Messaging Engineer Contracts

Messaging Engineer
UK

The median Messaging Engineer daily rate in the UK is £545 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 687 847
Rank change year-on-year +121 +160 -193
Contract jobs requiring a Messaging Engineer 13 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.022% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.023% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 11
10th Percentile £455 £363 £244
25th Percentile £474 £365 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% +18.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £456
90th Percentile £603 £628 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £365 £248
% change year-on-year +47.95% +47.47% -47.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Messaging Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Messaging Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Messaging Engineer in the UK

Messaging Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Messaging Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Messaging Engineer in the UK

Messaging Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Messaging Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Messaging Engineer in the UK

Messaging Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Messaging Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Messaging Engineer in the UK

Messaging Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Messaging Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +112 10 £545 +14.74% 5
UK excluding London +70 8 £540 +47.95% 5
East of England +19 7 £540 +13.68% 4
Work from Home +118 3 £613 +67.81% 5
London +109 3 £613 +4.26%
Scotland - 1 - -

Messaging Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Messaging Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Messaging Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
3 6 (46.15%) Migration
4 5 (38.46%) MAILsweeper
4 5 (38.46%) Sophos
4 5 (38.46%) SMTP
4 5 (38.46%) Trend Micro
5 4 (30.77%) Azure
5 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
5 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) MCP
5 4 (30.77%) Windows 2000
5 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (23.08%) Mimecast
6 3 (23.08%) IronPort
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (23.08%) Proofpoint
7 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
7 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
8 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (7.69%) Public Sector

Messaging Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (92.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) SMTP
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Reverse Proxy
General
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows 2000
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Change Control
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) MCP
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) MAILsweeper
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Sophos
2 5 (38.46%) Trend Micro
3 3 (23.08%) IronPort
3 3 (23.08%) Proofpoint
4 1 (7.69%) Clearswift
4 1 (7.69%) Veritas