Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in England

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 164 115
Rank change year-on-year -16 -49 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 925 842 2,089
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 2.13% 2.21%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.11% 22.76% 24.07%
Number of salaries quoted 736 702 1,670
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,525 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +0.60% +4.38% -5.88%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,543 3,699 8,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.27% 9.36% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 2,591 6,578
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,374 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.16%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in England

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London -33 265 £55,000 -1.79% 44
North of England +22 189 £37,500 +11.94% 33
South East -7 155 £39,000 -2.50% 61
South West -20 130 £32,500 +3.17% 21
North West +51 115 £40,000 +1.27% 17
East of England -3 92 £36,000 -20.00% 20
Midlands -39 91 £42,500 +6.25% 28
Yorkshire -12 65 £33,250 +10.83% 12
West Midlands -26 49 £42,500 -15.00% 15
East Midlands -33 42 £42,500 +21.43% 13
North East -51 9 £42,500 +32.81% 6
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 448 (48.43%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.95%) IIS
3 15 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (0.76%) Confluence
6 5 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.43%) CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Apache
8 3 (0.32%) govService
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 120 (12.97%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 771 (83.35%) Microsoft 365
2 517 (55.89%) Azure
3 362 (39.14%) Entra ID
4 147 (15.89%) OneDrive
5 65 (7.03%) AWS
5 65 (7.03%) Power Platform
6 64 (6.92%) SaaS
7 50 (5.41%) Mimecast
8 40 (4.32%) Google Workspace
9 33 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
10 28 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 22 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.38%) IaaS
12 21 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (2.16%) GitHub
14 18 (1.95%) PaaS
15 13 (1.41%) Boomi
15 13 (1.41%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 313 (33.84%) DNS
2 275 (29.73%) DHCP
3 241 (26.05%) Firewall
4 171 (18.49%) VPN
5 136 (14.70%) Wi-Fi
6 120 (12.97%) WAN
7 104 (11.24%) LAN
8 103 (11.14%) TCP/IP
9 99 (10.70%) VLAN
10 78 (8.43%) VoIP
11 40 (4.32%) SAN
12 31 (3.35%) Wireless
13 26 (2.81%) Network Security
14 21 (2.27%) SD-WAN
15 20 (2.16%) WLAN
16 19 (2.05%) Internet
17 17 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.86%) iSCSI
18 8 (0.86%) SSL
19 7 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.92%) Amazon RDS
2 51 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 40 (4.32%) Power BI
4 28 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (1.95%) MySQL
7 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.43%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.11%) EDMS
8 1 (0.11%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 38 (4.11%) JIRA
2 6 (0.65%) Git
3 4 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.22%) GitLab
4 2 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 438 (47.35%) Social Skills
2 152 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (9.30%) Finance
4 70 (7.57%) Organisational Skills
5 58 (6.27%) Legal
5 58 (6.27%) Retail
6 43 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.22%) Marketing
8 24 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (2.27%) Law
10 19 (2.05%) Advertising
11 14 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.41%) Banking
12 13 (1.41%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.97%) Brand Awareness
14 9 (0.97%) Local Government
15 4 (0.43%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 293 (31.68%) IT Support
2 255 (27.57%) Support Engineer
3 219 (23.68%) IT Engineer
4 184 (19.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 130 (14.05%) Senior
6 112 (12.11%) Analyst
7 104 (11.24%) 2nd Line Support
8 95 (10.27%) Systems Engineer
9 91 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 78 (8.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 71 (7.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 69 (7.46%) Support Analyst
13 66 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
14 58 (6.27%) IT Technician
14 58 (6.27%) Support Technician
15 56 (6.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 46 (4.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 46 (4.97%) IT Support Technician
17 40 (4.32%) IT Analyst
18 39 (4.22%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.84%) JSON
1 17 (1.84%) XML
2 15 (1.62%) Middleware
3 13 (1.41%) HTML
3 13 (1.41%) REST
4 11 (1.19%) EDI
5 10 (1.08%) CSS
6 9 (0.97%) SOAP
7 4 (0.43%) web3js
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.32%) SAML
9 2 (0.22%) .NET
9 2 (0.22%) LEMP Stack
9 2 (0.22%) Node.js
9 2 (0.22%) OpenID
9 2 (0.22%) Web Services
10 1 (0.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 1 (0.11%) OAuth
10 1 (0.11%) SAP CAF
10 1 (0.11%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 112 (12.11%) Driving Licence
2 72 (7.78%) Legacy Systems
2 72 (7.78%) Onboarding
3 54 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.32%) Enterprise Cloud
5 37 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
8 20 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.95%) Replication
10 17 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.51%) Clustering
12 13 (1.41%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.41%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
13 12 (1.30%) iPhone
14 11 (1.19%) CCTV
14 11 (1.19%) CMDB
15 10 (1.08%) Cloud Native
16 9 (0.97%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 617 (66.70%) Windows
2 361 (39.03%) Windows Server
3 168 (18.16%) Windows 10
4 148 (16.00%) Linux
5 111 (12.00%) Mac OS
6 110 (11.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 58 (6.27%) Apple iOS
8 51 (5.51%) Android
9 42 (4.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 30 (3.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 21 (2.27%) Windows 7
12 19 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 12 (1.30%) Windows 8
14 9 (0.97%) VMS
15 8 (0.86%) CentOS
16 7 (0.76%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.65%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
19 2 (0.22%) Debian
19 2 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (39.46%) Problem-Solving
2 223 (24.11%) Customer Service
3 196 (21.19%) ITIL
4 153 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 131 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 128 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
7 107 (11.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 106 (11.46%) Migration
9 103 (11.14%) Service Delivery
10 92 (9.95%) Kalman Filter
11 79 (8.54%) Mentoring
11 79 (8.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 79 (8.54%) Web Filtering
12 77 (8.32%) Customer Experience
13 73 (7.89%) Email Filtering
14 67 (7.24%) Project Delivery
15 65 (7.03%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 63 (6.81%) Identity Management
17 62 (6.70%) Roadmaps
18 61 (6.59%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 185 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 74 (8.00%) SQL
3 26 (2.81%) Python
4 18 (1.95%) Bash
4 18 (1.95%) R
4 18 (1.95%) T-SQL
5 13 (1.41%) VBScript
6 11 (1.19%) Bicep
7 7 (0.76%) VBA
8 6 (0.65%) Korn
8 6 (0.65%) PHP
9 4 (0.43%) Delphi
9 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.43%) Pascal
10 3 (0.32%) C
10 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.32%) VB
11 1 (0.11%) C#
11 1 (0.11%) C++
11 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 129 (13.95%) Degree
2 104 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 103 (11.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 93 (10.05%) SC Cleared
5 27 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.70%) CCNA
7 23 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 21 (2.27%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.19%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.97%) MCSA
10 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 8 (0.86%) A+ Certification
11 8 (0.86%) MCSE
12 7 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.54%) HNC
15 4 (0.43%) CCNP
15 4 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
15 4 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 67 (7.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (7.14%) PCI DSS
4 45 (4.86%) SLA
5 25 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 20 (2.16%) GDPR
7 14 (1.51%) TickIT
8 12 (1.30%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.97%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.54%) QA
11 4 (0.43%) PMO
12 3 (0.32%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.11%) NCSC
13 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 629 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 199 (21.51%) Hyper-V
3 169 (18.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (6.81%) Terminal Server
5 38 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 37 (4.00%) vSphere
7 19 (2.05%) BitLocker
8 17 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (1.41%) Docker
10 10 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.65%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.65%) XenApp
14 3 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.22%) Samba
15 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 281 (30.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (6.49%) SCCM
3 43 (4.65%) Jamf Pro
4 29 (3.14%) Terraform
5 28 (3.03%) Autotask
6 23 (2.49%) FortiGate
7 18 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (1.62%) Kubernetes
9 13 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 13 (1.41%) WSUS
10 12 (1.30%) Ansible
11 11 (1.19%) vCenter Server
12 9 (0.97%) Backup Exec
13 6 (0.65%) VxRail
14 5 (0.54%) vRealize
15 4 (0.43%) Argo
15 4 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
15 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
16 3 (0.32%) Norton AntiVirus
17 2 (0.22%) Nagios
Vendors
1 771 (83.35%) Microsoft
2 258 (27.89%) VMware
3 133 (14.38%) Veeam
4 79 (8.54%) Cisco
5 76 (8.22%) SolarWinds
6 67 (7.24%) Apple
7 66 (7.14%) Splunk
8 64 (6.92%) Nimble Storage
9 63 (6.81%) Brocade
9 63 (6.81%) Tanium
10 49 (5.30%) Meraki
11 46 (4.97%) Google
12 40 (4.32%) SonicWALL
13 37 (4.00%) ServiceNow
14 33 (3.57%) Citrix
14 33 (3.57%) HP
15 31 (3.35%) Ubiquiti
16 26 (2.81%) Datto
17 25 (2.70%) Aruba
18 23 (2.49%) Sophos