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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 485 504
Rank change year-on-year -95 +19 +39
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 47 20 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.073% 0.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.30% 0.20% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 15 24
10th Percentile £263 £229 £257
25th Percentile £425 £389 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £553
90th Percentile - £585 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £18.52
25th Percentile - - £21.91
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 15,751 10,256 11,964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.96% 37.42% 33.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,555 6,937 8,512
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £421 £409 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 556 268 300
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.04 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.02 £25.15 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +55.15% +15.63% -37.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £44.36
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.81 £27.63 £22.00
% change year-on-year +29.61% +25.59% -37.14%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -56 34 £525 +16.67% 16
North of England - 5 £120 - 9
North West - 4 £120 - 5
South East -67 3 £275 - 1
Midlands - 2 £381 - 2
East of England -16 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £300 - 2
South West - 1 £550 -
West Midlands - 1 £463 -
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 20 (42.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (23.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Acrobat
2 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (70.21%) Azure
2 32 (68.09%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Purview
4 10 (21.28%) Entra ID
5 4 (8.51%) AWS
5 4 (8.51%) IaaS
6 3 (6.38%) GCP
6 3 (6.38%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.26%) PaaS
7 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.79%) DNS
2 10 (21.28%) Firewall
3 8 (17.02%) DKIM
3 8 (17.02%) DMARC
4 4 (8.51%) Network Security
4 4 (8.51%) NGFW
5 2 (4.26%) MPLS
5 2 (4.26%) VPN
6 1 (2.13%) DHCP
6 1 (2.13%) NAS
6 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) JIRA
General
1 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.04%) Finance
3 7 (14.89%) Legal
4 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Advertising
5 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Security Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Senior
3 7 (14.89%) Messaging Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Support Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) IT Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Service Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Applications Support
7 3 (6.38%) Applications Support Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Security Specialist
7 3 (6.38%) Senior IT Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.38%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Clustering
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (25.53%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.13%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Data Loss Prevention
2 12 (25.53%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (17.02%) ITIL
3 8 (17.02%) Migration
4 6 (12.77%) Incident Management
4 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
5 5 (10.64%) Agile
5 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.64%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (8.51%) Scrum
6 4 (8.51%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.51%) Workflow
7 3 (6.38%) Change Management
7 3 (6.38%) Cloud Security
7 3 (6.38%) DevOps
7 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.66%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.28%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Degree
4 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) MCSE
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (2.13%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (23.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.13%) GRC
4 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (36.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.26%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.51%) SCCM
3 3 (6.38%) AirWatch
3 3 (6.38%) Terraform
4 1 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (80.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (29.79%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (23.40%) CyberArk
3 11 (23.40%) Netskope
4 9 (19.15%) Clearswift
5 6 (12.77%) Sophos
6 5 (10.64%) Fortinet
6 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
7 4 (8.51%) Citrix
7 4 (8.51%) F5
7 4 (8.51%) Meraki
7 4 (8.51%) Palo Alto
7 4 (8.51%) Proofpoint
8 3 (6.38%) Cisco
8 3 (6.38%) Google
8 3 (6.38%) iManage
8 3 (6.38%) Tenable
9 2 (4.26%) Adobe
9 2 (4.26%) VMware
10 1 (2.13%) Remedy