Exchange Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Exchange Engineer
England > South East

The median Exchange Engineer daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 172 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Exchange Engineer 14 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.32% 0.053% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.057% -
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £508 £415 -
25th Percentile £525 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £426 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.76% - -
75th Percentile - £446 -
90th Percentile £626 £452 -
England median daily rate £550 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,941 3,515 4,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 92.96% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,556 2,194 3,063
10th Percentile £221 £237 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £686 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 139 234
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.33 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +51.04%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.59 £66.19
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Exchange Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Exchange Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Exchange Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Exchange Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Exchange Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Exchange Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Exchange Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Exchange Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Exchange Engineer in the South East

Exchange Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Exchange Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Exchange Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Exchange Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Engineer within the South East 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
Hampshire -3 14 £600 +37.14%
Exchange Engineer
England

Exchange Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Exchange Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Exchange Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (78.57%) DNS
2 11 (78.57%) High Availability
3 9 (64.29%) Architectural Design
3 9 (64.29%) Brightmail
3 9 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (64.29%) Content Management
3 9 (64.29%) DDNS
3 9 (64.29%) DHCP
3 9 (64.29%) DV Cleared
3 9 (64.29%) Enterprise Content Management
3 9 (64.29%) Enterprise Search
3 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (64.29%) ISA Server
3 9 (64.29%) ITIL
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Clustering
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (64.29%) Office Communications Server
3 9 (64.29%) SAN
3 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
3 9 (64.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (64.29%) SharePoint Server
3 9 (64.29%) Skype for Business
3 9 (64.29%) VPN

Exchange Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2013
2 9 (64.29%) Office Communications Server
2 9 (64.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (64.29%) SharePoint Server
2 9 (64.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) DNS
2 9 (64.29%) DDNS
2 9 (64.29%) DHCP
2 9 (64.29%) SAN
2 9 (64.29%) VPN
General
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) High Availability
2 9 (64.29%) Architectural Design
2 9 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (64.29%) Content Management
2 9 (64.29%) Enterprise Content Management
2 9 (64.29%) Enterprise Search
2 9 (64.29%) ITIL
3 5 (35.71%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) DV Cleared
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (64.29%) Brightmail
2 9 (64.29%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft