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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 179 199
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 -62
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 316 287 411
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 1.75% 1.69%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.95% 17.77% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 286 226 299
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £28,640
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% -6.18%
75th Percentile £59,688 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
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 1,377 1,615 3,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.90% 9.82% 12.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,113 2,172
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £40,600 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -10.00% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,235 £90,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £130,000 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -1.79%

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 1 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
1 214 (67.72%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.38%) IIS
3 4 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.63%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 274 (86.71%) Microsoft 365
2 223 (70.57%) Azure
3 201 (63.61%) Entra ID
4 67 (21.20%) OneDrive
5 47 (14.87%) SaaS
6 40 (12.66%) Mimecast
7 22 (6.96%) Power Platform
8 21 (6.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (5.06%) AWS
9 16 (5.06%) IaaS
9 16 (5.06%) Serverless
10 15 (4.75%) PaaS
11 14 (4.43%) Power Automate
12 13 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (4.11%) GitHub
13 12 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (3.80%) Azure Functions
13 12 (3.80%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 87 (27.53%) DNS
2 84 (26.58%) Firewall
3 75 (23.73%) DHCP
4 62 (19.62%) VPN
5 44 (13.92%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (12.66%) TCP/IP
7 29 (9.18%) LAN
8 28 (8.86%) VLAN
9 27 (8.54%) WAN
10 22 (6.96%) Network Security
10 22 (6.96%) VoIP
11 15 (4.75%) Wireless
12 12 (3.80%) SAN
13 7 (2.22%) Internet
14 5 (1.58%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.95%) DMARC
15 3 (0.95%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.63%) DKIM
16 2 (0.63%) Ethernet
16 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.32%) MySQL
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (12.66%) JIRA
2 12 (3.80%) Git
3 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 155 (49.05%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.46%) Legal
3 25 (7.91%) Finance
3 25 (7.91%) Law
4 23 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.43%) Retail
8 9 (2.85%) Marketing
8 9 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.53%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.22%) Advertising
11 3 (0.95%) Banking
11 3 (0.95%) Games
11 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Front Office
12 2 (0.63%) Local Government
13 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 113 (35.76%) IT Support
2 103 (32.59%) Support Engineer
3 93 (29.43%) IT Engineer
4 83 (26.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 51 (16.14%) Analyst
6 49 (15.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (15.51%) Senior
7 40 (12.66%) 3rd Line Support
8 33 (10.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 31 (9.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 24 (7.59%) Administrator
11 23 (7.28%) IT Analyst
11 23 (7.28%) Support Analyst
12 20 (6.33%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (6.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (5.38%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 17 (5.38%) IT Support Analyst
13 17 (5.38%) Systems Administrator
14 16 (5.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 16 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.11%) Terraform
2 10 (3.16%) HTML
3 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.90%) CSS
5 4 (1.27%) Web Services
6 2 (0.63%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (6.96%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.65%) Driving Licence
4 13 (4.11%) Clustering
4 13 (4.11%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.80%) Podcast
5 12 (3.80%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.85%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.53%) Replication
8 6 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.58%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.27%) CMDB
11 3 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.63%) BYOD
12 2 (0.63%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 210 (66.46%) Windows
2 121 (38.29%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.08%) Mac OS
4 22 (6.96%) Windows 10
5 20 (6.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (4.75%) Android
7 14 (4.43%) Apple iOS
8 13 (4.11%) Linux
9 12 (3.80%) VMS
10 10 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (27.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 67 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (17.72%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (15.82%) ITIL
6 47 (14.87%) Change Management
7 44 (13.92%) Customer Service
7 44 (13.92%) Incident Management
8 42 (13.29%) Identity Management
8 42 (13.29%) Technical Leadership
9 38 (12.03%) Root Cause Analysis
9 38 (12.03%) Workflow
10 33 (10.44%) Disaster Recovery
10 33 (10.44%) Mentoring
11 31 (9.81%) Service Delivery
12 29 (9.18%) Collaborative Culture
13 24 (7.59%) AI
14 22 (6.96%) Project Delivery
14 22 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (6.65%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.05%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.76%) SQL
3 32 (10.13%) R
4 15 (4.75%) Bash
5 12 (3.80%) Bicep
5 12 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (3.48%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.90%) VBA
7 6 (1.90%) VBScript
8 4 (1.27%) PHP
9 2 (0.63%) Python
10 1 (0.32%) Korn
10 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (15.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (14.56%) Degree
3 25 (7.91%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.16%) CCNA
4 10 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.27%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.95%) MCSA
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.32%) CISSP
8 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.32%) MCSE
8 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (6.33%) SLA
4 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.32%) GDPR
4 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 225 (71.20%) Active Directory
2 54 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (15.82%) Hyper-V
4 25 (7.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.01%) vSphere
6 7 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.90%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.63%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 152 (48.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.06%) SCCM
3 8 (2.53%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.95%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.63%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.63%) WSUS
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 283 (89.56%) Microsoft
2 65 (20.57%) VMware
3 45 (14.24%) Veeam
4 33 (10.44%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (5.38%) Cisco
6 15 (4.75%) Apple
6 15 (4.75%) SonicWALL
7 13 (4.11%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.80%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (3.48%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.48%) Meraki
9 11 (3.48%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.85%) iManage
11 8 (2.53%) Citrix
11 8 (2.53%) Sage
12 7 (2.22%) Google
12 7 (2.22%) HP
12 7 (2.22%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (2.22%) WatchGuard
13 6 (1.90%) Palo Alto