Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Exchange Server
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 27 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 18 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 9.09% 1.84% 3.37%
As % of the Application Platforms category 69.23% 12.50% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 6
10th Percentile £330 £778 £139
25th Percentile £366 £781 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £825 £175
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% +371.43% -53.02%
75th Percentile £492 £925 £252
90th Percentile £593 £963 £606
South West median daily rate £550 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £60.15 - -
25th Percentile £60.38 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.38 - -
90th Percentile £64.05 - -
South West median hourly rate £61.50 - £18.56
% change year-on-year - - -55.74%

All Application Platform Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 26 24 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 13.13% 14.72% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 14
10th Percentile £220 £191 £161
25th Percentile £325 £225 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £225
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% +11.11% -43.75%
75th Percentile £488 £673 £531
90th Percentile £575 £855 £643
South West median daily rate £575 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +17.95% -11.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £60.15 - £46.02
25th Percentile £60.38 - £46.05
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £46.09
Median % change year-on-year - - +152.55%
75th Percentile £63.38 - £46.14
90th Percentile £64.05 - £46.16
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £70.51 £21.64
% change year-on-year -68.09% +225.83% -68.27%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Somerset over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Somerset

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 19 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
Yeovil - 6 £438 -
Taunton - 2 £383 - 1
Microsoft Exchange
South West

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 13 (72.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (77.78%) Azure
3 10 (55.56%) Entra ID
4 8 (44.44%) ShareGate
5 6 (33.33%) OneDrive
6 3 (16.67%) AWS
6 3 (16.67%) GCP
6 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 3 (16.67%) SaaS
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) DHCP
1 3 (16.67%) Kerberos
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) LAN
2 2 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) DKIM
3 1 (5.56%) DMARC
3 1 (5.56%) DNS
3 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.56%) VLAN
3 1 (5.56%) WAN
3 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Metadata
1 3 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Electronics
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Migration Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Junior
4 2 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Junior Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Migration Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Exchange Migration Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) LDAP
1 3 (16.67%) OAuth
1 3 (16.67%) OpenID
1 3 (16.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
1 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Migration
2 7 (38.89%) Change Management
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (33.33%) Validation
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 4 (22.22%) Information Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) Runbook
4 4 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Data Transformation
5 3 (16.67%) DevOps
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) GDPR
1 8 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) SCCM
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (5.56%) HP ALM
4 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix
3 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.56%) HP
3 1 (5.56%) NetApp
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.56%) Veeam
3 1 (5.56%) VMware