Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Microsoft Exchange Server
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 15 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 3 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 3.00% 8.51% 6.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 33.33% 21.62% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £326
25th Percentile - £223 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £225 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -40.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile - £228 £453
90th Percentile - £354 £493
South West median daily rate £550 £488 £432
% change year-on-year +12.82% +12.82% -13.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.60
25th Percentile - - £16.60
Median hourly rate - - £18.56
75th Percentile - - £18.98
90th Percentile - - £19.06
South West median hourly rate £61.50 - £18.56
% change year-on-year - - -55.74%

All Application Platform Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 9 37 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 9.00% 39.36% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 7
10th Percentile - £223 £344
25th Percentile £165 £434 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £216 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year -54.47% -4.52% -5.24%
75th Percentile £380 £506 £509
90th Percentile £557 £551 £513
South West median daily rate £568 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +16.41% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.60
25th Percentile - - £16.60
Median hourly rate - - £18.56
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.60%
75th Percentile - - £18.98
90th Percentile - - £19.06
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £67.02 £21.64
% change year-on-year -66.43% +209.70% -68.27%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Exchange relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Dorset

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Bournemouth -1 3 - - 3
Microsoft Exchange
South West

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft