Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Exchange Job Trends

Microsoft Exchange Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Exchange skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 171 194
Rank change year-on-year -16 +23 -46
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 313 316 446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 1.90% 1.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.90% 17.71% 14.31%
Number of salaries quoted 284 249 340
10th Percentile £30,225 £28,500 £28,498
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -4.52%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £70,000 £70,575
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year - -3.61% -2.35%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,367 1,784 3,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.01% 10.74% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 1,170 2,350
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,450
25th Percentile £39,348 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -6.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.25%

Microsoft Exchange
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Exchange and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Exchange job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Microsoft Exchange salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Exchange
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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
1 208 (66.45%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.75%) IIS
3 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.64%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 272 (86.90%) Microsoft 365
2 224 (71.57%) Azure
3 194 (61.98%) Entra ID
4 62 (19.81%) OneDrive
5 46 (14.70%) SaaS
6 38 (12.14%) Mimecast
7 20 (6.39%) Power Platform
8 19 (6.07%) AWS
8 19 (6.07%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (5.43%) IaaS
10 16 (5.11%) PaaS
11 13 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (4.15%) GitHub
11 13 (4.15%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.83%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.83%) Serverless
13 9 (2.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 88 (28.12%) DNS
2 77 (24.60%) Firewall
3 75 (23.96%) DHCP
4 62 (19.81%) VPN
5 48 (15.34%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (13.10%) TCP/IP
7 33 (10.54%) LAN
8 31 (9.90%) WAN
9 22 (7.03%) Network Security
10 21 (6.71%) VLAN
11 20 (6.39%) VoIP
12 15 (4.79%) Wireless
13 13 (4.15%) SAN
14 7 (2.24%) Internet
15 6 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.96%) NetScaler
17 2 (0.64%) DKIM
17 2 (0.64%) DMARC
17 2 (0.64%) Ethernet
17 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.71%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.64%) MySQL
5 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (11.82%) JIRA
2 12 (3.83%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 149 (47.60%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.34%) Legal
3 30 (9.58%) Finance
4 25 (7.99%) Law
5 22 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.19%) Retail
8 9 (2.88%) Marketing
9 8 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.24%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.92%) Advertising
12 3 (0.96%) Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Games
13 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Front Office
13 2 (0.64%) Local Government
14 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 112 (35.78%) IT Support
2 97 (30.99%) Support Engineer
3 91 (29.07%) IT Engineer
4 79 (25.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (17.89%) Analyst
6 49 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 48 (15.34%) Senior
8 40 (12.78%) 3rd Line Support
9 34 (10.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 31 (9.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 28 (8.95%) IT Analyst
11 28 (8.95%) Support Analyst
12 24 (7.67%) Administrator
13 22 (7.03%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (6.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 17 (5.43%) Infrastructure Support
15 17 (5.43%) Systems Administrator
15 17 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (4.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.19%) HTML
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.92%) CSS
4 4 (1.28%) Web Services
5 2 (0.64%) OpenID
6 1 (0.32%) OAuth
6 1 (0.32%) SAML
6 1 (0.32%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.99%) Driving Licence
2 23 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (6.71%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.15%) Clustering
4 13 (4.15%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.83%) Podcast
5 12 (3.83%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.19%) Replication
7 9 (2.88%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.60%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.28%) CMDB
12 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.64%) BYOD
13 2 (0.64%) CCTV
13 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
14 1 (0.32%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 205 (65.50%) Windows
2 114 (36.42%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.18%) Mac OS
4 26 (8.31%) Windows 10
5 22 (7.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (5.75%) Android
7 16 (5.11%) Apple iOS
8 14 (4.47%) Linux
9 13 (4.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (3.83%) VMS
11 10 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (32.27%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (26.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 60 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (17.25%) ITIL
5 49 (15.65%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (13.74%) Incident Management
7 42 (13.42%) Change Management
8 41 (13.10%) Identity Management
8 41 (13.10%) Technical Leadership
9 39 (12.46%) Customer Service
10 37 (11.82%) Workflow
11 35 (11.18%) Root Cause Analysis
12 34 (10.86%) Disaster Recovery
13 31 (9.90%) Mentoring
14 28 (8.95%) Service Delivery
15 27 (8.63%) Collaborative Culture
16 21 (6.71%) Project Delivery
16 21 (6.71%) Task Automation
17 20 (6.39%) Mobile Device Management
17 20 (6.39%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (25.56%) PowerShell
2 36 (11.50%) SQL
3 31 (9.90%) R
4 17 (5.43%) Bash
5 12 (3.83%) Bicep
5 12 (3.83%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (3.51%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.92%) PHP
7 6 (1.92%) VBA
7 6 (1.92%) VBScript
8 3 (0.96%) Python
9 2 (0.64%) Delphi
9 2 (0.64%) Korn
9 2 (0.64%) Pascal
10 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (17.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 42 (13.42%) Degree
3 25 (7.99%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.19%) CCNA
4 10 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.60%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.60%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.28%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.96%) MCSA
8 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.32%) MCSE
9 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (8.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (6.39%) SLA
4 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 221 (70.61%) Active Directory
2 51 (16.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (15.02%) Hyper-V
4 25 (7.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.07%) vSphere
6 9 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.92%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.96%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.64%) Docker
9 2 (0.64%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 148 (47.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.47%) SCCM
3 13 (4.15%) Terraform
4 8 (2.56%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.24%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.28%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.64%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.64%) WSUS
10 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 278 (88.82%) Microsoft
2 64 (20.45%) VMware
3 40 (12.78%) Veeam
4 32 (10.22%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (6.07%) Cisco
6 14 (4.47%) SonicWALL
7 13 (4.15%) Apple
8 12 (3.83%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (3.51%) Meraki
9 11 (3.51%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.51%) Zscaler
10 10 (3.19%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.88%) Google
11 9 (2.88%) iManage
12 8 (2.56%) Citrix
12 8 (2.56%) Sage
13 7 (2.24%) Dell
13 7 (2.24%) HP
13 7 (2.24%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.92%) WatchGuard