Exchange Architect Contract Job Trends

Exchange Architect
UK

The median Exchange Architect daily rate in the UK is £521, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 536 594
Rank change year-on-year -50 +58 +207
Contract jobs requiring an Exchange Architect 5 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.016% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £468 £680 £466
25th Percentile £494 £688 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -25.54% +43.59% -30.36%
75th Percentile £541 £750 £497
90th Percentile £546 £765 £499
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -34.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 33,545 31,624 41,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.80% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,197 19,461 27,642
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £643
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,986 989 1,457
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.60 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.08 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%

Exchange Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Exchange Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Exchange Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Exchange Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Exchange Architect job vacancies in the UK

Exchange Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Exchange Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Exchange Architect job vacancies in the UK

Exchange Architect
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exchange Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England -42 4 £518 -26.07% 1
Work from Home -1 3 £538 -23.21%
London -1 3 £518 -26.07%
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1

Exchange Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Exchange Architect 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 featuring Exchange Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) Validation
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) E-Discovery
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (40.00%) Runbook
4 2 (40.00%) SMTP
5 1 (20.00%) API Integration
5 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Change Control
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (20.00%) DHCP
5 1 (20.00%) DKIM
5 1 (20.00%) DMARC
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (20.00%) GDPR
5 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Exchange Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) SMTP
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DKIM
2 1 (20.00%) DMARC
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Graph
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) E-Discovery
3 2 (40.00%) Runbook
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft