Microsoft Exchange Job Trends

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 153 160
Rank change year-on-year -37 +7 -48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 1,170 1,056 1,303
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 2.13% 1.66%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.17% 25.69% 18.84%
Number of salaries quoted 909 807 898
10th Percentile £28,450 £28,280 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.25%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,648 4,111 6,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.13% 8.29% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,283 2,752 4,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,750 £39,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -0.09%
75th Percentile £71,242 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the UK

Microsoft Exchange
Top 16 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 9 September 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
England -30 1,107 £40,000 - 349
UK excluding London -14 907 £37,500 - 231
Work from Home -3 326 £45,000 +12.50% 99
London -58 251 £55,000 - 150
North of England +2 225 £37,500 +7.14% 44
South East -14 190 £40,000 - 76
South West -49 180 £35,000 +11.11% 32
East of England +8 142 £35,000 -26.32% 24
North West +40 133 £37,500 -5.06% 22
Midlands -51 119 £42,500 +21.43% 43
Yorkshire -29 73 £32,500 - 14
West Midlands -37 63 £42,500 -5.56% 30
East Midlands -54 56 £44,472 +27.06% 13
Scotland +10 28 £39,500 +19.70% 11
Wales -57 23 £50,871 +62.79% 3
North East -66 19 £44,241 +52.56% 10

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 628 (53.68%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.56%) IIS
3 24 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2013
4 19 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2007
4 19 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (1.45%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.68%) Confluence
7 5 (0.43%) Apache
8 1 (0.085%) nginx
8 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.085%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (9.83%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.085%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 13 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.68%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.34%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.085%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 981 (83.85%) Microsoft 365
2 655 (55.98%) Azure
3 577 (49.32%) Entra ID
4 235 (20.09%) OneDrive
5 89 (7.61%) SaaS
6 76 (6.50%) Power Platform
7 62 (5.30%) AWS
8 61 (5.21%) Mimecast
9 56 (4.79%) Microsoft Copilot
10 45 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 37 (3.16%) IaaS
12 36 (3.08%) Power Automate
13 34 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
14 32 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
15 31 (2.65%) Google Workspace
16 27 (2.31%) GitHub
17 22 (1.88%) PaaS
18 19 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
18 19 (1.62%) Serverless
19 16 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 411 (35.13%) DNS
2 358 (30.60%) DHCP
3 316 (27.01%) Firewall
4 227 (19.40%) VPN
5 153 (13.08%) Wi-Fi
6 149 (12.74%) VLAN
7 142 (12.14%) TCP/IP
8 107 (9.15%) LAN
9 105 (8.97%) WAN
10 90 (7.69%) VoIP
11 83 (7.09%) Wireless
12 58 (4.96%) Network Security
13 36 (3.08%) SAN
14 25 (2.14%) WLAN
15 23 (1.97%) Internet
16 22 (1.88%) SSL
17 21 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.45%) Skype
19 13 (1.11%) Broadband
20 11 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.24%) Amazon RDS
2 60 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.48%) Power BI
4 18 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (0.94%) MySQL
7 10 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.17%) KNIME
11 1 (0.085%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.085%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.085%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 61 (5.21%) JIRA
2 13 (1.11%) Git
3 4 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.085%) MSI
General
1 576 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 178 (15.21%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (6.84%) Finance
4 76 (6.50%) Legal
5 64 (5.47%) Retail
6 63 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (3.16%) Marketing
9 32 (2.74%) Law
10 27 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.88%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.71%) Advertising
15 16 (1.37%) Banking
16 14 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.77%) Brand Awareness
18 8 (0.68%) Local Government
18 8 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.60%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 386 (32.99%) IT Support
2 309 (26.41%) Support Engineer
3 291 (24.87%) IT Engineer
4 255 (21.79%) IT Support Engineer
5 177 (15.13%) Senior
6 138 (11.79%) Analyst
7 117 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 110 (9.40%) Systems Engineer
9 108 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 82 (7.01%) Support Analyst
11 75 (6.41%) IT Technician
12 71 (6.07%) 3rd Line Support
12 71 (6.07%) Support Technician
13 70 (5.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 66 (5.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 66 (5.64%) Administrator
15 64 (5.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 61 (5.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 57 (4.87%) IT Support Technician
18 52 (4.44%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.82%) Terraform
2 16 (1.37%) HTML
3 15 (1.28%) Middleware
3 15 (1.28%) REST
4 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (0.77%) EDI
5 9 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
5 9 (0.77%) JSON
5 9 (0.77%) SOAP
5 9 (0.77%) XML
6 7 (0.60%) CSS
6 7 (0.60%) SAML
7 5 (0.43%) ODBC
8 4 (0.34%) Web Services
8 4 (0.34%) web3js
9 3 (0.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.17%) .NET
10 2 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.17%) OpenID
11 1 (0.085%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.85%) Driving Licence
2 124 (10.60%) Onboarding
3 82 (7.01%) Legacy Systems
4 74 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.42%) Enterprise Cloud
7 31 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 30 (2.56%) Security Posture
9 28 (2.39%) Video Conferencing
10 26 (2.22%) Clustering
11 24 (2.05%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.71%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.37%) Replication
14 16 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
15 14 (1.20%) iPhone
16 12 (1.03%) CCTV
16 12 (1.03%) Podcast
17 11 (0.94%) CMDB
17 11 (0.94%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 799 (68.29%) Windows
2 465 (39.74%) Windows Server
3 172 (14.70%) Linux
4 151 (12.91%) Windows 10
5 140 (11.97%) Mac OS
6 126 (10.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 51 (4.36%) Apple iOS
8 37 (3.16%) Android
8 37 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 25 (2.14%) Windows 7
10 19 (1.62%) VMS
11 18 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 16 (1.37%) Windows 8
13 14 (1.20%) Ubuntu
14 13 (1.11%) CentOS
15 9 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.77%) Rocky
15 9 (0.77%) Unix
16 6 (0.51%) Solaris
17 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (35.64%) Problem-Solving
2 329 (28.12%) Customer Service
3 242 (20.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 225 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
4 225 (19.23%) ITIL
5 182 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 162 (13.85%) Migration
7 150 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 133 (11.37%) Mentoring
9 127 (10.85%) Project Delivery
10 126 (10.77%) Service Delivery
11 105 (8.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 103 (8.80%) ITSM
12 103 (8.80%) Kalman Filter
13 102 (8.72%) Customer Experience
14 86 (7.35%) Web Filtering
15 81 (6.92%) Incident Management
16 80 (6.84%) Change Management
17 79 (6.75%) Technical Leadership
18 78 (6.67%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 247 (21.11%) PowerShell
2 81 (6.92%) SQL
3 33 (2.82%) R
4 31 (2.65%) Bash
5 23 (1.97%) Ruby
6 22 (1.88%) Python
7 19 (1.62%) Bicep
8 15 (1.28%) VBScript
9 12 (1.03%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.68%) Perl
11 7 (0.60%) VBA
12 5 (0.43%) Korn
12 5 (0.43%) VB
13 4 (0.34%) PHP
14 3 (0.26%) C
14 3 (0.26%) C++
15 2 (0.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 170 (14.53%) Degree
2 164 (14.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 106 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 100 (8.55%) SC Cleared
5 61 (5.21%) Azure Certification
6 44 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.99%) DBS Check
8 34 (2.91%) CCNA
9 26 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
10 18 (1.54%) A+ Certification
11 15 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (1.20%) MCSA
13 13 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (1.11%) MCSE
14 9 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (0.51%) CCNP
16 6 (0.51%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.51%) HND
16 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (14.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 75 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (6.41%) PCI DSS
3 59 (5.04%) SLA
4 21 (1.79%) GDPR
5 19 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 14 (1.20%) TickIT
7 4 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.34%) NCSC
7 4 (0.34%) PMO
8 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.085%) QA
9 1 (0.085%) SOC 2
System Software
1 797 (68.12%) Active Directory
2 253 (21.62%) Hyper-V
3 227 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (6.15%) Terminal Server
5 46 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 38 (3.25%) vSphere
7 22 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (1.62%) BitLocker
9 17 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (0.94%) Docker
11 8 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.34%) Firmware
13 4 (0.34%) XenApp
14 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.26%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 410 (35.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (5.47%) SCCM
3 37 (3.16%) Jamf Pro
4 30 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 26 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (1.79%) Autotask
7 14 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
8 13 (1.11%) Ansible
8 13 (1.11%) WSUS
9 12 (1.03%) Kubernetes
10 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (0.43%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.34%) Argo
12 4 (0.34%) Iperf
12 4 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.34%) VxRail
13 3 (0.26%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.17%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,015 (86.75%) Microsoft
2 338 (28.89%) VMware
3 167 (14.27%) Veeam
4 122 (10.43%) Cisco
5 81 (6.92%) Splunk
6 79 (6.75%) SolarWinds
7 74 (6.32%) Nimble Storage
8 72 (6.15%) Brocade
8 72 (6.15%) Tanium
9 66 (5.64%) SonicWALL
10 57 (4.87%) Apple
11 56 (4.79%) Meraki
12 55 (4.70%) ServiceNow
13 52 (4.44%) HP
14 42 (3.59%) Ubiquiti
15 41 (3.50%) Citrix
16 37 (3.16%) Aruba
17 36 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
17 36 (3.08%) Fortinet
18 32 (2.74%) Google