Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange Server
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 79 80
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 54 65 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.02% 2.25% 2.62%
As % of the Application Platforms category 28.57% 23.99% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 57 71
10th Percentile £166 £185 £130
25th Percentile £239 £230 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £315 £195
Median % change year-on-year +47.61% +61.54% -56.67%
75th Percentile £608 £475 £248
90th Percentile - £496 £455
South East median daily rate £465 £310 £220
% change year-on-year +49.99% +40.91% -37.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £18.29 - £16.71
25th Percentile £21.72 £61.50 £17.42
Median hourly rate £26.88 £63.00 £18.71
Median % change year-on-year -57.34% +236.72% -22.04%
75th Percentile £38.75 £64.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £54.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £26.88 £63.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -57.34% +293.75% +14.45%

All Application Platform Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 189 271 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.06% 9.37% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 213 265
10th Percentile £201 £250 £150
25th Percentile £326 £353 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -11.58%
75th Percentile £587 £563 £538
90th Percentile £608 £675 £575
South East median daily rate £435 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -11.22% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 15
10th Percentile £17.35 £39.00 £17.42
25th Percentile £22.61 £55.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.09 £71.10 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.12% +255.48% -21.57%
75th Percentile £33.75 £79.19 £23.25
90th Percentile £66.25 - £34.00
South East median hourly rate £38.50 £56.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.86% +182.50% -21.57%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Berkshire +4 27 £605 +96.75% 5
Buckinghamshire +9 20 £416 +14.00% 12
Oxfordshire +8 7 £298 +25.26% 19
Microsoft Exchange
South East

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (3.70%) Confluence
3 2 (3.70%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 33 (61.11%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (51.85%) Azure
3 17 (31.48%) Entra ID
4 16 (29.63%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (29.63%) Azure Storage
5 3 (5.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.85%) AWS
6 1 (1.85%) NuGet
6 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (44.44%) DHCP
1 24 (44.44%) DNS
2 21 (38.89%) Firewall
3 5 (9.26%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (7.41%) Skype
5 2 (3.70%) SAN
5 2 (3.70%) VPN
5 2 (3.70%) WAN
5 2 (3.70%) WebEx
5 2 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) MySQL
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (5.56%) Finance
2 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.85%) Banking
4 1 (1.85%) Electronics
4 1 (1.85%) Marketing
4 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.85%) Retail
4 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Active Directory Support
2 14 (25.93%) Active Directory Specialist
2 14 (25.93%) Azure Specialist
2 14 (25.93%) Support Specialist
3 8 (14.81%) Active Directory Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Senior
5 5 (9.26%) IT Support
6 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (7.41%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Administrator
6 4 (7.41%) Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Desktop Support
6 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (29.63%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.70%) EDI
3 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (44.44%) PKI
2 19 (35.19%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (5.56%) Blackberry
5 2 (3.70%) CCTV
5 2 (3.70%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) BYOD
6 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (72.22%) Windows
2 23 (42.59%) Linux
3 21 (38.89%) Windows Server
4 18 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (29.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (9.26%) Windows 10
7 3 (5.56%) Mac OS
7 3 (5.56%) Mac OS X
7 3 (5.56%) Windows 7
8 2 (3.70%) Android
8 2 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (3.70%) Ubuntu
8 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (53.70%) ITIL
2 24 (44.44%) Agile
3 20 (37.04%) Release Management
4 17 (31.48%) Analytics
4 17 (31.48%) CI/CD
4 17 (31.48%) DevOps
4 17 (31.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 16 (29.63%) Identity Management
5 16 (29.63%) Log Analytics
5 16 (29.63%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 16 (29.63%) Privileged Identity Management
5 16 (29.63%) RBAC
5 16 (29.63%) Service Management
6 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (14.81%) Problem Management
7 7 (12.96%) Incident Management
7 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.11%) Customer Service
9 4 (7.41%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 19 (35.19%) PowerShell
2 16 (29.63%) Bicep
2 16 (29.63%) C#
2 16 (29.63%) VB
2 16 (29.63%) VBScript
3 2 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (57.41%) Degree
2 28 (51.85%) Security Cleared
3 24 (44.44%) DV Cleared
4 23 (42.59%) SC Cleared
5 16 (29.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) COBIT
1 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (81.48%) Active Directory
2 16 (29.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (29.63%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (9.26%) Docker
4 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (50.00%) SCCM
2 20 (37.04%) SCOM
3 19 (35.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (31.48%) Kubernetes
5 16 (29.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (29.63%) WSUS
6 4 (7.41%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (5.56%) AirWatch
8 2 (3.70%) Ansible
8 2 (3.70%) PaperCut
9 1 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) VMware
3 6 (11.11%) Citrix
4 5 (9.26%) Cisco
4 5 (9.26%) HP
5 4 (7.41%) EMC
5 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
6 3 (5.56%) Apple
6 3 (5.56%) Remedy
6 3 (5.56%) Veeam
7 2 (3.70%) Aruba
7 2 (3.70%) Bloomberg
7 2 (3.70%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.70%) Reuters
7 2 (3.70%) Sage
7 2 (3.70%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.85%) Netskope
8 1 (1.85%) Workday