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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 175 183
Rank change year-on-year -25 +8 -35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 302 329 490
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 2.00% 1.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.34% 18.11% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 275 253 376
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,600 £28,498
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
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 £56,648
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.61% +3.13% -5.60%

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 1,352 1,817 3,246
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.10% 11.02% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,193 2,500
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,495 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% -4.63%

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 31 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
1 189 (62.58%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.29%) IIS
3 6 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.66%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.66%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 262 (86.75%) Microsoft 365
2 215 (71.19%) Azure
3 179 (59.27%) Entra ID
4 53 (17.55%) OneDrive
5 49 (16.23%) SaaS
6 35 (11.59%) Mimecast
7 22 (7.28%) Power Platform
8 21 (6.95%) AWS
9 17 (5.63%) IaaS
10 16 (5.30%) PaaS
11 15 (4.97%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (4.30%) GitHub
12 13 (4.30%) Power Automate
13 12 (3.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (3.97%) Azure Functions
13 12 (3.97%) Azure Key Vault
13 12 (3.97%) Serverless
14 8 (2.65%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 93 (30.79%) DNS
2 79 (26.16%) DHCP
3 69 (22.85%) Firewall
4 61 (20.20%) VPN
5 49 (16.23%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (14.57%) TCP/IP
7 34 (11.26%) LAN
8 33 (10.93%) WAN
9 20 (6.62%) Network Security
9 20 (6.62%) VoIP
10 18 (5.96%) VLAN
11 15 (4.97%) Wireless
12 12 (3.97%) SAN
13 7 (2.32%) Internet
14 6 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.66%) DKIM
15 2 (0.66%) DMARC
15 2 (0.66%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
15 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.95%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (1.99%) MySQL
5 4 (1.32%) Power BI
5 4 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (11.26%) JIRA
2 12 (3.97%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 140 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.90%) Legal
3 29 (9.60%) Finance
4 26 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.28%) Law
6 24 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.31%) Retail
9 9 (2.98%) Marketing
10 7 (2.32%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.99%) Advertising
12 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.99%) Banking
13 3 (0.99%) Games
14 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Front Office
14 2 (0.66%) Local Government
15 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 107 (35.43%) IT Support
2 100 (33.11%) Support Engineer
3 94 (31.13%) IT Engineer
4 82 (27.15%) IT Support Engineer
5 58 (19.21%) Analyst
6 46 (15.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (13.91%) Senior
8 33 (10.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 32 (10.60%) 3rd Line Support
10 30 (9.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 28 (9.27%) Support Analyst
12 27 (8.94%) IT Analyst
13 24 (7.95%) Administrator
14 21 (6.95%) IT Support Analyst
15 18 (5.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 18 (5.96%) Infrastructure Support
15 18 (5.96%) Systems Engineer
16 17 (5.63%) Systems Administrator
17 16 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
17 16 (5.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.31%) HTML
2 7 (2.32%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.99%) CSS
4 4 (1.32%) JSON
4 4 (1.32%) Web Services
4 4 (1.32%) XML
5 2 (0.66%) OpenID
6 1 (0.33%) OAuth
6 1 (0.33%) SAML
6 1 (0.33%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.27%) Driving Licence
2 24 (7.95%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.30%) Clustering
4 13 (4.30%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.97%) Podcast
5 12 (3.97%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.31%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.31%) Replication
7 9 (2.98%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) CCTV
9 4 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.32%) CMDB
9 4 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.66%) BYOD
11 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 189 (62.58%) Windows
2 107 (35.43%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.60%) Mac OS
4 29 (9.60%) Windows 10
5 24 (7.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (6.29%) Android
7 17 (5.63%) Apple iOS
8 14 (4.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (4.30%) Linux
10 12 (3.97%) VMS
10 12 (3.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.99%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (35.43%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (24.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 56 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (17.88%) ITIL
5 47 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (13.25%) Change Management
7 39 (12.91%) Incident Management
8 38 (12.58%) Identity Management
9 35 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (11.26%) Customer Service
10 34 (11.26%) Workflow
11 31 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 30 (9.93%) Service Delivery
13 29 (9.60%) Mentoring
13 29 (9.60%) Root Cause Analysis
14 23 (7.62%) Task Automation
15 21 (6.95%) Service Management
16 20 (6.62%) Collaborative Working
17 19 (6.29%) Collaborative Culture
17 19 (6.29%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.15%) PowerShell
2 42 (13.91%) SQL
3 28 (9.27%) R
4 17 (5.63%) Bash
5 15 (4.97%) T-SQL
6 12 (3.97%) Bicep
6 12 (3.97%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.65%) PHP
8 7 (2.32%) Python
9 6 (1.99%) VBA
9 6 (1.99%) VBScript
10 4 (1.32%) Delphi
10 4 (1.32%) Pascal
11 2 (0.66%) Korn
12 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (17.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (10.93%) Degree
3 23 (7.62%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.31%) CCNA
4 10 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.65%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.32%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.99%) MCSA
7 3 (0.99%) 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 47 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (8.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (5.30%) SLA
4 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 207 (68.54%) Active Directory
2 45 (14.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (14.57%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.29%) vSphere
6 11 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.99%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.66%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.66%) Docker
9 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 135 (44.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.30%) Terraform
3 12 (3.97%) SCCM
4 8 (2.65%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.99%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.99%) 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
1 263 (87.09%) Microsoft
2 59 (19.54%) VMware
3 35 (11.59%) Veeam
4 29 (9.60%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (6.29%) Cisco
6 12 (3.97%) ScienceLogic
6 12 (3.97%) SonicWALL
7 11 (3.64%) Apple
7 11 (3.64%) ServiceNow
8 10 (3.31%) Meraki
9 9 (2.98%) Dell
9 9 (2.98%) iManage
10 8 (2.65%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.65%) Google
10 8 (2.65%) HP
10 8 (2.65%) Sage
10 8 (2.65%) Zscaler
11 7 (2.32%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.66%) Citrix
12 5 (1.66%) Draytek