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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 492 554
Rank change year-on-year -75 +62 +140
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 17 27 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.085% 0.098%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.45% 0.77% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 15
10th Percentile - £196 £179
25th Percentile £600 £224 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £475 £380
Median % change year-on-year +28.95% +25.00% +26.67%
75th Percentile £647 £556 £443
90th Percentile £664 £603 £478
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £475 £185
% change year-on-year +28.95% +156.76% -35.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.00

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 3,812 3,518 4,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.03% 11.13% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,642 2,160 2,897
10th Percentile £290 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £693 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 73 150
10th Percentile £14.55 £17.08 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.00 £16.42
Median hourly rate £25.08 £41.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.84% +59.22% +35.53%
75th Percentile £69.25 £63.75 £54.31
90th Percentile £82.50 £66.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +125.00% +35.44%

Exchange Server 2013
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Exchange Server 2013 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Exchange Server 2013 job vacancy trend 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 8 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 24 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 -70 16 £613 +28.95% 3
England -72 15 £613 +40.00% 1
Work from Home -24 10 - - 1
North of England -51 10 - -
North West - 7 - -
South East -30 5 £613 +198.78%
Yorkshire - 3 - -
Scotland 0 1 - - 2

Exchange Server 2013
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 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (64.71%) SharePoint
2 11 (64.71%) Skype for Business
3 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (23.53%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (23.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (41.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 7 (41.18%) OneDrive
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (17.65%) ShareGate
4 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) DNS
1 7 (41.18%) Skype
2 5 (29.41%) DHCP
2 5 (29.41%) SAN
2 5 (29.41%) VPN
3 4 (23.53%) DDNS
4 2 (11.76%) DKIM
4 2 (11.76%) DMARC
4 2 (11.76%) SMTP
5 1 (5.88%) Firewall
5 1 (5.88%) NAS
5 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Support Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Support
3 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Service Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Exchange Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Replication
2 1 (5.88%) ASIC
2 1 (5.88%) FPGA
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (5.88%) VMS
5 1 (5.88%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) ITIL
2 10 (58.82%) Migration
3 9 (52.94%) Validation
4 7 (41.18%) Problem Management
4 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (41.18%) Project Management
4 7 (41.18%) Six Sigma
5 4 (23.53%) Architectural Design
5 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (23.53%) Content Management
5 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Content Management
5 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Search
5 4 (23.53%) High Availability
6 3 (17.65%) Change Control
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (17.65%) Zero Trust
7 2 (11.76%) API Integration
7 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (11.76%) E-Discovery
7 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) CCNA
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) MCSA
4 1 (5.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) Brightmail
2 4 (23.53%) ISA Server
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.88%) Terminal Services
3 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (41.18%) SCCM
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (5.88%) Symantec
2 1 (5.88%) Veeam
2 1 (5.88%) VMware