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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 501 557
Rank change year-on-year -77 +56 +152
Contract jobs citing Exchange Server 2013 13 26 50
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.084% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.34% 0.73% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 19 19
10th Percentile - £196 £183
25th Percentile £613 £224 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £380
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +25.00% +22.58%
75th Percentile £638 £556 £410
90th Percentile - £603 £476
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £475 £185
% change year-on-year +31.58% +156.76% -41.73%
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 3,851 3,571 4,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 11.48% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,671 2,195 2,919
10th Percentile £300 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £621 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 69 172
10th Percentile £15.10 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £27.14
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% +51.07% +29.70%
75th Percentile £69.13 £63.75 £53.19
90th Percentile £81.80 £66.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.42 £48.16 £24.00
% change year-on-year -47.23% +100.66% +32.89%

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 7 February 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 -83 13 £625 +31.58% 3
England -85 12 £625 +42.86% 2
North of England -52 10 - -
Work from Home -12 9 - -
North West - 7 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
South East -33 2 £625 +204.88%
Scotland +8 1 - - 1

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 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (61.54%) SharePoint
2 8 (61.54%) Skype for Business
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.69%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (53.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) OneDrive
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (23.08%) ShareGate
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Skype
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) DKIM
3 2 (15.38%) DMARC
3 2 (15.38%) SMTP
4 1 (7.69%) DDNS
4 1 (7.69%) DHCP
4 1 (7.69%) SAN
4 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Support Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Exchange Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Exchange Support
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Migration
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
2 9 (69.23%) Validation
3 7 (53.85%) Problem Management
3 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (53.85%) Project Management
3 7 (53.85%) Six Sigma
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Zero Trust
5 2 (15.38%) API Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Change Control
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (15.38%) E-Discovery
5 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Runbook
6 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
6 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Search
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Brightmail
2 1 (7.69%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (53.85%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft