Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 123 90
Rank change year-on-year +3 -33 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 154 167 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.46% 1.76% 3.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 31.95% 20.59% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 124 105 198
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,300 £23,750
25th Percentile £28,375 £31,000 £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +21.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £63,542 £53,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +1.19%

All Application Platform Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 482 811 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.58% 8.57% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 341 452 592
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,783 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,188
90th Percentile £81,250 £71,991 £82,548
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the North of England

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Yorkshire +6 75 £30,000 -20.00% 51
North West +9 60 £35,000 -17.65% 41
North East +7 19 £29,000 -42.00% 15
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 61 (39.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (14.94%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 128 (83.12%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (57.14%) Azure
3 68 (44.16%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.39%) OneDrive
5 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 12 (7.79%) IaaS
7 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (5.84%) SaaS
9 7 (4.55%) PaaS
10 5 (3.25%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.60%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.95%) GitHub
12 3 (1.95%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.95%) PowerApps
13 2 (1.30%) Viva Engage
14 1 (0.65%) AWS
14 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.65%) iPaaS
14 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 65 (42.21%) Firewall
2 40 (25.97%) VLAN
3 36 (23.38%) TCP/IP
4 35 (22.73%) VPN
5 33 (21.43%) DNS
6 32 (20.78%) DHCP
6 32 (20.78%) WAN
7 28 (18.18%) LAN
8 23 (14.94%) VoIP
9 17 (11.04%) SAN
10 14 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (6.49%) Wireless
12 6 (3.90%) SSL
13 4 (2.60%) SD-WAN
14 2 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.65%) FTP
15 1 (0.65%) HTTP
15 1 (0.65%) Network Security
15 1 (0.65%) SMTP
15 1 (0.65%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.49%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.95%) Power BI
2 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.30%) MySQL
4 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 82 (53.25%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.39%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (4.55%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.90%) Law
7 3 (1.95%) Automotive
7 3 (1.95%) Finance
7 3 (1.95%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 57 (37.01%) IT Support
2 34 (22.08%) Support Engineer
3 33 (21.43%) Support Technician
4 21 (13.64%) Analyst
5 18 (11.69%) Support Analyst
5 18 (11.69%) Technical Support
6 16 (10.39%) IT Analyst
6 16 (10.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 16 (10.39%) Senior
7 15 (9.74%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (9.74%) IT Engineer
7 15 (9.74%) IT Support Technician
7 15 (9.74%) IT Technician
8 13 (8.44%) IT Support Analyst
9 12 (7.79%) 1st Line Support
9 12 (7.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (7.79%) Senior Support Technician
9 12 (7.79%) Senior Technician
10 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Engineer
11 10 (6.49%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.65%) Middleware
2 1 (0.65%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.58%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (5.84%) iPad
4 8 (5.19%) Clustering
4 8 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.19%) Replication
4 8 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (3.90%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.60%) EPoS
8 4 (2.60%) NHS
9 2 (1.30%) iPhone
9 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.65%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.65%) Equities
10 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 95 (61.69%) Windows
2 72 (46.75%) Windows Server
3 34 (22.08%) Windows 10
4 14 (9.09%) Android
5 12 (7.79%) Linux
6 11 (7.14%) Mac OS
6 11 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (3.90%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.95%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.95%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.17%) Customer Service
2 45 (29.22%) ITIL
3 38 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (12.99%) Service Delivery
5 16 (10.39%) Migration
6 15 (9.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 14 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (8.44%) Service Management
8 13 (8.44%) Task Automation
8 13 (8.44%) Time Management
9 12 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (6.49%) Client Onboarding
11 10 (6.49%) Customer-Centricity
11 10 (6.49%) ITSM
11 10 (6.49%) Knowledge Management
12 8 (5.19%) Data Protection
12 8 (5.19%) Knowledge Transfer
12 8 (5.19%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.83%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.84%) SQL
3 3 (1.95%) Bicep
4 2 (1.30%) Python
4 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (12.34%) Degree
2 17 (11.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.39%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.90%) CCNA
5 6 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.65%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.65%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.25%) SLA
2 4 (2.60%) PMO
3 3 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.65%) FINRA
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 107 (69.48%) Active Directory
2 56 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 46 (29.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.95%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (1.30%) Docker
5 2 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (31.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.09%) SCCM
3 13 (8.44%) FortiGate
4 8 (5.19%) Autotask
5 3 (1.95%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.30%) Plesk
7 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 143 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 57 (37.01%) VMware
3 20 (12.99%) Veeam
4 18 (11.69%) Cisco
4 18 (11.69%) SonicWALL
5 11 (7.14%) Citrix
6 10 (6.49%) Apple
6 10 (6.49%) WatchGuard
7 9 (5.84%) Dell
8 8 (5.19%) HP
8 8 (5.19%) Supermicro
9 7 (4.55%) Datto
9 7 (4.55%) Freshdesk
10 4 (2.60%) Sage
11 3 (1.95%) ESET
11 3 (1.95%) Google
11 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
12 2 (1.30%) Draytek
12 2 (1.30%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.65%) Ubiquiti