Mimecast Contract Job Trends in England

Mimecast
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Mimecast skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 489 541
Rank change year-on-year -5 +52 +144
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 23 29 43
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.081% 0.092% 0.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.21% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 27
10th Percentile £376 £203 £235
25th Percentile £411 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% +30.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £550 £564 £456
90th Percentile £566 £600 £577
UK median daily rate £546 £488 £375
% change year-on-year +12.05% +30.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - £23.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.00% -
75th Percentile - - £18.94
90th Percentile - - £19.28
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +36.00% -

All Cloud Skills
England

Mimecast falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,080 11,150 14,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.84% 35.54% 35.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,473 7,408 10,557
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £741 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 150 286
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.33 £14.56
25th Percentile £18.78 £23.80 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.50 £27.10
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% +31.00% +20.44%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.06 £58.56
90th Percentile £69.27 £70.00 £78.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +33.33%

Mimecast
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mimecast relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Mimecast job vacancy trend in England

Mimecast
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mimecast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mimecast

Mimecast
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mimecast in England over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mimecast in England

Mimecast
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mimecast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mimecast

Mimecast
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 Mimecast within the England region over the 6 months to 26 October 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 +3 19 £546 +56.07% 22
South West +16 1 £550 +29.41% 3
North of England -35 1 £230 -54.00% 4
East of England - 1 £383 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £230 - 1
South East - 1 - - 15
Mimecast
UK

Mimecast
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.35%) Apache
3 1 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Azure
2 11 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 5 (21.74%) AWS
5 4 (17.39%) OneDrive
5 4 (17.39%) PaaS
6 2 (8.70%) GCP
6 2 (8.70%) IaaS
6 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (8.70%) SaaS
6 2 (8.70%) Tessian
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) DMARC
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) SMTP
4 1 (4.35%) DHCP
4 1 (4.35%) MPLS
4 1 (4.35%) Network Security
4 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Billing
2 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.70%) Law
2 2 (8.70%) Legal
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Security Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Applications Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
2 1 (4.35%) RESTful
2 1 (4.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.35%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (26.09%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (21.74%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (21.74%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
4 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 3 (13.04%) Patch Management
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.70%) Antivirus Management
6 2 (8.70%) Backlog Management
6 2 (8.70%) DevSecOps
6 2 (8.70%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (8.70%) CCSP
2 2 (8.70%) CEH
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.70%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.04%) SCCM
3 2 (8.70%) CASB
3 2 (8.70%) Nessus
4 1 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Palo Alto
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco
3 5 (21.74%) Tenable
4 4 (17.39%) Commvault
4 4 (17.39%) Google
4 4 (17.39%) Zscaler
5 3 (13.04%) F5
5 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.70%) Citrix
6 2 (8.70%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (8.70%) Proofpoint
6 2 (8.70%) Veeam
6 2 (8.70%) VMware
7 1 (4.35%) OpenAI
7 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.35%) Sophos
7 1 (4.35%) WatchGuard