Microsoft Exchange Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 82 94
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 63 89 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.94% 2.62% 2.26%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.79% 22.14% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 66 67
10th Percentile £156 £174 £140
25th Percentile £215 £363 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £489 £325
Median % change year-on-year -10.13% +50.38% -
75th Percentile £559 £588 £481
90th Percentile £600 £600 £538
England median daily rate £400 £425 £325
% change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.61 £13.87
Median hourly rate £40.00 £15.03 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +166.22% -4.54% -0.06%
75th Percentile - £15.44 £17.61
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year +19.00% +25.00% +13.84%

All Application Platform Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 303 402 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.31% 11.82% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 302 313
10th Percentile £220 £275 £208
25th Percentile £367 £376 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £713 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 3
10th Percentile - £16.88 -
25th Percentile - £51.88 £13.87
Median hourly rate £40.00 £61.75 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -35.22% +292.31% -37.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £78.00 £17.81
90th Percentile £74.44 £85.75 £17.92
England median hourly rate £30.00 £46.25 £20.57
% change year-on-year -35.14% +124.90% +4.15%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the South West

Microsoft Exchange
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Wiltshire -14 17 £538 -2.27% 14
Devon +4 14 £550 +303.67% 4
Bristol +13 13 £300 +41.18% 10
Somerset +7 9 £195 -67.50% 7
Gloucestershire -10 8 £425 -29.17% 7
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (26.98%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) Confluence
3 2 (3.17%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.59%) nginx
4 1 (1.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (47.62%) Azure
2 29 (46.03%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 13 (20.63%) Power Platform
5 12 (19.05%) OneDrive
6 7 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (6.35%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (6.35%) OpenShift
8 4 (6.35%) PowerApps
9 3 (4.76%) Power Automate
10 2 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (3.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (31.75%) DNS
2 19 (30.16%) DHCP
3 15 (23.81%) Firewall
4 13 (20.63%) SAN
5 11 (17.46%) LAN
5 11 (17.46%) WAN
6 9 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (12.70%) MPLS
8 7 (11.11%) Skype
9 2 (3.17%) SMTP
9 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
10 1 (1.59%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.59%) FTP
10 1 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.59%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (1.59%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.59%) VSAN
10 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.87%) Power BI
1 10 (15.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.94%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (20.63%) JIRA
General
1 31 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (17.46%) Military
4 8 (12.70%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.35%) Local Government
6 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (30.16%) Analyst
2 13 (20.63%) IT Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 8 (12.70%) Integration Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 8 (12.70%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Technical Support
7 5 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Technical Support Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Administrator
8 4 (6.35%) Consultant
8 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 4 (6.35%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) REST
2 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) PKI
2 9 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 8 (12.70%) Client/Server
3 8 (12.70%) Clustering
4 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 43 (68.25%) Windows
2 21 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 14 (22.22%) Windows 10
4 13 (20.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (12.70%) Unix
6 7 (11.11%) Linux
6 7 (11.11%) VMS
7 5 (7.94%) Android
7 5 (7.94%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.17%) CentOS
8 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.40%) Migration
2 14 (22.22%) ITIL
3 13 (20.63%) Agile
4 11 (17.46%) Containerisation
4 11 (17.46%) Critical Thinking
5 10 (15.87%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 9 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (14.29%) Regression Testing
6 9 (14.29%) Test Scripting
7 8 (12.70%) Application Packaging
7 8 (12.70%) Asset Management
7 8 (12.70%) Business Transformation
7 8 (12.70%) Capacity Management
7 8 (12.70%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (12.70%) Data Migration
7 8 (12.70%) Data Protection
7 8 (12.70%) Network Management
7 8 (12.70%) Server Management
8 7 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.92%) SQL
2 19 (30.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 23 (36.51%) SC Cleared
3 15 (23.81%) Degree
4 11 (17.46%) MCSE
4 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (14.29%) MCSA
5 9 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.59%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 54 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 27 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (15.87%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (12.70%) VMware Workstation
6 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
6 5 (7.94%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (7.94%) VMware NSX
7 4 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.59%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 14 (22.22%) SCCM
2 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (12.70%) Nagios
3 8 (12.70%) NetBackup
4 7 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (6.35%) Ansible
5 4 (6.35%) Kubernetes
5 4 (6.35%) WSUS
6 2 (3.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (3.17%) OPNET
6 2 (3.17%) SCDPM
6 2 (3.17%) SCOM
6 2 (3.17%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.59%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.59%) HP SIM
7 1 (1.59%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 28 (44.44%) VMware
3 8 (12.70%) Hitachi
3 8 (12.70%) NetApp
4 7 (11.11%) CA
4 7 (11.11%) Citrix
5 4 (6.35%) CyberArk
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco
6 2 (3.17%) Oracle
6 2 (3.17%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.17%) Remedy
6 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.59%) Apple
7 1 (1.59%) Commvault
7 1 (1.59%) HP
7 1 (1.59%) Okta
7 1 (1.59%) Splunk
7 1 (1.59%) Symantec
7 1 (1.59%) Veritas