Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft Exchange Server
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -36 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 25 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 3.16% 2.56% 0.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 15.92% 10.91% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 2
10th Percentile £304 £209 £154
25th Percentile £450 £209 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £217 £170
Median % change year-on-year +138.05% +27.76% -
75th Percentile £558 £225 £180
90th Percentile £594 - £186
South Yorkshire median daily rate £534 £217 £170
% change year-on-year +145.87% +27.76% -29.17%

All Application Platform Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 157 55 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 19.85% 23.50% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 33 25
10th Percentile £304 £252 £214
25th Percentile £414 £464 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £430
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +18.60% -14.00%
75th Percentile £552 £568 £588
90th Percentile £688 £620 £610
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £505 £430
% change year-on-year -0.99% +17.44% -14.00%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Sheffield over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Sheffield

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 20 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (80.00%) OneDrive
3 15 (60.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 8 (32.00%) Rubrik
5 3 (12.00%) ShareGate
6 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) DKIM
1 2 (8.00%) DMARC
1 2 (8.00%) DNS
1 2 (8.00%) SMTP
2 1 (4.00%) Internet
2 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 12 (48.00%) Legal
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (92.00%) Architect
2 22 (88.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Analyst
3 1 (4.00%) Exchange Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Senior
3 1 (4.00%) Senior Exchange Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) E-Discovery
2 12 (48.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 11 (44.00%) Information Governance
3 11 (44.00%) Records Management
4 10 (40.00%) Runbook
5 9 (36.00%) Data Architecture
6 8 (32.00%) Case Management
6 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
7 7 (28.00%) Incident Response
7 7 (28.00%) Internal Audit
8 6 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (20.00%) High Availability
10 4 (16.00%) Identity Management
11 3 (12.00%) Migration
11 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (12.00%) Zero Trust
12 2 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
12 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
12 2 (8.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (32.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (76.00%) GDPR
2 10 (40.00%) FINRA
2 10 (40.00%) MiFID
3 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft