Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 98 91
Rank change year-on-year -31 -7 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 352 611 885
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.71% 2.56% 2.86%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.03% 23.03% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 459 651
10th Percentile £150 £146 £140
25th Percentile £204 £197 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £275
Median % change year-on-year - +36.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £556 £506 £438
90th Percentile £608 £600 £514
UK median daily rate £380 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -10.59% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 26 79
10th Percentile £13.95 - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.97 £17.00 £16.40
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +3.66% +17.14%
75th Percentile £40.00 £20.00 £19.25
90th Percentile - £26.48 £23.55
UK median hourly rate £22.88 £20.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year +14.38% +19.40% +6.35%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,757 2,653 3,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.55% 11.11% 12.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,179 1,902 2,669
10th Percentile £208 £203 £185
25th Percentile £321 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £548
90th Percentile £650 £675 £631
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.10% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 102 138
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.01 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.56 £15.04
Median hourly rate £23.63 £26.48 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +43.14% -2.63%
75th Percentile £46.18 £65.44 £36.69
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% +4.02%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East -15 79 £465 +49.99% 89
North of England -10 65 £300 -12.73% 79
South West -1 59 £432 -9.03% 55
Midlands -10 58 £350 +5.26% 57
West Midlands +19 44 £375 - 36
Scotland +27 43 £230 +12.88% 9
East of England +5 37 £450 +4.05% 70
Yorkshire +2 32 £300 +9.09% 35
North West -3 30 £350 -18.60% 39
East Midlands -14 13 £150 -29.08% 21
Wales -18 8 £220 -58.10% 9
North East +14 3 £195 +23.81% 5
Northern Ireland -2 3 - - 5
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 97 (27.56%) SharePoint
2 28 (7.95%) Confluence
3 9 (2.56%) IIS
4 8 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (1.99%) Skype for Business
6 5 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2000
7 4 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (1.14%) nginx
8 2 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (9.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.28%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) assyst
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 219 (62.22%) Microsoft 365
2 134 (38.07%) Azure
3 66 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 53 (15.06%) OneDrive
5 23 (6.53%) Azure Monitor
6 19 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.55%) Azure Storage
8 11 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.84%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.42%) AWS
12 4 (1.14%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.85%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.57%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.57%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.57%) IaaS
14 2 (0.57%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.57%) PaaS
14 2 (0.57%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 86 (24.43%) DNS
2 73 (20.74%) DHCP
3 72 (20.45%) Firewall
4 34 (9.66%) VPN
5 27 (7.67%) SAN
6 20 (5.68%) WAN
7 19 (5.40%) LAN
8 16 (4.55%) SMTP
9 14 (3.98%) TCP/IP
10 13 (3.69%) Skype
10 13 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (3.41%) VLAN
12 10 (2.84%) Unified Communications
13 9 (2.56%) MPLS
13 9 (2.56%) NAS
14 8 (2.27%) Wireless
15 7 (1.99%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (1.99%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (1.70%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.98%) Power BI
3 8 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.14%) Big Data
6 3 (0.85%) MySQL
7 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 34 (9.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.28%) GitLab
2 1 (0.28%) Hudson
General
1 136 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 36 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (10.23%) Public Sector
3 17 (4.83%) Military
4 15 (4.26%) Finance
5 14 (3.98%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.27%) Marketing
8 6 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.14%) Automotive
10 4 (1.14%) Electronics
10 4 (1.14%) Local Government
10 4 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.85%) Advertising
11 3 (0.85%) Banking
11 3 (0.85%) Legal
12 2 (0.57%) Digital Economy
12 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (17.33%) Analyst
2 48 (13.64%) Support Engineer
3 44 (12.50%) IT Support
4 40 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (8.52%) IT Engineer
6 29 (8.24%) Service Analyst
6 29 (8.24%) Service Desk Analyst
7 26 (7.39%) 2nd Line Support
8 25 (7.10%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 24 (6.82%) Exchange Engineer
10 23 (6.53%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (6.53%) Senior
11 19 (5.40%) IT Analyst
12 18 (5.11%) Active Directory Support
13 15 (4.26%) Administrator
13 15 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
13 15 (4.26%) Microsoft Engineer
13 15 (4.26%) Support Specialist
13 15 (4.26%) Test and Integration Engineer
13 15 (4.26%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.55%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.70%) LDAP
3 4 (1.14%) REST
3 4 (1.14%) XMPP
4 3 (0.85%) EDI
5 2 (0.57%) .NET
5 2 (0.57%) ADSI
5 2 (0.57%) CSS
5 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.57%) LAMP
5 2 (0.57%) XML
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.28%) COM
6 1 (0.28%) HTML
6 1 (0.28%) HTML5
6 1 (0.28%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (16.19%) PKI
2 23 (6.53%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.68%) Clustering
4 18 (5.11%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.27%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.99%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.70%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.14%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.85%) BYOD
9 3 (0.85%) CCTV
9 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.85%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.85%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) Replication
11 1 (0.28%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 246 (69.89%) Windows
2 113 (32.10%) Windows Server
3 74 (21.02%) Windows 10
4 42 (11.93%) Linux
4 42 (11.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 42 (11.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 27 (7.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (4.26%) VMS
7 12 (3.41%) Android
7 12 (3.41%) Mac OS
7 12 (3.41%) Unix
8 11 (3.13%) Apple iOS
9 10 (2.84%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (1.99%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (1.70%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.14%) Windows 2000
14 3 (0.85%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (23.01%) ITIL
2 59 (16.76%) Customer Service
3 55 (15.63%) Agile
4 43 (12.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (11.65%) Migration
6 36 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (8.81%) Identity Management
8 28 (7.95%) Service Management
9 26 (7.39%) DevOps
10 25 (7.10%) CI/CD
10 25 (7.10%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 24 (6.82%) Problem Management
12 21 (5.97%) Service Delivery
13 20 (5.68%) ITSM
13 20 (5.68%) Release Management
14 19 (5.40%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (5.11%) Analytics
15 18 (5.11%) Data Protection
16 17 (4.83%) Infrastructure as Code
17 16 (4.55%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 96 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 38 (10.80%) SQL
3 16 (4.55%) Bicep
3 16 (4.55%) C#
3 16 (4.55%) VB
3 16 (4.55%) VBScript
4 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.28%) Bash
5 1 (0.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 89 (25.28%) Security Cleared
2 84 (23.86%) Degree
3 74 (21.02%) SC Cleared
4 41 (11.65%) DV Cleared
5 34 (9.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (7.39%) MCSE
7 19 (5.40%) MCSA
7 19 (5.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 18 (5.11%) CCNA
8 18 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (4.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (4.55%) MCP
11 6 (1.70%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.57%) MCITP
14 2 (0.57%) MCSD
15 1 (0.28%) CCNP
15 1 (0.28%) CISSP
15 1 (0.28%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.82%) SLA
2 6 (1.70%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.28%) COBIT
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 278 (78.98%) Active Directory
2 57 (16.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.95%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (6.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (5.97%) Hyper-V
6 19 (5.40%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (3.13%) vSphere
8 8 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (2.27%) VMware Workstation
9 7 (1.99%) BitLocker
9 7 (1.99%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (1.42%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.42%) XenApp
10 5 (1.42%) XenDesktop
11 4 (1.14%) Firmware
12 3 (0.85%) Docker
12 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 93 (26.42%) SCCM
2 66 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (8.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 23 (6.53%) SCOM
4 23 (6.53%) WSUS
5 22 (6.25%) Kubernetes
6 15 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (3.98%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (2.27%) Nagios
9 8 (2.27%) NetBackup
10 7 (1.99%) Ansible
10 7 (1.99%) MAILsweeper
11 6 (1.70%) Terraform
11 6 (1.70%) vMotion
12 3 (0.85%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.85%) AppManager
12 3 (0.85%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.57%) Nessus
13 2 (0.57%) OPNET
Vendors
1 226 (64.20%) Microsoft
2 90 (25.57%) VMware
3 35 (9.94%) Citrix
4 19 (5.40%) Cisco
5 13 (3.69%) NetApp
6 11 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 11 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.13%) Veeam
7 10 (2.84%) Sophos
8 8 (2.27%) Hitachi
8 8 (2.27%) HP
9 7 (1.99%) CA
9 7 (1.99%) Oracle
9 7 (1.99%) Trend Micro
10 6 (1.70%) Infoblox
11 5 (1.42%) Apple
11 5 (1.42%) Aruba
11 5 (1.42%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.42%) Remedy
11 5 (1.42%) WatchGuard