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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 167 178
Rank change year-on-year -28 +11 -31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 301 330 506
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.00% 1.87%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.15% 18.17% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 273 255 388
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,700 £28,499
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 £56,526
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,250 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.60% +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 1,359 1,816 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.22% 11.00% 12.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 1,191 2,542
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
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% -6.25%

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 27 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 52 (17.28%) OneDrive
4 52 (17.28%) SaaS
5 35 (11.63%) Mimecast
6 23 (7.64%) Power Platform
7 22 (7.31%) AWS
8 17 (5.65%) IaaS
9 16 (5.32%) PaaS
10 13 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.32%) GitHub
10 13 (4.32%) Microsoft Copilot
11 12 (3.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (3.99%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.99%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.99%) Power Automate
11 12 (3.99%) Serverless
12 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 33 (10.96%) JIRA
2 12 (3.99%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 140 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.95%) 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
2 105 (34.88%) Support Engineer
3 95 (31.56%) IT Engineer
4 84 (27.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (18.60%) Analyst
6 45 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (12.29%) Senior
8 35 (11.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 34 (11.30%) 3rd Line Support
10 32 (10.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 25 (8.31%) Support Analyst
12 24 (7.97%) Administrator
13 23 (7.64%) IT Analyst
14 21 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support
15 19 (6.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 19 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
16 18 (5.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 18 (5.98%) IT Support Analyst
17 17 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 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 25 (8.31%) 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
6 10 (3.32%) Replication
7 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.99%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.33%) CCTV
9 4 (1.33%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.33%) CMDB
9 4 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.66%) BYOD
11 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 185 (61.46%) Windows
2 103 (34.22%) 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 39 (12.96%) Change Management
6 38 (12.62%) Identity Management
6 38 (12.62%) Incident Management
7 34 (11.30%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (11.30%) Workflow
8 33 (10.96%) Customer Service
9 31 (10.30%) Disaster Recovery
10 30 (9.97%) Service Delivery
11 29 (9.63%) Mentoring
12 27 (8.97%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (8.31%) Task Automation
14 22 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
15 20 (6.64%) Service Management
16 19 (6.31%) Collaborative Culture
16 19 (6.31%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.57%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.62%) SQL
3 28 (9.30%) 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 52 (17.28%) 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 48 (15.95%) 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
1 206 (68.44%) 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 33 (10.96%) Veeam
4 29 (9.63%) CrowdStrike
5 18 (5.98%) 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
8 10 (3.32%) Meraki
9 9 (2.99%) iManage
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