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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 492 494
Rank change year-on-year -111 +2 +58
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 33 19 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.071% 0.068% 0.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.21% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 22
10th Percentile £120 £369 £206
25th Percentile £263 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £543 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +20.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £547
90th Percentile £575 £558 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £546 £450
% change year-on-year -17.62% +21.39% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
UK median hourly rate - - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - +36.00%

All Cloud Computing 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 15,942 10,772 11,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.46% 38.60% 35.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,602 7,280 7,549
10th Percentile £323 £302 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 260 162
10th Percentile £15.42 £14.99 £16.03
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.51 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £68.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.03 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.25% -28.14% +7.69%

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 12 October 2026.

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 12 October 2026. 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 -86 19 £550 +0.69% 69
East of England -19 5 - -
North of England -60 5 £120 -47.83% 7
North West - 5 £120 - 7
South East -64 3 £275 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £300 - 2
Midlands - 1 £300 - 4
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 13 (39.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (36.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (15.15%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (6.06%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (66.67%) Azure
3 10 (30.30%) Entra ID
4 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 2 (6.06%) AWS
7 1 (3.03%) GCP
7 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Firewall
2 6 (18.18%) DNS
3 5 (15.15%) NAS
3 5 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (12.12%) VPN
5 3 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (6.06%) DHCP
6 2 (6.06%) Network Security
6 2 (6.06%) NGFW
6 2 (6.06%) SMTP
7 1 (3.03%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Legal
3 2 (6.06%) Advertising
3 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
1 7 (21.21%) Security Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) IT Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Applications Support
3 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) IT Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Service Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) IT Support
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Exchange Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
1 3 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) macOS
3 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
3 6 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (18.18%) ITIL
3 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (18.18%) Workflow
4 5 (15.15%) Antivirus Management
4 5 (15.15%) CRM
4 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
5 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (12.12%) Patch Management
5 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.09%) Agile
6 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 3 (9.09%) E-Discovery
6 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.06%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.03%) Degree
1 1 (3.03%) MCSE
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 1 (3.03%) MOS
1 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (12.12%) GDPR
4 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.09%) vSphere
3 2 (6.06%) IAG
4 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (15.15%) SCCM
2 1 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (93.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (36.36%) Sophos
3 8 (24.24%) Adobe
4 6 (18.18%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (18.18%) Meraki
4 6 (18.18%) Netskope
5 5 (15.15%) CyberArk
5 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
5 5 (15.15%) Synology
5 5 (15.15%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (12.12%) Cisco
7 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
7 3 (9.09%) Proofpoint
7 3 (9.09%) Rapid7
7 3 (9.09%) VMware
8 2 (6.06%) F5
8 2 (6.06%) Google
8 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
8 2 (6.06%) Tenable
9 1 (3.03%) Relativity