Hybrid/Remote Exchange Specialist Contract Job Trends

Exchange Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Exchange Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work 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 300 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Exchange Specialist 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -5.00%
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 median hourly rate £63.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,073 11,711 18,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 93.48% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,953 7,412 13,161
10th Percentile £325 £325 £334
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £636 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 270 416
10th Percentile £13.89 £20.98 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.02 £34.20 £24.67
Median hourly rate £38.35 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% -14.00% +7.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £84.68
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +71.15%

Exchange Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Exchange Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Exchange Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Exchange Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Exchange Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Exchange Specialist job vacancies

Exchange Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Exchange Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Exchange Specialist job vacancies

Exchange Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options 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 in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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