Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange Server
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 122 92
Rank change year-on-year -2 -30 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 83 76 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.10% 2.01% 2.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.18% 31.02% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 62 64 79
10th Percentile £29,633 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +10.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,625 £70,000 £57,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -11.76%

All Application Platform Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 275 245 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.64% 6.47% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 196 170 192
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,075 £81,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.10%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Berkshire +24 44 £42,000 +25.37% 6
Buckinghamshire -1 31 £40,000 -11.11% 7
Oxfordshire -54 8 £35,000 -15.66% 9
Microsoft Exchange
South East

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 67 (80.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) NetSuite
1 4 (4.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (90.36%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (66.27%) Azure
3 52 (62.65%) Entra ID
4 18 (21.69%) OneDrive
5 11 (13.25%) Google Workspace
6 9 (10.84%) IaaS
7 8 (9.64%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.61%) AWS
9 1 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.20%) SaaS
9 1 (1.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (53.01%) Firewall
2 43 (51.81%) DNS
3 42 (50.60%) DHCP
4 22 (26.51%) VPN
5 21 (25.30%) VLAN
5 21 (25.30%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (20.48%) SSL
7 12 (14.46%) TCP/IP
8 11 (13.25%) VoIP
9 8 (9.64%) WAN
9 8 (9.64%) Wireless
10 7 (8.43%) LAN
11 4 (4.82%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (3.61%) Network Security
12 3 (3.61%) WLAN
13 2 (2.41%) IPsec
13 2 (2.41%) iSCSI
13 2 (2.41%) SAN
14 1 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (1.20%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) MySQL
1 2 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 59 (71.08%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.07%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (8.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (7.23%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (7.23%) Retail
5 4 (4.82%) Advertising
6 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Automotive
8 1 (1.20%) Finance
8 1 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.20%) Local Government
8 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (38.55%) IT Support
2 24 (28.92%) IT Engineer
3 23 (27.71%) IT Support Engineer
3 23 (27.71%) Support Engineer
4 19 (22.89%) Senior
5 11 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Senior IT Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Senior IT Support
5 11 (13.25%) Senior Support Engineer
6 9 (10.84%) Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Service Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Support Analyst
7 8 (9.64%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (7.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (7.23%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (7.23%) Platform Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Senior Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Senior Service Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Service Manager
9 5 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) HTML
1 5 (6.02%) ODBC
2 1 (1.20%) OpenID
2 1 (1.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (26.51%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 58 (69.88%) Windows
2 30 (36.14%) Windows Server
3 17 (20.48%) macOS
4 9 (10.84%) Windows 10
4 9 (10.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (4.82%) Linux
6 3 (3.61%) Android
6 3 (3.61%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (45.78%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (31.33%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (28.92%) Customer Service
4 22 (26.51%) Disaster Recovery
5 21 (25.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (22.89%) ITIL
7 18 (21.69%) Kalman Filter
8 16 (19.28%) Data Protection
8 16 (19.28%) Migration
9 15 (18.07%) Project Delivery
10 13 (15.66%) Information Security
11 12 (14.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 11 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (13.25%) Data Privacy
12 11 (13.25%) High Availability
12 11 (13.25%) Mobile Device Management
13 10 (12.05%) Identity Access Management
14 9 (10.84%) Computer Science
14 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
14 9 (10.84%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 27 (32.53%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.61%) Bash
3 2 (2.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 34 (40.96%) Degree
2 27 (32.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (16.87%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (16.87%) DBS Check
4 12 (14.46%) Network+ Certification
5 9 (10.84%) Azure Certification
5 9 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (8.43%) CCNA
6 7 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.41%) HNC
7 2 (2.41%) HND
8 1 (1.20%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (32.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (13.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (7.23%) GDPR
4 4 (4.82%) NCSC
5 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (78.31%) Active Directory
2 19 (22.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (15.66%) Hyper-V
4 9 (10.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (2.41%) Docker
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (53.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (16.87%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.61%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.41%) Autotask
4 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.41%) N-central
5 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 71 (85.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (24.10%) VMware
3 16 (19.28%) Apple
3 16 (19.28%) Cisco
4 13 (15.66%) Datto
5 11 (13.25%) Google
5 11 (13.25%) SonicWALL
5 11 (13.25%) Veeam
6 4 (4.82%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.82%) Meraki
7 3 (3.61%) Aruba
7 3 (3.61%) Juniper
7 3 (3.61%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.41%) Dell
8 2 (2.41%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (1.20%) Okta