Microsoft Exchange Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MS Exchange skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MS Exchange over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 321 385 378
Rank change year-on-year +64 -7 -109
Permanent jobs citing MS Exchange 500 1,017 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.83% 0.91%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.59% 7.13% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 335 830 1,036
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £33,375 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,062 £34,652
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +18.50% -4.41%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +20.31% -1.54%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

MS 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 5,213 14,258 15,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.97% 11.67% 12.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,883 8,496 10,303
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,270 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,944 £50,000 £45,369
% change year-on-year -0.11% +10.21% +0.82%

MS Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MS Exchange in the UK

MS Exchange
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MS Exchange in the UK

MS Exchange
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MS Exchange over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for MS Exchange in the UK

MS Exchange
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Exchange within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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 +67 471 £45,000 +12.50% 172
UK excluding London +19 269 £40,000 +3.90% 146
London +165 218 £54,250 +8.50% 31
Work from Home +52 162 £49,565 +15.55% 57
South East +94 101 £41,460 +3.65% 48
Midlands +99 67 £49,532 +28.65% 28
West Midlands +94 58 £47,100 +17.75% 22
North of England +40 43 £31,250 -9.19% 37
South West +7 20 £37,500 +9.37% 8
North West +42 18 £29,750 -17.26% 14
Yorkshire +59 17 £29,250 -11.36% 15
Scotland +34 15 £39,000 -2.50% 7
East of England +64 13 £28,000 -22.76% 22
East Midlands +50 9 £50,000 +51.52% 6
North East +38 8 £38,750 +17.42% 8
Wales +9 6 £46,595 +3.54% 1
Northern Ireland +27 2 £33,000 -12.00%
Channel Islands +8 1 £45,000 -10.00%
Isle of Man - 1 £72,500 -

MS 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 47 (9.40%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.60%) Exchange Server 2010
3 19 (3.80%) IIS
4 12 (2.40%) Apache
5 10 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (2.00%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.40%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.40%) MODX
8 2 (0.40%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.40%) Site Server
8 2 (0.40%) WordPress
9 1 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.20%) Confluence
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2000
9 1 (0.20%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 65 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.80%) AutoCAD
3 9 (1.80%) PTC Creo
3 9 (1.80%) SOLIDWORKS
4 5 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.80%) Acrobat
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.40%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.20%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 403 (80.60%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (45.60%) Azure
3 76 (15.20%) AWS
4 75 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 31 (6.20%) Mimecast
6 25 (5.00%) IaaS
7 23 (4.60%) PaaS
8 22 (4.40%) GCP
9 15 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.00%) Power Platform
10 12 (2.40%) SaaS
11 10 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (2.00%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.80%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.80%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 199 (39.80%) WAN
2 122 (24.40%) Wireless
3 112 (22.40%) Cisco IOS
3 112 (22.40%) DNS
4 110 (22.00%) SD-WAN
5 103 (20.60%) DHCP
6 102 (20.40%) WebEx
7 88 (17.60%) LAN
8 80 (16.00%) Firewall
9 54 (10.80%) TCP/IP
10 53 (10.60%) VPN
11 45 (9.00%) VLAN
12 36 (7.20%) SAN
13 29 (5.80%) VoIP
14 27 (5.40%) SMTP
15 26 (5.20%) SSL
16 24 (4.80%) FTP
16 24 (4.80%) HTTP
16 24 (4.80%) SNMP
16 24 (4.80%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.80%) MongoDB
3 13 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (2.00%) SAP HANA
5 7 (1.40%) Power BI
6 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.20%) GIS
8 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.20%) Git
2 10 (2.00%) Chocolatey
2 10 (2.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) GitLab
General
1 221 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.60%) Finance
3 23 (4.60%) Law
4 21 (4.20%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.60%) Legal
7 14 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.60%) Banking
9 12 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.00%) Retail
11 6 (1.20%) Local Government
11 6 (1.20%) Marketing
12 4 (0.80%) Advertising
12 4 (0.80%) Billing
12 4 (0.80%) Electronics
13 3 (0.60%) Back Office
13 3 (0.60%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (33.40%) IT Support
2 112 (22.40%) Support Specialist
3 109 (21.80%) IT Support Specialist
4 103 (20.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 81 (16.20%) Support Engineer
6 64 (12.80%) Senior
7 51 (10.20%) IT Engineer
8 47 (9.40%) Analyst
9 35 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 35 (7.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 34 (6.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 29 (5.80%) IT Support Engineer
12 28 (5.60%) Support Analyst
13 24 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 23 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
15 22 (4.40%) IT Analyst
16 20 (4.00%) Service Analyst
17 19 (3.80%) IT Support Analyst
18 18 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 18 (3.60%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.00%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (2.00%) XML
1 10 (2.00%) YAML
2 8 (1.60%) HTML
3 7 (1.40%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.60%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (0.60%) OAuth
4 3 (0.60%) SAML
5 2 (0.40%) .NET
5 2 (0.40%) Kafka
5 2 (0.40%) LDAP
5 2 (0.40%) WSH
6 1 (0.20%) iOS SDK
6 1 (0.20%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (20.40%) Wiki
2 100 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
3 38 (7.60%) Data Centre
4 36 (7.20%) Driving Licence
5 29 (5.80%) Management Information System
6 24 (4.80%) EFT
7 19 (3.80%) Public Cloud
8 17 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.40%) Replication
11 10 (2.00%) Clustering
12 9 (1.80%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.60%) Blackberry
13 8 (1.60%) PKI
14 7 (1.40%) Hedge funds
14 7 (1.40%) Mobile Computing
15 6 (1.20%) BYOD
15 6 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
15 6 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 406 (81.20%) Windows
2 216 (43.20%) Windows Server
3 166 (33.20%) Windows 10
4 116 (23.20%) Android
5 58 (11.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 45 (9.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (6.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 29 (5.80%) Windows Server 2008
9 23 (4.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 17 (3.40%) Linux
11 16 (3.20%) Windows 7
12 15 (3.00%) Mac OS
13 12 (2.40%) Mac OS X
14 10 (2.00%) Apple iOS
15 6 (1.20%) Unix
15 6 (1.20%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.60%) Windows 2000 Server
17 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (25.80%) Mobile Device Management
2 116 (23.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 113 (22.60%) Business Continuity
3 113 (22.60%) ITIL
4 104 (20.80%) Computer Science
5 102 (20.40%) BCP
5 102 (20.40%) Business Continuity Planning
5 102 (20.40%) Contract Negotiation
6 91 (18.20%) Application Virtualisation
7 61 (12.20%) Customer Service
7 61 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (9.60%) DevOps
9 44 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
10 41 (8.20%) Migration
11 32 (6.40%) Project Management
12 29 (5.80%) Project Delivery
13 28 (5.60%) Problem Management
14 26 (5.20%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (5.20%) Server Patching
15 24 (4.80%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 127 (25.40%) PowerShell
2 53 (10.60%) SQL
3 30 (6.00%) Bash
4 17 (3.40%) Python
5 9 (1.80%) C#
5 9 (1.80%) MATLAB
6 5 (1.00%) Bicep
7 3 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.40%) PHP
8 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.40%) VB
8 2 (0.40%) VBScript
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 165 (33.00%) Degree
2 104 (20.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 102 (20.40%) Master's Degree
4 57 (11.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (8.60%) Security Cleared
6 34 (6.80%) MCSE
7 30 (6.00%) MCSA
8 27 (5.40%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (5.00%) SC Cleared
10 22 (4.40%) CCNA
11 21 (4.20%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (1.60%) AWS Certification
13 8 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.60%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 8 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.40%) MCP
15 6 (1.20%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.20%) SLA
2 12 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.20%) JSP 440
6 4 (0.80%) GDPR
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.40%) NCSC
7 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 452 (90.40%) Active Directory
2 150 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
3 118 (23.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 115 (23.00%) XenApp
5 105 (21.00%) XenDesktop
6 102 (20.40%) Microsoft App-V
7 83 (16.60%) Hyper-V
8 11 (2.20%) vSphere
9 9 (1.80%) Terminal Server
9 9 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (1.00%) NFS
13 4 (0.80%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.80%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.60%) Firmware
14 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.60%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 190 (38.00%) SCCM
2 94 (18.80%) AirWatch
3 57 (11.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (6.40%) vCenter Server
5 27 (5.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 25 (5.00%) SCOM
7 19 (3.80%) Terraform
8 14 (2.80%) Ansible
9 13 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.40%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (1.20%) Stealthwatch
12 5 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (1.00%) WSUS
13 4 (0.80%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.80%) XenMobile
14 3 (0.60%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.40%) Grafana
15 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 438 (87.60%) Microsoft
2 186 (37.20%) VMware
3 178 (35.60%) Citrix
4 168 (33.60%) Cisco
5 32 (6.40%) Apple
6 24 (4.80%) Dell
6 24 (4.80%) Globalscape
7 23 (4.60%) Veeam
8 22 (4.40%) Google
9 20 (4.00%) HP
10 17 (3.40%) SAP
11 14 (2.80%) Oracle
12 12 (2.40%) Bloomberg
13 11 (2.20%) Meraki
14 10 (2.00%) IBM
14 10 (2.00%) TOWER Software
15 9 (1.80%) MathWorks
15 9 (1.80%) PTC
15 9 (1.80%) Splunk
16 8 (1.60%) Sophos