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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 146 114
Rank change year-on-year -55 -32 +46
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 177 382 602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.17% 2.30% 2.88%
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.70% 19.04% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 129 291 497
10th Percentile £28,200 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,900 £80,750 £74,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +0.13%

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 1,000 2,006 2,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.60% 12.06% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 729 1,338 1,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £95,063
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 8 January 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
1 102 (57.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.69%) IIS
3 1 (0.56%) Apache
3 1 (0.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.69%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 154 (87.01%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (64.41%) Azure
3 94 (53.11%) Entra ID
4 32 (18.08%) OneDrive
5 23 (12.99%) Microsoft Purview
6 18 (10.17%) AWS
6 18 (10.17%) Power Platform
7 11 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (6.21%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (6.21%) Google Workspace
7 11 (6.21%) IaaS
7 11 (6.21%) PowerApps
8 9 (5.08%) Mimecast
9 8 (4.52%) Power Automate
10 7 (3.95%) ShareGate
11 6 (3.39%) SaaS
12 5 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.82%) PaaS
13 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 58 (32.77%) DNS
2 55 (31.07%) DHCP
2 55 (31.07%) VPN
3 41 (23.16%) WAN
4 38 (21.47%) Firewall
5 35 (19.77%) TCP/IP
6 29 (16.38%) LAN
7 23 (12.99%) VLAN
7 23 (12.99%) VoIP
8 14 (7.91%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (6.78%) SD-WAN
10 8 (4.52%) SSL
11 5 (2.82%) SMTP
11 5 (2.82%) Wireless
12 4 (2.26%) HTTP
13 3 (1.69%) FTP
13 3 (1.69%) SAN
13 3 (1.69%) SMS
13 3 (1.69%) SNMP
13 3 (1.69%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.26%) MySQL
3 2 (1.13%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) MSBuild
General
1 79 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 40 (22.60%) Finance
3 8 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.39%) Aerospace
5 6 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.82%) Marketing
7 4 (2.26%) German Language
8 3 (1.69%) Advertising
8 3 (1.69%) Automotive
8 3 (1.69%) Back Office
8 3 (1.69%) Games
8 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.13%) Legal
9 2 (1.13%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (24.29%) IT Support
2 31 (17.51%) Support Engineer
3 28 (15.82%) IT Engineer
4 27 (15.25%) Analyst
5 26 (14.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (14.12%) IT Support Engineer
6 25 (14.12%) Support Analyst
7 20 (11.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 20 (11.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 20 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (11.30%) Senior
8 15 (8.47%) Support Technician
9 13 (7.34%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 10 (5.65%) IT Analyst
11 9 (5.08%) IT Support Analyst
11 9 (5.08%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (5.08%) IT Technician
12 8 (4.52%) 1st Line Support
13 7 (3.95%) 3rd Line Support
14 6 (3.39%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.91%) .NET
2 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.69%) Driving Licence
2 16 (9.04%) Product Ownership
3 15 (8.47%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (7.34%) Onboarding
5 12 (6.78%) Client/Server
6 11 (6.21%) iPad
7 9 (5.08%) Management Information System
7 9 (5.08%) Security Posture
8 8 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.82%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.82%) Social Media
10 4 (2.26%) iPhone
10 4 (2.26%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.69%) Arduino
11 3 (1.69%) BYOD
11 3 (1.69%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 115 (64.97%) Windows
2 87 (49.15%) Windows Server
3 47 (26.55%) Windows 10
4 28 (15.82%) Mac OS
5 17 (9.60%) Apple iOS
6 14 (7.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (7.34%) Linux
8 10 (5.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (4.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.13%) Android
11 1 (0.56%) VMS
11 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (34.46%) ITIL
2 47 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (21.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (17.51%) Customer Service
5 29 (16.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 28 (15.82%) Migration
7 27 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (15.25%) Service Delivery
8 20 (11.30%) Asset Management
8 20 (11.30%) Information Security
8 20 (11.30%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (10.73%) Coaching
9 19 (10.73%) DevOps
10 18 (10.17%) Data Loss Prevention
10 18 (10.17%) Roadmaps
11 17 (9.60%) Mentoring
12 16 (9.04%) Change Management
12 16 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (9.04%) Technology Roadmap
13 15 (8.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.82%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.04%) SQL
3 13 (7.34%) Python
4 9 (5.08%) Bash
5 5 (2.82%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.69%) Assembly Language
6 3 (1.69%) C
6 3 (1.69%) C#
6 3 (1.69%) C++
6 3 (1.69%) Java
6 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.69%) Swift
7 2 (1.13%) Bicep
8 1 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (17.51%) Degree
2 19 (10.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (9.60%) DBS Check
4 14 (7.91%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (6.78%) CCNA
5 12 (6.78%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (5.65%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.65%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.39%) MCP
7 6 (3.39%) MCSA
8 5 (2.82%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.26%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.13%) CCNP
11 2 (1.13%) MCSE
12 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.34%) SLA
2 8 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.52%) NIST
3 7 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.69%) GDPR
6 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.13%) GRC
6 2 (1.13%) NCSC
6 2 (1.13%) QA
System Software
1 118 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 24 (13.56%) Hyper-V
3 23 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.69%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.69%) Docker
6 3 (1.69%) Postfix
6 3 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.56%) Firmware
7 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (42.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (12.99%) Terraform
3 13 (7.34%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (6.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (5.08%) Autotask
6 6 (3.39%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.26%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.26%) PaperCut
8 3 (1.69%) Nessus
8 3 (1.69%) Proxmox
9 2 (1.13%) Ansible
9 2 (1.13%) SCCM
10 1 (0.56%) CASB
10 1 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 151 (85.31%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.69%) Apple
3 25 (14.12%) VMware
4 11 (6.21%) Cisco
4 11 (6.21%) Google
5 10 (5.65%) Datto
6 9 (5.08%) Citrix
7 8 (4.52%) Veeam
8 7 (3.95%) Freshdesk
9 5 (2.82%) Logitech
10 4 (2.26%) Meraki
11 3 (1.69%) IBM
11 3 (1.69%) Sage
12 2 (1.13%) Fortinet
13 1 (0.56%) Dell
13 1 (0.56%) HP
13 1 (0.56%) MobileIron
13 1 (0.56%) Proofpoint
13 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow
13 1 (0.56%) Ubiquiti