Exchange Server 2013 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Exchange Server 2013 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 544 631
Rank change year-on-year +5 +87 +137
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 26 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.057% 0.030%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.74% 0.53% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 5
10th Percentile £533 £171 £324
25th Percentile - £223 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £423 £375
Median % change year-on-year +42.01% +12.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile - £488 £400
90th Percentile £630 £511 £445
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £423 £395
% change year-on-year +42.01% +6.96% -7.06%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Exchange Server 2013 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 3,508 4,140 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.74% 10.78% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,271 2,720 3,484
10th Percentile £275 £263 £256
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £646 £638
90th Percentile £700 £825 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 84 158
10th Percentile £17.16 £17.35 £16.21
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £20.81
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -24.75% +129.55%
75th Percentile £64.69 £70.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £48.56 £46.18
% change year-on-year -27.92% +5.15% +132.64%

Exchange Server 2013
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Exchange Server 2013 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Exchange Server 2013 in the UK

Exchange Server 2013
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2013.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2013

Exchange Server 2013
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2013.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Exchange Server 2013

Exchange Server 2013
Top 7 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 2013 within the UK over the 6 months to 21 September 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
UK excluding London +18 25 £600 +42.01% 4
England +14 21 £600 +42.01% 3
South East +24 14 £600 +184.02% 1
Work from Home +33 13 - -
North of England - 7 - -
North West - 7 - -
Scotland - 4 - - 1

Exchange Server 2013
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (76.92%) SharePoint
2 20 (76.92%) Skype for Business
3 14 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 13 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (50.00%) Office Communications Server
4 13 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (26.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (53.85%) DHCP
1 14 (53.85%) DNS
1 14 (53.85%) SAN
1 14 (53.85%) VPN
2 13 (50.00%) DDNS
3 7 (26.92%) Skype
4 1 (3.85%) Firewall
4 1 (3.85%) NAS
4 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Exchange Engineer
1 13 (50.00%) Exchange Support
1 13 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 12 (46.15%) Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Operational Support Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Operations Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Operations Support Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Support Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (19.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Service Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (3.85%) ASIC
2 1 (3.85%) FPGA
2 1 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (73.08%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 5 (19.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.85%) VMS
5 1 (3.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (80.77%) ITIL
2 13 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 13 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (50.00%) Content Management
2 13 (50.00%) Enterprise Content Management
2 13 (50.00%) Enterprise Search
2 13 (50.00%) High Availability
3 7 (26.92%) Migration
3 7 (26.92%) Problem Management
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Project Management
3 7 (26.92%) Six Sigma
3 7 (26.92%) Validation
4 1 (3.85%) Change Control
4 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.85%) Electronic Design Automation
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Service Management
4 1 (3.85%) Software Licensing
4 1 (3.85%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (73.08%) Security Cleared
2 12 (46.15%) DV Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) Degree
4 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) CCNA
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.85%) MCSA
5 1 (3.85%) MCSE
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 21 (80.77%) Active Directory
2 13 (50.00%) Brightmail
2 13 (50.00%) ISA Server
3 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.85%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (26.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) Symantec
2 1 (3.85%) Veeam
2 1 (3.85%) VMware