0.114 %)BusinessObjects
153 (0.085 %)DTS
162 (0.057 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (0.342 %)Visual Studio
210 (0.285 %)Subversion
34 (0.114 %)JIRA
43 (0.085 %)WebLOAD
43 (0.085 %)CruiseControl
52 (0.057 %)NUnit
52 (0.057 %)StarTeam
52 (0.057 %)FitNesse
52 (0.057 %)InstallShield
61 (0.028 %)AdminStudio
61 (0.028 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1477 (13.59 %)Finance
2151 (4.301 %)Banking
3137 (3.902 %)Telecoms
4129 (3.674 %)Pensions
597 (2.763 %)Front Office
679 (2.250 %)Health
767 (1.908 %)Education
767 (1.908 %)Investment Banking
853 (1.510 %)Back Office
952 (1.481 %)Insurance
1043 (1.225 %)Legal
1140 (1.139 %)Law
1235 (0.997 %)Government
1235 (0.997 %)Marketing
1331 (0.883 %)Retail
1429 (0.826 %)Manufacturing
1517 (0.484 %)Financial Institution
1517 (0.484 %)Auditing
1616 (0.456 %)Publishing
1715 (0.427 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1686 (19.54 %)Analyst
2496 (14.13 %)Support Engineer
3453 (12.90 %)Support Analyst
4392 (11.16 %)Administrator
5295 (8.402 %)Consultant
6288 (8.203 %)IT Support
7268 (7.633 %)Systems Administrator
8215 (6.124 %)3rd Line Support
9196 (5.582 %)Technical Support
10162 (4.614 %)Systems Engineer
10162 (4.614 %)2nd Line Support
11161 (4.586 %)Architect
12129 (3.674 %)Desktop Support
13123 (3.503 %)Server Support
14113 (3.218 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1597 (2.763 %)Team Leader
1695 (2.706 %)Server Engineer
1793 (2.649 %)Support Technician
1892 (2.620 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1985 (2.421 %)IT Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1396 (11.28 %)Blackberry
2165 (4.700 %)Clustering
347 (1.339 %)Fat Client
347 (1.339 %)Thin Client
442 (1.196 %)Computer Science
442 (1.196 %)Replication
539 (1.111 %)PDA
630 (0.854 %)Video Conferencing
729 (0.826 %)German Language
824 (0.684 %)iSeries
824 (0.684 %)Client/Server
921 (0.598 %)SaaS
1018 (0.513 %)AS400
1117 (0.484 %)French Language
1216 (0.456 %)Management Information System
1314 (0.399 %)PKI
1314 (0.399 %)Cloud Computing
1412 (0.342 %)Handset
1511 (0.313 %)RMADS
1511 (0.313 %)Visualisation
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12829 (80.58 %)Windows
21936 (55.14 %)Windows Server 2003
3882 (25.12 %)Windows Server 2008
4820 (23.36 %)Windows XP
5424 (12.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
6402 (11.45 %)Windows Vista
7300 (8.545 %)Windows 2000
8299 (8.516 %)Linux
9165 (4.700 %)UNIX
1092 (2.620 %)Windows 7
1164 (1.823 %)Red Hat Linux
1259 (1.680 %)Solaris
1349 (1.396 %)Mac OS X
1437 (1.054 %)Windows NT
1524 (0.684 %)NetWare
1621 (0.598 %)AIX
1720 (0.570 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1817 (0.484 %)Mac OS
1916 (0.456 %)Debian
2013 (0.370 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1368 (10.48 %)ITIL
2149 (4.244 %)Project Management
3147 (4.187 %)Migration
4129 (3.674 %)Disaster Recovery
575 (2.136 %)Service Delivery
674 (2.108 %)CRM
769 (1.965 %)Electronic Trading
859 (1.680 %)Problem Management
949 (1.396 %)ERP
1045 (1.282 %)E-Commerce
1144 (1.253 %)PRINCE2
1243 (1.225 %)Service Management
1339 (1.111 %)Incident Management
1437 (1.054 %)Change Management
1533 (0.940 %)Capacity Planning
1632 (0.911 %)Asset Management
1730 (0.854 %)Project Planning
1828 (0.797 %)Technical Architecture
1828 (0.797 %)Business Continuity
1828 (0.797 %)MOF
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1692 (19.71 %)SQL
2118 (3.361 %)C
3101 (2.877 %)VB
484 (2.392 %)VBScript
566 (1.880 %)PowerShell
649 (1.396 %)JavaScript
649 (1.396 %)PHP
745 (1.282 %)VB.NET
840 (1.139 %)C#
924 (0.684 %)Perl
1019 (0.541 %)Java
1117 (0.484 %)VBA
1216 (0.456 %)Shell Script
1314 (0.399 %)Bash shell
1412 (0.342 %)T-SQL
157 (0.199 %)C++
164 (0.114 %)VB6
172 (0.057 %)Tcl
181 (0.028 %)PL/SQL
181 (0.028 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11209 (34.43 %)Microsoft Certification
21001 (28.51 %)MCSE
3381 (10.85 %)Cisco Certification
4366 (10.42 %)MCP
5365 (10.40 %)CCNA
6257 (7.320 %)MCSA
7252 (7.177 %)Degree
8165 (4.700 %)MCITP
9108 (3.076 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9108 (3.076 %)Security Cleared
1082 (2.336 %)Citrix Certification
1181 (2.307 %)MCTS
1248 (1.367 %)SC Cleared
1341 (1.168 %)MCDST
1438 (1.082 %)CCNP
1537 (1.054 %)CCA
1634 (0.968 %)CCEA
1728 (0.797 %)A+ Certification
1826 (0.741 %)ITIL Certification
1916 (0.456 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1113 (3.218 %)SLA
222 (0.627 %)PCI DSS
317 (0.484 %)ISO27001
416 (0.456 %)QA
54 (0.114 %)COBIT
63 (0.085 %)ISO17799
63 (0.085 %)BS15000
71 (0.028 %)ISO9001
71 (0.028 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12127 (60.58 %)Active Directory
2540 (15.38 %)VMware Infrastructure
3218 (6.209 %)VMware ESX
4163 (4.643 %)Backup Exec
5149 (4.244 %)ISA Server
6138 (3.931 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7136 (3.874 %)Hyper-V
8105 (2.991 %)Terminal Services
986 (2.449 %)XenApp
1057 (1.623 %)NetBackup
1151 (1.453 %)MetaFrame
1236 (1.025 %)Terminal Server
1334 (0.968 %)vSphere
1334 (0.968 %)Postfix
1428 (0.797 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1527 (0.769 %)XenServer
1619 (0.541 %)VMware Workstation
1717 (0.484 %)XenDesktop
1813 (0.370 %)Oracle RAC
199 (0.256 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1134 (3.817 %)SCOM
2133 (3.788 %)SCCM
368 (1.937 %)Norton AntiVirus
459 (1.680 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
552 (1.481 %)MOM
643 (1.225 %)WSUS
727 (0.769 %)OpenView
814 (0.399 %)EMC NetWorker
814 (0.399 %)MIMEsweeper
912 (0.342 %)Legato
109 (0.256 %)McAfee ePO
117 (0.199 %)DameWare
126 (0.171 %)MIIS
126 (0.171 %)Tivoli
126 (0.171 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
135 (0.142 %)OpenView Configuration Management
144 (0.114 %)SCVMM
144 (0.114 %)ZENworks
144 (0.114 %)Netcool
153 (0.085 %)AppManager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11706 (48.59 %)Microsoft
21105 (31.47 %)VMware
3829 (23.61 %)Citrix
4721 (20.54 %)Cisco
5331 (9.428 %)HP
6190 (5.412 %)Symantec
7127 (3.617 %)Oracle
8121 (3.446 %)Veritas
9104 (2.962 %)NetApp
10101 (2.877 %)Avaya
11100 (2.848 %)Lotus
1284 (2.392 %)EMC
1363 (1.794 %)Dell
1456 (1.595 %)IBM
1456 (1.595 %)Altiris
1554 (1.538 %)Red Hat
1651 (1.453 %)Bloomberg
1748 (1.367 %)Novell
1847 (1.339 %)Remedy
1847 (1.339 %)McAfee