Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 43 105 106
Rank change year-on-year +62 +1 -31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 88 32 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.47% 1.16% 1.60%
As % of the Application Platforms category 28.66% 16.33% 19.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 26 41
10th Percentile £151 £143 £140
25th Percentile £209 £178 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £338 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -25.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £508 £447 £538
90th Percentile £538 £628 £550
England median daily rate £413 £380 £425
% change year-on-year +8.55% -10.59% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile - - £16.00
Median hourly rate - - £19.65
75th Percentile - - £22.98
90th Percentile - - £24.79
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 307 196 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.60% 7.11% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 123 187
10th Percentile £187 £230 £231
25th Percentile £325 £312 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £510 £520 £550
90th Percentile £588 £613 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 8
10th Percentile £16.25 - £15.18
25th Percentile £22.01 £13.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.59 £32.12 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% +56.66% +9.33%
75th Percentile £65.13 £45.00 £26.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £46.18 £39.93
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the North West

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the North West

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the North West

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the North West

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +42 40 £392 -10.51% 22
Cumbria - 22 £525 - 2
Cheshire +5 15 £230 -34.29% 6
Merseyside +6 7 £135 -6.90% 2
Lancashire - 4 £438 - 10
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 40 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.09%) Skype for Business
3 4 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.27%) Confluence
5 1 (1.14%) CICS
5 1 (1.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (23.86%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 64 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (63.64%) Azure
3 47 (53.41%) Entra ID
4 13 (14.77%) IaaS
4 13 (14.77%) SaaS
5 11 (12.50%) OneDrive
6 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.41%) PaaS
8 2 (2.27%) AWS
9 1 (1.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (21.59%) DNS
2 18 (20.45%) DHCP
3 17 (19.32%) Firewall
4 13 (14.77%) Skype
5 11 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 11 (12.50%) Network Security
5 11 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (7.95%) LAN
6 7 (7.95%) WAN
7 6 (6.82%) VPN
8 5 (5.68%) VLAN
9 4 (4.55%) PSTN
9 4 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (4.55%) SAN
9 4 (4.55%) SMTP
10 3 (3.41%) Internet
10 3 (3.41%) iSCSI
10 3 (3.41%) Wireless
11 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
12 1 (1.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.55%) JIRA
2 3 (3.41%) Hudson
General
1 14 (15.91%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 10 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.55%) Legal
4 4 (4.55%) Military
5 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Banking
6 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 19 (21.59%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.23%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (9.09%) Analyst
5 7 (7.95%) Exchange Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) 1st Line Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Collaboration Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) IT Support
9 3 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Consultant
9 3 (3.41%) Desktop Support
9 3 (3.41%) IT Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.41%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.14%) ISPF
1 1 (1.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.55%) Blackberry
1 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
1 4 (4.55%) Handset
2 3 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.41%) IVR
3 2 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.14%) Blog
4 1 (1.14%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.14%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.14%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.14%) NHS
4 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (62.50%) Windows
2 32 (36.36%) Windows Server
3 12 (13.64%) Windows 10
4 10 (11.36%) VMS
5 9 (10.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (9.09%) Android
6 8 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (7.95%) Linux
7 7 (7.95%) Windows 7
8 4 (4.55%) Unix
8 4 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (27.27%) ITIL
3 22 (25.00%) ITSM
4 20 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (14.77%) Migration
6 12 (13.64%) Business Continuity
6 12 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 12 (13.64%) DevOps
7 11 (12.50%) Agile
7 11 (12.50%) BCP
7 11 (12.50%) Change Management
7 11 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (12.50%) High Availability
7 11 (12.50%) Information Security
7 11 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 9 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.23%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (10.23%) Problem Management
8 9 (10.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.68%) VB
2 5 (5.68%) VBScript
3 1 (1.14%) JCL
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 24 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 18 (20.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.82%) MCSE
5 4 (4.55%) Degree
5 4 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.27%) MCP
6 2 (2.27%) MCSA
7 1 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.14%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.95%) SLA
2 3 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.14%) NCSC
3 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 66 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (12.50%) vSphere
4 5 (5.68%) BitLocker
4 5 (5.68%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (3.41%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.14%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 37 (42.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (18.18%) WSUS
3 11 (12.50%) SCCM
3 11 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (4.55%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.14%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 79 (89.77%) Microsoft
2 33 (37.50%) VMware
3 8 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.82%) Citrix
5 5 (5.68%) Wyse
6 4 (4.55%) Bomgar
6 4 (4.55%) Clearswift
6 4 (4.55%) iManage
6 4 (4.55%) Ribbon
7 3 (3.41%) Apple
8 1 (1.14%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.14%) Cisco
8 1 (1.14%) Dell
8 1 (1.14%) Google
8 1 (1.14%) HP
8 1 (1.14%) IBM
8 1 (1.14%) McAfee
8 1 (1.14%) Meraki
8 1 (1.14%) Oracle
8 1 (1.14%) Symantec