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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 489 482
Rank change year-on-year -96 -7 +57
Contract jobs citing Mimecast 43 19 39
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.068% 0.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.27% 0.18% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 15 22
10th Percentile £126 £303 £256
25th Percentile £275 £389 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £590
90th Percentile - £585 £637
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
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 16,040 10,330 11,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.06% 37.14% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,700 7,010 7,958
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £422 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 269 234
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.17
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +7.59% -26.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £83.64 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.63 £24.18
% change year-on-year +26.67% +14.27% -30.91%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -79 27 £545 +21.11% 41
East of England -15 5 - - 2
North of England - 5 £120 - 5
North West - 5 £120 - 3
South East -65 3 £275 - 8
South West - 1 £550 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £300 - 1
Midlands - 1 £300 - 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 17 (39.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (30.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (11.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.33%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (81.40%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (72.09%) Azure
3 12 (27.91%) Entra ID
4 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (6.98%) AWS
5 3 (6.98%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.98%) GCP
5 3 (6.98%) IaaS
5 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.33%) PaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) Firewall
2 10 (23.26%) DNS
3 5 (11.63%) NAS
3 5 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (6.98%) Network Security
4 3 (6.98%) NGFW
4 3 (6.98%) VPN
5 2 (4.65%) DKIM
5 2 (4.65%) DMARC
5 2 (4.65%) MPLS
6 1 (2.33%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
General
1 20 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 14 (32.56%) Finance
3 6 (13.95%) Legal
4 2 (4.65%) Advertising
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Security Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Analyst
2 8 (18.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Applications Support
4 6 (13.95%) Senior
5 5 (11.63%) IT Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) IT Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Service Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Applications Support Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) IT Support
6 3 (6.98%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Senior IT Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Messaging Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Clustering
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (39.53%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Mac OS
3 5 (11.63%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.98%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (30.23%) Data Loss Prevention
3 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
4 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
4 6 (13.95%) ITIL
4 6 (13.95%) Migration
4 6 (13.95%) Workflow
5 5 (11.63%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (11.63%) CRM
6 4 (9.30%) Incident Response
6 4 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (6.98%) Agile
7 3 (6.98%) Cloud Security
7 3 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.98%) Patch Management
7 3 (6.98%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (6.98%) Scrum
7 3 (6.98%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (4.65%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) MCSE
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (2.33%) MOS
3 1 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (23.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.98%) GDPR
3 3 (6.98%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.33%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (48.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (30.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.63%) SCCM
3 3 (6.98%) Terraform
4 2 (4.65%) AirWatch
5 1 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.33%) Nessus
5 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (86.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.23%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (25.58%) Sophos
4 10 (23.26%) CyberArk
4 10 (23.26%) Netskope
5 8 (18.60%) Meraki
6 7 (16.28%) Adobe
7 6 (13.95%) ServiceNow
8 5 (11.63%) Synology
8 5 (11.63%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (9.30%) Fortinet
9 4 (9.30%) Proofpoint
10 3 (6.98%) Cisco
10 3 (6.98%) Citrix
10 3 (6.98%) Clearswift
10 3 (6.98%) F5
10 3 (6.98%) Google
10 3 (6.98%) iManage
10 3 (6.98%) Palo Alto
10 3 (6.98%) Tenable