Microsoft Exchange Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 151 222
Rank change year-on-year -14 +71 -63
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 192 385 552
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.30% 1.61% 1.26%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.50% 14.55% 10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 290 445
10th Percentile £183 £181 £179
25th Percentile £309 £363 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +21.21% +3.13%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £500
90th Percentile £608 £745 £588
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 15 23
10th Percentile - £15.98 £13.01
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.50 £54.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.15% +184.21% -15.56%
75th Percentile £15.75 £65.25 £54.00
90th Percentile - £66.00 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £23.25 £16.32
% change year-on-year +2.37% +42.51% +4.05%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,670 2,646 5,457
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.32% 11.08% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,866 3,980
10th Percentile £300 £322 £321
25th Percentile £400 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £850 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.15% -1.73% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 71 87
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £15.77
25th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £20.75
Median hourly rate £31.14 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.39% +10.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £45.41 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.13 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £31.71 £52.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -39.60% +128.26% +15.00%

Microsoft Exchange
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Exchange trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Exchange daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Microsoft Exchange daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Exchange hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 38 (19.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (5.73%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (5.73%) Exchange Server 2013
4 11 (5.73%) Skype for Business
5 10 (5.21%) Confluence
6 7 (3.65%) IIS
7 1 (0.52%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.52%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) assyst
1 1 (0.52%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 127 (66.15%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (41.67%) Azure
3 47 (24.48%) Entra ID
4 29 (15.10%) OneDrive
5 22 (11.46%) Azure Monitor
6 21 (10.94%) Azure Storage
7 12 (6.25%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.69%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.65%) AWS
9 7 (3.65%) IaaS
10 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (2.60%) PaaS
11 5 (2.60%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.08%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.56%) SaaS
14 2 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
15 1 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
15 1 (0.52%) Google Sheets
15 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.52%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (24.48%) Firewall
2 40 (20.83%) DHCP
3 39 (20.31%) DNS
4 17 (8.85%) SAN
5 13 (6.77%) Skype
6 10 (5.21%) VPN
7 5 (2.60%) NAS
8 4 (2.08%) VLAN
8 4 (2.08%) VoIP
9 3 (1.56%) LAN
9 3 (1.56%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.56%) WAN
9 3 (1.56%) WebEx
10 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.04%) Wireless
11 1 (0.52%) Broadband
11 1 (0.52%) FTP
11 1 (0.52%) MGCP
11 1 (0.52%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.08%) Big Data
3 3 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.04%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.04%) Power BI
5 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (8.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Maven
General
1 64 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 25 (13.02%) Finance
4 12 (6.25%) Banking
5 11 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.08%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.56%) Military
8 2 (1.04%) French Language
8 2 (1.04%) Front Office
8 2 (1.04%) German Language
8 2 (1.04%) Local Government
8 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.52%) Back Office
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (11.98%) Analyst
1 23 (11.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (10.94%) Active Directory Support
3 17 (8.85%) Support Engineer
4 14 (7.29%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (7.29%) Architect
4 14 (7.29%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (7.29%) Support Specialist
5 13 (6.77%) Exchange Engineer
6 12 (6.25%) Service Analyst
6 12 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
7 11 (5.73%) Active Directory Engineer
7 11 (5.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 11 (5.73%) Senior
8 9 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (4.69%) Consultant
9 8 (4.17%) Migration Engineer
9 8 (4.17%) Wintel Engineer
10 7 (3.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (3.65%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.94%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.08%) REST
3 2 (1.04%) .NET
3 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.04%) ADSI
3 2 (1.04%) Murex MxML
4 1 (0.52%) XMPP
4 1 (0.52%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.71%) PKI
2 24 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.29%) Data Centre
3 14 (7.29%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.17%) Clustering
5 4 (2.08%) Blackberry
6 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.04%) Derivative
7 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.04%) Equities
7 2 (1.04%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.04%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 124 (64.58%) Windows
2 66 (34.38%) Windows Server
3 48 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 33 (17.19%) Windows Server 2012
5 31 (16.15%) Windows 10
5 31 (16.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (15.63%) Linux
7 14 (7.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 13 (6.77%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (5.21%) VMS
10 6 (3.13%) Apple iOS
11 5 (2.60%) Android
12 4 (2.08%) Windows 7
13 2 (1.04%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.52%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (25.00%) Migration
2 46 (23.96%) ITIL
3 40 (20.83%) Agile
4 33 (17.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (15.10%) DevOps
6 28 (14.58%) Identity Management
7 26 (13.54%) CI/CD
8 25 (13.02%) Release Management
9 24 (12.50%) Service Management
10 23 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (11.98%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 22 (11.46%) Analytics
11 22 (11.46%) Problem Management
12 21 (10.94%) Log Analytics
12 21 (10.94%) Privileged Identity Management
12 21 (10.94%) RBAC
13 15 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (7.29%) Customer Service
15 9 (4.69%) Computer Science
15 9 (4.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (38.54%) PowerShell
2 22 (11.46%) VB
3 21 (10.94%) Bicep
3 21 (10.94%) C#
3 21 (10.94%) VBScript
4 20 (10.42%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Java
5 1 (0.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (35.94%) Security Cleared
2 68 (35.42%) SC Cleared
3 49 (25.52%) Degree
4 25 (13.02%) DV Cleared
5 21 (10.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (8.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.13%) MCSA
7 6 (3.13%) MCSE
8 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.08%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.04%) CCNA
11 2 (1.04%) CCNP
11 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.04%) MCITP
12 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.52%) CISSP
12 1 (0.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) SLA
2 5 (2.60%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.04%) NIST
4 1 (0.52%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) GLBA
4 1 (0.52%) ISAE 3402
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 152 (79.17%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.54%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (13.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (5.21%) Hyper-V
6 8 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (3.65%) vSphere
8 4 (2.08%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.56%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.56%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.52%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.52%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (23.96%) SCCM
2 39 (20.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (15.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (14.06%) SCOM
5 26 (13.54%) Kubernetes
6 25 (13.02%) WSUS
7 6 (3.13%) Ansible
8 3 (1.56%) Nessus
9 2 (1.04%) CASB
9 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (1.04%) Terraform
10 1 (0.52%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.52%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.52%) SCDPM
10 1 (0.52%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.52%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 120 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.19%) VMware
3 21 (10.94%) Citrix
4 14 (7.29%) HP
5 13 (6.77%) Cisco
6 11 (5.73%) Avaya
7 8 (4.17%) CheckPoint
7 8 (4.17%) EMC
8 6 (3.13%) Atlassian
8 6 (3.13%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.08%) Oracle
9 4 (2.08%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.56%) Apple
10 3 (1.56%) Trend Micro
11 2 (1.04%) Google
11 2 (1.04%) IronPort
11 2 (1.04%) Ivanti
11 2 (1.04%) Proofpoint
11 2 (1.04%) Qualys
11 2 (1.04%) Veeam