Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 51 114
Rank change year-on-year -48 +63 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 11 70 26
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.71% 4.16% 1.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.96% 25.55% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 11
10th Percentile £185 £148 £178
25th Percentile £206 £166 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £431 £220
Median % change year-on-year -27.54% +96.02% +25.71%
75th Percentile £441 £471 £363
90th Percentile £488 £541 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £24.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +35.44% +3.57%
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £24.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +156.25% +14.29% +37.70%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 158 274 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.23% 16.30% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 154 194
10th Percentile £268 £152 £300
25th Percentile £361 £331 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £436 £555
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -21.49% +26.71%
75th Percentile £525 £513 £684
90th Percentile £625 £602 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 4
10th Percentile £14.16 £19.04 -
25th Percentile £15.59 £20.85 £15.42
Median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £16.57
Median % change year-on-year -23.40% +41.82% -6.49%
75th Percentile £39.64 £24.18 £21.42
90th Percentile £52.60 £27.81 £28.07
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £26.78
% change year-on-year -22.26% +30.69% +44.76%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Scotland

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Glasgow -31 9 £413 -7.92% 2
Banffshire - 1 £190 -
West Lothian - 1 £225 -
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Anypoint
2 1 (9.09%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) AMQP
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) DSL
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) IMAP
1 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Hudson
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Server Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Architect
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Camel
1 1 (9.09%) JWT
1 1 (9.09%) Kafka
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
1 1 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) SOAP
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Clustering
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Unix
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (36.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Antivirus Management
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) SDLC
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) API Design
5 1 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (9.09%) DevOps
5 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Microservices
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (9.09%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) DataWeave
2 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
3 1 (9.09%) Pegasus
3 1 (9.09%) Sage
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Xero