Microsoft Exchange Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Exchange Server
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 48 56
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 15 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.34% 1.98% 1.32%
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.85% 17.86% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 6
10th Percentile - £240 £329
25th Percentile - £319 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £350 £600
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -41.67% +166.67%
75th Percentile £413 £388 -
90th Percentile £425 £391 £650
North West median daily rate £363 £338 £450
% change year-on-year +7.41% -25.00% +87.50%

All Application Platform Skills
Cheshire

Microsoft Exchange falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 89 56 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.82% 11.11% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 43 44
10th Percentile £230 £301 £202
25th Percentile £322 £322 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -11.11% +8.96%
75th Percentile £425 £495 £565
90th Percentile £522 £515 £638
North West median daily rate £425 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
North West median hourly rate £40.59 £32.12 £20.50
% change year-on-year +26.39% +56.66% +9.33%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in Cheshire

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in Cheshire

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Cheshire

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in Cheshire

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warrington +7 12 £315 -19.17% 4
Runcorn - 1 £210 -
Microsoft Exchange
North West

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 14 (93.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) Confluence
3 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (86.67%) Entra ID
3 9 (60.00%) SaaS
4 2 (13.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) VMS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) ITSM
3 5 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 5 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (26.67%) Migration
5 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (13.33%) Identity Management
6 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Use Case
7 1 (6.67%) Analytics
7 1 (6.67%) DevOps
7 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (6.67%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) VB
2 1 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) SC Cleared
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) MCP
2 1 (6.67%) MCSA
2 1 (6.67%) MCSE
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.67%) BitLocker
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (60.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM
3 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) McAfee
3 1 (6.67%) Symantec