Microsoft Exchange Contracts

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 143 167
Rank change year-on-year -15 +24 -25
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 677 1,134 1,507
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.89% 1.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.27% 17.06% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 867 1,106
10th Percentile £161 £159 £149
25th Percentile £217 £230 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £543 £550 £493
90th Percentile £640 £675 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £375 £275
% change year-on-year - +36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 43 96
10th Percentile - £14.25 £13.33
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +21.21% +1.60%
75th Percentile £40.00 £54.00 £20.00
90th Percentile - £66.00 £33.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.99 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -5.97% +6.25% -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,160 6,647 11,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 11.07% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,859 4,661 7,582
10th Percentile £250 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £511 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% -1.11% +8.79%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 152 212
10th Percentile £13.03 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.42 £18.44 £16.17
Median hourly rate £28.01 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.10% +93.18% -2.22%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £48.53
90th Percentile £67.70 £79.19 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.09 £26.24 £18.75
% change year-on-year -8.19% +39.95% -6.25%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 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 -2 596 £375 -11.76% 419
UK excluding London -30 358 £375 - 326
London +34 277 £375 -21.05% 104
Work from Home -9 203 £406 -9.72% 134
South East -36 82 £465 +49.99% 78
North of England -1 66 £300 -11.11% 80
South West -8 63 £425 -10.53% 46
Midlands -12 56 £350 +7.69% 54
West Midlands +20 43 £375 - 38
Scotland +13 43 £223 -5.32% 10
East of England -1 37 £425 -1.73% 54
North West -4 32 £338 -25.00% 45
Yorkshire +12 31 £300 +20.00% 30
East Midlands -12 12 £150 -32.74% 16
Wales -15 9 £265 -49.52% 7
North East +15 3 £195 +23.81% 5
Northern Ireland -1 3 - - 6

Microsoft Exchange
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
1 196 (28.95%) SharePoint
2 41 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 39 (5.76%) Exchange Server 2013
4 33 (4.87%) Skype for Business
5 29 (4.28%) Confluence
6 26 (3.84%) Exchange Server 2007
7 17 (2.51%) Exchange Server 2003
8 16 (2.36%) IIS
9 5 (0.74%) CMS
9 5 (0.74%) nginx
10 4 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2000
11 3 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.44%) WordPress
12 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 5.5
12 2 (0.30%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.15%) Apache
13 1 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 82 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.30%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.30%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.15%) assyst
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.15%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.15%) iTrent
4 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 429 (63.37%) Microsoft 365
2 266 (39.29%) Azure
3 125 (18.46%) Entra ID
4 108 (15.95%) OneDrive
5 38 (5.61%) Power Platform
6 31 (4.58%) Mimecast
7 22 (3.25%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (2.81%) IaaS
8 19 (2.81%) PowerApps
9 15 (2.22%) Azure Storage
9 15 (2.22%) Power Automate
10 13 (1.92%) AWS
11 11 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.48%) PaaS
13 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.18%) WhatsApp
14 7 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (0.89%) SaaS
16 4 (0.59%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.59%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 140 (20.68%) DNS
2 121 (17.87%) Firewall
3 96 (14.18%) DHCP
4 60 (8.86%) VPN
5 52 (7.68%) SAN
6 43 (6.35%) Skype
7 35 (5.17%) LAN
8 33 (4.87%) WAN
9 23 (3.40%) TCP/IP
10 19 (2.81%) MPLS
10 19 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (2.51%) Cisco IOS
11 17 (2.51%) NAS
12 16 (2.36%) SMTP
12 16 (2.36%) Wireless
13 15 (2.22%) Unified Communications
14 12 (1.77%) VLAN
14 12 (1.77%) VoIP
15 8 (1.18%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (1.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.43%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.51%) Power BI
3 11 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.59%) Big Data
5 4 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.44%) Data Mart
6 3 (0.44%) MySQL
6 3 (0.44%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.15%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 40 (5.91%) JIRA
2 7 (1.03%) Hudson
3 4 (0.59%) LoadRunner
3 4 (0.59%) NeoLoad
4 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Gatling
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) Maven
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 226 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 86 (12.70%) Finance
3 76 (11.23%) Public Sector
4 64 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.91%) Banking
6 23 (3.40%) Legal
7 20 (2.95%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.66%) Military
9 17 (2.51%) French Language
10 15 (2.22%) Marketing
11 14 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.62%) Law
13 11 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.48%) Electronics
15 9 (1.33%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.18%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.18%) German Language
17 7 (1.03%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (14.77%) Support Engineer
2 78 (11.52%) Analyst
3 67 (9.90%) IT Support
4 64 (9.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 44 (6.50%) IT Engineer
6 42 (6.20%) Senior
7 41 (6.06%) Administrator
8 39 (5.76%) Architect
8 39 (5.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 38 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support
10 36 (5.32%) Service Desk Analyst
11 35 (5.17%) Service Analyst
12 34 (5.02%) IT Support Engineer
13 31 (4.58%) Desktop Support
14 30 (4.43%) Exchange Engineer
14 30 (4.43%) Systems Administrator
15 26 (3.84%) Desktop Engineer
16 23 (3.40%) IT Analyst
17 21 (3.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 21 (3.10%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.07%) ARM Templates
2 10 (1.48%) LDAP
3 8 (1.18%) .NET
4 6 (0.89%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.89%) XMPP
5 5 (0.74%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.59%) REST
7 3 (0.44%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.44%) EDI
7 3 (0.44%) LAMP
7 3 (0.44%) Murex MxML
8 2 (0.30%) ADSI
8 2 (0.30%) CSS
8 2 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.30%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.30%) Web Services
8 2 (0.30%) XML
9 1 (0.15%) OAuth
9 1 (0.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (10.78%) PKI
2 34 (5.02%) Data Centre
3 32 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (4.43%) Video Conferencing
5 26 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.40%) Clustering
7 15 (2.22%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.07%) Blackberry
9 10 (1.48%) Smartphone
10 9 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.33%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.18%) iPhone
12 7 (1.03%) Replication
13 6 (0.89%) Digital Signage
13 6 (0.89%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.74%) Hedge funds
14 5 (0.74%) NHS
15 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
15 4 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 441 (65.14%) Windows
2 193 (28.51%) Windows Server
3 124 (18.32%) Windows 10
4 80 (11.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 66 (9.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 51 (7.53%) Linux
6 51 (7.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (5.76%) Windows 7
8 37 (5.47%) Windows Server 2008
9 36 (5.32%) Android
10 24 (3.55%) Windows Server 2003
11 21 (3.10%) Apple iOS
11 21 (3.10%) VMS
12 20 (2.95%) Mac OS
13 16 (2.36%) Unix
14 14 (2.07%) Mac OS X
15 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (1.03%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.59%) Windows 2000
17 2 (0.30%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (19.20%) ITIL
2 108 (15.95%) Migration
3 107 (15.81%) Customer Service
4 85 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 83 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (11.67%) Agile
7 40 (5.91%) Project Delivery
7 40 (5.91%) Service Management
8 39 (5.76%) Project Management
9 38 (5.61%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 38 (5.61%) Problem Management
10 37 (5.47%) Change Management
10 37 (5.47%) Identity Management
11 35 (5.17%) Mobile Device Management
12 33 (4.87%) ITSM
13 29 (4.28%) Data Loss Prevention
13 29 (4.28%) Data Protection
13 29 (4.28%) DevOps
13 29 (4.28%) Service Delivery
14 28 (4.14%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 160 (23.63%) PowerShell
2 58 (8.57%) SQL
3 15 (2.22%) C#
3 15 (2.22%) VBScript
4 14 (2.07%) Bicep
4 14 (2.07%) VB
5 3 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.30%) Bash
6 2 (0.30%) Java
6 2 (0.30%) Python
7 1 (0.15%) C++
7 1 (0.15%) Perl
7 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 148 (21.86%) Security Cleared
2 127 (18.76%) Degree
3 113 (16.69%) SC Cleared
4 57 (8.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 50 (7.39%) DV Cleared
6 31 (4.58%) MCSE
7 25 (3.69%) MCSA
8 21 (3.10%) CCNA
8 21 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (2.66%) MCP
11 16 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.89%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.74%) Azure Certification
16 4 (0.59%) CISM
16 4 (0.59%) CISSP
16 4 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.20%) SLA
2 7 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (0.74%) QA
5 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.30%) NCSC
6 2 (0.30%) PMO
7 1 (0.15%) COBIT
7 1 (0.15%) GDPR
7 1 (0.15%) GLBA
7 1 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 507 (74.89%) Active Directory
2 106 (15.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (5.02%) Hyper-V
4 29 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (3.40%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (3.10%) vSphere
8 16 (2.36%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.48%) Microsoft App-V
9 10 (1.48%) Terminal Services
9 10 (1.48%) VMware Workstation
10 9 (1.33%) BitLocker
11 8 (1.18%) XenApp
12 6 (0.89%) Docker
12 6 (0.89%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.74%) Firmware
13 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.74%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.44%) KVM
Systems Management
1 145 (21.42%) SCCM
2 133 (19.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (5.61%) SCOM
4 37 (5.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 25 (3.69%) WSUS
6 24 (3.55%) Kubernetes
7 19 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (2.22%) vCenter Server
9 12 (1.77%) NetBackup
10 11 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
10 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
11 9 (1.33%) Terraform
12 8 (1.18%) Ansible
12 8 (1.18%) Nagios
13 6 (0.89%) vMotion
14 5 (0.74%) MAILsweeper
14 5 (0.74%) PingFederate
15 4 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
15 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.59%) Nessus
Vendors
1 416 (61.45%) Microsoft
2 158 (23.34%) VMware
3 89 (13.15%) Citrix
4 58 (8.57%) Cisco
5 32 (4.73%) HP
6 31 (4.58%) ServiceNow
7 24 (3.55%) EMC
8 22 (3.25%) Apple
8 22 (3.25%) Avaya
9 21 (3.10%) Veeam
10 19 (2.81%) Dell
11 16 (2.36%) NetApp
12 13 (1.92%) CheckPoint
12 13 (1.92%) Oracle
12 13 (1.92%) SolarWinds
13 12 (1.77%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.77%) Proofpoint
14 10 (1.48%) Mitel
14 10 (1.48%) SAP
15 9 (1.33%) Remedy