Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Exchange Server
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 78 80
Rank change year-on-year +18 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 5 15 7
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.84% 1.37% 0.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.02% 21.13% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 5
10th Percentile £443 - £405
25th Percentile £563 £603 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £605 £468
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +29.27% -18.61%
75th Percentile £775 £608 £494
90th Percentile £783 - £498
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £605 £425
% change year-on-year -4.96% +42.35% +1.80%

All Application Platform Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 83 71 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 13.88% 6.50% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 46 44
10th Percentile £350 £281 £374
25th Percentile £403 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 £494
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +2.53% +9.72%
75th Percentile £611 £608 £625
90th Percentile £713 - £655
Berkshire median daily rate £519 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +3.75% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £20.51
25th Percentile - £61.58 £26.01
Median hourly rate - £63.15 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year - +74.59% -
75th Percentile - £64.73 £46.84
90th Percentile - - £52.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.50 £52.83 £63.00
% change year-on-year +18.32% -16.15% -31.89%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Reading

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Reading over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Reading

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (40.00%) Document Management
1 2 (40.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) GCFA
1 2 (40.00%) GCFE
1 2 (40.00%) GCIH
1 2 (40.00%) GREM
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) EnCase
1 2 (40.00%) FTK
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (40.00%) Darktrace