Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 120 121
Rank change year-on-year +59 +1 -48
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 118 66 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.58% 1.38% 1.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.69% 18.59% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 56 86
10th Percentile £156 £144 £142
25th Percentile £196 £187 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £300 £338
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% -11.11% +41.66%
75th Percentile £474 £500 £506
90th Percentile £538 £628 £538
England median daily rate £413 £380 £425
% change year-on-year +8.55% -10.59% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.53
25th Percentile £40.50 £13.25 £17.33
Median hourly rate £41.00 £14.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +182.76% -34.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £41.50 £15.75 £24.00
90th Percentile - - £25.20
England median hourly rate £26.45 £23.80 £17.00
% change year-on-year +11.13% +40.00% +6.25%

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 498 355 493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.11% 7.45% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 235 355
10th Percentile £188 £203 £200
25th Percentile £333 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -2.63% +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £610 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 38 10
10th Percentile £16.85 £13.00 £15.89
25th Percentile £24.76 £13.31 £16.63
Median hourly rate £41.00 £15.23 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +169.21% -31.55% +20.27%
75th Percentile £57.59 £44.47 £28.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £46.18 £36.98
England median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +90.91% -12.00% +49.59%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +62 88 £363 +7.41% 37
Yorkshire -1 22 £235 -21.67% 21
North East +5 8 £188 -3.85% 11
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 48 (40.68%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.78%) Skype for Business
3 4 (3.39%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.85%) CICS
5 1 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (29.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 84 (71.19%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (51.69%) Azure
3 52 (44.07%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.56%) IaaS
4 16 (13.56%) OneDrive
5 13 (11.02%) SaaS
6 6 (5.08%) PaaS
7 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.54%) AWS
8 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.19%) DNS
2 23 (19.49%) DHCP
3 22 (18.64%) Firewall
4 17 (14.41%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (13.56%) VPN
6 14 (11.86%) Network Security
7 13 (11.02%) Skype
8 12 (10.17%) LAN
8 12 (10.17%) WAN
9 11 (9.32%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (9.32%) VLAN
10 6 (5.08%) VoIP
11 5 (4.24%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (3.39%) PSTN
12 4 (3.39%) SAN
12 4 (3.39%) SMTP
13 3 (2.54%) Internet
13 3 (2.54%) iSCSI
13 3 (2.54%) Wireless
14 2 (1.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.54%) Power BI
3 2 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
2 3 (2.54%) Hudson
General
1 20 (16.95%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.32%) Telecoms
3 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.39%) Legal
5 4 (3.39%) Military
6 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.54%) Local Government
7 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.69%) Finance
8 1 (0.85%) Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Support Engineer
2 22 (18.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 16 (13.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (12.71%) Desktop Support
5 14 (11.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 11 (9.32%) Analyst
7 9 (7.63%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (6.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.93%) Exchange Engineer
10 6 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (5.08%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (5.08%) IT Engineer
11 5 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (4.24%) Deployment Engineer
11 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 5 (4.24%) IT Support
12 4 (3.39%) 1st Line Support Engineer
12 4 (3.39%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) ISPF
1 1 (0.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.39%) Blackberry
2 4 (3.39%) Handset
3 3 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.54%) IVR
4 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.85%) Blog
5 1 (0.85%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.85%) NHS
5 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (61.02%) Windows
2 33 (27.97%) Windows Server
3 18 (15.25%) Windows 10
4 10 (8.47%) Linux
4 10 (8.47%) VMS
4 10 (8.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (7.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (6.78%) Android
6 8 (6.78%) Windows 7
7 4 (3.39%) Unix
7 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.12%) ITIL
2 28 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (22.88%) ITSM
4 23 (19.49%) Customer Service
4 23 (19.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (12.71%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (11.02%) Agile
6 13 (11.02%) Change Management
6 13 (11.02%) Migration
7 12 (10.17%) Business Continuity
7 12 (10.17%) DevOps
8 11 (9.32%) BCP
8 11 (9.32%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (9.32%) High Availability
8 11 (9.32%) Information Security
8 11 (9.32%) Service Delivery
8 11 (9.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 10 (8.47%) Project Delivery
10 9 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (7.63%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.19%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.24%) VB
2 5 (4.24%) VBScript
3 1 (0.85%) JCL
Qualifications
1 25 (21.19%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 18 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (11.02%) Degree
5 11 (9.32%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.08%) MCSE
7 5 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.54%) CCNA
9 3 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.69%) MCP
10 2 (1.69%) MCSA
11 1 (0.85%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.85%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) SLA
2 4 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.85%) NCSC
4 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 90 (76.27%) Active Directory
2 28 (23.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (11.86%) vSphere
4 5 (4.24%) BitLocker
4 5 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.85%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (40.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (16.10%) SCCM
3 16 (13.56%) WSUS
4 12 (10.17%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (4.24%) AppManager
5 5 (4.24%) vCenter Server
6 4 (3.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.85%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 103 (87.29%) Microsoft
2 42 (35.59%) VMware
3 12 (10.17%) ServiceNow
4 10 (8.47%) Citrix
5 5 (4.24%) Bomgar
5 5 (4.24%) Cisco
5 5 (4.24%) Ivanti
5 5 (4.24%) Meraki
5 5 (4.24%) Wyse
6 4 (3.39%) Clearswift
6 4 (3.39%) iManage
6 4 (3.39%) Ribbon
6 4 (3.39%) Veeam
7 3 (2.54%) Apple
7 3 (2.54%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.85%) Dell
8 1 (0.85%) Google
8 1 (0.85%) HP
8 1 (0.85%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat