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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 169 158
Rank change year-on-year -29 -11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 241 323 678
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 2.17% 2.02%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.29% 17.67% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 217 257 523
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,900 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,400
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.88%

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 1,132 1,828 3,763
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.87% 12.30% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 848 1,188 2,936
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,985 £90,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 5 June 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
1 146 (60.58%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.22%) IIS
3 9 (3.73%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.73%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.73%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 216 (89.63%) Microsoft 365
2 170 (70.54%) Azure
3 127 (52.70%) Entra ID
4 48 (19.92%) OneDrive
5 39 (16.18%) SaaS
6 25 (10.37%) Mimecast
7 23 (9.54%) AWS
7 23 (9.54%) Power Platform
8 12 (4.98%) Google Workspace
9 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (3.32%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.90%) IaaS
12 6 (2.49%) PaaS
13 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.83%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 85 (35.27%) DNS
2 74 (30.71%) DHCP
3 51 (21.16%) Wi-Fi
4 49 (20.33%) Firewall
5 47 (19.50%) TCP/IP
6 44 (18.26%) VPN
6 44 (18.26%) WAN
7 32 (13.28%) LAN
8 21 (8.71%) VoIP
9 12 (4.98%) SD-WAN
10 11 (4.56%) SAN
11 10 (4.15%) VLAN
12 8 (3.32%) Network Security
13 5 (2.07%) Internet
13 5 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.66%) Wireless
15 2 (0.83%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.83%) Intranet
15 2 (0.83%) SSL
15 2 (0.83%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.15%) MySQL
5 8 (3.32%) Power BI
6 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.88%) JIRA
2 2 (0.83%) Git
General
1 122 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.52%) Finance
3 27 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.20%) Legal
4 21 (8.71%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.15%) Law
6 10 (4.15%) Retail
7 9 (3.73%) Marketing
8 5 (2.07%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.24%) Banking
10 2 (0.83%) Local Government
11 1 (0.41%) Advertising
11 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.41%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 87 (36.10%) Support Engineer
2 76 (31.54%) IT Support
3 75 (31.12%) IT Engineer
4 60 (24.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 48 (19.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (14.11%) Analyst
7 26 (10.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 26 (10.79%) 3rd Line Support
7 26 (10.79%) Senior
8 24 (9.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 24 (9.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 22 (9.13%) 2nd Line Support
9 22 (9.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (8.71%) Infrastructure Support
11 20 (8.30%) Support Analyst
12 19 (7.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 15 (6.22%) Administrator
14 14 (5.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (5.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
14 14 (5.81%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) JSON
1 8 (3.32%) XML
2 7 (2.90%) HTML
3 6 (2.49%) CSS
3 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.83%) OpenID
5 1 (0.41%) .NET
5 1 (0.41%) OAuth
5 1 (0.41%) SAML
5 1 (0.41%) SPFx
5 1 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.13%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.47%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.73%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.73%) Replication
5 8 (3.32%) Clustering
5 8 (3.32%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.90%) CMDB
7 6 (2.49%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.66%) CCTV
8 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Podcast
10 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.83%) Social Media
10 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (59.75%) Windows
2 84 (34.85%) Windows Server
3 40 (16.60%) Windows 10
4 33 (13.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (10.79%) Mac OS
6 22 (9.13%) Apple iOS
7 21 (8.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (8.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (6.64%) Android
10 12 (4.98%) Linux
11 10 (4.15%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (41.91%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (22.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (21.58%) ITIL
4 40 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (16.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (14.52%) Service Delivery
7 28 (11.62%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (10.79%) Change Management
8 26 (10.79%) Identity Management
9 23 (9.54%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (9.13%) Customer Service
11 21 (8.71%) Workflow
12 20 (8.30%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (8.30%) Mentoring
12 20 (8.30%) Service Management
12 20 (8.30%) Task Automation
13 18 (7.47%) Incident Management
14 17 (7.05%) Root Cause Analysis
15 16 (6.64%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (6.64%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.14%) PowerShell
2 34 (14.11%) SQL
3 16 (6.64%) R
3 16 (6.64%) T-SQL
4 11 (4.56%) Python
5 7 (2.90%) Bash
6 6 (2.49%) VBA
6 6 (2.49%) VBScript
7 5 (2.07%) PHP
8 4 (1.66%) Delphi
8 4 (1.66%) Pascal
9 2 (0.83%) Bicep
9 2 (0.83%) Korn
9 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (16.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (13.28%) Degree
3 14 (5.81%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.56%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.73%) CCNA
5 9 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.49%) MCSA
8 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.83%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.83%) MCSE
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (17.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (7.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (4.15%) SLA
4 8 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (3.32%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.24%) QA
6 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 158 (65.56%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.11%) Hyper-V
3 27 (11.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.49%) BitLocker
6 6 (2.49%) DFS Replication
7 4 (1.66%) vSphere
8 3 (1.24%) Docker
8 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.83%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 103 (42.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.73%) SCCM
4 8 (3.32%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (2.49%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.07%) Terraform
7 3 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.24%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.24%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.83%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.83%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.41%) CASB
9 1 (0.41%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 214 (88.80%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.18%) VMware
3 23 (9.54%) Veeam
4 17 (7.05%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (6.22%) Cisco
6 13 (5.39%) Dell
7 12 (4.98%) Google
7 12 (4.98%) Meraki
8 11 (4.56%) Apple
8 11 (4.56%) SonicWALL
9 9 (3.73%) HP
10 8 (3.32%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.90%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.90%) iManage
12 6 (2.49%) Draytek
13 4 (1.66%) Datto
13 4 (1.66%) Sage
14 3 (1.24%) IFS
14 3 (1.24%) SAP
14 3 (1.24%) Tenable