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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 170 161
Rank change year-on-year -29 -9 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 247 330 683
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 2.16% 1.98%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.99% 17.86% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 220 259 520
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,050
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 1,177 1,848 3,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.95% 12.08% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 885 1,193 2,975
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,903 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £74,985 £90,000 £83,750
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% -9.16%

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 14 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
1 149 (60.32%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.48%) IIS
3 9 (3.64%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.64%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.64%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (13.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 219 (88.66%) Microsoft 365
2 176 (71.26%) Azure
3 131 (53.04%) Entra ID
4 46 (18.62%) OneDrive
5 42 (17.00%) SaaS
6 27 (10.93%) Mimecast
7 24 (9.72%) Power Platform
8 23 (9.31%) AWS
9 11 (4.45%) Google Workspace
10 10 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (3.64%) IaaS
12 8 (3.24%) PaaS
13 7 (2.83%) Power Automate
14 6 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (2.02%) Azure Monitor
16 4 (1.62%) Azure Functions
16 4 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.62%) GitHub
16 4 (1.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 86 (34.82%) DNS
2 74 (29.96%) DHCP
3 49 (19.84%) Firewall
4 48 (19.43%) Wi-Fi
5 47 (19.03%) VPN
6 43 (17.41%) TCP/IP
7 40 (16.19%) WAN
8 30 (12.15%) LAN
9 19 (7.69%) VoIP
10 11 (4.45%) SAN
11 10 (4.05%) SD-WAN
12 9 (3.64%) Network Security
13 8 (3.24%) VLAN
14 7 (2.83%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (2.02%) Internet
16 4 (1.62%) Wireless
17 2 (0.81%) DKIM
17 2 (0.81%) Ethernet
17 2 (0.81%) Intranet
17 2 (0.81%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.05%) MySQL
5 8 (3.24%) Power BI
6 4 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (8.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.62%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 125 (50.61%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.36%) Finance
3 31 (12.55%) Legal
4 27 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.10%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.26%) Law
8 10 (4.05%) Retail
9 9 (3.64%) Marketing
10 5 (2.02%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.21%) Banking
12 2 (0.81%) Local Government
13 1 (0.40%) Advertising
13 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.40%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 89 (36.03%) Support Engineer
2 78 (31.58%) IT Support
3 77 (31.17%) IT Engineer
4 62 (25.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 44 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (15.38%) Analyst
7 27 (10.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 27 (10.93%) 3rd Line Support
7 27 (10.93%) Senior
8 25 (10.12%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 23 (9.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 21 (8.50%) 2nd Line Support
10 21 (8.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (8.50%) Infrastructure Support
10 21 (8.50%) Support Analyst
11 19 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 16 (6.48%) Administrator
12 16 (6.48%) IT Analyst
13 14 (5.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (5.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.24%) HTML
1 8 (3.24%) JSON
1 8 (3.24%) XML
2 6 (2.43%) CSS
2 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.81%) OpenID
3 2 (0.81%) Web Services
4 1 (0.40%) .NET
4 1 (0.40%) OAuth
4 1 (0.40%) SAML
4 1 (0.40%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.31%) Driving Licence
2 20 (8.10%) Onboarding
3 16 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.64%) Clustering
4 9 (3.64%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.64%) Replication
5 8 (3.24%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.83%) CMDB
7 5 (2.02%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.62%) CCTV
8 4 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.62%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.62%) Podcast
8 4 (1.62%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 150 (60.73%) Windows
2 84 (34.01%) Windows Server
3 39 (15.79%) Windows 10
4 32 (12.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (10.53%) Mac OS
6 22 (8.91%) Apple iOS
7 20 (8.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (7.29%) Android
10 13 (5.26%) Linux
11 10 (4.05%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.62%) VMS
13 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (41.70%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (21.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 49 (19.84%) ITIL
4 43 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (14.17%) Service Delivery
7 29 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (11.34%) Identity Management
9 27 (10.93%) Change Management
10 25 (10.12%) Customer Service
10 25 (10.12%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (9.72%) Workflow
12 22 (8.91%) Task Automation
13 21 (8.50%) Incident Management
13 21 (8.50%) Mentoring
14 20 (8.10%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (8.10%) Service Management
15 19 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
16 17 (6.88%) Collaborative Culture
17 16 (6.48%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 68 (27.53%) PowerShell
2 37 (14.98%) SQL
3 18 (7.29%) R
4 17 (6.88%) T-SQL
5 11 (4.45%) Python
6 9 (3.64%) Bash
7 6 (2.43%) PHP
7 6 (2.43%) VBA
7 6 (2.43%) VBScript
8 4 (1.62%) Bicep
8 4 (1.62%) Delphi
8 4 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.62%) Pascal
9 2 (0.81%) Korn
10 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (16.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (13.36%) Degree
3 13 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.86%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.24%) CCNA
5 8 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.02%) MCSA
8 4 (1.62%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.81%) MCSE
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (17.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.45%) SLA
4 8 (3.24%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.81%) QA
7 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 162 (65.59%) Active Directory
2 36 (14.57%) Hyper-V
3 32 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (6.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.83%) vSphere
7 6 (2.43%) BitLocker
7 6 (2.43%) DFS Replication
8 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.81%) Docker
9 2 (0.81%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 104 (42.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.64%) SCCM
4 7 (2.83%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.83%) Terraform
5 6 (2.43%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.62%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.21%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.81%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.40%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 219 (88.66%) Microsoft
2 44 (17.81%) VMware
3 24 (9.72%) Veeam
4 19 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (6.07%) Cisco
6 13 (5.26%) Dell
7 11 (4.45%) Google
7 11 (4.45%) Meraki
7 11 (4.45%) SonicWALL
8 10 (4.05%) Apple
9 9 (3.64%) HP
9 9 (3.64%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.83%) iManage
11 6 (2.43%) Draytek
11 6 (2.43%) Fortinet
12 5 (2.02%) Sage
13 4 (1.62%) Datto
13 4 (1.62%) ScienceLogic
14 3 (1.21%) IFS
14 3 (1.21%) Tenable