Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 98 61
Rank change year-on-year -7 -37 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 89 78 218
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.41% 2.59% 3.27%
As % of the Application Platforms category 28.62% 31.08% 37.85%
Number of salaries quoted 75 62 203
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% +27.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,606 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -5.88%

All Application Platform Skills
East of England

Microsoft Exchange falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 311 251 576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.93% 8.35% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 225 187 490
10th Percentile £28,300 £29,175 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,879 £44,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +18.92% -27.80%
75th Percentile £63,725 £62,500 £48,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £52,246 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.01% +10.00% -10.71%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Exchange relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the East of England

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the East of England

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire -1 36 £34,000 +6.25% 3
Hertfordshire -23 24 £46,500 -11.43% 8
Bedfordshire +7 11 £40,000 +8.25% 2
Suffolk +26 8 £34,750 +6.92% 3
Norfolk -19 7 £47,000 +46.88% 3
Essex -34 3 £36,000 -24.21% 7
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 54 (60.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.74%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (4.49%) CMS
3 4 (4.49%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (4.49%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (3.37%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.37%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.49%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 86 (96.63%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (41.57%) Entra ID
3 33 (37.08%) Azure
4 12 (13.48%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.49%) AWS
6 3 (3.37%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.25%) Cloudflare
7 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.12%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.12%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.21%) Firewall
2 20 (22.47%) DNS
3 13 (14.61%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (13.48%) DHCP
5 11 (12.36%) VPN
6 5 (5.62%) LAN
6 5 (5.62%) VoIP
6 5 (5.62%) WAN
6 5 (5.62%) Wireless
7 4 (4.49%) IMAP
7 4 (4.49%) Internet
7 4 (4.49%) POP3
7 4 (4.49%) SMTP
7 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
8 3 (3.37%) 4G
8 3 (3.37%) Broadband
8 3 (3.37%) NAS
9 2 (2.25%) VLAN
9 2 (2.25%) WLAN
10 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.12%) GIS
General
1 39 (43.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.11%) Finance
3 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.49%) Banking
5 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.49%) Retail
6 3 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.37%) Legal
6 3 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Police
7 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (41.57%) IT Support
2 27 (30.34%) Support Engineer
3 26 (29.21%) IT Engineer
4 21 (23.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (19.10%) Senior
6 11 (12.36%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (12.36%) Support Technician
7 9 (10.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 9 (10.11%) Administrator
7 9 (10.11%) Analyst
7 9 (10.11%) IT Analyst
8 8 (8.99%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (8.99%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (8.99%) IT Technician
8 8 (8.99%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 8 (8.99%) Support Analyst
9 7 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Lead
9 7 (7.87%) Senior Technician
10 6 (6.74%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 22 (24.72%) Driving Licence
2 11 (12.36%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (7.87%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.49%) Social Network
5 3 (3.37%) Clustering
6 2 (2.25%) SCADA
7 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.12%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 63 (70.79%) Windows
2 24 (26.97%) Windows Server
3 12 (13.48%) Linux
3 12 (13.48%) Windows 10
4 10 (11.24%) Android
5 9 (10.11%) Apple iOS
6 8 (8.99%) Mac OS
7 4 (4.49%) Windows 7
7 4 (4.49%) Windows 8
8 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.25%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (44.94%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (26.97%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (24.72%) Customer Service
4 17 (19.10%) ITIL
5 16 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (8.99%) Collaborative Culture
7 8 (8.99%) CRM
7 8 (8.99%) Project Delivery
8 7 (7.87%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (6.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 5 (5.62%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (5.62%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (5.62%) Time Management
10 5 (5.62%) User Experience
11 4 (4.49%) Asset Management
11 4 (4.49%) Data Governance
11 4 (4.49%) IT Asset Management
11 4 (4.49%) Mentoring
11 4 (4.49%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (22.47%) Degree
2 15 (16.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (10.11%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.11%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.62%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.49%) CCNA
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.37%) MCSE
7 1 (1.12%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) SLA
2 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 43 (48.31%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.85%) Hyper-V
3 11 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (5.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.25%) vSphere
6 1 (1.12%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.62%) SCCM
3 3 (3.37%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (93.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.61%) VMware
3 11 (12.36%) Apple
4 7 (7.87%) Cisco
4 7 (7.87%) Meraki
5 6 (6.74%) Sophos
6 5 (5.62%) SolarWinds
6 5 (5.62%) Veeam
7 4 (4.49%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.37%) Acronis
8 3 (3.37%) Adobe
8 3 (3.37%) Synology
8 3 (3.37%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (2.25%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (2.25%) AVEVA
9 2 (2.25%) Rockwell
9 2 (2.25%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (2.25%) Samsung
9 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.25%) Siemens