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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 165 172
Rank change year-on-year -31 +7 -31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 301 329 524
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.00% 1.89%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.28% 18.25% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 273 254 401
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £41,500 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year +12.05% -11.62% -6.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £56,530
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.20% +3.75% -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 1,351 1,803 3,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.21% 10.96% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,179 2,611
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -4.88% +2.50%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -4.81%

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 25 July 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
1 184 (61.13%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.31%) IIS
3 7 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.66%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.66%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 262 (87.04%) Microsoft 365
2 215 (71.43%) Azure
3 174 (57.81%) Entra ID
4 53 (17.61%) SaaS
5 52 (17.28%) OneDrive
6 36 (11.96%) Mimecast
7 23 (7.64%) Power Platform
8 22 (7.31%) AWS
9 17 (5.65%) IaaS
10 16 (5.32%) PaaS
11 13 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (4.32%) GitHub
11 13 (4.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (3.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.99%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.99%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.99%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.99%) Serverless
13 8 (2.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 95 (31.56%) DNS
2 81 (26.91%) DHCP
3 69 (22.92%) Firewall
4 62 (20.60%) VPN
5 50 (16.61%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (14.62%) TCP/IP
7 34 (11.30%) LAN
7 34 (11.30%) WAN
8 21 (6.98%) VoIP
9 19 (6.31%) Network Security
10 18 (5.98%) VLAN
11 15 (4.98%) Wireless
12 12 (3.99%) SAN
13 7 (2.33%) Internet
14 6 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
16 2 (0.66%) DKIM
16 2 (0.66%) DMARC
16 2 (0.66%) Ethernet
16 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (3.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (2.66%) MySQL
4 6 (1.99%) Power BI
5 4 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (11.30%) JIRA
2 12 (3.99%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 140 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.28%) Legal
3 30 (9.97%) Finance
4 28 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.31%) Law
6 24 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.32%) Retail
9 9 (2.99%) Marketing
10 6 (1.99%) Advertising
10 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.00%) Banking
12 3 (1.00%) Games
13 2 (0.66%) Front Office
13 2 (0.66%) Local Government
14 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 106 (35.22%) IT Support
1 106 (35.22%) Support Engineer
2 95 (31.56%) IT Engineer
3 84 (27.91%) IT Support Engineer
4 56 (18.60%) Analyst
5 45 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (12.29%) Senior
7 36 (11.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 35 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support
9 33 (10.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 25 (8.31%) Support Analyst
11 24 (7.97%) Administrator
12 23 (7.64%) IT Analyst
13 22 (7.31%) Infrastructure Support
14 19 (6.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 19 (6.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 19 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
15 18 (5.98%) IT Support Analyst
16 17 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 17 (5.65%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.32%) HTML
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.99%) CSS
3 6 (1.99%) JSON
3 6 (1.99%) XML
4 4 (1.33%) Web Services
5 2 (0.66%) OpenID
6 1 (0.33%) OAuth
6 1 (0.33%) SAML
6 1 (0.33%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.97%) Driving Licence
2 24 (7.97%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.32%) Clustering
4 13 (4.32%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.99%) Podcast
5 12 (3.99%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.99%) Replication
8 6 (1.99%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.33%) CCTV
10 4 (1.33%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.33%) CMDB
10 4 (1.33%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.66%) BYOD
12 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 184 (61.13%) Windows
2 102 (33.89%) Windows Server
3 31 (10.30%) Mac OS
3 31 (10.30%) Windows 10
4 26 (8.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (6.31%) Android
6 18 (5.98%) Apple iOS
7 15 (4.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (3.99%) Linux
9 12 (3.99%) VMS
10 7 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (23.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (17.28%) ITIL
4 45 (14.95%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (13.29%) Change Management
6 39 (12.96%) Identity Management
6 39 (12.96%) Incident Management
7 35 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
7 35 (11.63%) Workflow
8 33 (10.96%) Customer Service
9 30 (9.97%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (9.97%) Service Delivery
10 29 (9.63%) Mentoring
11 27 (8.97%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (7.97%) Task Automation
13 22 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
14 20 (6.64%) Service Management
15 19 (6.31%) CRM
16 18 (5.98%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.24%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.62%) SQL
3 29 (9.63%) R
4 17 (5.65%) Bash
4 17 (5.65%) T-SQL
5 12 (3.99%) Bicep
5 12 (3.99%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (2.99%) Python
7 8 (2.66%) PHP
8 6 (1.99%) VBA
8 6 (1.99%) VBScript
9 4 (1.33%) Delphi
9 4 (1.33%) Pascal
10 2 (0.66%) Korn
11 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (16.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (11.30%) Degree
3 23 (7.64%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.32%) CCNA
4 10 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.99%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.33%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.00%) MCSA
7 3 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (16.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (8.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (5.32%) SLA
4 6 (1.99%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 207 (68.77%) Active Directory
2 44 (14.62%) Hyper-V
2 44 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (6.31%) vSphere
5 12 (3.99%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.99%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.99%) DFS Replication
6 6 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.66%) Docker
7 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 135 (44.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.32%) Terraform
3 11 (3.65%) SCCM
4 8 (2.66%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.33%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.00%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.66%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.66%) WSUS
9 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 262 (87.04%) Microsoft
2 58 (19.27%) VMware
3 32 (10.63%) Veeam
4 30 (9.97%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (5.65%) Cisco
6 12 (3.99%) ScienceLogic
6 12 (3.99%) SonicWALL
7 11 (3.65%) ServiceNow
8 10 (3.32%) Apple
8 10 (3.32%) Dell
9 9 (2.99%) iManage
9 9 (2.99%) Meraki
10 8 (2.66%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.66%) Google
10 8 (2.66%) HP
10 8 (2.66%) Sage
11 7 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
12 6 (1.99%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.66%) Draytek
14 4 (1.33%) WatchGuard