Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft Exchange skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 70 93
Rank change year-on-year -3 +23 -23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 57 104 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.09% 3.00% 2.49%
As % of the Application Platforms category 28.64% 23.11% 18.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 90 92
10th Percentile £145 £122 £123
25th Percentile £213 £182 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £333 £250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +33.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £400 £445 £375
90th Percentile £466 £581 £450
England median daily rate £375 £425 £325
% change year-on-year -11.76% +30.77% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.67 £16.00
25th Percentile £14.33 £16.62 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.12 £18.86 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% +7.77% +17.49%
75th Percentile £15.56 £24.86 £21.75
90th Percentile £15.61 £26.48 £25.00
England median hourly rate £23.80 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% +6.25% -3.70%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

Microsoft Exchange is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 199 450 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.30% 12.96% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 328 468
10th Percentile £151 £211 £210
25th Percentile £302 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +3.06% +16.81%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £603 £600
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 17
10th Percentile £17.47 £14.48 £15.90
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.53 £18.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.68% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £51.91 £26.48 £23.50
90th Percentile - £34.93 £30.00
England median hourly rate £27.52 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -8.28% +42.86% -6.67%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +29 44 £375 - 38
East Midlands -11 12 £150 -32.74% 12
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 33 (57.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) IIS
2 2 (3.51%) WordPress
3 1 (1.75%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 44 (77.19%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (38.60%) Azure
3 21 (36.84%) OneDrive
4 10 (17.54%) Entra ID
4 10 (17.54%) Power Automate
5 6 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 6 (10.53%) PowerApps
6 5 (8.77%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.51%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.51%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 17 (29.82%) DNS
2 7 (12.28%) DHCP
2 7 (12.28%) VPN
3 6 (10.53%) Unified Communications
4 5 (8.77%) Firewall
4 5 (8.77%) NetScaler
5 4 (7.02%) SAN
6 3 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.26%) Wireless
7 2 (3.51%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (3.51%) iSCSI
7 2 (3.51%) NAS
7 2 (3.51%) VoIP
8 1 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.75%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.75%) FTP
8 1 (1.75%) LAN
8 1 (1.75%) VLAN
8 1 (1.75%) WAN
8 1 (1.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Power BI
2 5 (8.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.75%) MySQL
General
1 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.02%) Automotive
3 3 (5.26%) Advertising
3 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.75%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Analyst
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Service Analyst
3 7 (12.28%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) IT Support
5 5 (8.77%) Citrix Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) IT Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Support Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365 Expert
6 4 (7.02%) Senior
6 4 (7.02%) Subject Matter Expert
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Citrix Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Desktop Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Exchange Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) LAMP
2 1 (1.75%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Digital Signage
1 6 (10.53%) Driving Licence
1 6 (10.53%) PKI
2 5 (8.77%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (3.51%) Replication
4 1 (1.75%) CCTV
4 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 43 (75.44%) Windows
2 30 (52.63%) Windows Server
3 14 (24.56%) Windows 10
4 11 (19.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (8.77%) Apple iOS
7 3 (5.26%) Linux
7 3 (5.26%) Ubuntu
8 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.51%) VMS
8 2 (3.51%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.75%) Android
9 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
3 9 (15.79%) ITIL
4 7 (12.28%) Change Management
4 7 (12.28%) Service Delivery
5 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (10.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 5 (8.77%) Application Packaging
6 5 (8.77%) Patch Management
6 5 (8.77%) Server Patching
7 4 (7.02%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.26%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.51%) Decision-Making
9 2 (3.51%) Migration
9 2 (3.51%) Project Delivery
9 2 (3.51%) Server Monitoring
9 2 (3.51%) Time Management
10 1 (1.75%) IT Strategy
10 1 (1.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
1 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.75%) MCDST
2 1 (1.75%) MCP
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 39 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (8.77%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (8.77%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (8.77%) XenApp
2 5 (8.77%) XenDesktop
3 3 (5.26%) vSphere
4 2 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) SCCM
2 18 (31.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (10.53%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.51%) SCOM
5 1 (1.75%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (59.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.30%) VMware
3 6 (10.53%) Oracle
4 5 (8.77%) Citrix
4 5 (8.77%) NetApp
5 3 (5.26%) Aruba
5 3 (5.26%) Veeam
6 2 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.51%) ProCurve
6 2 (3.51%) Rapid7
6 2 (3.51%) Sophos
6 2 (3.51%) Synology
6 2 (3.51%) Zerto
7 1 (1.75%) Adobe
7 1 (1.75%) Cisco
7 1 (1.75%) HP
7 1 (1.75%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.75%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.75%) Sage
7 1 (1.75%) WatchGuard