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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 456 489
Rank change year-on-year -85 +33 +93
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 54 24 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.098% 0.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.37% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 23 28
10th Percentile £255 £285 £306
25th Percentile £356 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £414
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -3.32% -8.06%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £528
90th Percentile - £581 £638
UK median daily rate £463 £406 £414
% change year-on-year +13.85% -1.81% -8.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £16.70
25th Percentile - - £17.38
Median hourly rate - - £21.15
75th Percentile - - £23.80
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £21.15
% change year-on-year - - +20.86%

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 14,444 9,097 11,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.13% 37.19% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,895 6,302 8,407
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 200 327
10th Percentile £15.55 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.08 £18.04 £15.87
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +61.02% +19.33% -34.04%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.81 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.63 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.06 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +34.76% +28.69% -38.94%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -38 40 £525 +16.67% 7
South East -57 4 £275 - 7
North of England - 4 £325 - 4
East of England -25 3 £363 -5.23% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £325 - 1
West Midlands -63 1 £463 +15.63%
Midlands -69 1 £463 +15.63% 2
North West - 1 £120 - 2
South West - 1 £550 - 1
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 (37.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.56%) Apache
3 3 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 34 (62.96%) Azure
2 33 (61.11%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (24.07%) Microsoft Purview
4 10 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.41%) AWS
5 4 (7.41%) IaaS
6 3 (5.56%) GCP
6 3 (5.56%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.70%) PaaS
7 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) DNS
2 12 (22.22%) Firewall
3 8 (14.81%) DKIM
3 8 (14.81%) DMARC
4 4 (7.41%) Network Security
4 4 (7.41%) NGFW
5 3 (5.56%) DHCP
6 2 (3.70%) MPLS
7 1 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 24 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Legal
4 3 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Security Engineer
2 11 (20.37%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Messaging Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Network Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Senior
4 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Firewall Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Applications Support
6 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Security Specialist
6 3 (5.56%) Senior IT Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Switch Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Cloud Native
1 4 (7.41%) Data Centre
1 4 (7.41%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.93%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.85%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Data Loss Prevention
2 14 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (22.22%) Migration
4 10 (18.52%) Incident Response
5 8 (14.81%) Agile
5 8 (14.81%) ITIL
5 8 (14.81%) Security Monitoring
6 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (7.41%) Customer Service
8 4 (7.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 4 (7.41%) Scrum
8 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.56%) Change Management
9 3 (5.56%) Cloud Security
9 3 (5.56%) Incident Management
9 3 (5.56%) PRINCE2
9 3 (5.56%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (25.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (7.41%) GDPR
3 4 (7.41%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.85%) GRC
5 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (35.19%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 16 (29.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.96%) AirWatch
3 6 (11.11%) SCCM
4 3 (5.56%) Ansible
4 3 (5.56%) Terraform
5 1 (1.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (31.48%) CrowdStrike
3 14 (25.93%) Netskope
4 13 (24.07%) CyberArk
5 9 (16.67%) Clearswift
6 7 (12.96%) Palo Alto
7 6 (11.11%) Cisco
8 5 (9.26%) Fortinet
9 4 (7.41%) Citrix
9 4 (7.41%) F5
10 3 (5.56%) Google
10 3 (5.56%) iManage
10 3 (5.56%) Meraki
10 3 (5.56%) Proofpoint
10 3 (5.56%) SolarWinds
10 3 (5.56%) Tenable
11 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
11 2 (3.70%) VMware
12 1 (1.85%) Remedy
12 1 (1.85%) Sophos