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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 141 142
Rank change year-on-year -62 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 210 341 725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 2.51% 2.23%
As % of the Application Platforms category 19.06% 18.41% 19.97%
Number of salaries quoted 179 276 574
10th Percentile £28,700 £29,750 £27,825
25th Percentile £38,000 £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 £57,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -5.33%

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 1,102 1,852 3,631
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.05% 13.61% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 790 1,302 2,827
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £41,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 3 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
1 129 (61.43%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (4.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (4.29%) Exchange Server 2013
3 8 (3.81%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (14.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 190 (90.48%) Microsoft 365
2 156 (74.29%) Azure
3 113 (53.81%) Entra ID
4 45 (21.43%) OneDrive
5 37 (17.62%) SaaS
6 22 (10.48%) Mimecast
7 21 (10.00%) AWS
8 17 (8.10%) Power Platform
9 15 (7.14%) Google Workspace
10 6 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.38%) IaaS
12 4 (1.90%) PaaS
13 2 (0.95%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.95%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.95%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 79 (37.62%) DNS
2 70 (33.33%) DHCP
3 47 (22.38%) WAN
4 44 (20.95%) TCP/IP
5 43 (20.48%) VPN
6 41 (19.52%) Wi-Fi
7 36 (17.14%) Firewall
8 33 (15.71%) LAN
9 20 (9.52%) VoIP
10 14 (6.67%) SD-WAN
11 11 (5.24%) VLAN
12 6 (2.86%) SAN
12 6 (2.86%) Wireless
13 4 (1.90%) Network Security
13 4 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.43%) Internet
15 2 (0.95%) FTP
15 2 (0.95%) HTTP
15 2 (0.95%) Intranet
15 2 (0.95%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (6.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (5.71%) MySQL
5 8 (3.81%) Power BI
6 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (8.10%) JIRA
General
1 99 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.76%) Finance
3 23 (10.95%) Legal
4 22 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.29%) Marketing
7 9 (4.29%) Retail
8 5 (2.38%) Law
9 4 (1.90%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.95%) Local Government
11 1 (0.48%) Advertising
11 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.48%) Automotive
11 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.48%) German Language
11 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (30.48%) Support Engineer
2 54 (25.71%) IT Engineer
2 54 (25.71%) IT Support
3 49 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 32 (15.24%) Analyst
6 26 (12.38%) 3rd Line Support
7 25 (11.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 25 (11.90%) Senior
8 24 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 24 (11.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 23 (10.95%) Infrastructure Support
10 22 (10.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 21 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (10.00%) Support Analyst
12 19 (9.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 14 (6.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (6.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
14 13 (6.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (5.71%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.81%) JSON
1 8 (3.81%) XML
2 5 (2.38%) HTML
3 4 (1.90%) .NET
3 4 (1.90%) CSS
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.95%) OpenID
5 1 (0.48%) OAuth
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
5 1 (0.48%) SPFx
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 23 (10.95%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.29%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (4.29%) Replication
5 8 (3.81%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.33%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.86%) iPad
8 5 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.38%) Social Media
9 4 (1.90%) CCTV
9 4 (1.90%) CMDB
9 4 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.90%) iPhone
9 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.43%) Clustering
10 3 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 117 (55.71%) Windows
2 69 (32.86%) Windows Server
3 47 (22.38%) Windows 10
4 28 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (11.43%) Apple iOS
6 23 (10.95%) Mac OS
7 22 (10.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (6.19%) Android
10 10 (4.76%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (3.81%) Linux
12 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (26.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (25.24%) ITIL
4 36 (17.14%) Service Delivery
5 34 (16.19%) Disaster Recovery
6 32 (15.24%) Change Management
7 26 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (10.95%) Technical Leadership
9 22 (10.48%) Incident Management
10 20 (9.52%) Mentoring
10 20 (9.52%) Migration
10 20 (9.52%) Workflow
11 19 (9.05%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (9.05%) Identity Management
11 19 (9.05%) Task Automation
12 18 (8.57%) CRM
13 17 (8.10%) Service Management
14 16 (7.62%) Root Cause Analysis
15 15 (7.14%) Customer Service
16 13 (6.19%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.86%) PowerShell
2 32 (15.24%) SQL
3 16 (7.62%) R
4 12 (5.71%) T-SQL
5 9 (4.29%) Python
6 5 (2.38%) PHP
7 4 (1.90%) Bash
7 4 (1.90%) Delphi
7 4 (1.90%) Pascal
7 4 (1.90%) VBA
7 4 (1.90%) VBScript
8 2 (0.95%) Korn
9 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (15.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (14.29%) Degree
3 15 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.33%) CCNA
5 7 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (3.33%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.33%) MCSA
6 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.95%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (5.71%) SLA
4 10 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.81%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.43%) QA
7 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) GRC
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 139 (66.19%) Active Directory
2 35 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 19 (9.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.86%) BitLocker
6 6 (2.86%) DFS Replication
6 6 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.43%) Docker
7 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.95%) Postfix
9 1 (0.48%) Firmware
9 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 100 (47.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (4.29%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (4.29%) SCCM
4 6 (2.86%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.90%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.90%) PaperCut
6 3 (1.43%) Terraform
7 2 (0.95%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.48%) Autotask
8 1 (0.48%) CASB
8 1 (0.48%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 184 (87.62%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.86%) VMware
3 17 (8.10%) CrowdStrike
4 15 (7.14%) Google
5 14 (6.67%) Dell
6 13 (6.19%) Apple
6 13 (6.19%) Cisco
7 9 (4.29%) HP
7 9 (4.29%) Meraki
7 9 (4.29%) SonicWALL
7 9 (4.29%) Veeam
8 7 (3.33%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.86%) Datto
9 6 (2.86%) Draytek
10 4 (1.90%) iManage
10 4 (1.90%) Sage
11 3 (1.43%) IFS
11 3 (1.43%) Oracle
11 3 (1.43%) SAP
11 3 (1.43%) WatchGuard