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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 102 112
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 -28
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 35 24 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.58% 0.98% 1.25%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.78% 13.41% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 26
10th Percentile £150 £191 £170
25th Percentile £207 £213 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £450 £370
Median % change year-on-year -48.89% +21.62% +32.14%
75th Percentile £403 £643 £438
90th Percentile £491 £650 £538
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £39.25 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year - +136.16% +58.29%
England median hourly rate £26.00 £23.80 £19.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +22.05% +25.81%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 297 179 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.38% 7.31% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 125 170
10th Percentile £292 £223 £219
25th Percentile £349 £371 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £608
90th Percentile £600 £643 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 9
10th Percentile £34.50 £24.76 -
25th Percentile £37.80 £28.45 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.12 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.80% +110.53% -70.30%
75th Percentile £72.60 £45.94 £22.53
90th Percentile £76.50 £54.75 £26.02
England median hourly rate £41.26 £37.50 £46.09
% change year-on-year +10.01% -18.64% +109.50%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Exchange

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 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the North West

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -7 12 £383 -15.00% 27
Cheshire -15 12 £228 -41.67% 5
Cumbria - 7 £445 - 1
Merseyside +3 2 £138 -38.89% 1
Lancashire -6 2 £263 -44.74% 17
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 10 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 9 (25.71%) Skype for Business
3 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (34.29%) Azure
3 9 (25.71%) Entra ID
4 7 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (11.43%) IaaS
6 3 (8.57%) SaaS
7 2 (5.71%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Skype
2 5 (14.29%) VPN
3 4 (11.43%) DHCP
3 4 (11.43%) DNS
3 4 (11.43%) Firewall
3 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (11.43%) Network Security
3 4 (11.43%) PSTN
3 4 (11.43%) SMTP
4 3 (8.57%) LAN
4 3 (8.57%) WAN
5 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.71%) VLAN
5 2 (5.71%) WebEx
5 2 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.86%) H.323
6 1 (2.86%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.86%) SAN
6 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Appium
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
1 1 (2.86%) Selenium
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Legal
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Support Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 5 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (11.43%) Collaboration Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Exchange Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) IT Support
5 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (5.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Operational Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Operations Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.43%) Blackberry
2 4 (11.43%) Handset
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.86%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Windows Server
3 6 (17.14%) Windows 10
3 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (11.43%) Android
5 3 (8.57%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.86%) Linux
7 1 (2.86%) Unix
7 1 (2.86%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (25.71%) ITIL
3 8 (22.86%) Problem Management
4 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
4 6 (17.14%) High Availability
4 6 (17.14%) ITSM
4 6 (17.14%) Migration
5 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 4 (11.43%) Analytics
6 4 (11.43%) Business Continuity Planning
6 4 (11.43%) Change Management
6 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (11.43%) Line Management
6 4 (11.43%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (11.43%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (11.43%) Service Management
6 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (11.43%) Web Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) VB
2 2 (5.71%) VBScript
3 1 (2.86%) Java
3 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.86%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
1 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (11.43%) Azure Certification
4 4 (11.43%) DBS Check
4 4 (11.43%) Degree
5 2 (5.71%) MCSE
6 1 (2.86%) MCP
6 1 (2.86%) MCSA
6 1 (2.86%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 24 (68.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.43%) vSphere
4 2 (5.71%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.43%) SCCM
3 3 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.86%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) VMware
3 4 (11.43%) Clearswift
3 4 (11.43%) Ribbon
4 3 (8.57%) Citrix
4 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.71%) Blue Prism
5 2 (5.71%) Oracle
6 1 (2.86%) Apple
6 1 (2.86%) Bomgar
6 1 (2.86%) Google
6 1 (2.86%) iManage
6 1 (2.86%) UiPath