Microsoft Exchange Contracts

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 165 139
Rank change year-on-year -33 -26 +27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 390 627 1,062
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.34% 1.46% 1.89%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.00% 14.83% 17.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 474 792
10th Percentile £181 £172 £156
25th Percentile £230 £240 £229
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £544 £569 £575
90th Percentile £600 £638 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £395 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -1.25% +6.67% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 30 33
10th Percentile £21.21 £13.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.90 £14.00 £16.62
Median hourly rate £26.45 £23.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.13% +5.78% +36.36%
75th Percentile £46.63 £40.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £65.25 - £65.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.27 £15.99 £17.00
% change year-on-year +20.55% -5.97% +5.49%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Microsoft Exchange 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 3,250 4,228 6,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.14% 9.86% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,151 2,947 4,276
10th Percentile £289 £257 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.82% +0.39%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 159 147
10th Percentile £16.86 £13.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.39 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.16 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.07% -42.55% +128.26%
75th Percentile £66.00 £49.04 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.61 £27.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year +94.84% -38.86% +143.24%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 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
England -24 358 £400 - 568
UK excluding London -12 239 £395 -1.25% 415
London -38 133 £450 +18.42% 205
Work from Home -37 106 £419 -1.47% 294
North of England +50 99 £235 -35.17% 112
North West +51 76 £350 -6.67% 66
South East +14 43 £575 +23.66% 111
South West +25 42 £413 -6.09% 64
Midlands -18 27 £375 +7.14% 42
West Midlands -8 23 £400 +6.67% 27
East of England +5 18 £450 -18.18% 46
Yorkshire +3 17 £235 -32.86% 32
Scotland -24 14 £390 +56.00% 27
North East +4 6 £188 -3.85% 14
East Midlands -1 4 £185 +23.33% 15
Northern Ireland -10 3 £160 - 5
Wales -6 2 £356 +156.20% 13

Microsoft Exchange
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
1 158 (40.51%) SharePoint
2 28 (7.18%) Skype for Business
3 13 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (2.31%) Confluence
5 7 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (1.28%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (1.03%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.77%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.77%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.51%) Apache
9 2 (0.51%) CMS
9 2 (0.51%) IIS
10 1 (0.26%) CICS
10 1 (0.26%) nginx
10 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 82 (21.03%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.51%) Revit
7 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.51%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 263 (67.44%) Microsoft 365
2 174 (44.62%) Azure
3 130 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 80 (20.51%) OneDrive
5 38 (9.74%) IaaS
6 30 (7.69%) Power Platform
7 28 (7.18%) AWS
8 27 (6.92%) SaaS
9 20 (5.13%) Mimecast
10 17 (4.36%) PaaS
11 16 (4.10%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.56%) GCP
14 9 (2.31%) OpenShift
15 8 (2.05%) Cohesity
15 8 (2.05%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.54%) Asana
16 6 (1.54%) Google Workspace
16 6 (1.54%) Slack
17 5 (1.28%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 85 (21.79%) DNS
2 70 (17.95%) Firewall
3 62 (15.90%) DHCP
4 47 (12.05%) VPN
5 43 (11.03%) Skype
6 24 (6.15%) WAN
7 22 (5.64%) Network Security
7 22 (5.64%) SMTP
7 22 (5.64%) TCP/IP
8 20 (5.13%) LAN
9 19 (4.87%) SAN
10 17 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (3.59%) Unified Communications
12 13 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
13 12 (3.08%) MPLS
13 12 (3.08%) VLAN
14 7 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (1.79%) VoIP
15 6 (1.54%) Internet
15 6 (1.54%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.46%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.31%) Big Data
3 9 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.05%) Power BI
5 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.26%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.26%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (4.62%) JIRA
2 3 (0.77%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 103 (26.41%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.18%) Finance
3 57 (14.62%) Public Sector
4 23 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.38%) Telecoms
6 20 (5.13%) Legal
7 14 (3.59%) Banking
8 13 (3.33%) Marketing
9 12 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.31%) Electronics
13 8 (2.05%) Military
14 7 (1.79%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.79%) Local Government
15 5 (1.28%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.28%) Law
15 5 (1.28%) Spanish Language
16 3 (0.77%) Games
16 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (22.82%) Support Engineer
2 53 (13.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 45 (11.54%) Analyst
4 42 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
6 29 (7.44%) Desktop Support
7 28 (7.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 28 (7.18%) IT Support
8 26 (6.67%) Senior
9 25 (6.41%) IT Engineer
10 23 (5.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 20 (5.13%) Architect
12 19 (4.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 19 (4.87%) Exchange Engineer
13 18 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 18 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (4.62%) Support Analyst
14 17 (4.36%) 3rd Line Support
15 16 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 15 (3.85%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.03%) LDAP
1 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.77%) .NET
2 3 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (0.77%) OAuth
2 3 (0.77%) OpenID
2 3 (0.77%) REST
2 3 (0.77%) Web Services
3 2 (0.51%) JSON
3 2 (0.51%) Node.js
3 2 (0.51%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.51%) YAML
4 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.26%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.26%) Kafka
4 1 (0.26%) React
4 1 (0.26%) RESTful
4 1 (0.26%) SignalR
4 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.95%) PKI
2 20 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.85%) Blackberry
4 12 (3.08%) Clustering
4 12 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.03%) Handset
7 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (1.03%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.77%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.77%) Replication
8 3 (0.77%) Smartcard
8 3 (0.77%) Social Media
8 3 (0.77%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 215 (55.13%) Windows
2 100 (25.64%) Windows Server
3 65 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 38 (9.74%) Linux
5 26 (6.67%) Android
6 22 (5.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (4.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (3.59%) Apple iOS
10 13 (3.33%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.31%) Unix
11 9 (2.31%) VMS
11 9 (2.31%) Windows 7
12 8 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
13 7 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.77%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.51%) CentOS
16 2 (0.51%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.51%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (25.13%) ITIL
2 76 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (17.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 58 (14.87%) Migration
5 56 (14.36%) Customer Service
6 51 (13.08%) ITSM
7 45 (11.54%) Agile
8 42 (10.77%) Data Loss Prevention
9 33 (8.46%) Service Delivery
9 33 (8.46%) Service Management
10 31 (7.95%) High Availability
11 30 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
12 29 (7.44%) DevOps
13 28 (7.18%) Project Delivery
14 27 (6.92%) Change Management
15 25 (6.41%) Problem Management
16 22 (5.64%) Information Security
17 21 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
17 21 (5.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 21 (5.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 104 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 24 (6.15%) SQL
3 11 (2.82%) Python
4 7 (1.79%) VB
4 7 (1.79%) VBScript
5 4 (1.03%) C#
6 3 (0.77%) Bash
7 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.51%) Perl
8 1 (0.26%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) Java
8 1 (0.26%) JCL
8 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 98 (25.13%) Security Cleared
2 75 (19.23%) Degree
3 63 (16.15%) SC Cleared
4 43 (11.03%) DV Cleared
5 39 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.10%) MCSE
7 15 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (3.33%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.79%) MCSA
10 6 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.03%) CCNA
11 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.03%) MCP
11 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.03%) PMP
12 3 (0.77%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.51%) RIBA
14 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.59%) SLA
3 3 (0.77%) NIST
3 3 (0.77%) QA
4 2 (0.51%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.51%) NCSC
4 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 278 (71.28%) Active Directory
2 66 (16.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.15%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.64%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (5.38%) vSphere
6 19 (4.87%) BitLocker
7 16 (4.10%) Microsoft App-V
8 14 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (2.56%) Terminal Services
9 10 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (2.31%) Docker
10 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 9 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.77%) Brightmail
11 3 (0.77%) ISA Server
11 3 (0.77%) XenApp
12 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (33.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (11.28%) SCCM
3 29 (7.44%) WSUS
4 16 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (3.85%) vCenter Server
6 14 (3.59%) Ansible
7 10 (2.56%) Kubernetes
7 10 (2.56%) Nagios
7 10 (2.56%) vMotion
8 9 (2.31%) Puppet
9 6 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.54%) Terraform
10 5 (1.28%) AirWatch
11 4 (1.03%) AppManager
11 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.77%) CASB
12 3 (0.77%) Nessus
12 3 (0.77%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.77%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.77%) SCOM
Vendors
1 299 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 95 (24.36%) VMware
3 42 (10.77%) Citrix
4 33 (8.46%) ServiceNow
5 23 (5.90%) Cisco
6 16 (4.10%) Symantec
7 15 (3.85%) Google
7 15 (3.85%) HP
8 13 (3.33%) Red Hat
9 12 (3.08%) NetApp
9 12 (3.08%) Proofpoint
10 11 (2.82%) Apple
11 10 (2.56%) Veeam
12 9 (2.31%) SAP
13 7 (1.79%) Meraki
13 7 (1.79%) Oracle
13 7 (1.79%) Wyse
14 6 (1.54%) iManage
14 6 (1.54%) Palo Alto
15 5 (1.28%) Zscaler