Exchange Server 2013 Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Exchange Server 2013 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Exchange Server 2013 over the 3 months to 23 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 2013 UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	423	409	427
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+18
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2013	182	245	215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.39%	0.46%	0.38%
As % of the Application Platforms category	2.35%	2.52%	2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	120	151	139
Median daily rate	£325	£330	£300
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.51%	+10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£188	£240	£194
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£425
UK excluding London median daily rate	£309	£330	£300
% change year-on-year	-6.43%	+10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	14	8	13
Median hourly rate	£39.50	£32.00	£18.71
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+23.43%	+71.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.45	£18.65	£12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£36.30	£29.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£39.50	£36.00	£21.00
% change year-on-year	+9.72%	+71.42%

Exchange Server 2013 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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract Application Platform Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills	7754	9705	10032
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	16.56%	18.03%	17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted	4957	6467	6260
Median daily rate	£425	£420	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.19%	+12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£260	£265	£230
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£560	£525
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£390	£350
% change year-on-year	+2.69%	+11.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted	198	233	340
Median hourly rate	£24.00	£20.39	£20.34
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+17.70%	+0.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.50	£12.49	£12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£43.75	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£23.00	£21.00
% change year-on-year	+8.69%	+9.52%

Exchange Server 2013
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Exchange Server 2013 as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Application Platforms category.

Job vacancy trend for Exchange Server 2013 in the UK

Exchange Server 2013
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2013.

Contractor daily rate trend for Exchange Server 2013 in the UK

Exchange Server 2013
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Exchange Server 2013 in the UK

Exchange Server 2013
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2013.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Exchange Server 2013 in the UK

Exchange Server 2013
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Exchange Server 2013 in the UK

Exchange Server 2013
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England	-1	167	£330	-2.22%	73
London	-17	63	£378	-5.62%	21
South East	-11	27	£349	-22.50%	10
North West	+38	24	£300	+6.66%	16
North East	+52	18	£275	-11.29%	1
South West	+10	16	£325	-7.14%	7
Newcastle upon Tyne	+59	12	£215	-30.64%	1
Tyne and Wear	+58	12	£215	-30.64%	1
Scotland	+13	12	£151	-53.69%	2
Berkshire	+15	11	£338	-10.00%	1
Cheshire	+33	10	£289	+51.97%	10
Manchester	+16	9	£450	-	4
East of England	-8	9	£315	+50.00%	1
Reading	+9	7	£315	+5.00%
Glasgow	+5	7	£164	-41.25%
City of London	-13	7	£300	-29.41%	9
West Midlands	+18	5	£356	+7.14%	7
Hampshire	+1	5	£325	-16.12%	5
Somerset	-2	5	-	-	1
Hertfordshire	-6	5	£298	+83.07%
Watford	-6	5	£298	+118.34%
Milton Keynes	-12	5	£550	+15.78%	1
Buckinghamshire	-13	5	£550	+15.78%	1
Dorset	-	5	-	-	3
Yeovil	-	5	-	-	1
Warrington	-	5	£280	-	6
Aberdeen	-	5	£151	-
Maidenhead	+2	4	£360	+256.43%
Yorkshire	+26	3	£263	-34.37%	5
Chester	+17	3	£290	+52.63%

Exchange Server 2013
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Exchange Server 2013.

1	263 (76.68%)	MS Exchange
2	244 (71.14%)	Windows
3	243 (70.85%)	Active Directory
4	197 (57.43%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	185 (53.94%)	Office 365
6	179 (52.19%)	Microsoft
7	173 (50.44%)	Windows Server
8	150 (43.73%)	Windows Server 2012
9	140 (40.82%)	Windows Server 2008
10	131 (38.19%)	Skype for Business
11	116 (33.82%)	PowerShell
12	113 (32.94%)	VMware
13	98 (28.57%)	Microsoft Azure
14	95 (27.70%)	Exchange Server 2007
15	90 (26.24%)	DNS

15	90 (26.24%)	Skype
16	88 (25.66%)	Security Cleared
17	81 (23.62%)	SharePoint
18	78 (22.74%)	Migration
18	78 (22.74%)	SCCM
19	75 (21.87%)	Citrix
20	74 (21.57%)	DHCP
20	74 (21.57%)	Windows 10
21	65 (18.95%)	Hyper-V
22	64 (18.66%)	VMware Infrastructure
23	62 (18.08%)	SC Cleared
24	61 (17.78%)	ITIL
24	61 (17.78%)	SQL
24	61 (17.78%)	SQL Server
25	57 (16.62%)	Cisco

Exchange Server 2013
Co-occurring IT Skills 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	263 (76.68%)	MS Exchange
2	197 (57.43%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	131 (38.19%)	Skype for Business
4	95 (27.70%)	Exchange Server 2007
5	81 (23.62%)	SharePoint
6	43 (12.54%)	SharePoint 2013
7	29 (8.45%)	SharePoint 2010
8	24 (7.00%)	Office Communications Server
9	22 (6.41%)	Exchange Server 2003
10	18 (5.25%)	IIS
11	7 (2.04%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
12	5 (1.46%)	SharePoint Server
13	3 (0.87%)	BizTalk Server
13	3 (0.87%)	IBM Notes
14	2 (0.58%)	IBM Domino
15	1 (0.29%)	Tomcat
15	1 (0.29%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	48 (13.99%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (1.17%)	MS Visio
3	2 (0.58%)	Microsoft Excel
4	1 (0.29%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	11 (3.21%)	Dynamics CRM
2	1 (0.29%)	Dynamics AX
2	1 (0.29%)	Sage 1000
2	1 (0.29%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	1 (0.29%)	Unit4 Business World

Cloud Services
1	185 (53.94%)	Office 365
2	98 (28.57%)	Microsoft Azure
3	45 (13.12%)	Azure Active Directory
4	15 (4.37%)	IaaS
5	14 (4.08%)	Amazon AWS
6	10 (2.92%)	OneDrive
7	6 (1.75%)	Mimecast
8	4 (1.17%)	SaaS
9	2 (0.58%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	2 (0.58%)	AWS OpsWorks
9	2 (0.58%)	PaaS
10	1 (0.29%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	90 (26.24%)	DNS
1	90 (26.24%)	Skype
2	74 (21.57%)	DHCP
3	46 (13.41%)	SAN
4	42 (12.24%)	Firewall
5	27 (7.87%)	LAN
6	26 (7.58%)	WAN
7	19 (5.54%)	VoIP
8	18 (5.25%)	TCP/IP
9	17 (4.96%)	Remote Desktop
10	16 (4.66%)	VPN
11	14 (4.08%)	Internet
12	13 (3.79%)	SMTP
13	11 (3.21%)	Cisco ASA
13	11 (3.21%)	NAS
14	10 (2.92%)	VLAN
15	9 (2.62%)	Cisco IOS
15	9 (2.62%)	MPLS
15	9 (2.62%)	Unified Communications
16	8 (2.33%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	61 (17.78%)	SQL Server
2	27 (7.87%)	SQL Server 2012
3	25 (7.29%)	SQL Server 2008
4	9 (2.62%)	SQL Server 2014
5	7 (2.04%)	SQL Server 2005
6	6 (1.75%)	MySQL
7	4 (1.17%)	Amazon RDS
8	1 (0.29%)	Azure SQL Database
8	1 (0.29%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
8	1 (0.29%)	Crystal Reports
8	1 (0.29%)	OLAP
8	1 (0.29%)	OLTP
8	1 (0.29%)	Oracle Database
8	1 (0.29%)	Oracle Database 11g
8	1 (0.29%)	Redis
8	1 (0.29%)	SQL Server 2016
8	1 (0.29%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
8	1 (0.29%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	1 (0.29%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	1 (0.29%)	SSDT

Development Applications
1	2 (0.58%)	Git (software)
1	2 (0.58%)	Jenkins
1	2 (0.58%)	Visual Studio
2	1 (0.29%)	MSI
2	1 (0.29%)	ReSharper
2	1 (0.29%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	50 (14.58%)	Finance
2	20 (5.83%)	Banking
3	11 (3.21%)	Legal
4	7 (2.04%)	Games
5	6 (1.75%)	Law
5	6 (1.75%)	Retail
6	5 (1.46%)	Billing
6	5 (1.46%)	Telecoms
7	4 (1.17%)	Back Office
7	4 (1.17%)	Local Government
8	3 (0.87%)	Marketing
8	3 (0.87%)	Publishing
9	2 (0.58%)	Aerospace
9	2 (0.58%)	Investment Banking
10	1 (0.29%)	Electronics
10	1 (0.29%)	Manufacturing

Job Titles
1	47 (13.70%)	Infrastructure Engineer
2	44 (12.83%)	Consultant
3	41 (11.95%)	Support Engineer
4	40 (11.66%)	Analyst
4	40 (11.66%)	Architect
5	34 (9.91%)	Exchange Engineer
6	29 (8.45%)	Messaging Engineer
7	26 (7.58%)	Windows Engineer
8	20 (5.83%)	Office 365 Consultant
8	20 (5.83%)	Office 365 Engineer
8	20 (5.83%)	Support Analyst
9	18 (5.25%)	3rd Line Support
10	16 (4.66%)	Messaging Support
11	14 (4.08%)	Exchange Consultant
11	14 (4.08%)	Systems Engineer
12	13 (3.79%)	3rd Line Engineer
12	13 (3.79%)	Active Directory Engineer
12	13 (3.79%)	Infrastructure Analyst
12	13 (3.79%)	Microsoft Consultant
13	12 (3.50%)	2nd Line Support

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	5 (1.46%)	SAML
2	4 (1.17%)	WAP
3	3 (0.87%)	CSS
3	3 (0.87%)	HTML
3	3 (0.87%)	Web Services
4	2 (0.58%)	.NET
4	2 (0.58%)	REST
5	1 (0.29%)	.NET Framework
5	1 (0.29%)	ASP.NET
5	1 (0.29%)	ASP.NET MVC
5	1 (0.29%)	CSS3
5	1 (0.29%)	HTML5
5	1 (0.29%)	Kendo UI
5	1 (0.29%)	MDX
5	1 (0.29%)	SailPoint
5	1 (0.29%)	SignalR
5	1 (0.29%)	XML
5	1 (0.29%)	XML Schema

Miscellaneous
1	40 (11.66%)	Data Centre
2	30 (8.75%)	Analytical Skills
3	23 (6.71%)	Clustering
4	18 (5.25%)	Replication
5	11 (3.21%)	Blackberry
5	11 (3.21%)	PKI
6	10 (2.92%)	Client/Server
7	8 (2.33%)	Enterprise Software
8	6 (1.75%)	RIA
9	5 (1.46%)	Management Information System
10	4 (1.17%)	Computer Science
10	4 (1.17%)	Fat Client
10	4 (1.17%)	iPad
10	4 (1.17%)	Thin Client
11	3 (0.87%)	HP Storage
11	3 (0.87%)	VAX
11	3 (0.87%)	Video Conferencing
11	3 (0.87%)	Virtual Team
12	2 (0.58%)	Driving Licence
12	2 (0.58%)	iPhone

Operating Systems
1	244 (71.14%)	Windows
2	173 (50.44%)	Windows Server
3	150 (43.73%)	Windows Server 2012
4	140 (40.82%)	Windows Server 2008
5	74 (21.57%)	Windows 10
6	57 (16.62%)	Windows Server 2003
7	45 (13.12%)	Windows 7
8	26 (7.58%)	Linux
9	18 (5.25%)	Android
10	16 (4.66%)	Unix
11	11 (3.21%)	Windows 8
12	10 (2.92%)	Apple iOS
13	9 (2.62%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14	7 (2.04%)	Windows XP
15	6 (1.75%)	CentOS
16	3 (0.87%)	Windows 2000 Server
17	2 (0.58%)	Mac OS X
18	1 (0.29%)	Windows 2000
18	1 (0.29%)	Windows Mobile
18	1 (0.29%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	78 (22.74%)	Migration
2	61 (17.78%)	ITIL
3	29 (8.45%)	Disaster Recovery
4	26 (7.58%)	Change Management
5	21 (6.12%)	Capacity Planning
5	21 (6.12%)	Mobile Device Management
6	20 (5.83%)	Task Automation
7	18 (5.25%)	Project Management
8	15 (4.37%)	Content Management
8	15 (4.37%)	Data Protection
8	15 (4.37%)	Infrastructure Monitoring
8	15 (4.37%)	ITIL V3
9	14 (4.08%)	Agile Software Development
9	14 (4.08%)	Virtual Environments
10	13 (3.79%)	Identity Access Management
10	13 (3.79%)	Server Building
11	12 (3.50%)	ITSM
12	11 (3.21%)	CRM
12	11 (3.21%)	Cybersecurity
12	11 (3.21%)	High Availability

Programming Languages
1	116 (33.82%)	PowerShell
2	61 (17.78%)	SQL
3	14 (4.08%)	VB
4	8 (2.33%)	C
5	7 (2.04%)	VBScript
6	6 (1.75%)	PHP
7	4 (1.17%)	C#
8	3 (0.87%)	JavaScript
9	2 (0.58%)	Bash Shell
9	2 (0.58%)	Python
9	2 (0.58%)	T-SQL
10	1 (0.29%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
10	1 (0.29%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	88 (25.66%)	Security Cleared
2	62 (18.08%)	SC Cleared
3	51 (14.87%)	Microsoft Certification
4	37 (10.79%)	MCSE
5	23 (6.71%)	MCP
6	17 (4.96%)	DV Cleared
7	13 (3.79%)	MCITP
8	12 (3.50%)	Cisco Certification
9	11 (3.21%)	CCNA
10	7 (2.04%)	BPSS Clearance
10	7 (2.04%)	Degree
10	7 (2.04%)	MCSA
11	6 (1.75%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12	5 (1.46%)	CCNP
13	4 (1.17%)	Computer Science Degree
13	4 (1.17%)	DBS Check
13	4 (1.17%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
13	4 (1.17%)	MCTS
14	3 (0.87%)	ITIL Certification
14	3 (0.87%)	MCSD

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	15 (4.37%)	SLA
2	5 (1.46%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	3 (0.87%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	2 (0.58%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
4	2 (0.58%)	RMADS
5	1 (0.29%)	Cyber Essentials
5	1 (0.29%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
5	1 (0.29%)	QA
5	1 (0.29%)	Sarbanes-Oxley

System Software
1	243 (70.85%)	Active Directory
2	65 (18.95%)	Hyper-V
3	64 (18.66%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	26 (7.58%)	XenApp
5	15 (4.37%)	Microsoft App-V
6	14 (4.08%)	Virtual Machines
7	13 (3.79%)	DFS Replication
8	10 (2.92%)	vSphere
9	8 (2.33%)	Virtual Servers
9	8 (2.33%)	VMware ESXi
9	8 (2.33%)	XenDesktop
10	7 (2.04%)	VMware Workstation
11	6 (1.75%)	Samba
11	6 (1.75%)	Squid
11	6 (1.75%)	Terminal Services
12	3 (0.87%)	BitLocker
12	3 (0.87%)	Forefront TMG
12	3 (0.87%)	ISA Server
12	3 (0.87%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
12	3 (0.87%)	Terminal Server

Systems Management
1	78 (22.74%)	SCCM
2	31 (9.04%)	SCOM
3	29 (8.45%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
4	17 (4.96%)	AirWatch
5	16 (4.66%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6	15 (4.37%)	NetBackup
6	15 (4.37%)	WSUS
7	14 (4.08%)	Microsoft Clustering
8	12 (3.50%)	Forefront Identity Manager
9	11 (3.21%)	Norton AntiVirus
9	11 (3.21%)	SCOrch
10	8 (2.33%)	SCVMM
11	6 (1.75%)	Microsoft Intune
11	6 (1.75%)	Nagios
11	6 (1.75%)	Webmin
11	6 (1.75%)	Xymon
12	5 (1.46%)	Failover Clustering
12	5 (1.46%)	SCSM
13	4 (1.17%)	EMC NetWorker
14	3 (0.87%)	CA Single Sign-On

Vendors
1	179 (52.19%)	Microsoft
2	113 (32.94%)	VMware
3	75 (21.87%)	Citrix
4	57 (16.62%)	Cisco
5	47 (13.70%)	Symantec
6	32 (9.33%)	HP
7	26 (7.58%)	NetApp
8	18 (5.25%)	Dell
9	15 (4.37%)	MobileIron
9	15 (4.37%)	Red Hat
10	14 (4.08%)	ServiceNow
11	12 (3.50%)	Apple
12	11 (3.21%)	Sophos
12	11 (3.21%)	Veeam
13	10 (2.92%)	McAfee
14	9 (2.62%)	Splunk
14	9 (2.62%)	Trustwave
15	8 (2.33%)	EMC
16	7 (2.04%)	F5
17	6 (1.75%)	Avaya