Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 72 58
Rank change year-on-year -23 -14 +25
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 23 60 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.16% 2.23% 3.19%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.43% 28.57% 26.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 48 92
10th Percentile £185 £145 £122
25th Percentile £306 £213 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £333
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.26% +20.91%
75th Percentile - £400 £446
90th Percentile £425 £450 £574
England median daily rate £400 £400 £425
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £14.24 £16.84
25th Percentile - £14.77 £17.72
Median hourly rate - £15.65 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -21.75% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £15.83 £26.48
90th Percentile - £15.93 -
England median hourly rate £26.45 £23.80 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.13% +34.31% +8.61%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 185 210 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.35% 7.80% 11.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 150 281
10th Percentile £268 £150 £173
25th Percentile £363 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% -16.67% +0.45%
75th Percentile £538 £492 £540
90th Percentile £575 £638 £625
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 7
10th Percentile £22.34 £15.79 £14.55
25th Percentile £28.09 £22.12 £16.99
Median hourly rate £38.88 £30.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.46% +64.86% +5.71%
75th Percentile £50.34 £51.91 £23.24
90th Percentile £56.51 - £26.48
England median hourly rate £53.06 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +86.16% -24.00% +66.67%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
West Midlands -13 19 £400 +6.67% 39
East Midlands -6 4 £220 +46.67% 25
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (47.83%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.35%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 20 (86.96%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (34.78%) OneDrive
3 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 6 (26.09%) Entra ID
3 6 (26.09%) Power Platform
4 4 (17.39%) Mimecast
4 4 (17.39%) PowerApps
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (13.04%) Power Automate
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Storage
6 1 (4.35%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.35%) SaaS
6 1 (4.35%) ShareGate
6 1 (4.35%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.35%) DKIM
2 1 (4.35%) DMARC
2 1 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Advertising
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Legal
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Lead
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.35%) Administrator
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Migration Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Migration
2 5 (21.74%) User Experience
3 4 (17.39%) Change Management
3 4 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
3 4 (17.39%) Information Security
3 4 (17.39%) ITSM
3 4 (17.39%) PLM
3 4 (17.39%) Strategic Planning
3 4 (17.39%) System Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (8.70%) RBAC
5 2 (8.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 4 (17.39%) Proofpoint
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (4.35%) Snow