Microsoft Exchange Contracts

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 140 168
Rank change year-on-year -23 +28 -22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 637 1,085 1,517
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 1.90% 1.73%
As % of the Application Platforms category 15.37% 17.41% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 822 1,118
10th Percentile £163 £158 £150
25th Percentile £225 £235 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £556 £563 £488
90th Percentile £650 £700 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £394 £375 £275
% change year-on-year +5.07% +36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 38 96
10th Percentile - £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.75 £21.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +23.53% +7.94%
75th Percentile £40.00 £54.00 £20.00
90th Percentile - £64.95 £40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.97 £17.00 £16.45
% change year-on-year -6.06% +3.34% +17.50%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,145 6,233 10,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.74% 10.92% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,859 4,369 7,516
10th Percentile £256 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 146 221
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.08 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.45 £19.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.25 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +80.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -10.91% +37.50% +5.26%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England -14 567 £380 -10.59% 440
UK excluding London -32 341 £394 +5.07% 352
London +30 264 £378 -22.76% 100
Work from Home -13 187 £413 -13.16% 156
South East -21 75 £465 +49.99% 79
North of England -26 62 £300 -11.11% 87
South West -5 59 £439 -10.36% 47
Midlands -7 57 £350 +7.69% 62
West Midlands +15 44 £375 - 39
Scotland +33 41 £230 +22.67% 11
East of England +6 36 £545 +23.51% 62
Yorkshire +1 31 £300 +9.09% 37
North West -15 28 £350 -17.65% 45
East Midlands -16 13 £150 -14.29% 23
Wales -13 8 £220 -58.10% 9
North East +9 3 £195 +23.81% 5
Northern Ireland -3 3 - - 4

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 181 (28.41%) SharePoint
2 40 (6.28%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (5.65%) Exchange Server 2013
4 31 (4.87%) Confluence
5 30 (4.71%) Skype for Business
6 25 (3.92%) Exchange Server 2007
7 17 (2.67%) Exchange Server 2003
8 14 (2.20%) IIS
9 5 (0.78%) CMS
10 4 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2000
11 3 (0.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.47%) WordPress
12 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 5.5
13 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.16%) nginx
13 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 77 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.31%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.31%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.31%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.16%) assyst
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 391 (61.38%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (39.25%) Azure
3 120 (18.84%) Entra ID
4 100 (15.70%) OneDrive
5 39 (6.12%) Power Platform
6 29 (4.55%) Mimecast
7 25 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (2.83%) Azure Storage
8 18 (2.83%) IaaS
8 18 (2.83%) PowerApps
9 16 (2.51%) AWS
9 16 (2.51%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.57%) PaaS
12 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (0.94%) SaaS
14 6 (0.94%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.78%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 135 (21.19%) DNS
2 112 (17.58%) Firewall
3 95 (14.91%) DHCP
4 52 (8.16%) VPN
5 47 (7.38%) SAN
6 39 (6.12%) Skype
7 30 (4.71%) LAN
8 26 (4.08%) WAN
9 20 (3.14%) SMTP
9 20 (3.14%) TCP/IP
10 18 (2.83%) MPLS
11 17 (2.67%) NAS
11 17 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (2.20%) Wireless
13 13 (2.04%) VLAN
14 12 (1.88%) Cisco IOS
14 12 (1.88%) Unified Communications
14 12 (1.88%) VoIP
15 8 (1.26%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.98%) Power BI
3 10 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.63%) Big Data
5 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.47%) Data Mart
6 3 (0.47%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.16%) MySQL
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (6.28%) JIRA
2 6 (0.94%) Hudson
3 5 (0.78%) LoadRunner
3 5 (0.78%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.31%) Selenium
5 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Gatling
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) JMeter
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 228 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 80 (12.56%) Finance
3 68 (10.68%) Public Sector
4 65 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (6.28%) Banking
6 23 (3.61%) Legal
7 20 (3.14%) Military
8 18 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.51%) French Language
10 13 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.04%) Marketing
11 12 (1.88%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.57%) Law
12 10 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.41%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.41%) Electronics
13 9 (1.41%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.94%) German Language
15 6 (0.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 84 (13.19%) Support Engineer
2 81 (12.72%) Analyst
3 60 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (8.95%) IT Support
5 39 (6.12%) Architect
6 38 (5.97%) IT Engineer
6 38 (5.97%) Service Desk Analyst
7 37 (5.81%) Senior
7 37 (5.81%) Service Analyst
8 36 (5.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 34 (5.34%) 2nd Line Support
10 33 (5.18%) Administrator
10 33 (5.18%) Desktop Support
11 28 (4.40%) Exchange Engineer
12 26 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
13 25 (3.92%) Desktop Engineer
14 23 (3.61%) IT Analyst
14 23 (3.61%) Systems Administrator
15 20 (3.14%) Integration Engineer
16 19 (2.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.67%) ARM Templates
2 10 (1.57%) LDAP
3 6 (0.94%) .NET
3 6 (0.94%) SailPoint
3 6 (0.94%) XMPP
4 4 (0.63%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.63%) REST
5 3 (0.47%) LAMP
5 3 (0.47%) Murex MxML
6 2 (0.31%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.31%) ADSI
6 2 (0.31%) CSS
6 2 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.31%) JSON
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.31%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.31%) XML
6 2 (0.31%) YAML
7 1 (0.16%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.16%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.40%) PKI
2 32 (5.02%) Data Centre
3 31 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.08%) Video Conferencing
5 24 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.61%) Clustering
7 13 (2.04%) Blackberry
7 13 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.88%) Smartphone
9 10 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.26%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.26%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.10%) iPhone
12 6 (0.94%) Digital Signage
12 6 (0.94%) Replication
13 5 (0.78%) Hedge funds
13 5 (0.78%) NHS
13 5 (0.78%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
15 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 420 (65.93%) Windows
2 187 (29.36%) Windows Server
3 114 (17.90%) Windows 10
4 75 (11.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 65 (10.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 54 (8.48%) Linux
7 48 (7.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 36 (5.65%) Windows 7
9 33 (5.18%) Windows Server 2008
10 30 (4.71%) Android
11 24 (3.77%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (3.30%) VMS
13 19 (2.98%) Apple iOS
14 17 (2.67%) Mac OS
15 16 (2.51%) Unix
16 12 (1.88%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.78%) Ubuntu
18 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.63%) Windows 2000
19 3 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (20.09%) ITIL
2 103 (16.17%) Customer Service
3 100 (15.70%) Migration
4 85 (13.34%) Agile
5 81 (12.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 76 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (6.59%) Service Management
8 40 (6.28%) Change Management
9 38 (5.97%) Identity Management
10 37 (5.81%) Project Management
11 36 (5.65%) Project Delivery
12 35 (5.49%) DevOps
12 35 (5.49%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 35 (5.49%) Problem Management
13 30 (4.71%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (4.55%) Data Protection
14 29 (4.55%) ITSM
15 28 (4.40%) CI/CD
15 28 (4.40%) Data Loss Prevention
16 27 (4.24%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (24.33%) PowerShell
2 59 (9.26%) SQL
3 18 (2.83%) C#
4 17 (2.67%) Bicep
4 17 (2.67%) VB
4 17 (2.67%) VBScript
5 3 (0.47%) Java
5 3 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.47%) Python
6 2 (0.31%) Bash
6 2 (0.31%) VBA
7 1 (0.16%) C++
7 1 (0.16%) Perl
7 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 149 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 122 (19.15%) Degree
3 114 (17.90%) SC Cleared
4 58 (9.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 51 (8.01%) DV Cleared
6 33 (5.18%) MCSE
7 25 (3.92%) MCSA
8 21 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 20 (3.14%) CCNA
10 17 (2.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 16 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.51%) MCP
12 14 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.78%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.63%) CCNP
14 4 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.47%) CISSP
15 3 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.28%) SLA
2 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.94%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (0.94%) QA
4 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.31%) PMO
6 1 (0.16%) COBIT
6 1 (0.16%) GDPR
6 1 (0.16%) GLBA
6 1 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.16%) NIST
6 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 474 (74.41%) Active Directory
2 98 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (4.55%) Hyper-V
5 27 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 22 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (3.14%) vSphere
8 15 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
10 9 (1.41%) BitLocker
10 9 (1.41%) Terminal Services
11 8 (1.26%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (1.10%) XenApp
13 5 (0.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.78%) Firmware
13 5 (0.78%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.78%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.63%) Docker
14 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.47%) KVM
Systems Management
1 130 (20.41%) SCCM
2 122 (19.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (6.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 37 (5.81%) SCOM
5 29 (4.55%) WSUS
6 27 (4.24%) Kubernetes
7 19 (2.98%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (2.20%) vCenter Server
9 11 (1.73%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (1.73%) NetBackup
10 10 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (1.57%) MAILsweeper
11 9 (1.41%) Terraform
12 8 (1.26%) Ansible
12 8 (1.26%) Nagios
13 6 (0.94%) vMotion
14 5 (0.78%) Nessus
14 5 (0.78%) PingFederate
15 3 (0.47%) AppManager
15 3 (0.47%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 398 (62.48%) Microsoft
2 144 (22.61%) VMware
3 81 (12.72%) Citrix
4 49 (7.69%) Cisco
5 27 (4.24%) HP
6 22 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 21 (3.30%) Apple
8 20 (3.14%) Avaya
9 19 (2.98%) EMC
10 18 (2.83%) Dell
11 17 (2.67%) NetApp
12 15 (2.35%) Veeam
13 14 (2.20%) Oracle
13 14 (2.20%) Sophos
14 13 (2.04%) Trend Micro
15 12 (1.88%) Atlassian
15 12 (1.88%) CheckPoint
16 11 (1.73%) SolarWinds
17 9 (1.41%) Mitel
17 9 (1.41%) SAP