Microsoft Exchange Contracts in England

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 150 161
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 558 819 1,237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.49% 1.74% 1.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 15.06% 16.56% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 623 927
10th Percentile £182 £155 £155
25th Percentile £255 £225 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £325
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -7.14%
75th Percentile £572 £588 £488
90th Percentile £638 £737 £575
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 79
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.35
25th Percentile £14.41 £14.61 £14.00
Median hourly rate £31.90 £20.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.50% +25.00% +6.28%
75th Percentile £40.00 £26.00 £19.38
90th Percentile £44.38 £26.48 £23.55
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £23.25 £16.32
% change year-on-year +2.37% +42.51% +4.05%

All Application Platform Skills
England

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 requiring application platform skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,704 4,947 8,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.88% 10.52% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,666 3,525 6,139
10th Percentile £263 £263 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £625
90th Percentile £788 £765 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.15% -1.73% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 129 185
10th Percentile £13.30 £16.23 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.58 £21.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.16 £48.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.81% +120.45% +12.14%
75th Percentile £49.38 £66.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £77.43
UK median hourly rate £31.71 £52.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -39.60% +128.26% +15.00%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +3 248 £400 -20.00% 80
South East -3 75 £465 +49.99% 82
South West -16 63 £439 -10.36% 54
Midlands -8 62 £350 +16.67% 60
North of England -20 61 £363 +15.08% 94
West Midlands +18 45 £375 - 36
East of England +9 39 £550 +22.22% 36
North West 0 33 £375 +2.74% 48
Yorkshire -11 26 £300 +20.00% 40
East Midlands -15 17 £150 -17.24% 24
North East +7 2 £398 +189.09% 6
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
1 163 (29.21%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.09%) Exchange Server 2010
3 31 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2013
4 21 (3.76%) Confluence
4 21 (3.76%) Skype for Business
5 20 (3.58%) Exchange Server 2007
6 16 (2.87%) Exchange Server 2003
7 14 (2.51%) IIS
8 4 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (0.54%) CMS
10 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 5.5
10 2 (0.36%) WordPress
11 1 (0.18%) Apache
11 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.18%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.18%) nginx
11 1 (0.18%) PowerExchange
11 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 62 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.36%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 331 (59.32%) Microsoft 365
2 221 (39.61%) Azure
3 114 (20.43%) Entra ID
4 89 (15.95%) OneDrive
5 42 (7.53%) Power Platform
6 31 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
7 26 (4.66%) Mimecast
8 22 (3.94%) Azure Storage
9 19 (3.41%) AWS
9 19 (3.41%) Power Automate
10 17 (3.05%) PowerApps
11 16 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
12 15 (2.69%) IaaS
13 12 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (1.61%) PaaS
15 7 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.90%) SaaS
16 5 (0.90%) Tricentis Tosca
17 4 (0.72%) OpenShift
17 4 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 131 (23.48%) DNS
2 104 (18.64%) Firewall
3 91 (16.31%) DHCP
4 47 (8.42%) SAN
5 40 (7.17%) VPN
6 26 (4.66%) Skype
7 25 (4.48%) LAN
8 23 (4.12%) WAN
9 22 (3.94%) TCP/IP
10 20 (3.58%) SMTP
10 20 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (3.23%) NAS
12 16 (2.87%) VLAN
13 15 (2.69%) MPLS
13 15 (2.69%) Wireless
14 12 (2.15%) VoIP
15 11 (1.97%) Unified Communications
16 8 (1.43%) Internet
17 7 (1.25%) Fibre Channel
17 7 (1.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.94%) Power BI
3 6 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.72%) Big Data
4 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.54%) Data Mart
5 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.36%) MySQL
7 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (5.20%) JIRA
2 5 (0.90%) LoadRunner
2 5 (0.90%) NeoLoad
3 4 (0.72%) Hudson
4 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.18%) Gatling
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) JMeter
5 1 (0.18%) Maven
5 1 (0.18%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 204 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 78 (13.98%) Finance
3 63 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.71%) Public Sector
5 39 (6.99%) Banking
6 19 (3.41%) Military
7 17 (3.05%) Legal
8 13 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.97%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.61%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.61%) Law
10 9 (1.61%) Local Government
10 9 (1.61%) Marketing
11 8 (1.43%) French Language
11 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.25%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.08%) Advertising
14 5 (0.90%) Front Office
14 5 (0.90%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (13.08%) Support Engineer
2 70 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 62 (11.11%) Analyst
4 42 (7.53%) IT Support
5 39 (6.99%) Architect
6 33 (5.91%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 32 (5.73%) IT Engineer
8 31 (5.56%) Senior
9 27 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
10 26 (4.66%) Desktop Support
10 26 (4.66%) Service Analyst
10 26 (4.66%) Service Desk Analyst
11 25 (4.48%) Administrator
12 23 (4.12%) Active Directory Support
13 21 (3.76%) Integration Engineer
13 21 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
13 21 (3.76%) Messaging Engineer
14 20 (3.58%) Azure Engineer
15 19 (3.41%) Desktop Engineer
16 18 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.76%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.08%) LDAP
2 6 (1.08%) SailPoint
2 6 (1.08%) XMPP
3 5 (0.90%) .NET
4 4 (0.72%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.72%) REST
5 3 (0.54%) Murex MxML
5 3 (0.54%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.36%) ADSI
6 2 (0.36%) JSON
6 2 (0.36%) LAMP
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.36%) YAML
7 1 (0.18%) ADO
7 1 (0.18%) EDI
7 1 (0.18%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.18%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.18%) Playwright
7 1 (0.18%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 79 (14.16%) PKI
2 36 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 24 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.12%) Video Conferencing
6 18 (3.23%) Clustering
7 12 (2.15%) Smartphone
8 11 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.43%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.25%) Blackberry
11 7 (1.25%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.08%) Digital Signage
13 5 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.90%) iPhone
13 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.72%) Hedge funds
14 4 (0.72%) Replication
14 4 (0.72%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.54%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 367 (65.77%) Windows
2 185 (33.15%) Windows Server
3 83 (14.87%) Windows 10
4 69 (12.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 62 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (9.32%) Linux
7 47 (8.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (4.66%) Windows Server 2008
9 25 (4.48%) Windows 7
10 22 (3.94%) Android
11 19 (3.41%) VMS
12 18 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (3.05%) Unix
14 14 (2.51%) Apple iOS
15 11 (1.97%) Mac OS
16 7 (1.25%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.90%) Ubuntu
18 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.72%) Windows 2000
19 3 (0.54%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (19.89%) ITIL
2 100 (17.92%) Migration
3 88 (15.77%) Customer Service
3 88 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 74 (13.26%) Agile
5 59 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (7.53%) Service Management
7 37 (6.63%) Change Management
7 37 (6.63%) DevOps
7 37 (6.63%) Identity Management
8 35 (6.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 34 (6.09%) Project Management
10 32 (5.73%) CI/CD
11 30 (5.38%) Analytics
11 30 (5.38%) Release Management
12 29 (5.20%) Data Protection
13 28 (5.02%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (5.02%) RBAC
14 27 (4.84%) Project Delivery
15 26 (4.66%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 130 (23.30%) PowerShell
2 53 (9.50%) SQL
3 22 (3.94%) C#
4 21 (3.76%) Bicep
4 21 (3.76%) VB
4 21 (3.76%) VBScript
5 3 (0.54%) Java
5 3 (0.54%) Python
6 2 (0.36%) Bash
6 2 (0.36%) VBA
7 1 (0.18%) C++
7 1 (0.18%) Perl
7 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 129 (23.12%) Security Cleared
2 100 (17.92%) Degree
3 93 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 54 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 50 (8.96%) DV Cleared
6 30 (5.38%) MCSE
7 26 (4.66%) MCSA
8 22 (3.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 21 (3.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (2.69%) CCNA
12 14 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (1.97%) MCP
15 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
16 3 (0.54%) APMG
16 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.38%) SLA
2 8 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.08%) QA
4 4 (0.72%) GDPR
5 3 (0.54%) COBIT
5 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.36%) NCSC
6 2 (0.36%) NIST
6 2 (0.36%) PMO
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.18%) GLBA
7 1 (0.18%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 411 (73.66%) Active Directory
2 95 (17.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (6.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 36 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (4.48%) vSphere
6 23 (4.12%) Hyper-V
7 17 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (1.97%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.61%) XenApp
10 8 (1.43%) VMware Workstation
10 8 (1.43%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.90%) Firmware
12 4 (0.72%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.72%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.54%) KVM
14 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 2 (0.36%) Docker
14 2 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 118 (21.15%) SCCM
2 113 (20.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (7.53%) SCOM
4 37 (6.63%) WSUS
5 31 (5.56%) Kubernetes
6 30 (5.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (3.05%) MAILsweeper
9 12 (2.15%) NetBackup
10 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Clustering
10 11 (1.97%) Terraform
11 9 (1.61%) Nessus
12 8 (1.43%) Ansible
12 8 (1.43%) Nagios
13 7 (1.25%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.90%) CASB
14 5 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.90%) PingFederate
14 5 (0.90%) SCVMM
15 3 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 351 (62.90%) Microsoft
2 132 (23.66%) VMware
3 68 (12.19%) Citrix
4 40 (7.17%) Cisco
5 26 (4.66%) HP
6 23 (4.12%) Avaya
7 20 (3.58%) Sophos
7 20 (3.58%) Trend Micro
8 18 (3.23%) Dell
8 18 (3.23%) EMC
9 17 (3.05%) NetApp
10 16 (2.87%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.69%) Oracle
12 14 (2.51%) Apple
13 12 (2.15%) CheckPoint
13 12 (2.15%) SolarWinds
14 10 (1.79%) Veeam
15 8 (1.43%) Hitachi
15 8 (1.43%) Mitel
16 7 (1.25%) CA