Senior Messaging Engineer Contract Job Trends

Senior Messaging Engineer
UK

The median Senior Messaging Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 547 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Messaging Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 £494 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -
75th Percentile £550 £531 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £513 -

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 31,731 33,449 44,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.85% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,141 20,162 29,928
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 1,246 1,550
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +63.30%
75th Percentile £51.52 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +90.25%

Senior Messaging Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Messaging Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Messaging Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Messaging Engineer
Top 2 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 Messaging Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 November 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 -29 2 £500 -2.44% 4
London - 2 £500 - 4

Senior Messaging Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Senior Messaging 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 Messaging Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) DKIM
1 2 (100.00%) DMARC
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Senior Messaging 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DKIM
1 2 (100.00%) DMARC
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft