Senior Exchange Engineer Contract Job Trends

Senior Exchange Engineer
UK

The median Senior Exchange Engineer daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 527 593
Rank change year-on-year -57 +66 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Exchange Engineer 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.010% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.010% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £436 - -
25th Percentile £472 £494 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -14.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £597 £572 -
90th Percentile £629 £596 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £513 £600
% change year-on-year - -14.58% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 35,259 29,175 41,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 92.88% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,247 17,830 27,664
10th Percentile £300 £298 £275
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £495
% change year-on-year -0.73% -3.33% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,103 856 2,215
10th Percentile £14.39 £15.92 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.66 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year -9.36% -9.40% +2.99%
75th Percentile £61.18 £62.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £70.57 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.64 £37.34
% change year-on-year -13.08% -15.27% +22.95%

Senior Exchange Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Exchange Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Exchange Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Exchange Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Exchange Engineer over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Exchange Engineer in the UK

Senior Exchange Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Exchange Engineer
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Exchange Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -51 6 £538 +4.88% 1
London - 5 £538 - 1
UK excluding London -59 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Senior Exchange Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Senior Exchange Engineer 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 Senior Exchange Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) BMC
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 4 (66.67%) Remedy
3 4 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (66.67%) SCOM
3 4 (66.67%) SLA
3 4 (66.67%) Splunk
3 4 (66.67%) Trend Micro
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) DKIM
4 1 (16.67%) DMARC
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (16.67%) Proofpoint

Senior Exchange Engineer 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DKIM
1 1 (16.67%) DMARC
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Clustering
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) BMC
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Remedy
1 4 (66.67%) Splunk
1 4 (66.67%) Trend Micro
2 1 (16.67%) Proofpoint