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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 479 532
Rank change year-on-year -36 +53 +146
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 29 28 39
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.092% 0.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.25% 0.25% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 27
10th Percentile £235 £205 £252
25th Percentile £323 £313 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £500
90th Percentile £557 £600 £555
UK median daily rate £423 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -0.59% +13.33% +7.14%
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
% change year-on-year - - +2.86%

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 11,806 11,023 13,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.13% 36.35% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,086 7,372 9,861
10th Percentile £304 £313 £290
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 142 270
10th Percentile £14.83 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.94 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £69.98 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
% change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%

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 10 December 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 10 December 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 -1 22 £481 +28.33% 11
North of England -42 3 £230 -54.00% 10
East of England - 2 £363 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £278 - 10
South West -12 1 £550 +29.41% 1
North West -19 1 £120 -76.00%
South East - 1 - - 8
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 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.90%) Apache
3 2 (6.90%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.24%) AWS
4 4 (13.79%) PaaS
5 3 (10.34%) OneDrive
6 2 (6.90%) GCP
6 2 (6.90%) IaaS
6 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (6.90%) Nutanix
6 2 (6.90%) SaaS
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.45%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) DMARC
2 3 (10.34%) DNS
3 2 (6.90%) DHCP
4 1 (3.45%) MPLS
4 1 (3.45%) Network Security
4 1 (3.45%) SMTP
4 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Billing
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Security Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Applications Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Switch Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Support
6 1 (3.45%) SCCM Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Web Services
2 1 (3.45%) RESTful
2 1 (3.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Reinsurance
2 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (37.93%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (24.14%) Agile
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
4 5 (17.24%) Knowledge Transfer
4 5 (17.24%) Security Operations
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Security
5 4 (13.79%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (13.79%) Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Patch Management
6 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.90%) Backlog Management
7 2 (6.90%) Batch Processing
7 2 (6.90%) DevSecOps
7 2 (6.90%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (6.90%) CCSP
2 2 (6.90%) CEH
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.90%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.90%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) SCCM
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.90%) Ansible
3 2 (6.90%) CASB
3 2 (6.90%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Palo Alto
3 6 (20.69%) Cisco
4 5 (17.24%) Tenable
5 4 (13.79%) Commvault
5 4 (13.79%) Google
5 4 (13.79%) Zscaler
6 3 (10.34%) F5
6 3 (10.34%) Fortinet
7 2 (6.90%) Proofpoint
7 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.90%) Sophos
8 1 (3.45%) Citrix
8 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.45%) Veeam
8 1 (3.45%) VMware
8 1 (3.45%) WatchGuard