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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 167 152
Rank change year-on-year -42 -15 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 230 327 675
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 2.24% 2.05%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.54% 18.06% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 206 260 525
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,313 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -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 1,120 1,811 3,679
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.84% 12.42% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 828 1,169 2,876
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.19% -5.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £120,625
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 28 May 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
1 141 (61.30%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.09%) IIS
3 9 (3.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (15.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 208 (90.43%) Microsoft 365
2 163 (70.87%) Azure
3 123 (53.48%) Entra ID
4 46 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 39 (16.96%) SaaS
6 25 (10.87%) Mimecast
7 23 (10.00%) AWS
8 22 (9.57%) Power Platform
9 13 (5.65%) Google Workspace
10 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (3.48%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.61%) IaaS
13 5 (2.17%) PaaS
14 3 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.87%) Azure Storage
15 2 (0.87%) Datadog
16 1 (0.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 82 (35.65%) DNS
2 71 (30.87%) DHCP
3 48 (20.87%) Firewall
3 48 (20.87%) Wi-Fi
4 46 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 45 (19.57%) WAN
6 40 (17.39%) VPN
7 32 (13.91%) LAN
8 20 (8.70%) VoIP
9 13 (5.65%) SD-WAN
10 10 (4.35%) SAN
10 10 (4.35%) VLAN
11 6 (2.61%) Network Security
12 5 (2.17%) Internet
12 5 (2.17%) Wireless
13 4 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.87%) DKIM
14 2 (0.87%) DMARC
14 2 (0.87%) Intranet
14 2 (0.87%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.17%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.35%) MySQL
5 8 (3.48%) Power BI
6 4 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (7.83%) JIRA
General
1 115 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.91%) Finance
3 28 (12.17%) Legal
4 25 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.91%) Marketing
7 9 (3.91%) Retail
8 8 (3.48%) Law
9 4 (1.74%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.87%) Banking
10 2 (0.87%) Local Government
11 1 (0.43%) Advertising
11 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 81 (35.22%) Support Engineer
2 70 (30.43%) IT Engineer
2 70 (30.43%) IT Support
3 55 (23.91%) IT Support Engineer
4 48 (20.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (13.48%) Analyst
6 26 (11.30%) 3rd Line Support
7 25 (10.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 25 (10.87%) Senior
8 24 (10.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 24 (10.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 22 (9.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 22 (9.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (9.13%) Infrastructure Support
11 20 (8.70%) Support Analyst
12 19 (8.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 15 (6.52%) Administrator
14 14 (6.09%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (6.09%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
14 14 (6.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.48%) JSON
1 8 (3.48%) XML
2 7 (3.04%) HTML
3 6 (2.61%) CSS
3 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.87%) OpenID
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) OAuth
5 1 (0.43%) SAML
5 1 (0.43%) SPFx
5 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.13%) Driving Licence
2 19 (8.26%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.91%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.91%) Replication
5 8 (3.48%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.04%) Clustering
7 6 (2.61%) CMDB
8 5 (2.17%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.74%) CCTV
9 4 (1.74%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.87%) Social Media
11 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.43%) iPad
12 1 (0.43%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 132 (57.39%) Windows
2 79 (34.35%) Windows Server
3 42 (18.26%) Windows 10
4 32 (13.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (10.43%) Mac OS
6 23 (10.00%) Apple iOS
7 21 (9.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (8.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (6.52%) Android
10 11 (4.78%) Linux
11 10 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (40.87%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 50 (21.74%) ITIL
4 39 (16.96%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (15.22%) Service Delivery
7 27 (11.74%) Change Management
8 25 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (10.87%) Identity Management
9 23 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
10 21 (9.13%) Workflow
11 19 (8.26%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (8.26%) Customer Service
11 19 (8.26%) Mentoring
11 19 (8.26%) Task Automation
12 18 (7.83%) Incident Management
12 18 (7.83%) Service Management
13 16 (6.96%) CRM
13 16 (6.96%) Migration
14 14 (6.09%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 56 (24.35%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.91%) SQL
3 16 (6.96%) R
3 16 (6.96%) T-SQL
4 9 (3.91%) Python
5 6 (2.61%) VBA
5 6 (2.61%) VBScript
6 5 (2.17%) PHP
7 4 (1.74%) Bash
7 4 (1.74%) Delphi
7 4 (1.74%) Pascal
8 2 (0.87%) Korn
9 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (15.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (13.48%) Degree
3 14 (6.09%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.09%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.48%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.48%) CCNA
4 8 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.17%) MCSA
6 4 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.74%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.87%) MCSE
8 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (18.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (8.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.78%) SLA
4 9 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.48%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.30%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 151 (65.65%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.78%) Hyper-V
3 22 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.61%) BitLocker
6 6 (2.61%) DFS Replication
7 4 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.30%) Docker
8 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.87%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.87%) vSphere
10 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 99 (43.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.91%) SCCM
4 6 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.61%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.30%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.30%) Terraform
7 2 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.87%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.87%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.87%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.43%) CASB
8 1 (0.43%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 203 (88.26%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.35%) VMware
3 21 (9.13%) Veeam
4 17 (7.39%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (6.52%) Cisco
6 13 (5.65%) Dell
6 13 (5.65%) Google
7 11 (4.78%) Meraki
7 11 (4.78%) SonicWALL
8 9 (3.91%) HP
9 8 (3.48%) Apple
10 7 (3.04%) Fortinet
10 7 (3.04%) iManage
11 6 (2.61%) Draytek
12 5 (2.17%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.74%) Datto
13 4 (1.74%) Sage
14 3 (1.30%) Oracle
14 3 (1.30%) SAP
14 3 (1.30%) WatchGuard