Microsoft Exchange Contracts in England

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Exchange skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 147 154
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 581 893 1,289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.58% 1.82% 1.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.71% 17.04% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 693 947
10th Percentile £160 £160 £150
25th Percentile £225 £238 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £425 £325
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +30.77% -12.04%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £488
90th Percentile £650 £700 £575
UK median daily rate £392 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -7.76% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 88
10th Percentile - - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.78 £17.50 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +35.86% +6.38% +17.50%
75th Percentile £40.00 £23.75 £20.00
90th Percentile - £26.48 £24.65
UK median hourly rate £22.88 £20.00 £16.88
% change year-on-year +14.38% +18.52% +12.50%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Microsoft Exchange is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,476 5,242 8,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.46% 10.70% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,490 3,752 6,045
10th Percentile £250 £263 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £625
90th Percentile £763 £763 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 129 199
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £13.80
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.50 £16.12
Median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% +77.78% +13.02%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £52.60
90th Percentile £69.13 £79.40 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.01 £46.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -39.44% +92.71% +9.79%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London +24 269 £378 -22.56% 112
South East -18 77 £465 +49.99% 82
North of England -11 66 £300 -12.73% 77
South West -7 60 £439 -7.53% 54
Midlands -16 58 £350 +7.69% 53
West Midlands +13 44 £375 - 35
East of England +6 37 £505 +14.45% 62
Yorkshire +3 32 £300 +9.09% 36
North West -8 31 £338 -20.59% 36
East Midlands -12 13 £150 -22.58% 18
North East +13 3 £195 +23.81% 5
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 169 (29.09%) SharePoint
2 39 (6.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 35 (6.02%) Exchange Server 2013
4 26 (4.48%) Skype for Business
5 24 (4.13%) Exchange Server 2007
6 20 (3.44%) Confluence
7 16 (2.75%) Exchange Server 2003
8 15 (2.58%) IIS
9 5 (0.86%) CMS
10 4 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2000
10 4 (0.69%) nginx
11 3 (0.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.52%) WordPress
12 2 (0.34%) Exchange Server 5.5
13 1 (0.17%) Apache
13 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 69 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.52%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.34%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 361 (62.13%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (39.24%) Azure
3 110 (18.93%) Entra ID
4 87 (14.97%) OneDrive
5 35 (6.02%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.48%) Mimecast
7 24 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (2.93%) Azure Storage
8 17 (2.93%) IaaS
9 16 (2.75%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.41%) AWS
10 14 (2.41%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.72%) PaaS
13 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.38%) WhatsApp
14 7 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.86%) SaaS
15 5 (0.86%) Tricentis Tosca
16 4 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (21.86%) DNS
2 106 (18.24%) Firewall
3 89 (15.32%) DHCP
4 51 (8.78%) SAN
5 48 (8.26%) VPN
6 35 (6.02%) Skype
7 28 (4.82%) LAN
7 28 (4.82%) WAN
8 20 (3.44%) TCP/IP
9 18 (3.10%) MPLS
10 17 (2.93%) NAS
10 17 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (2.75%) Wireless
12 14 (2.41%) Cisco IOS
12 14 (2.41%) SMTP
13 12 (2.07%) Unified Communications
13 12 (2.07%) VLAN
13 12 (2.07%) VoIP
14 8 (1.38%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (1.20%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.99%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.10%) Power BI
3 6 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.69%) Big Data
4 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.69%) MySQL
5 3 (0.52%) Data Mart
5 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (5.16%) JIRA
2 6 (1.03%) Hudson
3 5 (0.86%) LoadRunner
3 5 (0.86%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.34%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Gatling
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.17%) JMeter
5 1 (0.17%) Maven
5 1 (0.17%) Postman
5 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 210 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 78 (13.43%) Finance
3 67 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.88%) Banking
6 23 (3.96%) Legal
7 19 (3.27%) Military
8 17 (2.93%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.41%) French Language
10 13 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.89%) Marketing
13 10 (1.72%) Law
13 10 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.55%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.38%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.20%) Electronics
16 7 (1.20%) Local Government
16 7 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.03%) German Language
Job Titles
1 82 (14.11%) Support Engineer
2 71 (12.22%) Analyst
3 60 (10.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 50 (8.61%) IT Support
5 37 (6.37%) Service Desk Analyst
6 36 (6.20%) Architect
6 36 (6.20%) Service Analyst
7 33 (5.68%) 2nd Line Support
7 33 (5.68%) Administrator
7 33 (5.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 33 (5.68%) Senior
8 29 (4.99%) Desktop Support
8 29 (4.99%) IT Engineer
9 25 (4.30%) Systems Administrator
10 24 (4.13%) Desktop Engineer
10 24 (4.13%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (3.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 20 (3.44%) Integration Engineer
12 19 (3.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 19 (3.27%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.75%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.03%) LDAP
2 6 (1.03%) SailPoint
2 6 (1.03%) XMPP
3 5 (0.86%) .NET
4 4 (0.69%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.69%) EDI
4 4 (0.69%) REST
5 3 (0.52%) LAMP
5 3 (0.52%) Murex MxML
6 2 (0.34%) ADSI
6 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.34%) JSON
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.34%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.34%) Web Services
6 2 (0.34%) YAML
7 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.17%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.56%) PKI
2 33 (5.68%) Data Centre
3 31 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.48%) Video Conferencing
5 24 (4.13%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.10%) Clustering
7 14 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.07%) Blackberry
8 12 (2.07%) Smartphone
9 10 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.55%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.38%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.03%) Digital Signage
12 6 (1.03%) iPhone
12 6 (1.03%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.03%) Replication
13 5 (0.86%) Hedge funds
13 5 (0.86%) NHS
14 4 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 391 (67.30%) Windows
2 175 (30.12%) Windows Server
3 103 (17.73%) Windows 10
4 77 (13.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 56 (9.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 50 (8.61%) Linux
7 45 (7.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (6.02%) Windows 7
8 35 (6.02%) Windows Server 2008
9 30 (5.16%) Android
10 20 (3.44%) VMS
11 19 (3.27%) Windows Server 2003
12 18 (3.10%) Mac OS
13 17 (2.93%) Apple iOS
13 17 (2.93%) Unix
14 11 (1.89%) Mac OS X
15 8 (1.38%) Ubuntu
16 7 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 4 (0.69%) Windows 2000
18 3 (0.52%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (21.00%) ITIL
2 103 (17.73%) Customer Service
3 93 (16.01%) Migration
4 76 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 72 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (12.22%) Agile
7 41 (7.06%) Service Management
8 40 (6.88%) Change Management
9 38 (6.54%) Project Management
10 32 (5.51%) DevOps
10 32 (5.51%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 32 (5.51%) Project Delivery
11 29 (4.99%) Data Protection
11 29 (4.99%) Identity Management
12 28 (4.82%) ITSM
13 27 (4.65%) CI/CD
13 27 (4.65%) Release Management
13 27 (4.65%) Service Delivery
14 26 (4.48%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (4.48%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 129 (22.20%) PowerShell
2 59 (10.15%) SQL
3 17 (2.93%) C#
3 17 (2.93%) VBScript
4 16 (2.75%) Bicep
4 16 (2.75%) VB
5 3 (0.52%) Java
5 3 (0.52%) Python
6 2 (0.34%) Bash
6 2 (0.34%) VBA
7 1 (0.17%) C++
7 1 (0.17%) Perl
7 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 118 (20.31%) Security Cleared
2 107 (18.42%) Degree
3 86 (14.80%) SC Cleared
4 51 (8.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (7.06%) DV Cleared
6 29 (4.99%) MCSE
7 24 (4.13%) MCSA
8 21 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (3.44%) CCNA
9 20 (3.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 16 (2.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (2.75%) MCP
11 14 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.69%) CCNP
13 4 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.52%) CISSP
14 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.85%) SLA
2 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.03%) QA
4 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.17%) COBIT
6 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.17%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) GLBA
6 1 (0.17%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 436 (75.04%) Active Directory
2 94 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (4.99%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (4.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (3.79%) Hyper-V
6 19 (3.27%) vSphere
7 16 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (1.38%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (1.20%) XenApp
11 5 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.86%) Firmware
11 5 (0.86%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.86%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.69%) Docker
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.52%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.52%) KVM
13 3 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 121 (20.83%) SCCM
2 118 (20.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (6.02%) SCOM
4 28 (4.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 27 (4.65%) WSUS
6 26 (4.48%) Kubernetes
7 19 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (2.07%) NetBackup
9 11 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (1.55%) MAILsweeper
10 9 (1.55%) Terraform
10 9 (1.55%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.38%) Ansible
11 8 (1.38%) Nagios
12 5 (0.86%) PingFederate
13 4 (0.69%) Nessus
14 3 (0.52%) AppManager
14 3 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
14 3 (0.52%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 355 (61.10%) Microsoft
2 137 (23.58%) VMware
3 71 (12.22%) Citrix
4 49 (8.43%) Cisco
5 30 (5.16%) HP
6 21 (3.61%) ServiceNow
7 20 (3.44%) Apple
7 20 (3.44%) EMC
8 19 (3.27%) Avaya
9 17 (2.93%) Veeam
10 16 (2.75%) Dell
10 16 (2.75%) NetApp
11 13 (2.24%) Oracle
11 13 (2.24%) Sophos
12 12 (2.07%) CheckPoint
12 12 (2.07%) Trend Micro
13 11 (1.89%) SolarWinds
14 8 (1.38%) Aruba
14 8 (1.38%) Hitachi
14 8 (1.38%) Mitel