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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 549 563
Rank change year-on-year - +14 +85
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2003 0 13 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.039% 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 0.36% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 2
10th Percentile - £533 £466
25th Percentile - - £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £505
Median % change year-on-year - +18.81% +304.00%
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - £630 £557
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 £505
% change year-on-year - +18.81% +304.00%

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 4,709 3,624 4,151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 10.98% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,086 2,347 2,754
10th Percentile £281 £278 £275
25th Percentile £402 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -8.10% +2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £713 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +2.22% -4.26% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 94 88
10th Percentile £14.96 £17.53 £17.08
25th Percentile £17.31 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.28 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.26% +3.37% -29.63%
75th Percentile £62.72 £65.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.22 £77.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £41.26 £48.56
% change year-on-year -21.22% -15.04% +6.73%

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