Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Microsoft Exchange Server
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 65 64
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 19 11 26
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.45% 1.23% 2.03%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.14% 14.47% 20.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 3
10th Percentile £506 £425 £325
25th Percentile £525 £435 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £500 £516
90th Percentile £646 £545 £540
South East median daily rate £525 £428 £411
% change year-on-year +22.81% +4.01% +32.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 - -
Median hourly rate £16.71 - -
75th Percentile £17.79 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - +172.73%

All Application Platform Skills
Hampshire

Microsoft Exchange falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 70 76 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 5.34% 8.47% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 37 63
10th Percentile £374 £358 £377
25th Percentile £400 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £525 £588
90th Percentile £661 £575 £671
South East median daily rate £525 £455 £475
% change year-on-year +15.38% -4.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 13
10th Percentile - £54.63 £52.00
25th Percentile £15.62 £60.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate £16.71 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.27% - +32.77%
75th Percentile £17.79 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile - £71.25 -
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +29.60% +4.17% +184.63%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Exchange relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Hampshire

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Basingstoke -5 7 £600 +37.14% 1
Portsmouth -4 4 - - 3
Eastleigh - 2 £500 -
Hayling Island - 1 £650 -
Aldershot - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Exchange
South East

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
1 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (36.84%) Office Communications Server
2 7 (36.84%) SharePoint Server
2 7 (36.84%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) DNS
2 8 (42.11%) DHCP
3 7 (36.84%) DDNS
3 7 (36.84%) SAN
3 7 (36.84%) VPN
General
1 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.26%) Military
2 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Exchange Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Support
2 7 (36.84%) Support Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Replication
2 2 (10.53%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (10.53%) Linux
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) High Availability
2 7 (36.84%) Architectural Design
2 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (36.84%) Content Management
2 7 (36.84%) Enterprise Content Management
2 7 (36.84%) Enterprise Search
2 7 (36.84%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Validation
6 1 (5.26%) Agile
6 1 (5.26%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.26%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (5.26%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (5.26%) Regression Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.26%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.26%) Workflow
6 1 (5.26%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) DV Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) MCSA
4 1 (5.26%) MCSE
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (78.95%) Active Directory
2 7 (36.84%) Brightmail
2 7 (36.84%) ISA Server
3 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.26%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Broadcom
3 1 (5.26%) Carbon Black
3 1 (5.26%) Datto
3 1 (5.26%) Dell
3 1 (5.26%) HP
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.26%) Toshiba
3 1 (5.26%) Trend Micro