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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 164 151
Rank change year-on-year -35 -13 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 221 326 676
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.17% 2.23% 2.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 19.80% 17.86% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 196 258 525
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,438 £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 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -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 1,116 1,825 3,680
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.90% 12.50% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 822 1,182 2,875
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.16%

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 24 May 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
1 137 (61.99%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.33%) IIS
3 9 (4.07%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (4.07%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (4.07%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 199 (90.05%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (71.95%) Azure
3 119 (53.85%) Entra ID
4 48 (21.72%) OneDrive
5 38 (17.19%) SaaS
6 24 (10.86%) Mimecast
7 23 (10.41%) AWS
8 21 (9.50%) Power Platform
9 13 (5.88%) Google Workspace
10 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (3.17%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.26%) IaaS
13 4 (1.81%) PaaS
14 3 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.90%) Azure Storage
16 1 (0.45%) AWS CodeCommit
16 1 (0.45%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 79 (35.75%) DNS
2 68 (30.77%) DHCP
3 45 (20.36%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (19.91%) TCP/IP
4 44 (19.91%) WAN
5 43 (19.46%) Firewall
6 39 (17.65%) VPN
7 31 (14.03%) LAN
8 19 (8.60%) VoIP
9 13 (5.88%) SD-WAN
10 9 (4.07%) SAN
10 9 (4.07%) VLAN
11 6 (2.71%) Network Security
12 5 (2.26%) Internet
12 5 (2.26%) Wireless
13 4 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.90%) DKIM
14 2 (0.90%) DMARC
14 2 (0.90%) Intranet
14 2 (0.90%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.67%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.52%) MySQL
5 8 (3.62%) Power BI
6 4 (1.81%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 17 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 108 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.48%) Finance
3 26 (11.76%) Legal
4 23 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.07%) Marketing
7 9 (4.07%) Retail
8 7 (3.17%) Law
9 4 (1.81%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.90%) Local Government
11 1 (0.45%) Advertising
11 1 (0.45%) Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 74 (33.48%) Support Engineer
2 64 (28.96%) IT Engineer
2 64 (28.96%) IT Support
3 49 (22.17%) IT Support Engineer
4 47 (21.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (14.03%) Analyst
6 26 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
7 25 (11.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 25 (11.31%) Senior
8 24 (10.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 22 (9.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 21 (9.50%) 2nd Line Support
10 21 (9.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (9.50%) Infrastructure Support
11 20 (9.05%) Support Analyst
12 19 (8.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 14 (6.33%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (6.33%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
13 14 (6.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (5.88%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.62%) JSON
1 8 (3.62%) XML
2 7 (3.17%) HTML
3 6 (2.71%) CSS
4 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.90%) OpenID
6 1 (0.45%) .NET
6 1 (0.45%) OAuth
6 1 (0.45%) SAML
6 1 (0.45%) SPFx
6 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.05%) Driving Licence
1 20 (9.05%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.07%) Enterprise Cloud
4 8 (3.62%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.62%) Replication
5 7 (3.17%) Clustering
6 5 (2.26%) CMDB
6 5 (2.26%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.81%) CCTV
8 3 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) iPad
9 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.90%) Social Media
9 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 123 (55.66%) Windows
2 74 (33.48%) Windows Server
3 40 (18.10%) Windows 10
4 31 (14.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (10.86%) Apple iOS
6 21 (9.50%) Mac OS
6 21 (9.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (6.79%) Android
9 10 (4.52%) Linux
9 10 (4.52%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (39.37%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (23.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 50 (22.62%) ITIL
4 37 (16.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 34 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 28 (12.67%) Change Management
7 23 (10.41%) Identity Management
7 23 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (9.05%) Workflow
10 19 (8.60%) Collaborative Working
10 19 (8.60%) Incident Management
10 19 (8.60%) Mentoring
10 19 (8.60%) Task Automation
11 16 (7.24%) CRM
11 16 (7.24%) Migration
11 16 (7.24%) Service Management
12 15 (6.79%) Customer Service
12 15 (6.79%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (24.89%) PowerShell
2 32 (14.48%) SQL
3 16 (7.24%) R
3 16 (7.24%) T-SQL
4 9 (4.07%) Python
5 6 (2.71%) VBA
5 6 (2.71%) VBScript
6 5 (2.26%) PHP
7 4 (1.81%) Bash
7 4 (1.81%) Delphi
7 4 (1.81%) Pascal
8 2 (0.90%) Korn
9 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (14.03%) Degree
3 14 (6.33%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.17%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.17%) CCNA
5 7 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.81%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.81%) MCSA
7 2 (0.90%) MCSE
8 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.98%) SLA
4 9 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.62%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.36%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 146 (66.06%) Active Directory
2 34 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 20 (9.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.71%) BitLocker
6 6 (2.71%) DFS Replication
7 5 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.36%) Docker
8 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.90%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.45%) Firmware
10 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (44.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (4.07%) SCCM
4 6 (2.71%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.71%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.36%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.36%) Terraform
6 2 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.90%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.45%) CASB
7 1 (0.45%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.45%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.45%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 195 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.57%) VMware
3 18 (8.14%) Veeam
4 17 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (5.88%) Cisco
5 13 (5.88%) Dell
5 13 (5.88%) Google
6 11 (4.98%) SonicWALL
7 9 (4.07%) HP
7 9 (4.07%) Meraki
8 7 (3.17%) Apple
8 7 (3.17%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.71%) Draytek
9 6 (2.71%) iManage
10 4 (1.81%) Datto
10 4 (1.81%) Sage
11 3 (1.36%) Oracle
11 3 (1.36%) SAP
11 3 (1.36%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.36%) WatchGuard