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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 534 600
Rank change year-on-year -7 +66 +147
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 23 26 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.071% 0.062%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.62% 0.64% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 7
10th Percentile £596 £184 £168
25th Percentile - £210 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £185
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +129.73% -47.14%
75th Percentile - £531 £284
90th Percentile £641 £593 £394
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £425 £185
% change year-on-year +41.18% +129.73% -56.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - £28.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.00
% change year-on-year - - -74.05%

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 3,709 4,043 4,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.85% 10.99% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,467 2,520 3,236
10th Percentile £285 £263 £250
25th Percentile £390 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £695 £810 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £454 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 76 148
10th Percentile £16.64 £18.82 £15.94
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.09 £19.22
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +39.13% +42.89%
75th Percentile £65.25 £70.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £73.95 £74.00 £76.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £56.13 £27.00
% change year-on-year -37.64% +107.87% +50.00%

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 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 29 October 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 -27 22 £600 +41.18% 4
England -12 18 £600 +60.00% 4
Work from Home +24 13 - -
South East -2 11 £600 +185.71%
North of England -25 7 - -
North West - 7 - -
Scotland +3 4 - -

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 23 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (73.91%) SharePoint
2 17 (73.91%) Skype for Business
3 11 (47.83%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (43.48%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (43.48%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (43.48%) Office Communications Server
4 10 (43.48%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (30.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) DHCP
1 11 (47.83%) DNS
1 11 (47.83%) SAN
1 11 (47.83%) VPN
2 10 (43.48%) DDNS
3 7 (30.43%) Skype
4 1 (4.35%) Firewall
4 1 (4.35%) NAS
4 1 (4.35%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Analyst
2 10 (43.48%) Exchange Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Exchange Support
2 10 (43.48%) Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Operational Support Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Operations Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Operations Support Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Support Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Service Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Replication
2 1 (4.35%) ASIC
2 1 (4.35%) FPGA
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 16 (69.57%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (21.74%) Windows 10
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.35%) VMS
5 1 (4.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) ITIL
2 10 (43.48%) Architectural Design
2 10 (43.48%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (43.48%) Content Management
2 10 (43.48%) Enterprise Content Management
2 10 (43.48%) Enterprise Search
2 10 (43.48%) High Availability
3 7 (30.43%) Migration
3 7 (30.43%) Problem Management
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (30.43%) Project Management
3 7 (30.43%) Six Sigma
3 7 (30.43%) Validation
4 1 (4.35%) Change Control
4 1 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.35%) Electronic Design Automation
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (4.35%) Service Management
4 1 (4.35%) Software Licensing
4 1 (4.35%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) DV Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) Degree
4 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) CCNA
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) MCSA
5 1 (4.35%) MCSE
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
2 10 (43.48%) Brightmail
2 10 (43.48%) ISA Server
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Terminal Services
3 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Clustering
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (30.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) Symantec
2 1 (4.35%) Veeam
2 1 (4.35%) VMware