Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in Kent

Microsoft Exchange Server
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 61 36
Rank change year-on-year -3 -25 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 23 16 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 2.23% 2.19% 4.48%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.23% 59.26% 49.06%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 26
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -3.61%
75th Percentile £43,125 £48,750 £43,063
90th Percentile £65,825 £55,000 £49,375
South East median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.75% -5.88% +13.33%

All Application Platform Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 52 27 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.04% 3.69% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 51 14 48
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £27,625
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £46,875 £60,625 £47,813
90th Percentile £60,125 £71,750 £55,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% -10.00%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Kent

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Kent over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Kent

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Maidstone - 5 £37,500 - 3
Chatham - 2 £67,000 -
Canterbury - 1 £40,000 -
West Malling - 1 £85,000 - 2
Microsoft Exchange
South East

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 19 (82.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Apache
2 1 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (91.30%) Azure
2 19 (82.61%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (78.26%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (4.35%) IaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Mimecast
5 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
5 1 (4.35%) PaaS
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (60.87%) DHCP
1 14 (60.87%) DNS
1 14 (60.87%) Firewall
2 13 (56.52%) TCP/IP
2 13 (56.52%) VPN
3 12 (52.17%) VLAN
3 12 (52.17%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (13.04%) SAN
5 2 (8.70%) NetScaler
5 2 (8.70%) VSAN
6 1 (4.35%) LAN
6 1 (4.35%) MPLS
6 1 (4.35%) VoIP
6 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 19 (82.61%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) IT Support
2 9 (39.13%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (30.43%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Support
6 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) Clustering
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) iPhone
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 18 (78.26%) Windows Server
3 12 (52.17%) Windows 10
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (13.04%) Linux
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.35%) Android
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (13.04%) Preventative Maintenance
3 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Converged Infrastructure
4 2 (8.70%) ERP
4 2 (8.70%) Information Security
4 2 (8.70%) IT Governance
4 2 (8.70%) Patch Management
4 2 (8.70%) Problem Management
4 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
4 2 (8.70%) Service Management
4 2 (8.70%) Storage Management
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (8.70%) User Experience
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.35%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) PCI DSS
2 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (95.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (56.52%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) VMware NSX
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (8.70%) vCenter Server
2 2 (8.70%) VxRail
3 1 (4.35%) CASB
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) Cisco
2 12 (52.17%) Meraki
3 5 (21.74%) Citrix
3 5 (21.74%) Veeam
4 4 (17.39%) VMware
5 2 (8.70%) Dell
5 2 (8.70%) NetApp
6 1 (4.35%) Ivanti
6 1 (4.35%) WatchGuard
6 1 (4.35%) Zscaler