Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 9 December 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 December 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
9 Dec 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 433 200 230
Rank change year-on-year -233 +30 -92
Permanent jobs citing MS Exchange 128 120 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 1.36% 0.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.13% 8.79% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 124 99 54
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,000 £30,960
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% -25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £52,750 £55,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £34,728 £36,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -4.85% +7.35% -2.86%

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 WFH option and a requirement for application platform skills.

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,086 1,365 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.99% 15.44% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,840 1,201 937
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

MS Exchange
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MS Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MS Exchange trend for jobs with a WFH option

MS Exchange
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MS Exchange.

MS Exchange salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

MS Exchange
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MS Exchange over the 6 months to 9 December 2021.

MS Exchange salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 9 December 2021, MS Exchange job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for MS Exchange.

1 105 (82.03%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (81.25%) Active Directory
3 102 (79.69%) Microsoft
4 100 (78.13%) Windows
5 76 (59.38%) Azure
6 69 (53.91%) Windows Server
7 58 (45.31%) VMware
8 52 (40.63%) Firewall
9 48 (37.50%) Social Skills
10 46 (35.94%) Hyper-V
11 40 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
12 37 (28.91%) SharePoint
13 30 (23.44%) SQL Server
14 29 (22.66%) LAN
14 29 (22.66%) WAN
14 29 (22.66%) Windows 10
15 28 (21.88%) DNS
16 27 (21.09%) Azure Active Directory
17 26 (20.31%) Microsoft Office
18 25 (19.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 24 (18.75%) Cisco
20 23 (17.97%) VPN
21 22 (17.19%) Citrix
21 22 (17.19%) DHCP
22 19 (14.84%) ITIL
22 19 (14.84%) SQL
22 19 (14.84%) Windows Server 2012
22 19 (14.84%) Exchange Server 2010
23 18 (14.06%) SAN
24 17 (13.28%) Microsoft Certification

MS Exchange
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 37 (28.91%) SharePoint
2 19 (14.84%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (4.69%) IIS
5 5 (3.91%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (2.34%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.78%) Apache
7 1 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.78%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.78%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (20.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Sentinel
2 4 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 105 (82.03%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (59.38%) Azure
3 27 (21.09%) Azure Active Directory
4 12 (9.38%) AWS
5 8 (6.25%) IaaS
5 8 (6.25%) SaaS
6 5 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (3.91%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.91%) PaaS
7 2 (1.56%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.78%) GCP
8 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 52 (40.63%) Firewall
2 29 (22.66%) LAN
2 29 (22.66%) WAN
3 28 (21.88%) DNS
4 23 (17.97%) VPN
5 22 (17.19%) DHCP
6 18 (14.06%) SAN
7 17 (13.28%) VLAN
8 16 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
9 15 (11.72%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (10.16%) TCP/IP
11 11 (8.59%) VoIP
12 9 (7.03%) MPLS
13 7 (5.47%) NAS
13 7 (5.47%) Wireless
14 5 (3.91%) IP Telephony
14 5 (3.91%) Network Security
15 2 (1.56%) NetScaler
15 2 (1.56%) SSL
16 1 (0.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (23.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.56%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server 2014
General
1 48 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.72%) Telecoms
3 14 (10.94%) Retail
4 9 (7.03%) Finance
5 7 (5.47%) Marketing
6 6 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Advertising
8 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Billing
10 1 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (16.41%) Analyst
2 18 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Consultant
4 14 (10.94%) IT Support
5 13 (10.16%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support
6 10 (7.81%) IT Manager
7 9 (7.03%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) Service Analyst
7 9 (7.03%) Service Desk Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Project Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
9 7 (5.47%) Infrastructure Manager
9 7 (5.47%) IT Analyst
9 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
9 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.13%) .NET
1 4 (3.13%) Web Services
2 3 (2.34%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.56%) SAML
4 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.78%) CSS
4 1 (0.78%) HTML
4 1 (0.78%) JSP
4 1 (0.78%) Middleware
4 1 (0.78%) XAMPP
4 1 (0.78%) XML
4 1 (0.78%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.03%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.47%) Clustering
3 6 (4.69%) Replication
4 5 (3.91%) Smartphone
4 5 (3.91%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.34%) PKI
5 3 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.56%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.56%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) CMDB
7 1 (0.78%) EMC VNX
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.78%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 100 (78.13%) Windows
2 69 (53.91%) Windows Server
3 29 (22.66%) Windows 10
4 19 (14.84%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (11.72%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (8.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (4.69%) Linux
9 5 (3.91%) Windows 7
10 4 (3.13%) Windows 8
11 3 (2.34%) Apple iOS
11 3 (2.34%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.56%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.78%) Android
13 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (14.84%) ITIL
3 12 (9.38%) Migration
3 12 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (7.03%) Infrastructure Management
4 9 (7.03%) Load Balancing
4 9 (7.03%) PRINCE2
4 9 (7.03%) Project Management
5 8 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 7 (5.47%) Service Delivery
6 7 (5.47%) Service Management
7 6 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (4.69%) Network Virtualisation
7 6 (4.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (4.69%) Security Patching
7 6 (4.69%) Server Management
8 5 (3.91%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (3.91%) Analytics
8 5 (3.91%) Patch Management
8 5 (3.91%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.84%) SQL
2 15 (11.72%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.56%) C#
4 1 (0.78%) Bicep
4 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.78%) PHP
4 1 (0.78%) Python
4 1 (0.78%) VBA
4 1 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (7.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (3.13%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.34%) Degree
4 3 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.56%) MCSE
6 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.78%) CCNA
6 1 (0.78%) CCNP
6 1 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.78%) MCITP
6 1 (0.78%) MCT
6 1 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.38%) SLA
2 4 (3.13%) QA
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 104 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 46 (35.94%) Hyper-V
3 40 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (11.72%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (9.38%) XenApp
6 10 (7.81%) Terminal Services
7 7 (5.47%) XenDesktop
8 5 (3.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (3.13%) vSphere
10 2 (1.56%) Firmware
10 2 (1.56%) Terminal Server
10 2 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 14 (10.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.38%) SCCM
3 10 (7.81%) WSUS
4 8 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (4.69%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.56%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.56%) SCOM
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 102 (79.69%) Microsoft
2 58 (45.31%) VMware
3 24 (18.75%) Cisco
4 22 (17.19%) Citrix
5 9 (7.03%) Ruckus Wireless
5 9 (7.03%) Veeam
6 6 (4.69%) Apple
6 6 (4.69%) Dell
6 6 (4.69%) Oracle
6 6 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.69%) Sophos
7 4 (3.13%) Meraki
8 3 (2.34%) NetApp
8 3 (2.34%) Remedy
9 2 (1.56%) Acronis
9 2 (1.56%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.56%) EMC
9 2 (1.56%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.56%) HP
9 2 (1.56%) Veritas