Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 92 81
Rank change year-on-year +21 -11 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 39 61 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.31% 1.91% 2.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.07% 20.47% 22.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 51 76
10th Percentile £221 £129 £163
25th Percentile £235 £214 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £439 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -5.03% +42.31%
75th Percentile £606 £556 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £600
England median daily rate £413 £380 £425
% change year-on-year +8.55% -10.59% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
England median hourly rate £26.45 £23.80 £17.25
% change year-on-year +11.13% +37.97% +7.81%

All Application Platform Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 162 298 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.61% 9.34% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 226 348
10th Percentile £224 £218 £205
25th Percentile £408 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £625
90th Percentile £674 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 23
10th Percentile £13.89 - £17.50
25th Percentile £14.42 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £38.71 £40.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -42.86% +30.84%
75th Percentile £75.15 £68.00 £79.13
90th Percentile £80.83 £74.44 £86.66
England median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year +90.91% -18.52% +61.56%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Dorset - 12 £419 - 7
Wiltshire +33 11 £588 +9.30% 4
Gloucestershire +14 9 £250 -41.18% 13
Bristol +15 7 £235 -21.67% 11
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 9 (23.08%) Skype for Business
3 8 (20.51%) Confluence
4 1 (2.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (33.33%) Azure
3 12 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 9 (23.08%) OneDrive
4 9 (23.08%) SaaS
5 6 (15.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.56%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 20 (51.28%) Skype
2 14 (35.90%) DNS
3 13 (33.33%) DHCP
4 9 (23.08%) VPN
5 5 (12.82%) Unified Communications
6 3 (7.69%) LAN
6 3 (7.69%) WAN
7 2 (5.13%) Firewall
7 2 (5.13%) VLAN
7 2 (5.13%) VoIP
7 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.56%) SMTP
8 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (23.08%) JIRA
2 3 (7.69%) Bitbucket
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Finance
4 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
5 6 (15.38%) Legal
6 3 (7.69%) Military
7 2 (5.13%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.56%) Electronics
8 1 (2.56%) Italian Language
8 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
8 1 (2.56%) Publishing
8 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 10 (25.64%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Desktop Support
3 6 (15.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Wintel Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Senior
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Wintel Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Test Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.56%) Administrator
8 1 (2.56%) Design Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Service Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) PKI
2 2 (5.13%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (53.85%) Windows
2 16 (41.03%) Windows Server
3 15 (38.46%) Windows 10
4 10 (25.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (5.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.56%) Android
8 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) ITIL
2 10 (25.64%) Agile
3 9 (23.08%) Critical Thinking
4 8 (20.51%) Customer Service
4 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.51%) Service Management
5 7 (17.95%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (17.95%) Data Loss Prevention
5 7 (17.95%) ITSM
5 7 (17.95%) Migration
5 7 (17.95%) System Testing
6 6 (15.38%) B2B
6 6 (15.38%) E-Discovery
6 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (12.82%) Case Management
7 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.26%) NsoIT
9 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
9 3 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 3 (7.69%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 18 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 14 (35.90%) SQL
3 1 (2.56%) VB
3 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) Security Cleared
2 19 (48.72%) SC Cleared
3 18 (46.15%) Degree
4 9 (23.08%) MCSE
4 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (17.95%) DV Cleared
6 5 (12.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (12.82%) MCSA
7 2 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) NCSC
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (15.38%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.56%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (23.08%) WSUS
3 7 (17.95%) SCCM
4 3 (7.69%) PingFederate
4 3 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (5.13%) AppManager
5 2 (5.13%) OPNET
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (2.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 36 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) VMware
3 5 (12.82%) Citrix
3 5 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.82%) Veeam
4 3 (7.69%) Atlassian
5 2 (5.13%) Ivanti
6 1 (2.56%) Apple
6 1 (2.56%) Fujitsu
6 1 (2.56%) McAfee
6 1 (2.56%) Remedy
6 1 (2.56%) SAP
6 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.56%) Symantec