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 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 180 209
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 -72
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 322 274 395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 1.69% 1.66%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.89% 17.54% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 288 214 287
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £29,675
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £70,000 £70,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.18%

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 1,407 1,562 2,989
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.95% 9.63% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 1,064 2,071
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,235 £90,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -1.35%

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 7 September 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
1 220 (68.32%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.28%) IIS
3 3 (0.93%) Confluence
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 21 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.62%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.62%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 280 (86.96%) Microsoft 365
2 226 (70.19%) Azure
3 204 (63.35%) Entra ID
4 69 (21.43%) OneDrive
5 47 (14.60%) SaaS
6 39 (12.11%) Mimecast
7 24 (7.45%) Power Platform
8 23 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (5.28%) Serverless
10 16 (4.97%) IaaS
11 15 (4.66%) AWS
11 15 (4.66%) PaaS
12 14 (4.35%) Power Automate
13 13 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (4.04%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (4.04%) GitHub
14 12 (3.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (3.73%) Azure Functions
14 12 (3.73%) Azure Key Vault
15 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 89 (27.64%) DNS
2 87 (27.02%) Firewall
3 78 (24.22%) DHCP
4 64 (19.88%) VPN
5 41 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (12.42%) TCP/IP
7 31 (9.63%) VLAN
8 28 (8.70%) LAN
9 26 (8.07%) WAN
10 22 (6.83%) VoIP
11 21 (6.52%) Network Security
12 15 (4.66%) Wireless
13 11 (3.42%) SAN
14 6 (1.86%) Internet
15 5 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.93%) DMARC
16 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
17 2 (0.62%) DKIM
17 2 (0.62%) Ethernet
17 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.76%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.31%) MySQL
4 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (12.42%) JIRA
2 12 (3.73%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 160 (49.69%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.46%) Legal
3 25 (7.76%) Finance
3 25 (7.76%) Law
4 23 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.35%) Retail
8 11 (3.42%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.80%) Marketing
10 8 (2.48%) Advertising
10 8 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Banking
12 3 (0.93%) Games
12 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Front Office
13 2 (0.62%) Local Government
14 1 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 115 (35.71%) IT Support
2 104 (32.30%) Support Engineer
3 94 (29.19%) IT Engineer
4 84 (26.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 54 (16.77%) Analyst
6 50 (15.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 50 (15.53%) Senior
7 40 (12.42%) 3rd Line Support
8 33 (10.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 31 (9.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 26 (8.07%) Support Analyst
11 24 (7.45%) IT Analyst
12 23 (7.14%) Administrator
13 21 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support
14 20 (6.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (5.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 18 (5.59%) IT Support Analyst
16 17 (5.28%) Consultant
17 16 (4.97%) 2nd Line Support
17 16 (4.97%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.04%) Terraform
2 10 (3.11%) HTML
3 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.86%) CSS
5 4 (1.24%) Web Services
6 2 (0.62%) OpenID
7 1 (0.31%) OAuth
7 1 (0.31%) SAML
7 1 (0.31%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 23 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (6.52%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.04%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.73%) Clustering
4 12 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.73%) Podcast
4 12 (3.73%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.80%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (2.17%) Replication
7 6 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.55%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.24%) CMDB
10 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.62%) BYOD
11 2 (0.62%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 213 (66.15%) Windows
2 124 (38.51%) Windows Server
3 35 (10.87%) Mac OS
4 21 (6.52%) Windows 10
5 18 (5.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (4.97%) Android
7 14 (4.35%) Apple iOS
8 13 (4.04%) Linux
9 12 (3.73%) VMS
10 9 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (29.50%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (27.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 71 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (15.84%) ITIL
6 49 (15.22%) Change Management
6 49 (15.22%) Customer Service
7 44 (13.66%) Incident Management
8 42 (13.04%) Identity Management
8 42 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
9 38 (11.80%) Root Cause Analysis
9 38 (11.80%) Workflow
10 36 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
10 36 (11.18%) Service Delivery
11 34 (10.56%) Mentoring
12 29 (9.01%) Collaborative Culture
13 27 (8.39%) AI
14 25 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (7.45%) Project Delivery
16 22 (6.83%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.60%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.25%) SQL
3 32 (9.94%) R
4 15 (4.66%) Bash
5 12 (3.73%) Bicep
5 12 (3.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (3.42%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.86%) VBA
7 6 (1.86%) VBScript
8 4 (1.24%) PHP
9 2 (0.62%) Python
10 1 (0.31%) Korn
10 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (15.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (14.91%) Degree
3 25 (7.76%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.11%) CCNA
4 10 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.24%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.93%) MCSA
8 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.31%) CISSP
8 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.31%) MCSE
8 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.31%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (10.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (6.83%) SLA
4 2 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 226 (70.19%) Active Directory
2 57 (17.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (16.15%) Hyper-V
4 26 (8.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.90%) vSphere
6 6 (1.86%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.62%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 154 (47.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.97%) SCCM
3 8 (2.48%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.93%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.62%) WSUS
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 290 (90.06%) Microsoft
2 67 (20.81%) VMware
3 47 (14.60%) Veeam
4 33 (10.25%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (5.28%) Apple
5 17 (5.28%) Cisco
6 16 (4.97%) SonicWALL
7 13 (4.04%) Fortinet
7 13 (4.04%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.73%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (3.42%) Meraki
9 11 (3.42%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.80%) iManage
10 9 (2.80%) WatchGuard
11 8 (2.48%) Citrix
11 8 (2.48%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.48%) Sage
12 7 (2.17%) N-able
12 7 (2.17%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (1.86%) HP