Microsoft Exchange Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Exchange Server
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 112 112
Rank change year-on-year -29 0 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 52 64 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.65% 1.90% 2.17%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.08% 22.38% 25.51%
Number of salaries quoted 44 57 138
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,450 £24,696
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +35.71% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £53,325 £51,250
90th Percentile £56,375 £61,650 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -5.88%

All Application Platform Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 259 286 686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.23% 8.51% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 202 205 523
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -8.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,200
90th Percentile £72,000 £73,750 £75,772
England median annual salary £50,051 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.00% +10.00% -11.50%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Exchange in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Exchange in the West Midlands

Microsoft Exchange
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Exchange within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Staffordshire -1 9 £34,000 -35.32% 1
Birmingham -31 9 £52,500 +5.00%
Warwickshire -2 8 £32,500 -42.48% 3
Herefordshire -19 4 £52,500 -30.00% 1
Coventry - 4 £39,500 -
Shropshire - 3 £43,750 -
Worcestershire - 3 £27,000 - 2
Wolverhampton -21 1 £45,000 -29.69%
Microsoft Exchange
England

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 25 (48.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (94.23%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (51.92%) Azure
3 26 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 8 (15.38%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.77%) SaaS
6 2 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.92%) AWS
7 1 (1.92%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.92%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.92%) Google Drive
7 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.92%) IaaS
7 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.92%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.92%) OCI
7 1 (1.92%) PaaS
7 1 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.92%) DHCP
1 14 (26.92%) DNS
2 10 (19.23%) VPN
3 9 (17.31%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (15.38%) Firewall
5 6 (11.54%) LAN
5 6 (11.54%) WAN
6 4 (7.69%) SAN
7 3 (5.77%) VoIP
8 2 (3.85%) Broadband
8 2 (3.85%) Ethernet
8 2 (3.85%) PBX
8 2 (3.85%) Unified Communications
8 2 (3.85%) VLAN
8 2 (3.85%) Wireless
9 1 (1.92%) Network Security
9 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.77%) Finance
4 3 (5.77%) Legal
4 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (51.92%) IT Engineer
2 20 (38.46%) IT Support
3 17 (32.69%) Analyst
3 17 (32.69%) IT Support Engineer
3 17 (32.69%) Support Engineer
4 13 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Service Analyst
6 6 (11.54%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (9.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 5 (9.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) IT Analyst
7 5 (9.62%) Operations Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Senior
8 4 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Onboarding
2 5 (9.62%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.85%) BYOD
5 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.92%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 44 (84.62%) Windows
2 25 (48.08%) Windows Server
3 16 (30.77%) Windows 10
4 7 (13.46%) Android
4 7 (13.46%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.69%) Windows 7
6 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (59.62%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (44.23%) ITIL
3 14 (26.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (23.08%) Service Delivery
6 9 (17.31%) Ticket Management
7 7 (13.46%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
8 6 (11.54%) Migration
9 5 (9.62%) Data Migration
9 5 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (9.62%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (7.69%) Cloud Security
10 4 (7.69%) Identity Management
10 4 (7.69%) ITSM
10 4 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
10 4 (7.69%) Problem Management
10 4 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
11 3 (5.77%) Server Management
11 3 (5.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (34.62%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.85%) SQL
2 2 (3.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (13.46%) Degree
3 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.77%) A+ Certification
5 3 (5.77%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.85%) MCSE
7 1 (1.92%) CBAP
7 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.92%) PMP
7 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (13.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (11.54%) SLA
4 5 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 36 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 19 (36.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (17.31%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.77%) vSphere
5 2 (3.85%) BitLocker
5 2 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 22 (42.31%) VMware
3 6 (11.54%) Dell
4 5 (9.62%) Citrix
5 4 (7.69%) Cisco
5 4 (7.69%) HP
5 4 (7.69%) Meraki
6 3 (5.77%) Kaseya
6 3 (5.77%) Remedy
7 2 (3.85%) Apple
7 2 (3.85%) Isilon
7 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.85%) Samsung
7 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.85%) Veeam
8 1 (1.92%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.92%) Freshdesk
8 1 (1.92%) NetApp
8 1 (1.92%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.92%) SAP