Microsoft Exchange Contracts in England

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 176 151 146
Rank change year-on-year -25 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 381 593 917
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.56% 1.59% 1.82%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.53% 17.13% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 447 718
10th Percentile £185 £159 £160
25th Percentile £230 £222 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £380 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -10.59% +30.77%
75th Percentile £564 £553 £539
90th Percentile £605 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £407 £380 £425
% change year-on-year +6.97% -10.59% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 32 27
10th Percentile £24.68 - -
25th Percentile £26.00 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.45 £23.80 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.13% +40.00% +6.25%
75th Percentile £28.00 £40.00 £24.13
90th Percentile £36.10 - £41.69
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £23.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.37% +18.75% +21.21%

All Application Platform Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,817 3,461 5,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.57% 9.31% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,884 2,471 3,915
10th Percentile £283 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £754
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 139 128
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% -12.00% +49.59%
75th Percentile £64.50 £45.59 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
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 Microsoft Exchange within the England 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
London -54 144 £450 +18.42% 210
North of England +59 118 £245 -18.33% 144
North West +62 88 £363 +7.41% 76
South West +24 40 £425 -1.65% 84
South East +5 39 £575 +23.66% 207
Midlands -7 28 £230 -34.29% 124
Yorkshire -1 22 £235 -21.67% 50
West Midlands -7 22 £388 +3.33% 77
East of England +8 16 £430 -1.71% 90
North East +5 8 £188 -3.85% 20
East Midlands +3 6 £190 +26.67% 41
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
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
1 176 (46.19%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.87%) Skype for Business
3 10 (2.62%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (2.36%) Confluence
5 8 (2.10%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (1.31%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (1.05%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.79%) CMS
8 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.79%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.26%) CICS
9 1 (0.26%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 82 (21.52%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.52%) Revit
7 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 266 (69.82%) Microsoft 365
2 184 (48.29%) Azure
3 149 (39.11%) Entra ID
4 105 (27.56%) OneDrive
5 43 (11.29%) IaaS
6 30 (7.87%) SaaS
7 29 (7.61%) AWS
8 28 (7.35%) Power Platform
9 21 (5.51%) PaaS
10 19 (4.99%) Mimecast
11 14 (3.67%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.62%) GCP
14 9 (2.36%) OpenShift
15 8 (2.10%) Google Workspace
16 7 (1.84%) Cohesity
17 6 (1.57%) Asana
17 6 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 6 (1.57%) PowerApps
17 6 (1.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 87 (22.83%) DNS
2 74 (19.42%) Firewall
3 66 (17.32%) DHCP
4 57 (14.96%) VPN
5 45 (11.81%) Skype
6 33 (8.66%) WAN
7 30 (7.87%) Wi-Fi
8 28 (7.35%) LAN
9 24 (6.30%) VLAN
10 23 (6.04%) Network Security
11 19 (4.99%) SAN
11 19 (4.99%) SMTP
12 15 (3.94%) VoIP
13 14 (3.67%) MPLS
13 14 (3.67%) TCP/IP
14 12 (3.15%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (2.89%) Unified Communications
16 7 (1.84%) NAS
16 7 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (1.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.14%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.36%) Big Data
3 9 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.84%) Power BI
5 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.26%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.26%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (4.46%) JIRA
2 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.79%) Hudson
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 96 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.75%) Finance
3 48 (12.60%) Public Sector
4 24 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.77%) Legal
6 18 (4.72%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.94%) Banking
8 12 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.62%) Military
10 9 (2.36%) Marketing
11 7 (1.84%) Local Government
12 6 (1.57%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.31%) Electronics
13 5 (1.31%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.31%) Spanish Language
14 4 (1.05%) Law
15 3 (0.79%) Advertising
15 3 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (24.15%) Support Engineer
2 64 (16.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 38 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (8.40%) Desktop Engineer
5 31 (8.14%) Analyst
5 31 (8.14%) Desktop Support
6 30 (7.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 29 (7.61%) Senior
8 22 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support
8 22 (5.77%) IT Engineer
8 22 (5.77%) IT Support
9 20 (5.25%) Architect
10 19 (4.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 16 (4.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 16 (4.20%) Exchange Engineer
11 16 (4.20%) Microsoft Engineer
12 15 (3.94%) Lead
13 14 (3.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (3.67%) Administrator
13 14 (3.67%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.31%) LDAP
1 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (1.05%) .NET
3 3 (0.79%) OAuth
3 3 (0.79%) OpenID
3 3 (0.79%) REST
3 3 (0.79%) Web Services
4 2 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.52%) Node.js
4 2 (0.52%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.26%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.26%) HTML
5 1 (0.26%) ISPF
5 1 (0.26%) JSON
5 1 (0.26%) Kafka
5 1 (0.26%) Murex MxML
5 1 (0.26%) RESTful
5 1 (0.26%) SignalR
5 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.14%) PKI
2 22 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.89%) Blackberry
5 10 (2.62%) Clustering
6 8 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.05%) Handset
9 4 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.79%) BYOD
10 3 (0.79%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.79%) iPhone
10 3 (0.79%) IVR
10 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 212 (55.64%) Windows
2 100 (26.25%) Windows Server
3 72 (18.90%) Windows 10
4 35 (9.19%) Linux
5 23 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (4.99%) Android
7 18 (4.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (4.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (3.15%) Apple iOS
10 10 (2.62%) VMS
11 9 (2.36%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.36%) Unix
11 9 (2.36%) Windows 7
12 8 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.05%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.79%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.52%) CentOS
15 2 (0.52%) Rocky
16 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (23.62%) ITIL
2 70 (18.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 69 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (17.59%) Migration
5 52 (13.65%) Customer Service
6 45 (11.81%) ITSM
7 39 (10.24%) Agile
8 38 (9.97%) Data Loss Prevention
9 31 (8.14%) High Availability
10 30 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
10 30 (7.87%) Service Delivery
10 30 (7.87%) Service Management
11 29 (7.61%) DevOps
12 28 (7.35%) Project Delivery
13 27 (7.09%) Change Management
14 25 (6.56%) Identity Management
14 25 (6.56%) Information Security
15 24 (6.30%) Problem Management
16 23 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
17 22 (5.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 94 (24.67%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.25%) SQL
3 10 (2.62%) Python
4 7 (1.84%) VB
4 7 (1.84%) VBScript
5 4 (1.05%) C#
6 3 (0.79%) Bash
7 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.52%) Perl
8 1 (0.26%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) Java
8 1 (0.26%) JCL
8 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 62 (16.27%) Degree
3 53 (13.91%) SC Cleared
4 41 (10.76%) DV Cleared
5 31 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.20%) MCSE
7 12 (3.15%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.84%) MCSA
10 6 (1.57%) MCP
10 6 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.31%) CCNA
11 5 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.05%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.52%) PMP
13 2 (0.52%) RIBA
14 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.20%) SLA
2 10 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.52%) NCSC
4 2 (0.52%) NIST
4 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.52%) QA
4 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.26%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 273 (71.65%) Active Directory
2 67 (17.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.77%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (5.51%) Hyper-V
5 19 (4.99%) vSphere
6 17 (4.46%) BitLocker
7 16 (4.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 13 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (2.62%) Terminal Services
10 9 (2.36%) Docker
10 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 9 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (2.36%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.79%) Brightmail
11 3 (0.79%) ISA Server
11 3 (0.79%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.26%) Firmware
13 1 (0.26%) NFS
13 1 (0.26%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 132 (34.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (13.65%) SCCM
3 31 (8.14%) WSUS
4 17 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (3.94%) vCenter Server
6 13 (3.41%) AppManager
7 11 (2.89%) Ansible
7 11 (2.89%) Kubernetes
8 10 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (2.62%) Nagios
8 10 (2.62%) vMotion
9 9 (2.36%) Puppet
10 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (1.05%) Terraform
12 3 (0.79%) CASB
12 3 (0.79%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 3 (0.79%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.79%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.79%) SCOM
12 3 (0.79%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 295 (77.43%) Microsoft
2 90 (23.62%) VMware
3 35 (9.19%) Citrix
4 27 (7.09%) ServiceNow
5 21 (5.51%) Cisco
6 17 (4.46%) Google
7 16 (4.20%) Symantec
8 14 (3.67%) HP
9 13 (3.41%) Ivanti
9 13 (3.41%) NetApp
9 13 (3.41%) Proofpoint
10 9 (2.36%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.36%) Veeam
11 7 (1.84%) Apple
12 6 (1.57%) iManage
12 6 (1.57%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.31%) McAfee
13 5 (1.31%) Oracle
13 5 (1.31%) SAP
13 5 (1.31%) Zscaler