MS Exchange Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MS Exchange skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MS Exchange over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft Exchange Server UK / England
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	193	146	106
Rank change year-on-year	-47	-40
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange	575	859	1008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	1.33%	1.73%	2.01%
As % of the Application Platforms category	7.98%	9.64%	11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	384	519	623
Median daily rate	£325	£325	£300
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£125	£151	£140
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£479	£500	£440
UK excluding London median daily rate	£300	£310	£275
% change year-on-year	-3.35%	+12.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted	56	67	108
Median hourly rate	£16.50	£14.50	£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+13.79%	-27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.25	£11.30	£12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£32.50	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£16.50	£15.63	£19.00
% change year-on-year	+5.60%	-17.76%

MS Exchange is in the application platform skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract Application Platform Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills	7207	8908	8916
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	16.67%	17.96%	17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	4636	6044	5693
Median daily rate	£438	£425	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.94%	+13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£273	£230
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£575	£530
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£390	£350
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	+11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted	186	211	295
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£20.50	£21.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+21.95%	-2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.49	£13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£44.50	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.50	£26.00	£21.00
% change year-on-year	+5.76%	+23.80%

MS Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing MS Exchange as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Application Platforms category.

Job vacancy trend for MS Exchange in England

MS Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate trend for MS Exchange in England

MS Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing MS Exchange in England over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for MS Exchange in England

MS Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for MS Exchange in England

MS Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing MS Exchange in England over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for MS Exchange in England

MS Exchange
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the England region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-99	172	£325	-7.14%	88
South East	-43	116	£338	-3.57%	50
North West	+43	72	£300	-1.63%	40
South West	0	60	£325	-7.14%	21
East of England	+8	55	£317	+50.71%	20
West Midlands	+26	39	£256	-6.81%	25
Yorkshire	+10	25	£313	+21.95%	18
North East	+30	23	£275	-5.17%	3
East Midlands	-11	14	£125	-56.52%	9
MS Exchange UK

MS Exchange
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for MS Exchange.

1	749 (72.93%)	Windows
2	743 (72.35%)	Active Directory
3	645 (62.80%)	Microsoft
4	492 (47.91%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	447 (43.52%)	Windows Server
6	398 (38.75%)	VMware
7	392 (38.17%)	Office 365
8	312 (30.38%)	Windows Server 2008
9	279 (27.17%)	Windows Server 2012
10	253 (24.63%)	Exchange Server 2013
11	234 (22.78%)	Citrix
12	230 (22.40%)	VMware Infrastructure
13	227 (22.10%)	Microsoft Office
14	209 (20.35%)	ITIL
15	206 (20.06%)	PowerShell

16	205 (19.96%)	Skype for Business
17	192 (18.70%)	DNS
18	189 (18.40%)	Windows 7
19	187 (18.21%)	SQL Server
20	182 (17.72%)	Migration
21	169 (16.46%)	Microsoft Certification
21	169 (16.46%)	Security Cleared
22	167 (16.26%)	SharePoint
23	162 (15.77%)	Exchange Server 2007
24	160 (15.58%)	Cisco
25	156 (15.19%)	Firewall
26	154 (15.00%)	Microsoft Azure
27	147 (14.31%)	Skype
27	147 (14.31%)	Finance
28	146 (14.22%)	SAN

MS Exchange
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	492 (47.91%)	Exchange Server 2010
2	253 (24.63%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	205 (19.96%)	Skype for Business
4	167 (16.26%)	SharePoint
5	162 (15.77%)	Exchange Server 2007
6	96 (9.35%)	Exchange Server 2003
7	51 (4.97%)	IIS
7	51 (4.97%)	SharePoint 2013
8	49 (4.77%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
9	35 (3.41%)	Office Communications Server
10	29 (2.82%)	SharePoint 2010
11	16 (1.56%)	Apache
12	15 (1.46%)	SharePoint Server
13	14 (1.36%)	Exchange Server 2000
14	10 (0.97%)	BizTalk Server
14	10 (0.97%)	Exchange Server 5.5
14	10 (0.97%)	IBM Notes
15	5 (0.49%)	FileNet
15	5 (0.49%)	Live Communications Server
15	5 (0.49%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	227 (22.10%)	Microsoft Office
2	17 (1.66%)	Microsoft Excel
3	3 (0.29%)	MS Visio
4	1 (0.097%)	Adobe Creative Suite
4	1 (0.097%)	Microsoft Project
4	1 (0.097%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	13 (1.27%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	12 (1.17%)	Dynamics AX
2	12 (1.17%)	Dynamics CRM
3	4 (0.39%)	Maximo
3	4 (0.39%)	Pegasus Opera
4	2 (0.19%)	thinkFolio
5	1 (0.097%)	assyst
5	1 (0.097%)	Dynamics NAV
5	1 (0.097%)	Oracle Applications
5	1 (0.097%)	Sage 1000
5	1 (0.097%)	Salesforce.com CRM
5	1 (0.097%)	SAP Business One
5	1 (0.097%)	SAP ERP

Cloud Services
1	392 (38.17%)	Office 365
2	154 (15.00%)	Microsoft Azure
3	68 (6.62%)	Azure Active Directory
4	32 (3.12%)	Amazon AWS
5	28 (2.73%)	OneDrive
6	15 (1.46%)	IaaS
7	13 (1.27%)	Mimecast
8	12 (1.17%)	Yammer
9	10 (0.97%)	SaaS
10	5 (0.49%)	PaaS
11	3 (0.29%)	AWS CloudFormation
12	2 (0.19%)	Amazon EC2
12	2 (0.19%)	Amazon S3
12	2 (0.19%)	AWS OpsWorks
12	2 (0.19%)	Cloud Computing
12	2 (0.19%)	G Suite
12	2 (0.19%)	Google Cloud Platform
12	2 (0.19%)	Virtual Private Cloud
13	1 (0.097%)	CloudFront
13	1 (0.097%)	Route 53

Communications & Networking
1	192 (18.70%)	DNS
2	156 (15.19%)	Firewall
3	147 (14.31%)	Skype
4	146 (14.22%)	SAN
5	134 (13.05%)	DHCP
6	110 (10.71%)	LAN
7	106 (10.32%)	WAN
8	74 (7.21%)	TCP/IP
9	67 (6.52%)	VPN
10	46 (4.48%)	VoIP
11	45 (4.38%)	NAS
12	35 (3.41%)	Internet
13	33 (3.21%)	Remote Desktop
14	26 (2.53%)	Unified Communications
15	23 (2.24%)	VLAN
15	23 (2.24%)	Wi-Fi
15	23 (2.24%)	Wireless
16	22 (2.14%)	SMTP
17	14 (1.36%)	IP Telephony
17	14 (1.36%)	iSCSI

Database & Business Intelligence
1	187 (18.21%)	SQL Server
2	50 (4.87%)	SQL Server 2012
3	47 (4.58%)	SQL Server 2008
4	25 (2.43%)	SQL Server 2005
5	13 (1.27%)	SQL Server 2016
6	9 (0.88%)	MySQL
6	9 (0.88%)	SQL Server 2014
7	8 (0.78%)	Big Data
7	8 (0.78%)	Hadoop
7	8 (0.78%)	MS Access
8	5 (0.49%)	Crystal Reports
9	4 (0.39%)	DB2
9	4 (0.39%)	Oracle Reports
10	3 (0.29%)	Amazon RDS
10	3 (0.29%)	PostgreSQL
10	3 (0.29%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
11	2 (0.19%)	Oracle Database
11	2 (0.19%)	Oracle Database 11g
11	2 (0.19%)	SQL Server 2000
11	2 (0.19%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	5 (0.49%)	MorphX
2	4 (0.39%)	Git (software)
2	4 (0.39%)	JIRA
2	4 (0.39%)	Visual Studio
3	3 (0.29%)	Jenkins
3	3 (0.29%)	MSI
4	2 (0.19%)	Ant
4	2 (0.19%)	Maven
4	2 (0.19%)	MSBuild
4	2 (0.19%)	Team Foundation Server
5	1 (0.097%)	Octopus Deploy
5	1 (0.097%)	TeamCity

General
1	147 (14.31%)	Finance
2	34 (3.31%)	Banking
3	24 (2.34%)	Manufacturing
3	24 (2.34%)	Telecoms
4	22 (2.14%)	Marketing
5	18 (1.75%)	Law
6	16 (1.56%)	Legal
7	15 (1.46%)	Back Office
8	13 (1.27%)	Electronics
9	12 (1.17%)	Retail
10	10 (0.97%)	Games
10	10 (0.97%)	Local Government
11	9 (0.88%)	Advertising
12	7 (0.68%)	Investment Banking
12	7 (0.68%)	Military
13	5 (0.49%)	Billing
14	3 (0.29%)	Publishing
15	2 (0.19%)	General Ledger
15	2 (0.19%)	Japanese Language
15	2 (0.19%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	213 (20.74%)	Analyst
2	144 (14.02%)	Support Engineer
3	113 (11.00%)	Infrastructure Engineer
4	104 (10.13%)	Consultant
5	92 (8.96%)	2nd Line Support
6	78 (7.59%)	Support Analyst
7	74 (7.21%)	Architect
8	58 (5.65%)	Administrator
9	55 (5.36%)	IT Support
9	55 (5.36%)	Service Analyst
10	53 (5.16%)	3rd Line Engineer
10	53 (5.16%)	3rd Line Support
10	53 (5.16%)	Server Engineer
10	53 (5.16%)	Windows Engineer
11	52 (5.06%)	Service Desk Analyst
12	49 (4.77%)	2nd Line Engineer
12	49 (4.77%)	Desktop Support
12	49 (4.77%)	IT Analyst
13	42 (4.09%)	Exchange Engineer
13	42 (4.09%)	Messaging Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	20 (1.95%)	.NET
2	12 (1.17%)	XML
3	11 (1.07%)	Web Services
4	10 (0.97%)	SailPoint
5	5 (0.49%)	ADSI
5	5 (0.49%)	HTML
6	4 (0.39%)	SAML
7	3 (0.29%)	CSS
7	3 (0.29%)	LAMP
7	3 (0.29%)	WAP
7	3 (0.29%)	XMPP
8	2 (0.19%)	OAuth
8	2 (0.19%)	REST
8	2 (0.19%)	RESTful
8	2 (0.19%)	XSLT
9	1 (0.097%)	.NET Framework
9	1 (0.097%)	ASP.NET MVC
9	1 (0.097%)	HTML5
9	1 (0.097%)	MDX
9	1 (0.097%)	Software Packaging

Miscellaneous
1	78 (7.59%)	Data Centre
2	67 (6.52%)	Analytical Skills
3	63 (6.13%)	Blackberry
4	46 (4.48%)	Clustering
5	34 (3.31%)	PKI
6	32 (3.12%)	Replication
7	22 (2.14%)	Fat Client
7	22 (2.14%)	Thin Client
7	22 (2.14%)	Video Conferencing
8	18 (1.75%)	Management Information System
9	16 (1.56%)	Computer Science
10	14 (1.36%)	Enterprise Software
11	11 (1.07%)	Driving Licence
12	10 (0.97%)	CESG
12	10 (0.97%)	Client/Server
13	9 (0.88%)	iPhone
13	9 (0.88%)	Mainframe
14	8 (0.78%)	CMDB
14	8 (0.78%)	Life Science
14	8 (0.78%)	NHS

Operating Systems
1	749 (72.93%)	Windows
2	447 (43.52%)	Windows Server
3	312 (30.38%)	Windows Server 2008
4	279 (27.17%)	Windows Server 2012
5	189 (18.40%)	Windows 7
6	139 (13.53%)	Windows Server 2003
7	120 (11.68%)	Windows 10
8	82 (7.98%)	Linux
9	69 (6.72%)	Unix
10	52 (5.06%)	Windows 8
11	45 (4.38%)	Windows XP
12	31 (3.02%)	Android
13	28 (2.73%)	Apple iOS
14	26 (2.53%)	Solaris
15	16 (1.56%)	CentOS
15	16 (1.56%)	Windows 2000 Server
15	16 (1.56%)	Windows Vista
16	15 (1.46%)	Mac OS X
17	9 (0.88%)	HPUX
17	9 (0.88%)	SUSE

Processes & Methodologies
1	209 (20.35%)	ITIL
2	182 (17.72%)	Migration
3	67 (6.52%)	Disaster Recovery
4	57 (5.55%)	Change Management
4	57 (5.55%)	Service Management
5	40 (3.89%)	Problem Management
5	40 (3.89%)	Project Management
6	34 (3.31%)	Asset Management
7	33 (3.21%)	ITIL V3
8	28 (2.73%)	DevOps
8	28 (2.73%)	Service Delivery
9	27 (2.63%)	Capacity Planning
9	27 (2.63%)	Mobile Device Management
10	26 (2.53%)	PRINCE2
11	25 (2.43%)	Data Protection
12	23 (2.24%)	Configuration Management
12	23 (2.24%)	Identity Access Management
13	22 (2.14%)	Business Continuity
14	21 (2.04%)	Presales
14	21 (2.04%)	Task Automation

Programming Languages
1	206 (20.06%)	PowerShell
2	123 (11.98%)	SQL
3	35 (3.41%)	VBScript
4	14 (1.36%)	VB
5	10 (0.97%)	Bash Shell
5	10 (0.97%)	Perl
6	9 (0.88%)	PHP
6	9 (0.88%)	Shell Script
7	7 (0.68%)	C#
7	7 (0.68%)	Python
8	6 (0.58%)	VB.NET
9	5 (0.49%)	C
9	5 (0.49%)	JCL
9	5 (0.49%)	X++
10	4 (0.39%)	Java
11	3 (0.29%)	JavaScript
11	3 (0.29%)	T-SQL
12	1 (0.097%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Qualifications
1	169 (16.46%)	Microsoft Certification
1	169 (16.46%)	Security Cleared
2	112 (10.91%)	SC Cleared
3	109 (10.61%)	MCSE
4	52 (5.06%)	Cisco Certification
5	51 (4.97%)	DV Cleared
6	46 (4.48%)	CCNA
7	40 (3.89%)	MCITP
8	39 (3.80%)	MCP
9	35 (3.41%)	MCSA
9	35 (3.41%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10	27 (2.63%)	Degree
11	20 (1.95%)	ITIL Certification
12	14 (1.36%)	Citrix Certification
13	12 (1.17%)	CCNP
13	12 (1.17%)	Computer Science Degree
14	9 (0.88%)	BPSS Clearance
15	8 (0.78%)	PRINCE2 Certification
16	7 (0.68%)	A+ Certification
16	7 (0.68%)	CCA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	56 (5.45%)	SLA
2	9 (0.88%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	8 (0.78%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	6 (0.58%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
5	5 (0.49%)	PCI DSS
5	5 (0.49%)	QA
6	4 (0.39%)	RMADS
7	2 (0.19%)	Cyber Essentials
7	2 (0.19%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
8	1 (0.097%)	BS25999
8	1 (0.097%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
8	1 (0.097%)	Data Quality
8	1 (0.097%)	GxP

System Software
1	743 (72.35%)	Active Directory
2	230 (22.40%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	128 (12.46%)	Hyper-V
4	79 (7.69%)	XenApp
5	61 (5.94%)	VMware ESXi
6	54 (5.26%)	vSphere
7	43 (4.19%)	XenDesktop
8	23 (2.24%)	Virtual Machines
9	19 (1.85%)	Microsoft App-V
10	18 (1.75%)	VMware Workstation
11	17 (1.66%)	Virtual Servers
12	16 (1.56%)	Samba
13	12 (1.17%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
13	12 (1.17%)	Terminal Services
14	10 (0.97%)	BitLocker
15	8 (0.78%)	DFS Replication
15	8 (0.78%)	ISA Server
15	8 (0.78%)	Terminal Server
15	8 (0.78%)	Virtual Desktop
16	7 (0.68%)	Citrix Presentation Server

Systems Management
1	145 (14.12%)	SCCM
2	59 (5.74%)	SCOM
3	40 (3.89%)	NetBackup
4	38 (3.70%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
5	34 (3.31%)	WSUS
6	31 (3.02%)	AirWatch
7	27 (2.63%)	Norton AntiVirus
8	25 (2.43%)	Forefront Identity Manager
9	24 (2.34%)	Backup Exec
10	21 (2.04%)	Microsoft Clustering
11	19 (1.85%)	OpenView Configuration Management
12	17 (1.66%)	SCOrch
13	16 (1.56%)	McAfee ePO
14	15 (1.46%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15	12 (1.17%)	Microsoft Intune
15	12 (1.17%)	Netcool
15	12 (1.17%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
15	12 (1.17%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
16	11 (1.07%)	vCenter Server
17	10 (0.97%)	Unicenter

Vendors
1	645 (62.80%)	Microsoft
2	398 (38.75%)	VMware
3	234 (22.78%)	Citrix
4	160 (15.58%)	Cisco
5	131 (12.76%)	HP
6	74 (7.21%)	NetApp
7	71 (6.91%)	Symantec
8	43 (4.19%)	McAfee
8	43 (4.19%)	Oracle
9	36 (3.51%)	Dell
9	36 (3.51%)	Veeam
10	32 (3.12%)	SAP
11	31 (3.02%)	EMC
12	28 (2.73%)	ServiceNow
13	27 (2.63%)	Sun
14	24 (2.34%)	Red Hat
15	23 (2.24%)	Intel
16	22 (2.14%)	Veritas
17	19 (1.85%)	Apple
18	18 (1.75%)	CheckPoint