Exchange Specialist Contract Job Trends

Exchange Specialist
UK

The median Exchange Specialist daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 548 638
Rank change year-on-year +1 +90 +217
Contract jobs requiring an Exchange Specialist 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.003% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.003% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £550 -
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.75 - -
Median hourly rate £63.50 - -
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,968 35,340 45,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.97% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,908 21,403 31,445
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,630 1,534 1,521
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.86
25th Percentile £17.26 £20.56 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +71.15%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.48 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.04 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.77% -2.05% +95.11%

Exchange Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Exchange Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Exchange Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Exchange Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Exchange Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Exchange Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Exchange Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Exchange Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Exchange Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Exchange Specialist
Top 4 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Work from Home - 5 £575 - 2
England +15 2 £575 +4.55% 2
UK excluding London -7 1 £575 +4.55% 2
South East - 1 £575 - 2

Exchange Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Exchange Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Exchange Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) PSTN
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows

Exchange Specialist Skill Set
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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) PSTN
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) SAP