MS Exchange Contracts in London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 28 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 England / London
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	256	163	124
Rank change year-on-year	-93	-39
Contract jobs citing MS Exchange	174	337	437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	0.84%	1.55%	1.90%
As % of the Application Platforms category	4.91%	8.31%	10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	120	195	299
Median daily rate	£325	£368	£300
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-11.56%	+22.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£169	£225	£140
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£436
UK excluding London median daily rate	£300	£313	£275
% change year-on-year	-4.00%	+13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	25	35
Median hourly rate	£14.13	£13.00	£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+8.65%	-35.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£11.90	£12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£24.50	£19.60	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£16.28	£16.50	£19.00
% change year-on-year	-1.33%	-13.15%

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 London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract Application Platform Skills London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills	3545	4055	4318
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	17.07%	18.68%	18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted	2490	2921	2889
Median daily rate	£475	£450	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.55%	+12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£295	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£395	£350
% change year-on-year	+1.26%	+12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted	35	44	96
Median hourly rate	£22.00	£17.50	£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+25.71%	-12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.30	£12.50	£13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£51.00	£33.86	£39.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£26.00	£21.00
% change year-on-year	-3.84%	+23.80%

MS Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London 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 London

MS Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate trend for MS Exchange in London

MS Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing MS Exchange in London over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for MS Exchange in London

MS Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for MS Exchange in London

MS Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in London

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing MS Exchange in London over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for MS Exchange in London

MS Exchange
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 3 months to 28 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
City of London	-25	23	£310	-25.97%	19
Canary Wharf	+4	2	£350	-
West End of London	-	2	£313	-	4
Feltham	-	2	£425	-
Uxbridge	-	2	-	-
Brentford	-	1	£365	-
Docklands, London	-	1	£313	-
Ealing	-	1	£375	-
Stockley Park	-	1	-	-
MS Exchange England

MS Exchange
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 28 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 London region with a requirement for MS Exchange.

1	249 (76.15%)	Active Directory
2	226 (69.11%)	Windows
3	195 (59.63%)	Microsoft
4	145 (44.34%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	144 (44.04%)	Office 365
6	132 (40.37%)	VMware
7	128 (39.14%)	Windows Server
8	98 (29.97%)	Windows Server 2012
9	92 (28.13%)	Exchange Server 2013
10	80 (24.46%)	Windows Server 2008
11	78 (23.85%)	Microsoft Office
11	78 (23.85%)	Citrix
12	75 (22.94%)	Finance
13	74 (22.63%)	Microsoft Azure
14	72 (22.02%)	ITIL

15	70 (21.41%)	VMware Infrastructure
16	65 (19.88%)	PowerShell
17	62 (18.96%)	SQL Server
17	62 (18.96%)	DNS
17	62 (18.96%)	Migration
18	59 (18.04%)	Firewall
18	59 (18.04%)	Windows 7
19	58 (17.74%)	Skype for Business
20	55 (16.82%)	SAN
21	54 (16.51%)	Exchange Server 2007
21	54 (16.51%)	SCCM
22	52 (15.90%)	Cisco
23	50 (15.29%)	SharePoint
23	50 (15.29%)	Microsoft Certification
24	46 (14.07%)	HP

MS Exchange
Co-occurring IT Skills in London 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	145 (44.34%)	Exchange Server 2010
2	92 (28.13%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	58 (17.74%)	Skype for Business
4	54 (16.51%)	Exchange Server 2007
5	50 (15.29%)	SharePoint
6	22 (6.73%)	Exchange Server 2003
7	14 (4.28%)	IIS
8	13 (3.98%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
9	6 (1.83%)	Office Communications Server
10	5 (1.53%)	SharePoint 2013
11	3 (0.92%)	Apache Solr
11	3 (0.92%)	BizTalk Server
11	3 (0.92%)	Exchange Server 2000
11	3 (0.92%)	SharePoint 2010
12	2 (0.61%)	CMS
13	1 (0.31%)	Confluence
13	1 (0.31%)	OpenStack
13	1 (0.31%)	SharePoint Server
13	1 (0.31%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	78 (23.85%)	Microsoft Office
2	8 (2.45%)	Microsoft Excel
3	1 (0.31%)	Microsoft Project
3	1 (0.31%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	6 (1.83%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.61%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	2 (0.61%)	thinkFolio
3	1 (0.31%)	Maximo
3	1 (0.31%)	Salesforce.com CRM

Cloud Services
1	144 (44.04%)	Office 365
2	74 (22.63%)	Microsoft Azure
3	46 (14.07%)	Azure Active Directory
4	15 (4.59%)	Amazon AWS
5	14 (4.28%)	IaaS
6	12 (3.67%)	OneDrive
7	10 (3.06%)	Mimecast
8	8 (2.45%)	SaaS
9	5 (1.53%)	PaaS
10	3 (0.92%)	Yammer
11	2 (0.61%)	AWS CloudFormation
11	2 (0.61%)	AWS OpsWorks
12	1 (0.31%)	Amazon EC2
12	1 (0.31%)	Amazon S3
12	1 (0.31%)	G Suite
12	1 (0.31%)	GitHub
12	1 (0.31%)	Google Cloud Platform
12	1 (0.31%)	IBM Cloud
12	1 (0.31%)	Route 53
12	1 (0.31%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	62 (18.96%)	DNS
2	59 (18.04%)	Firewall
3	55 (16.82%)	SAN
4	46 (14.07%)	WAN
5	44 (13.46%)	DHCP
6	43 (13.15%)	Skype
7	34 (10.40%)	LAN
8	33 (10.09%)	TCP/IP
9	25 (7.65%)	VPN
10	23 (7.03%)	NAS
11	19 (5.81%)	VoIP
12	18 (5.50%)	Remote Desktop
13	11 (3.36%)	Unified Communications
13	11 (3.36%)	VLAN
14	10 (3.06%)	iSCSI
14	10 (3.06%)	Wireless
15	9 (2.75%)	Internet
16	8 (2.45%)	LDAP
16	8 (2.45%)	SMTP
17	6 (1.83%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	62 (18.96%)	SQL Server
2	22 (6.73%)	SQL Server 2012
3	16 (4.89%)	SQL Server 2008
4	13 (3.98%)	SQL Server 2005
5	5 (1.53%)	Big Data
5	5 (1.53%)	Hadoop
5	5 (1.53%)	SQL Server 2016
6	2 (0.61%)	MySQL
6	2 (0.61%)	SQL Server 2014
7	1 (0.31%)	Amazon RDS
7	1 (0.31%)	Azure SQL Database
7	1 (0.31%)	DB2
7	1 (0.31%)	EDRMS
7	1 (0.31%)	Relational Database
7	1 (0.31%)	SQL Server 2000
7	1 (0.31%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	2 (0.61%)	Git (software)
1	2 (0.61%)	Jenkins
2	1 (0.31%)	JIRA
2	1 (0.31%)	MSI
2	1 (0.31%)	Octopus Deploy
2	1 (0.31%)	TeamCity

General
1	75 (22.94%)	Finance
2	30 (9.17%)	Banking
3	12 (3.67%)	Legal
4	10 (3.06%)	Law
5	9 (2.75%)	Marketing
6	8 (2.45%)	Back Office
7	7 (2.14%)	Investment Banking
8	6 (1.83%)	Retail
8	6 (1.83%)	Telecoms
9	4 (1.22%)	Billing
9	4 (1.22%)	Games
10	3 (0.92%)	Manufacturing
11	2 (0.61%)	Electronics
11	2 (0.61%)	Japanese Language
11	2 (0.61%)	Publishing
12	1 (0.31%)	Italian Language
12	1 (0.31%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	80 (24.46%)	Analyst
2	43 (13.15%)	Support Engineer
3	36 (11.01%)	Consultant
3	36 (11.01%)	Infrastructure Engineer
4	35 (10.70%)	2nd Line Support
4	35 (10.70%)	Architect
5	25 (7.65%)	Support Analyst
6	24 (7.34%)	Service Analyst
7	23 (7.03%)	2nd Line Engineer
7	23 (7.03%)	Administrator
7	23 (7.03%)	Service Desk Analyst
7	23 (7.03%)	Windows Engineer
8	21 (6.42%)	2nd Line Support Engineer
8	21 (6.42%)	Office 365 Consultant
9	19 (5.81%)	Desktop Support
9	19 (5.81%)	IT Analyst
10	17 (5.20%)	Server Engineer
11	16 (4.89%)	1st/2nd Line Support
11	16 (4.89%)	3rd Line Engineer
12	15 (4.59%)	Infrastructure Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	5 (1.53%)	SailPoint
2	4 (1.22%)	SAML
3	3 (0.92%)	WAP
3	3 (0.92%)	XMPP
4	1 (0.31%)	802.1X
4	1 (0.31%)	Web Services

Miscellaneous
1	39 (11.93%)	Data Centre
2	30 (9.17%)	Analytical Skills
3	15 (4.59%)	Blackberry
4	13 (3.98%)	Replication
5	12 (3.67%)	Clustering
5	12 (3.67%)	PKI
6	6 (1.83%)	CMDB
6	6 (1.83%)	Computer Science
6	6 (1.83%)	iPhone
6	6 (1.83%)	Linux Command Line
6	6 (1.83%)	Video Conferencing
7	4 (1.22%)	Driving Licence
7	4 (1.22%)	Enterprise Software
8	3 (0.92%)	EMC VNX
8	3 (0.92%)	Fat Client
8	3 (0.92%)	Management Information System
8	3 (0.92%)	Thin Client
9	2 (0.61%)	Enterprise Cloud
9	2 (0.61%)	Fintech
9	2 (0.61%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	226 (69.11%)	Windows
2	128 (39.14%)	Windows Server
3	98 (29.97%)	Windows Server 2012
4	80 (24.46%)	Windows Server 2008
5	59 (18.04%)	Windows 7
6	39 (11.93%)	Windows Server 2003
7	36 (11.01%)	Windows 10
8	24 (7.34%)	Unix
9	23 (7.03%)	Windows 8
10	18 (5.50%)	Linux
11	12 (3.67%)	Windows XP
12	8 (2.45%)	Android
12	8 (2.45%)	Mac OS X
13	6 (1.83%)	CentOS
13	6 (1.83%)	Windows Vista
14	5 (1.53%)	Apple iOS
14	5 (1.53%)	Mac OS
14	5 (1.53%)	Solaris
15	4 (1.22%)	Windows 2000 Server
16	2 (0.61%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	72 (22.02%)	ITIL
2	62 (18.96%)	Migration
3	28 (8.56%)	Change Management
4	22 (6.73%)	Asset Management
4	22 (6.73%)	Disaster Recovery
5	19 (5.81%)	Service Management
6	18 (5.50%)	Problem Management
6	18 (5.50%)	Project Management
7	16 (4.89%)	PRINCE2
7	16 (4.89%)	Task Automation
8	15 (4.59%)	Data Protection
9	13 (3.98%)	Configuration Management
10	12 (3.67%)	Agile Software Development
10	12 (3.67%)	ITIL V3
11	11 (3.36%)	Investment Management
11	11 (3.36%)	Presales
12	10 (3.06%)	Identity Access Management
12	10 (3.06%)	Identity Management
13	9 (2.75%)	Server Building
13	9 (2.75%)	Time Management

Programming Languages
1	65 (19.88%)	PowerShell
2	40 (12.23%)	SQL
3	9 (2.75%)	VBScript
4	4 (1.22%)	C
4	4 (1.22%)	VB
5	2 (0.61%)	Bash Shell
5	2 (0.61%)	Python
5	2 (0.61%)	T-SQL
6	1 (0.31%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	50 (15.29%)	Microsoft Certification
2	39 (11.93%)	MCSE
3	33 (10.09%)	Cisco Certification
4	29 (8.87%)	CCNA
5	25 (7.65%)	Security Cleared
6	19 (5.81%)	MCITP
7	17 (5.20%)	SC Cleared
8	16 (4.89%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9	15 (4.59%)	Degree
10	12 (3.67%)	Citrix Certification
11	11 (3.36%)	ITIL Certification
12	8 (2.45%)	DV Cleared
13	6 (1.83%)	MCSA
13	6 (1.83%)	PRINCE2 Certification
14	5 (1.53%)	A+ Certification
14	5 (1.53%)	CCA
14	5 (1.53%)	CCNP
14	5 (1.53%)	CCSP
14	5 (1.53%)	MCP
15	4 (1.22%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (6.73%)	SLA
2	8 (2.45%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	1 (0.31%)	BS25999
3	1 (0.31%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	249 (76.15%)	Active Directory
2	70 (21.41%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	43 (13.15%)	Hyper-V
4	27 (8.26%)	XenApp
5	24 (7.34%)	vSphere
6	17 (5.20%)	Virtual Machines
7	16 (4.89%)	VMware ESXi
7	16 (4.89%)	XenDesktop
8	9 (2.75%)	Virtual Servers
9	7 (2.14%)	DFS Replication
10	6 (1.83%)	ISA Server
10	6 (1.83%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
11	5 (1.53%)	Microsoft App-V
11	5 (1.53%)	VMware Workstation
12	4 (1.22%)	Terminal Server
12	4 (1.22%)	Terminal Services
13	3 (0.92%)	Forefront TMG
13	3 (0.92%)	XenServer
14	2 (0.61%)	UAG
14	2 (0.61%)	Virtual Desktop

Systems Management
1	54 (16.51%)	SCCM
2	20 (6.12%)	SCOM
3	18 (5.50%)	NetBackup
4	17 (5.20%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
5	12 (3.67%)	Backup Exec
5	12 (3.67%)	Forefront Identity Manager
5	12 (3.67%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6	8 (2.45%)	vCenter Server
7	7 (2.14%)	AirWatch
8	5 (1.53%)	Control-M
8	5 (1.53%)	Dollar Universe
8	5 (1.53%)	Microsoft Clustering
8	5 (1.53%)	Norton AntiVirus
8	5 (1.53%)	WMI
8	5 (1.53%)	WSUS
9	4 (1.22%)	DatAdvantage
9	4 (1.22%)	Microsoft Intune
9	4 (1.22%)	vMotion
10	3 (0.92%)	Failover Clustering
10	3 (0.92%)	PowerCLI

Vendors
1	195 (59.63%)	Microsoft
2	132 (40.37%)	VMware
3	78 (23.85%)	Citrix
4	52 (15.90%)	Cisco
5	46 (14.07%)	HP
6	23 (7.03%)	Symantec
7	21 (6.42%)	NetApp
8	13 (3.98%)	Dell
9	12 (3.67%)	McAfee
10	11 (3.36%)	SAP
11	10 (3.06%)	Intel
11	10 (3.06%)	Oracle
11	10 (3.06%)	Veritas
12	9 (2.75%)	Avaya
12	9 (2.75%)	ServiceNow
13	8 (2.45%)	EMC
14	7 (2.14%)	CheckPoint
14	7 (2.14%)	Juniper
14	7 (2.14%)	Sophos
15	6 (1.83%)	Splunk