Exchange Engineer Contracts in England

Exchange Engineer
UK > England

The median Exchange Engineer daily rate in England is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 531 613
Rank change year-on-year +46 +82 +142
Contract jobs requiring an Exchange Engineer 21 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.042% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.045% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 7
10th Percentile £465 £262 £343
25th Percentile £506 £298 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +42.42% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £548 £509
90th Percentile - £644 £548
UK median daily rate £588 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +36.63% +7.50% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,186 33,515 44,514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 92.98% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,387 22,034 31,463
10th Percentile £290 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,244 2,292 1,392
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.45 £40.33 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.93% -8.35% +76.00%
75th Percentile £56.52 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

Exchange Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Exchange Engineer in England

Exchange Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Exchange Engineer in England

Exchange Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Exchange Engineer in England over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Exchange Engineer in England

Exchange Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Exchange Engineer in England

Exchange Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
South East - 10 £588 - 7
London +38 6 £525 +10.53% 3
North West +7 3 - -
North of England +7 3 - -
West Midlands +7 1 - -
Midlands -6 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Exchange Engineer
UK

Exchange Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Exchange 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 across the England region featuring Exchange Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
3 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
3 13 (61.90%) Windows
4 11 (52.38%) SharePoint
4 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
4 11 (52.38%) Skype for Business
4 11 (52.38%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (47.62%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (42.86%) DNS
6 9 (42.86%) High Availability
7 8 (38.10%) Brightmail
7 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Clustering
7 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Search
7 8 (38.10%) Architectural Design
7 8 (38.10%) ITIL
7 8 (38.10%) DHCP
7 8 (38.10%) VPN
7 8 (38.10%) SAN
7 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (38.10%) ISA Server
7 8 (38.10%) DDNS
7 8 (38.10%) Office Communications Server
7 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Content Management
7 8 (38.10%) Replication
7 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (38.10%) SharePoint Server

Exchange Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (90.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (52.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 11 (52.38%) SharePoint
2 11 (52.38%) Skype for Business
3 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2013
3 8 (38.10%) Office Communications Server
3 8 (38.10%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) Mimecast
3 2 (9.52%) Yammer
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) DNS
2 8 (38.10%) DDNS
2 8 (38.10%) DHCP
2 8 (38.10%) SAN
2 8 (38.10%) VPN
3 4 (19.05%) Firewall
4 3 (14.29%) PSTN
4 3 (14.29%) Skype
4 3 (14.29%) SMTP
5 2 (9.52%) BGP
5 2 (9.52%) HSRP
5 2 (9.52%) IGMP
5 2 (9.52%) Multicast
5 2 (9.52%) OSPF
5 2 (9.52%) VRRP
6 1 (4.76%) DKIM
6 1 (4.76%) DMARC
6 1 (4.76%) Extranet
General
1 6 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Electronics
3 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Marketing
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Replication
2 3 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 3 (14.29%) Handset
3 2 (9.52%) Derivative
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (14.29%) Android
3 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (42.86%) High Availability
3 8 (38.10%) Architectural Design
3 8 (38.10%) Content Management
3 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Content Management
3 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Search
3 8 (38.10%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Fintech
5 3 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (9.52%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (9.52%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (9.52%) Cost Reduction
6 2 (9.52%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (38.10%) Brightmail
2 8 (38.10%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Clearswift
2 3 (14.29%) Ribbon
3 2 (9.52%) Arista
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 2 (9.52%) Fortinet
3 2 (9.52%) Proofpoint
3 2 (9.52%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) Avaya
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Mitel
4 1 (4.76%) MobileIron
4 1 (4.76%) OpenAI
4 1 (4.76%) VMware