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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 465 515
Rank change year-on-year -55 +50 +113
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 46 25 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.098% 0.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.35% 0.26% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 23 25
10th Percentile £251 £205 £296
25th Percentile £356 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £550 £459 £525
90th Percentile £575 £563 £592
UK median daily rate £500 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +25.00% -3.03% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £19.00
90th Percentile - - £19.15
UK median hourly rate - - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

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 13,242 9,623 12,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.55% 37.62% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,147 6,507 8,922
10th Percentile £307 £313 £275
25th Percentile £407 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £602 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 148 318
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.38 £14.21
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +43.64% +28.03% -14.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £47.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £78.98 £74.28 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +36.65% +27.91% -14.00%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -31 35 £513 +28.13% 5
North of England -58 4 £325 +116.67% 6
East of England - 3 £363 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £325 - 2
South East -35 2 £275 - 11
South West -25 1 £550 +29.41% 2
North West -37 1 £120 -20.00% 4
West Midlands -56 1 £463 +15.63%
Midlands -60 1 £463 +15.63%
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 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (13.04%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.52%) Apache
3 3 (6.52%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 26 (56.52%) Azure
2 24 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (10.87%) AWS
6 4 (8.70%) IaaS
7 3 (6.52%) Nutanix
7 3 (6.52%) PaaS
8 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (2.17%) GCP
9 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.09%) Firewall
2 10 (21.74%) DNS
3 9 (19.57%) DMARC
4 7 (15.22%) DKIM
5 3 (6.52%) DHCP
6 2 (4.35%) Network Security
7 1 (2.17%) MPLS
7 1 (2.17%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
General
1 15 (32.61%) Finance
2 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Legal
4 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Security Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Senior
4 6 (13.04%) Messaging Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (6.52%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Security Specialist
7 3 (6.52%) Switch Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Architect
8 2 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (4.35%) Integration Architect
8 2 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Cloud Native
1 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.26%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Migration
2 12 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (21.74%) Data Loss Prevention
4 9 (19.57%) Agile
4 9 (19.57%) ITIL
5 8 (17.39%) Incident Response
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Security Monitoring
6 7 (15.22%) Security Operations
7 6 (13.04%) Knowledge Transfer
7 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
9 4 (8.70%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 3 (6.52%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (6.52%) DevOps
10 3 (6.52%) PRINCE2
10 3 (6.52%) Server Building
10 3 (6.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
1 10 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.35%) CCSP
2 2 (4.35%) CEH
2 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.35%) CISSP
2 2 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.52%) NIST
5 2 (4.35%) GDPR
5 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (15.22%) AirWatch
2 7 (15.22%) SCCM
3 3 (6.52%) Ansible
4 2 (4.35%) CASB
4 2 (4.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 27 (58.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.39%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (17.39%) Netskope
2 8 (17.39%) Palo Alto
3 7 (15.22%) Clearswift
3 7 (15.22%) CyberArk
4 6 (13.04%) Cisco
5 5 (10.87%) Fortinet
5 5 (10.87%) Tenable
6 4 (8.70%) Commvault
6 4 (8.70%) F5
6 4 (8.70%) Zscaler
7 3 (6.52%) Citrix
7 3 (6.52%) SolarWinds
8 2 (4.35%) Proofpoint
9 1 (2.17%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (2.17%) Google
9 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.17%) Sophos
9 1 (2.17%) VMware