Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 128 205
Rank change year-on-year +12 +77 -79
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 21 17 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.65% 0.77% 0.95%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.34% 7.49% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 47
10th Percentile - - £22,900
25th Percentile £21,250 £29,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £33,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -9.59% +21.67%
75th Percentile £43,125 £38,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £51,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.20% +3.75% -5.88%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 94 227 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.89% 10.25% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 57 65 206
10th Percentile £26,500 - £26,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £51,914 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.77% +9.29% -5.26%
75th Percentile £54,249 £93,778 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,930 £98,474 £73,000
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 Scotland

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in Scotland

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 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
Edinburgh +21 8 £22,500 -50.00%
Glasgow +18 8 £27,000 -10.00%
Aberdeen -13 4 £39,000 -22.00% 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Exchange
UK

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 16 (76.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 13 (61.90%) Entra ID
3 11 (52.38%) SaaS
4 9 (42.86%) OneDrive
5 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (14.29%) Power Automate
6 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) DNS
2 13 (61.90%) DHCP
3 10 (47.62%) Firewall
4 8 (38.10%) VPN
5 5 (23.81%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (19.05%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (4.76%) Broadband
7 1 (4.76%) PBX
7 1 (4.76%) VLAN
7 1 (4.76%) VoIP
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) IT Support
2 7 (33.33%) Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) IT Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Junior
3 5 (23.81%) Junior IT Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Junior IT Support
3 5 (23.81%) Junior Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Remote Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Administrator
4 4 (19.05%) IT Administrator
4 4 (19.05%) IT Systems Administrator
4 4 (19.05%) Senior
4 4 (19.05%) Senior IT Administrator
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 4 (19.05%) Service Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (14.29%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
1 9 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (23.81%) Server Virtualisation
3 4 (19.05%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) ITSM
3 4 (19.05%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
4 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (14.29%) Employee Productivity
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.52%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.52%) Ticket Management
6 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.76%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (4.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 1 (4.76%) Task Automation
6 1 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
1 4 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) CCNA
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.76%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (80.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) Hyper-V
2 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (19.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Dell
2 5 (23.81%) HP
3 4 (19.05%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
3 4 (19.05%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco