Microsoft Exchange Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Exchange skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 147 179
Rank change year-on-year +33 +32 -60
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 2,340 2,580 3,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.39% 2.47% 2.29%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.89% 21.39% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,878 2,034 2,934
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +5.63% -
75th Percentile £53,188 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £69,893
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% +7.14% -0.83%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Microsoft Exchange is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,690 12,060 21,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.90% 11.52% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,047 7,947 11,793
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,290 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary trend for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +40 2,203 £40,000 -5.88% 422
UK excluding London +9 1,595 £37,000 -1.33% 328
Work from Home +6 729 £45,000 -10.00% 136
London +51 701 £52,500 -0.28% 109
South East -3 416 £37,000 -4.50% 82
North of England +32 384 £35,000 -7.89% 77
Midlands +8 282 £36,000 +5.88% 50
East of England +17 207 £33,000 -12.00% 58
South West +24 203 £42,500 +14.86% 44
West Midlands +2 183 £36,000 +5.88% 35
North West -29 153 £40,000 -5.88% 42
Yorkshire +72 148 £32,375 -0.38% 29
East Midlands +6 95 £36,500 +16.80% 15
North East +38 83 £35,000 - 6
Scotland -80 62 £36,500 +21.67% 14
Wales +8 29 £38,000 -5.00% 7
Northern Ireland +19 8 £34,628 +6.55% 6
Isle of Man - 4 £37,000 -

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 766 (32.74%) SharePoint
2 63 (2.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 56 (2.39%) Exchange Server 2013
4 52 (2.22%) IIS
5 22 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2007
6 20 (0.85%) Skype for Business
7 13 (0.56%) CMS
8 12 (0.51%) WordPress
9 8 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (0.30%) Confluence
10 7 (0.30%) SAS
10 7 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
11 6 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2000
12 5 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2003
14 2 (0.085%) BizTalk Server
15 1 (0.043%) Apache
15 1 (0.043%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.043%) nginx
15 1 (0.043%) WebSphere
Applications
1 432 (18.46%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.17%) Trello
6 3 (0.13%) SPSS
7 2 (0.085%) CATIA
7 2 (0.085%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.085%) NASTRAN
7 2 (0.085%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.043%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.043%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (2.05%) Endur
2 27 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.68%) Fidessa
4 9 (0.38%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 6 (0.26%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
7 4 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.13%) Eikon
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.085%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.043%) MIS ActiveH
10 1 (0.043%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,786 (76.32%) Microsoft 365
2 1,089 (46.54%) Azure
3 508 (21.71%) Entra ID
4 254 (10.85%) OneDrive
5 170 (7.26%) AWS
6 115 (4.91%) Power Platform
7 86 (3.68%) Mimecast
8 63 (2.69%) PowerApps
8 63 (2.69%) SaaS
9 57 (2.44%) Power Automate
10 55 (2.35%) GCP
11 50 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
12 47 (2.01%) IaaS
13 41 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
14 38 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
15 29 (1.24%) PaaS
16 26 (1.11%) Google Workspace
17 25 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
17 25 (1.07%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 564 (24.10%) Firewall
2 520 (22.22%) DNS
3 383 (16.37%) DHCP
4 373 (15.94%) WAN
5 245 (10.47%) VPN
6 243 (10.38%) Wireless
7 228 (9.74%) LAN
8 185 (7.91%) TCP/IP
9 171 (7.31%) SAN
10 146 (6.24%) SD-WAN
11 123 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
12 119 (5.09%) Cisco IOS
13 115 (4.91%) VLAN
14 114 (4.87%) WebEx
15 109 (4.66%) VoIP
16 77 (3.29%) Network Security
17 73 (3.12%) Remote Desktop
18 51 (2.18%) NAS
19 47 (2.01%) Internet
19 47 (2.01%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 64 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
3 62 (2.65%) Relational Database
4 60 (2.56%) Power BI
5 55 (2.35%) RDBMS
6 23 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 16 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (0.64%) MySQL
9 13 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.30%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.30%) Redis
11 4 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.13%) Big Data
12 3 (0.13%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.085%) Metadata
13 2 (0.085%) Metadata Repository
13 2 (0.085%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.085%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (1.54%) JIRA
2 21 (0.90%) Git
3 7 (0.30%) Moq
4 2 (0.085%) Hudson
4 2 (0.085%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.085%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.085%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.085%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.043%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.043%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.043%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.043%) Jenkins
General
1 847 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 342 (14.62%) Finance
3 179 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (5.51%) Law
5 119 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 113 (4.83%) Legal
7 89 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
8 82 (3.50%) Games
9 72 (3.08%) Banking
10 69 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 69 (2.95%) Marketing
11 61 (2.61%) Public Sector
12 44 (1.88%) Retail
13 43 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.15%) Back Office
15 27 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (0.73%) Local Government
17 15 (0.64%) Advertising
17 15 (0.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 574 (24.53%) IT Support
2 437 (18.68%) Support Engineer
3 345 (14.74%) Analyst
4 344 (14.70%) IT Engineer
5 312 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 267 (11.41%) Senior
7 235 (10.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 187 (7.99%) 2nd Line Support
9 182 (7.78%) Support Analyst
10 146 (6.24%) 3rd Line Support
11 144 (6.15%) IT Analyst
12 138 (5.90%) Support Specialist
13 130 (5.56%) Consultant
14 115 (4.91%) IT Support Specialist
15 111 (4.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 104 (4.44%) IT Support Analyst
17 101 (4.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 93 (3.97%) IT Technician
19 92 (3.93%) Lead
20 89 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.28%) ARM Templates
2 23 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
2 23 (0.98%) HTML
3 21 (0.90%) JSON
4 20 (0.85%) .NET
5 16 (0.68%) ASP.NET
6 14 (0.60%) .NET Framework
6 14 (0.60%) AngularJS
6 14 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
6 14 (0.60%) Entity Framework
7 12 (0.51%) LAMP
8 11 (0.47%) CSS
9 9 (0.38%) HTML5
9 9 (0.38%) LDAP
9 9 (0.38%) React
10 8 (0.34%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.30%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 7 (0.30%) CSS3
11 7 (0.30%) LINQ
11 7 (0.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 138 (5.90%) Video Conferencing
2 130 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 123 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (4.53%) Wiki
5 87 (3.72%) Data Centre
6 82 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 69 (2.95%) Replication
8 61 (2.61%) Clustering
9 50 (2.14%) Public Cloud
10 48 (2.05%) Swaptions
11 38 (1.62%) Smartphone
12 35 (1.50%) iPad
13 33 (1.41%) BYOD
14 31 (1.32%) PKI
15 30 (1.28%) Onboarding
16 29 (1.24%) Blackberry
16 29 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 25 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
18 22 (0.94%) iPhone
19 16 (0.68%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 1,599 (68.33%) Windows
2 853 (36.45%) Windows Server
3 577 (24.66%) Windows 10
4 187 (7.99%) Android
5 184 (7.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 180 (7.69%) Linux
7 140 (5.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 127 (5.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 115 (4.91%) Windows 7
10 84 (3.59%) Windows Server 2008
11 78 (3.33%) Windows 8
12 75 (3.21%) Apple iOS
13 63 (2.69%) Mac OS
14 34 (1.45%) Unix
15 31 (1.32%) VMS
16 27 (1.15%) CentOS
16 27 (1.15%) Mac OS X
17 26 (1.11%) Ubuntu
18 17 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
19 15 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (21.37%) ITIL
2 431 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 365 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 344 (14.70%) Customer Service
5 225 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
6 181 (7.74%) Migration
7 160 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 152 (6.50%) Computer Science
9 145 (6.20%) Mobile Device Management
10 135 (5.77%) Project Management
11 134 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 131 (5.60%) Agile
13 126 (5.38%) Service Management
14 122 (5.21%) Business Continuity
15 120 (5.13%) ITSM
16 110 (4.70%) Application Virtualisation
16 110 (4.70%) BCP
16 110 (4.70%) Business Continuity Planning
16 110 (4.70%) Contract Negotiation
16 110 (4.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 370 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 307 (13.12%) SQL
3 62 (2.65%) VB
4 56 (2.39%) C#
5 55 (2.35%) Java
6 47 (2.01%) JavaScript
6 47 (2.01%) Python
7 46 (1.97%) Bash
8 17 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 16 (0.68%) Bicep
9 16 (0.68%) Perl
9 16 (0.68%) Ruby
10 15 (0.64%) VBScript
11 9 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.13%) R
12 3 (0.13%) VBA
13 2 (0.085%) PHP
14 1 (0.043%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.043%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.043%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 412 (17.61%) Degree
2 210 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 138 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 111 (4.74%) Master's Degree
5 102 (4.36%) Security Cleared
6 80 (3.42%) MCSE
7 78 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 74 (3.16%) CCNA
9 70 (2.99%) SC Cleared
10 67 (2.86%) MCSA
11 63 (2.69%) Azure Certification
12 55 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
13 51 (2.18%) MCP
14 45 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 29 (1.24%) DV Cleared
16 25 (1.07%) A+ Certification
17 22 (0.94%) DBS Check
18 20 (0.85%) MCITP
19 16 (0.68%) APMP
19 16 (0.68%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (8.85%) SLA
2 49 (2.09%) GDPR
3 31 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (0.51%) QA
6 8 (0.34%) PMO
7 7 (0.30%) NCSC
8 6 (0.26%) GRC
8 6 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.13%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.085%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.043%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.043%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.043%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.043%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.043%) NIST
System Software
1 1,712 (73.16%) Active Directory
2 531 (22.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 441 (18.85%) Hyper-V
4 205 (8.76%) VMware ESXi
5 199 (8.50%) XenApp
6 186 (7.95%) XenDesktop
7 106 (4.53%) Microsoft App-V
8 104 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 70 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
10 67 (2.86%) vSphere
11 47 (2.01%) VirtualBox
12 24 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
12 24 (1.03%) VMware Workstation
13 18 (0.77%) Terminal Services
14 16 (0.68%) Docker
15 13 (0.56%) Firmware
15 13 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 9 (0.38%) Forefront TMG
17 8 (0.34%) pfSense
18 7 (0.30%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 499 (21.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 307 (13.12%) SCCM
3 105 (4.49%) AirWatch
4 80 (3.42%) WSUS
5 58 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 57 (2.44%) SCOM
7 52 (2.22%) vCenter Server
8 36 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
9 31 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
10 30 (1.28%) Backup Exec
11 27 (1.15%) FortiGate
12 26 (1.11%) Kubernetes
13 23 (0.98%) Terraform
14 22 (0.94%) NetBackup
15 21 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
16 17 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
17 13 (0.56%) Ansible
18 12 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
19 10 (0.43%) Puppet
20 8 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 1,694 (72.39%) Microsoft
2 756 (32.31%) VMware
3 400 (17.09%) Citrix
4 349 (14.91%) Cisco
5 146 (6.24%) Veeam
6 101 (4.32%) Apple
7 88 (3.76%) Oracle
8 83 (3.55%) HP
8 83 (3.55%) ServiceNow
9 73 (3.12%) Dell
9 73 (3.12%) Google
10 62 (2.65%) Meraki
11 59 (2.52%) Sophos
12 56 (2.39%) Sybase
13 48 (2.05%) OpenLink
13 48 (2.05%) TIBCO
14 44 (1.88%) Bloomberg
15 41 (1.75%) Aruba
15 41 (1.75%) NetApp
16 40 (1.71%) Commvault