Microsoft Exchange Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 163 158 214
Rank change year-on-year -5 +56 -63
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 198 415 570
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.72% 14.32% 10.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 318 458
10th Percentile £163 £177 £168
25th Percentile £270 £350 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £460 £410
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% +12.12% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £500
90th Percentile £608 £743 £589
UK median daily rate £380 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -10.59% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 21
10th Percentile £14.29 £17.91 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.84 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.13 £54.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.58% +208.57% -36.18%
75th Percentile £21.84 £66.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £23.06 - £40.00
UK median hourly rate £22.88 £20.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year +14.38% +19.40% +6.35%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,557 2,899 5,497
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.28% 11.35% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 2,027 3,976
10th Percentile £290 £313 £315
25th Percentile £394 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -0.78% +8.42%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £618
90th Percentile £800 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.10% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 74 74
10th Percentile £16.28 £19.48 £13.82
25th Percentile £22.55 £22.16 £18.06
Median hourly rate £30.16 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +57.14% +32.08%
75th Percentile £47.94 £66.00 £55.88
90th Percentile £71.50 £82.20 £67.93
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% +4.02%

Microsoft Exchange
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Exchange trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Exchange daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Microsoft Exchange daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Exchange hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 44 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.07%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (6.57%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2013
4 11 (5.56%) Skype for Business
5 7 (3.54%) Confluence
5 7 (3.54%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.51%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 132 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (40.91%) Azure
3 44 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 30 (15.15%) OneDrive
5 16 (8.08%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (8.08%) Azure Storage
6 13 (6.57%) Mimecast
7 10 (5.05%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.55%) IaaS
9 6 (3.03%) PaaS
10 5 (2.53%) AWS
10 5 (2.53%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.02%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.52%) SaaS
12 3 (1.52%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.51%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (22.22%) Firewall
2 31 (15.66%) DHCP
2 31 (15.66%) DNS
3 16 (8.08%) SAN
4 15 (7.58%) VPN
5 12 (6.06%) Skype
6 4 (2.02%) LAN
6 4 (2.02%) NAS
6 4 (2.02%) VoIP
6 4 (2.02%) WAN
7 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.52%) VLAN
7 3 (1.52%) WebEx
8 2 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.01%) MPLS
8 2 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.51%) SCCP
9 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.02%) Big Data
3 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.01%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.51%) Power BI
5 1 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (6.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) Maven
General
1 57 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.14%) Finance
2 28 (14.14%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.06%) Banking
4 9 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.02%) German Language
7 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.52%) French Language
7 3 (1.52%) Legal
7 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.01%) Front Office
8 2 (1.01%) Law
8 2 (1.01%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.51%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.51%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (13.13%) Analyst
2 18 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 17 (8.59%) Service Desk Analyst
4 16 (8.08%) Active Directory Support
4 16 (8.08%) Architect
4 16 (8.08%) Service Analyst
5 14 (7.07%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (7.07%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (7.07%) Exchange Engineer
5 14 (7.07%) Support Specialist
6 11 (5.56%) Senior
7 10 (5.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 9 (4.55%) IT Support
9 8 (4.04%) Consultant
9 8 (4.04%) Migration Engineer
10 7 (3.54%) Administrator
10 7 (3.54%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.54%) Wintel Engineer
11 6 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.08%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.02%) REST
3 2 (1.01%) .NET
3 2 (1.01%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.01%) ADSI
3 2 (1.01%) Murex MxML
4 1 (0.51%) XMPP
4 1 (0.51%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.63%) PKI
2 20 (10.10%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (8.08%) Data Centre
4 15 (7.58%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (4.04%) Clustering
6 5 (2.53%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.01%) Derivative
8 2 (1.01%) Equities
8 2 (1.01%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.01%) NHS
8 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) BYOD
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 128 (64.65%) Windows
2 55 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 41 (20.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 40 (20.20%) Windows 10
5 27 (13.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (12.12%) Linux
6 24 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (7.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 13 (6.57%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (5.05%) VMS
10 6 (3.03%) Android
10 6 (3.03%) Apple iOS
11 5 (2.53%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.52%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.24%) Migration
2 41 (20.71%) ITIL
3 32 (16.16%) Agile
4 26 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (12.12%) DevOps
6 22 (11.11%) Identity Management
7 21 (10.61%) CI/CD
7 21 (10.61%) Problem Management
7 21 (10.61%) Release Management
8 19 (9.60%) Customer Service
9 18 (9.09%) Analytics
9 18 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (9.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 18 (9.09%) Service Management
10 17 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (8.08%) Log Analytics
11 16 (8.08%) Privileged Identity Management
11 16 (8.08%) RBAC
12 10 (5.05%) Project Delivery
13 9 (4.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (34.34%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.08%) Bicep
2 16 (8.08%) C#
2 16 (8.08%) VB
2 16 (8.08%) VBScript
3 15 (7.58%) SQL
4 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (28.28%) Security Cleared
2 55 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 45 (22.73%) Degree
4 21 (10.61%) DV Cleared
5 16 (8.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 15 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.52%) CISM
9 3 (1.52%) CISSP
9 3 (1.52%) MCSA
10 2 (1.01%) CCNA
10 2 (1.01%) CCNP
10 2 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.01%) MCITP
10 2 (1.01%) MCSE
11 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.55%) SLA
2 5 (2.53%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.51%) GLBA
3 1 (0.51%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.51%) NCSC
3 1 (0.51%) NIST
3 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 151 (76.26%) Active Directory
2 22 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (10.10%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (8.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (5.56%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.53%) vSphere
8 4 (2.02%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.52%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.51%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.51%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 43 (21.72%) SCCM
2 34 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (11.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 21 (10.61%) Kubernetes
5 19 (9.60%) SCOM
6 18 (9.09%) WSUS
7 6 (3.03%) Ansible
8 2 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.01%) Nessus
8 2 (1.01%) Terraform
9 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.51%) CASB
9 1 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (61.62%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.65%) VMware
3 23 (11.62%) Citrix
4 15 (7.58%) Cisco
5 14 (7.07%) HP
6 10 (5.05%) Avaya
7 8 (4.04%) CheckPoint
7 8 (4.04%) EMC
8 6 (3.03%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.53%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.53%) Veeam
10 4 (2.02%) Proofpoint
10 4 (2.02%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.52%) Apple
11 3 (1.52%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.52%) Reuters
11 3 (1.52%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.52%) Trend Micro
12 2 (1.01%) CA
12 2 (1.01%) Clearswift