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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 146 109
Rank change year-on-year -55 -37 +43
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 189 375 763
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 2.34% 2.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 18.16% 19.11% 26.03%
Number of salaries quoted 136 288 620
10th Percentile £27,425 £28,850 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £47,500 £43,707
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +8.68% -7.99%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £55,063
90th Percentile £68,125 £83,000 £68,875
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -5.76%

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 1,041 1,962 2,931
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.60% 12.22% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 737 1,270 2,393
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £39,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +13.18% -4.86%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,631 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.12% +11.26% -9.09%

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 2 February 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
1 115 (60.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (1.59%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) Apache
Applications
1 23 (12.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.59%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 169 (89.42%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (70.37%) Azure
3 105 (55.56%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.46%) OneDrive
5 20 (10.58%) AWS
5 20 (10.58%) Microsoft Purview
6 18 (9.52%) Power Platform
7 17 (8.99%) SaaS
8 16 (8.47%) Mimecast
9 13 (6.88%) Google Workspace
10 11 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (5.82%) IaaS
11 8 (4.23%) Power Automate
12 7 (3.70%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.70%) ShareGate
13 6 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (2.65%) PaaS
15 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 70 (37.04%) DNS
2 66 (34.92%) DHCP
3 59 (31.22%) VPN
4 44 (23.28%) WAN
5 41 (21.69%) TCP/IP
6 40 (21.16%) Firewall
7 28 (14.81%) LAN
8 25 (13.23%) VLAN
9 24 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (12.17%) VoIP
11 16 (8.47%) SD-WAN
12 8 (4.23%) SSL
13 5 (2.65%) Wireless
14 4 (2.12%) HTTP
14 4 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (1.59%) DKIM
15 3 (1.59%) DMARC
15 3 (1.59%) FTP
15 3 (1.59%) SMTP
15 3 (1.59%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.23%) MySQL
3 5 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.65%) Power BI
3 5 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) MSBuild
General
1 89 (47.09%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.75%) Finance
3 13 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.17%) Aerospace
5 6 (3.17%) Legal
6 5 (2.65%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.65%) Marketing
7 4 (2.12%) German Language
8 3 (1.59%) Automotive
8 3 (1.59%) Back Office
8 3 (1.59%) Games
9 2 (1.06%) Advertising
9 2 (1.06%) Retail
10 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (27.51%) IT Support
2 46 (24.34%) Support Engineer
3 38 (20.11%) IT Engineer
4 34 (17.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 32 (16.93%) IT Support Engineer
6 30 (15.87%) 2nd Line Support
7 26 (13.76%) Analyst
8 24 (12.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 24 (12.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 24 (12.70%) Senior
9 22 (11.64%) Support Analyst
10 15 (7.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 14 (7.41%) Support Technician
12 13 (6.88%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (6.35%) Infrastructure Support
13 12 (6.35%) IT Analyst
13 12 (6.35%) IT Support Analyst
14 9 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 9 (4.76%) IT Support Technician
14 9 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.41%) .NET
2 4 (2.12%) JSON
2 4 (2.12%) XML
3 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.40%) Driving Licence
2 17 (8.99%) Onboarding
3 16 (8.47%) Product Ownership
4 15 (7.94%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.35%) Client/Server
6 11 (5.82%) iPad
7 9 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.76%) Security Posture
8 8 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (3.17%) CMDB
10 5 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.65%) Social Media
11 4 (2.12%) Data Structures
11 4 (2.12%) iPhone
11 4 (2.12%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.12%) Replication
11 4 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.59%) Arduino
12 3 (1.59%) Hedge funds
12 3 (1.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 122 (64.55%) Windows
2 93 (49.21%) Windows Server
3 49 (25.93%) Windows 10
4 25 (13.23%) Mac OS
5 17 (8.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (8.47%) Apple iOS
7 13 (6.88%) Linux
7 13 (6.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (6.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.06%) Android
11 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.22%) ITIL
2 54 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (21.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (21.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (17.99%) Disaster Recovery
4 34 (17.99%) Service Delivery
5 29 (15.34%) Migration
6 28 (14.81%) Customer Service
7 22 (11.64%) DevOps
8 21 (11.11%) Asset Management
9 20 (10.58%) Information Security
10 19 (10.05%) Coaching
10 19 (10.05%) Service Management
11 18 (9.52%) Change Management
11 18 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
11 18 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 17 (8.99%) Roadmaps
13 16 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (8.47%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.46%) PowerShell
2 25 (13.23%) SQL
3 17 (8.99%) Python
4 9 (4.76%) Bash
5 5 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.12%) R
6 4 (2.12%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.59%) Assembly Language
7 3 (1.59%) C
7 3 (1.59%) C#
7 3 (1.59%) C++
7 3 (1.59%) Java
7 3 (1.59%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.59%) Objective-C
7 3 (1.59%) Swift
8 2 (1.06%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) Delphi
9 1 (0.53%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 28 (14.81%) Degree
2 21 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (7.94%) DBS Check
4 13 (6.88%) CCNA
5 12 (6.35%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.35%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.70%) MCSA
7 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (2.65%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (2.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.12%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.59%) MCSE
10 3 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.06%) CCNP
12 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.88%) SLA
3 12 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.23%) NIST
5 7 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (2.12%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.12%) QA
7 3 (1.59%) GDPR
8 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.06%) GRC
8 2 (1.06%) NCSC
System Software
1 124 (65.61%) Active Directory
2 29 (15.34%) Hyper-V
3 27 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.59%) Docker
7 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.59%) Postfix
7 3 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.53%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.53%) Firmware
8 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (43.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (11.11%) Terraform
3 11 (5.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (4.76%) Autotask
5 8 (4.23%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.17%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.12%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.12%) PaperCut
8 3 (1.59%) Nessus
8 3 (1.59%) Proxmox
9 2 (1.06%) SCCM
10 1 (0.53%) Ansible
10 1 (0.53%) CASB
10 1 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.53%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 162 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.34%) VMware
3 23 (12.17%) Apple
4 13 (6.88%) Google
5 10 (5.29%) Cisco
5 10 (5.29%) Datto
6 9 (4.76%) Veeam
7 7 (3.70%) Freshdesk
8 5 (2.65%) Citrix
8 5 (2.65%) Dell
8 5 (2.65%) Meraki
9 4 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.12%) HP
10 3 (1.59%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.59%) IBM
10 3 (1.59%) IFS
10 3 (1.59%) Oracle
10 3 (1.59%) Sage
11 2 (1.06%) Logitech
11 2 (1.06%) ServiceNow