Exchange Server 2003 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Exchange Server 2003 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 518 595
Rank change year-on-year -57 +77 +169
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.009% 0.009%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.13% 0.085% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile - £229 £384
25th Percentile - £291 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.79% +115.91%
75th Percentile £638 £503 £488
90th Percentile £660 £561 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £400 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Exchange Server 2003 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,744 3,516 4,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.04% 11.05% 9.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,598 2,161 2,870
10th Percentile £290 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £624 £610
90th Percentile £693 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £451
% change year-on-year +5.56% -0.28% -5.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 73 138
10th Percentile £14.89 £17.08 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £24.47
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +51.24% +36.98%
75th Percentile £68.90 £62.50 £61.75
90th Percentile £81.70 £66.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.96 £47.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -49.56% +104.61% +32.66%

Exchange Server 2003
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Exchange Server 2003 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Exchange Server 2003 job vacancy trend in the UK

Exchange Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2003.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2003

Exchange Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2003.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2003

Exchange Server 2003
Top 3 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 Server 2003 within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
UK excluding London -44 5 £600 +50.00%
England -56 5 £600 -
South East - 5 £600 -

Exchange Server 2003
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%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Office Communications Server
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DDNS
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Support
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Content Management
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Search
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Brightmail
1 5 (100.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft