Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microsoft Exchange skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 98 91
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 358 624 874
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.72% 2.58% 2.83%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.20% 22.79% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 475 640
10th Percentile £150 £146 £138
25th Percentile £203 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £275
Median % change year-on-year - +36.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £556 £506 £438
90th Percentile £608 £600 £525
UK median daily rate £380 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -10.59% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 27 81
10th Percentile £13.97 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.99 £17.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £40.00 £21.00 £19.25
90th Percentile - £28.29 £23.50
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year +18.75% +21.21% +1.60%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,772 2,738 3,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.52% 11.32% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,187 1,959 2,680
10th Percentile £211 £204 £185
25th Percentile £325 £350 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £498 £511 £517
% change year-on-year -2.64% -1.11% +8.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 102 142
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.75 £17.48 £15.04
Median hourly rate £24.09 £26.24 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +39.95% -6.25%
75th Percentile £46.18 £65.94 £36.27
90th Percentile £69.63 £78.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £28.01 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -34.10% +93.18% -2.22%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

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 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK excluding London

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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
South East -36 82 £465 +49.99% 77
North of England -1 66 £300 -11.11% 80
South West -8 63 £425 -10.53% 46
Midlands -12 56 £350 +7.69% 54
West Midlands +20 43 £375 - 38
Scotland +13 43 £223 -5.32% 10
East of England -1 37 £425 -1.73% 54
North West -4 32 £338 -25.00% 45
Yorkshire +12 31 £300 +20.00% 30
East Midlands -12 12 £150 -32.74% 16
Wales -15 9 £265 -49.52% 7
North East +15 3 £195 +23.81% 5
Northern Ireland -1 3 - - 6
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 99 (27.65%) SharePoint
2 29 (8.10%) Confluence
3 9 (2.51%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.51%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (2.51%) IIS
3 9 (2.51%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.40%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (1.40%) nginx
5 4 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 36 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.28%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) assyst
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 220 (61.45%) Microsoft 365
2 138 (38.55%) Azure
3 66 (18.44%) Entra ID
4 54 (15.08%) OneDrive
5 21 (5.87%) Azure Monitor
6 19 (5.31%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.91%) Azure Storage
8 11 (3.07%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.79%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.40%) AWS
12 4 (1.12%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.56%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.56%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.56%) IaaS
14 2 (0.56%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.56%) PaaS
15 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 86 (24.02%) DNS
2 73 (20.39%) DHCP
3 71 (19.83%) Firewall
4 35 (9.78%) VPN
5 27 (7.54%) SAN
6 22 (6.15%) WAN
7 21 (5.87%) LAN
8 18 (5.03%) Skype
9 14 (3.91%) SMTP
9 14 (3.91%) TCP/IP
9 14 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (3.35%) VLAN
11 11 (3.07%) Unified Communications
12 9 (2.51%) MPLS
12 9 (2.51%) NAS
13 8 (2.23%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (2.23%) Wireless
14 7 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (1.68%) iSCSI
15 6 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.63%) Power BI
3 8 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.12%) Big Data
6 3 (0.84%) MySQL
7 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 35 (9.78%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.28%) Hudson
General
1 132 (36.87%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.17%) Public Sector
3 37 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.75%) Military
5 16 (4.47%) Finance
6 14 (3.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.51%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.23%) Marketing
9 7 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Automotive
11 4 (1.12%) Banking
11 4 (1.12%) Electronics
11 4 (1.12%) Local Government
11 4 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.84%) Advertising
12 3 (0.84%) Legal
13 2 (0.56%) Digital Economy
13 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (16.48%) Analyst
2 52 (14.53%) Support Engineer
3 47 (13.13%) IT Support
4 42 (11.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 34 (9.50%) IT Engineer
6 28 (7.82%) Service Analyst
6 28 (7.82%) Service Desk Analyst
7 27 (7.54%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
8 25 (6.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 25 (6.98%) Senior
9 24 (6.70%) Exchange Engineer
10 19 (5.31%) IT Analyst
11 18 (5.03%) Administrator
12 16 (4.47%) Active Directory Support
13 15 (4.19%) Azure Specialist
13 15 (4.19%) Integration Engineer
13 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Engineer
13 15 (4.19%) Test and Integration Engineer
13 15 (4.19%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.91%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.68%) LDAP
3 4 (1.12%) REST
3 4 (1.12%) XMPP
4 3 (0.84%) .NET
4 3 (0.84%) EDI
5 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.56%) ADSI
5 2 (0.56%) CSS
5 2 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.56%) LAMP
5 2 (0.56%) XML
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.28%) COM
6 1 (0.28%) HTML
6 1 (0.28%) HTML5
6 1 (0.28%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.64%) PKI
2 22 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.59%) Clustering
4 18 (5.03%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.23%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.96%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.68%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.40%) Blackberry
9 3 (0.84%) BYOD
9 3 (0.84%) CCTV
9 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.84%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.84%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.56%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Replication
11 1 (0.28%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 246 (68.72%) Windows
2 113 (31.56%) Windows Server
3 72 (20.11%) Windows 10
4 42 (11.73%) Linux
5 40 (11.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 40 (11.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (7.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (4.19%) VMS
8 13 (3.63%) Android
8 13 (3.63%) Mac OS
9 12 (3.35%) Apple iOS
9 12 (3.35%) Unix
9 12 (3.35%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.51%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (1.68%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.12%) Mac OS X
13 4 (1.12%) Windows 2000
14 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (23.18%) ITIL
2 62 (17.32%) Customer Service
3 54 (15.08%) Agile
4 44 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (12.29%) Migration
5 38 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (8.10%) Identity Management
6 29 (8.10%) Service Management
7 26 (7.26%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 24 (6.70%) DevOps
8 24 (6.70%) Problem Management
9 23 (6.42%) CI/CD
10 21 (5.87%) ITSM
11 20 (5.59%) Service Delivery
12 18 (5.03%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (5.03%) Release Management
13 17 (4.75%) Critical Thinking
13 17 (4.75%) Data Protection
14 16 (4.47%) Analytics
14 16 (4.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (27.09%) PowerShell
2 39 (10.89%) SQL
3 14 (3.91%) Bicep
3 14 (3.91%) C#
3 14 (3.91%) VB
3 14 (3.91%) VBScript
4 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.28%) Bash
5 1 (0.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 89 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 84 (23.46%) Degree
3 73 (20.39%) SC Cleared
4 39 (10.89%) DV Cleared
5 36 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (7.82%) MCSE
7 21 (5.87%) MCSA
8 19 (5.31%) CCNA
8 19 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (5.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (5.03%) MCP
10 15 (4.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.68%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.56%) MCITP
13 2 (0.56%) MCSD
14 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.28%) CISM
14 1 (0.28%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.98%) SLA
2 6 (1.68%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) COBIT
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 286 (79.89%) Active Directory
2 61 (17.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (7.26%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (6.15%) Hyper-V
5 21 (5.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (3.35%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (3.35%) vSphere
8 9 (2.51%) VMware Workstation
9 8 (2.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (1.96%) BitLocker
10 7 (1.96%) Terminal Services
11 6 (1.68%) VMware NSX
12 5 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (1.40%) Docker
12 5 (1.40%) XenApp
12 5 (1.40%) XenDesktop
13 4 (1.12%) Firmware
13 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 95 (26.54%) SCCM
2 65 (18.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (8.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 24 (6.70%) SCOM
5 22 (6.15%) WSUS
6 20 (5.59%) Kubernetes
7 15 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (4.19%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (2.23%) Ansible
9 8 (2.23%) Nagios
9 8 (2.23%) NetBackup
10 6 (1.68%) Terraform
10 6 (1.68%) vMotion
11 5 (1.40%) MAILsweeper
12 4 (1.12%) AirWatch
12 4 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.84%) AppManager
13 3 (0.84%) PaperCut
14 2 (0.56%) OPNET
Vendors
1 224 (62.57%) Microsoft
2 96 (26.82%) VMware
3 38 (10.61%) Citrix
4 21 (5.87%) Cisco
5 15 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.63%) NetApp
6 13 (3.63%) Veeam
7 12 (3.35%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.51%) HP
9 8 (2.23%) Hitachi
9 8 (2.23%) Sophos
10 7 (1.96%) CA
10 7 (1.96%) Oracle
10 7 (1.96%) Proofpoint
11 6 (1.68%) Apple
11 6 (1.68%) Clearswift
11 6 (1.68%) Infoblox
11 6 (1.68%) Remedy
11 6 (1.68%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.40%) WatchGuard