Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 124 93
Rank change year-on-year -57 -31 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 81 96 282
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.70% 1.99% 2.58%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.10% 25.74% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 71 94 244
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £24,696
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +6.94% +7.46%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £53,300 £57,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -4.76%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 403 373 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.48% 7.73% 9.38%
Number of salaries quoted 309 306 848
10th Percentile £26,200 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -9.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -10.71%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
West Midlands -16 48 £48,000 -4.00% 10
East Midlands -62 33 £40,000 +26.98% 11
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 53 (65.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.17%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (6.17%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (6.17%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (98.77%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (56.79%) Azure
3 45 (55.56%) Entra ID
4 18 (22.22%) OneDrive
5 6 (7.41%) AWS
6 5 (6.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (3.70%) IaaS
7 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.70%) Mimecast
7 3 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.70%) SaaS
8 2 (2.47%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.47%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.47%) Serverless
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (39.51%) DNS
2 31 (38.27%) DHCP
3 22 (27.16%) VPN
4 18 (22.22%) Firewall
5 17 (20.99%) WAN
6 16 (19.75%) LAN
7 15 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (14.81%) VoIP
9 11 (13.58%) TCP/IP
9 11 (13.58%) VLAN
10 5 (6.17%) SD-WAN
10 5 (6.17%) WLAN
11 4 (4.94%) Network Security
12 3 (3.70%) Internet
12 3 (3.70%) MPLS
12 3 (3.70%) SAN
13 2 (2.47%) Broadband
13 2 (2.47%) Ethernet
13 2 (2.47%) PBX
13 2 (2.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
General
1 34 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (11.11%) Legal
4 6 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.17%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.94%) Finance
7 1 (1.23%) Law
7 1 (1.23%) Marketing
7 1 (1.23%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (30.86%) IT Engineer
1 25 (30.86%) IT Support
2 19 (23.46%) Support Engineer
3 18 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
4 17 (20.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (14.81%) Analyst
5 12 (14.81%) Senior
6 9 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
6 9 (11.11%) IT Manager
7 8 (9.88%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 8 (9.88%) IT Operations Manager
7 8 (9.88%) Operations Manager
8 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 7 (8.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (8.64%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 5 (6.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.64%) Replication
3 6 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.70%) Clustering
4 3 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.23%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.23%) PKI
6 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 50 (61.73%) Windows
2 22 (27.16%) Windows Server
3 20 (24.69%) Windows 10
4 9 (11.11%) Mac OS
5 8 (9.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.17%) Android
6 5 (6.17%) Apple iOS
6 5 (6.17%) Windows 7
7 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.70%) Linux
8 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (49.38%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (32.10%) ITIL
3 24 (29.63%) Service Delivery
4 19 (23.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (16.05%) Business Continuity
7 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (14.81%) Migration
8 9 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 9 (11.11%) CRM
8 9 (11.11%) Identity Management
8 9 (11.11%) ITSM
8 9 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
9 8 (9.88%) Application Packaging
9 8 (9.88%) Customer Service
9 8 (9.88%) Data Migration
9 8 (9.88%) E-Commerce
9 8 (9.88%) Project Delivery
9 8 (9.88%) Task Automation
10 6 (7.41%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (45.68%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (27.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (17.28%) Degree
3 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.23%) CBAP
5 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.23%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.23%) PMP
5 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (32.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (20.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 15 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (11.11%) GDPR
5 4 (4.94%) ISO 22301
6 3 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (69.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (17.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (14.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.70%) BitLocker
4 3 (3.70%) vSphere
4 3 (3.70%) XenApp
5 2 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (54.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.88%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.47%) Terraform
4 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 21 (25.93%) VMware
3 12 (14.81%) Cisco
4 11 (13.58%) Meraki
5 8 (9.88%) Apple
5 8 (9.88%) Logitech
5 8 (9.88%) Yealink
6 7 (8.64%) Veeam
7 6 (7.41%) Citrix
7 6 (7.41%) SonicWALL
8 5 (6.17%) Dell
8 5 (6.17%) HP
9 4 (4.94%) Kaseya
10 3 (3.70%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.70%) IBM
10 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
11 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
12 1 (1.23%) Autodesk
12 1 (1.23%) Oracle
12 1 (1.23%) SAP