Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Exchange Server
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 4.76% 2.13% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 33.33% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £425 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -
75th Percentile - £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £425 £475 £155
% change year-on-year -10.53% +206.45% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £64.63 - -

All Application Platform Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 12 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 14.29% 4.26% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £360 - £243
25th Percentile £413 £463 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +153.85%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £519
90th Percentile £580 - £583
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £363 £638
% change year-on-year +44.83% -43.14% +67.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £41.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.46 - -
Median hourly rate £47.12 £25.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +86.25% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £63.40 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £64.50 £25.30 -
% change year-on-year +154.94% - -

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Preston

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Preston over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Preston

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
2 1 (25.00%) IIS
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) WebEx
General
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (75.00%) Product Requirements
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
1 3 (75.00%) User Stories
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCDP
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) VMware