Microsoft Exchange Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 109 115
Rank change year-on-year -44 +6 -36
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 291 304 409
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.61% 2.22% 2.10%
As % of the Application Platforms category 15.69% 20.29% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 189 253
10th Percentile £153 £159 £158
25th Percentile £190 £209 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £475
90th Percentile £675 £602 £607
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £376
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.38% +0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 36
10th Percentile £20.04 £20.16 -
25th Percentile £59.80 £21.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £69.45 £24.18 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +187.20% +32.49% +25.86%
75th Percentile £79.45 £33.75 £23.91
90th Percentile £99.50 £43.66 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £23.80 £18.50
% change year-on-year +167.86% +28.65% +25.42%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,855 1,498 1,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.23% 10.93% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,307 875 1,196
10th Percentile £213 £205 £213
25th Percentile £358 £344 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -1.10% -4.21%
75th Percentile £552 £550 £588
90th Percentile £660 £638 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 52 99
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.00 £13.83
25th Percentile £18.81 £21.01 £15.42
Median hourly rate £26.31 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.53% +100.00% +28.57%
75th Percentile £69.40 £64.50 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.70 £66.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% +54.17% +34.38%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microsoft Exchange.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
North of England -52 89 £304 -6.46% 54
South East -6 63 £517 +25.90% 56
South West -3 61 £550 +15.79% 17
North West -36 50 £228 -44.88% 23
Midlands -43 35 £188 -27.88% 26
Yorkshire -35 30 £315 +39.78% 26
Wales +12 20 £290 -5.31% 2
West Midlands -40 20 £358 +37.50% 11
East Midlands -12 15 £132 -62.38% 15
Scotland -41 12 £350 +85.43% 6
East of England -31 11 £500 +2.56% 23
North East -5 10 £513 +40.41% 7
South Coast - 1 £550 -
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 126 (43.30%) SharePoint
2 40 (13.75%) Skype for Business
3 17 (5.84%) Exchange Server 2013
4 15 (5.15%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (3.78%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (2.06%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (2.06%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (2.06%) Office Communications Server
7 2 (0.69%) Confluence
8 1 (0.34%) Apache
8 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 78 (26.80%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.69%) assyst
4 1 (0.34%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.34%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 207 (71.13%) Microsoft 365
2 93 (31.96%) Azure
3 59 (20.27%) OneDrive
4 52 (17.87%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.53%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (4.81%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.47%) ShareGate
8 9 (3.09%) AWS
8 9 (3.09%) SaaS
9 6 (2.06%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.72%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.72%) Rubrik
11 4 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.37%) GCP
11 4 (1.37%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.37%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 59 (20.27%) DNS
2 52 (17.87%) Skype
3 45 (15.46%) DHCP
4 22 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (7.22%) TCP/IP
6 19 (6.53%) VPN
7 12 (4.12%) Firewall
8 10 (3.44%) WebEx
9 9 (3.09%) WAN
10 8 (2.75%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (2.75%) LAN
11 7 (2.41%) SAN
11 7 (2.41%) VLAN
12 6 (2.06%) DDNS
12 6 (2.06%) Unified Communications
13 5 (1.72%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.37%) VoIP
15 3 (1.03%) Internet
15 3 (1.03%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.75%) Power BI
3 3 (1.03%) Metadata
4 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (4.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Appium
2 1 (0.34%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.34%) Hudson
2 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 133 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (13.40%) Public Sector
4 32 (11.00%) Finance
5 25 (8.59%) Legal
6 15 (5.15%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.44%) Electronics
7 10 (3.44%) Marketing
7 10 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.03%) Military
12 2 (0.69%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Retail
13 1 (0.34%) Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Games
13 1 (0.34%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (17.18%) Analyst
2 43 (14.78%) Support Engineer
3 30 (10.31%) Architect
4 27 (9.28%) Desktop Support
5 26 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (8.25%) Support Analyst
7 22 (7.56%) IT Support
8 21 (7.22%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 21 (7.22%) Senior
8 21 (7.22%) Service Analyst
8 21 (7.22%) Service Desk Analyst
9 18 (6.19%) IT Engineer
10 16 (5.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 16 (5.50%) Microsoft Engineer
11 14 (4.81%) Consultant
11 14 (4.81%) Exchange Engineer
12 11 (3.78%) 2nd Line Support
12 11 (3.78%) Administrator
12 11 (3.78%) Desktop Engineer
12 11 (3.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.44%) Microsoft Graph
2 9 (3.09%) XMPP
3 4 (1.37%) OAuth
4 3 (1.03%) LDAP
4 3 (1.03%) OpenID
4 3 (1.03%) SAML
4 3 (1.03%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.69%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.34%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.93%) PKI
2 20 (6.87%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.12%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.44%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.06%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.06%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.06%) Replication
6 5 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.37%) NHS
8 3 (1.03%) CMDB
8 3 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.69%) IoT
9 2 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 166 (57.04%) Windows
2 71 (24.40%) Windows 10
3 45 (15.46%) Windows Server
4 27 (9.28%) Linux
5 16 (5.50%) Android
6 12 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.12%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (3.09%) Windows 7
9 7 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (2.06%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (1.37%) Unix
13 3 (1.03%) CentOS
13 3 (1.03%) Windows 8
13 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (27.15%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (23.37%) ITIL
3 57 (19.59%) Migration
4 51 (17.53%) Service Management
5 48 (16.49%) Customer Service
6 30 (10.31%) Mobile Device Management
7 28 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 28 (9.62%) ITSM
8 25 (8.59%) Service Delivery
9 23 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (7.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (6.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (6.19%) Knowledge Transfer
13 17 (5.84%) Identity Access Management
13 17 (5.84%) Validation
14 16 (5.50%) Change Management
15 15 (5.15%) Computer Science
15 15 (5.15%) Critical Thinking
16 14 (4.81%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 94 (32.30%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.15%) SQL
3 10 (3.44%) Python
4 9 (3.09%) Perl
5 6 (2.06%) Bash
5 6 (2.06%) VBScript
6 5 (1.72%) VB
7 4 (1.37%) Java
7 4 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (34.02%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.71%) SC Cleared
3 41 (14.09%) DV Cleared
4 36 (12.37%) Degree
5 22 (7.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.50%) ITIL Certification
7 14 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (4.12%) CCNA
9 11 (3.78%) CCNP
10 10 (3.44%) MCSE
11 8 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.72%) CCDP
12 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.69%) GCFE
14 2 (0.69%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.90%) GDPR
2 12 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.78%) SLA
4 4 (1.37%) FINRA
4 4 (1.37%) MiFID
5 3 (1.03%) NCSC
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 201 (69.07%) Active Directory
2 26 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.41%) BitLocker
5 6 (2.06%) Brightmail
5 6 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.06%) ISA Server
6 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.72%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.03%) Sendmail
7 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.69%) Firmware
9 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (15.81%) SCCM
2 35 (12.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (6.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (4.12%) WSUS
5 8 (2.75%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.03%) OPNET
9 2 (0.69%) EnCase
9 2 (0.69%) FTK
9 2 (0.69%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.69%) SCOM
10 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 247 (84.88%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.03%) VMware
3 31 (10.65%) Cisco
4 28 (9.62%) ServiceNow
5 19 (6.53%) HP
6 18 (6.19%) Apple
7 16 (5.50%) Citrix
8 15 (5.15%) MobileIron
9 13 (4.47%) Veeam
10 12 (4.12%) Red Hat
11 11 (3.78%) SolarWinds
12 10 (3.44%) SAP
13 6 (2.06%) Bomgar
13 6 (2.06%) iManage
13 6 (2.06%) Workday
14 5 (1.72%) Google
14 5 (1.72%) Splunk
15 4 (1.37%) Remedy
16 3 (1.03%) Dell
17 2 (0.69%) Commvault