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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 469 516
Rank change year-on-year -46 +47 +154
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 33 28 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.27% 0.28% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 22 26
10th Percentile £240 £223 £249
25th Percentile £334 £350 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £416
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -3.90% +18.93%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £525
90th Percentile £575 £600 £559
UK median daily rate £423 £400 £416
% change year-on-year +5.63% -3.90% +19.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
75th Percentile - - £19.31
90th Percentile - - £19.43
UK median hourly rate - - £18.00

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 12,075 10,180 12,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.10% 36.56% 34.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,349 6,809 9,207
10th Percentile £304 £313 £281
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 135 246
10th Percentile £14.68 £16.46 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.36 £28.50 £23.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +21.66% +3.51%
75th Percentile £57.06 £46.84 £53.44
90th Percentile £77.70 £67.65 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £25.19
% change year-on-year -1.05% +9.17% +11.96%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -12 24 £525 +40.00% 11
North of England -38 4 £278 -44.50% 9
Yorkshire - 3 £325 - 9
East of England - 3 £363 -
South West -9 1 £550 +29.41% 2
North West -34 1 £120 -76.00%
South East - 1 - - 9
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 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.09%) Apache
2 3 (9.09%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Azure
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
4 5 (15.15%) AWS
5 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (12.12%) PaaS
6 3 (9.09%) Nutanix
7 2 (6.06%) GCP
7 2 (6.06%) IaaS
7 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
7 2 (6.06%) SaaS
8 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Firewall
2 4 (12.12%) DNS
3 3 (9.09%) DHCP
4 2 (6.06%) DMARC
5 1 (3.03%) MPLS
5 1 (3.03%) Network Security
5 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Billing
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Network Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Firewall Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Switch Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Specialist
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Web Services
2 1 (3.03%) RESTful
2 1 (3.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (24.24%) Agile
2 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.21%) ITIL
4 6 (18.18%) Migration
4 6 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (15.15%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (15.15%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.09%) Patch Management
7 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
7 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (9.09%) Server Building
7 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.06%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (6.06%) CCSP
2 2 (6.06%) CEH
2 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.06%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (27.27%) SCCM
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (9.09%) Ansible
4 2 (6.06%) AirWatch
4 2 (6.06%) CASB
4 2 (6.06%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (24.24%) Palo Alto
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco
4 5 (15.15%) Tenable
5 4 (12.12%) Commvault
5 4 (12.12%) Google
5 4 (12.12%) Zscaler
6 3 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (9.09%) F5
6 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
6 3 (9.09%) Netskope
6 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.06%) CyberArk
7 2 (6.06%) Proofpoint
7 2 (6.06%) Sophos
8 1 (3.03%) Citrix
8 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.03%) VMware
8 1 (3.03%) WatchGuard