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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 178 193
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -59
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 309 296 429
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 1.79% 1.73%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.72% 17.94% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 280 235 320
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £28,498
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -4.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,575
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 1,360 1,650 3,159
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.86% 9.98% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,132 2,272
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,238 £88,750 £110,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -2.68%

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 26 August 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
1 210 (67.96%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.50%) IIS
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.65%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 267 (86.41%) Microsoft 365
2 220 (71.20%) Azure
3 196 (63.43%) Entra ID
4 66 (21.36%) OneDrive
5 45 (14.56%) SaaS
6 38 (12.30%) Mimecast
7 22 (7.12%) Power Platform
8 21 (6.80%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (5.50%) AWS
10 16 (5.18%) IaaS
11 15 (4.85%) PaaS
12 14 (4.53%) Serverless
13 13 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (4.21%) GitHub
13 13 (4.21%) Power Automate
14 12 (3.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (3.88%) Azure Functions
14 12 (3.88%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 84 (27.18%) DNS
2 80 (25.89%) Firewall
3 73 (23.62%) DHCP
4 61 (19.74%) VPN
5 44 (14.24%) Wi-Fi
6 39 (12.62%) TCP/IP
7 30 (9.71%) LAN
8 28 (9.06%) WAN
9 25 (8.09%) VLAN
10 22 (7.12%) Network Security
11 21 (6.80%) VoIP
12 15 (4.85%) Wireless
13 12 (3.88%) SAN
14 7 (2.27%) Internet
15 5 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.97%) DMARC
16 3 (0.97%) NetScaler
17 2 (0.65%) DKIM
17 2 (0.65%) Ethernet
17 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.32%) MySQL
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (12.30%) JIRA
2 12 (3.88%) Git
3 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 149 (48.22%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.86%) Legal
3 26 (8.41%) Finance
4 25 (8.09%) Law
5 22 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.88%) Retail
9 9 (2.91%) Marketing
9 9 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.94%) Advertising
12 3 (0.97%) Banking
12 3 (0.97%) Games
12 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Front Office
13 2 (0.65%) Local Government
13 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 110 (35.60%) IT Support
2 95 (30.74%) Support Engineer
3 89 (28.80%) IT Engineer
4 79 (25.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 51 (16.50%) Analyst
6 48 (15.53%) Senior
7 45 (14.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 38 (12.30%) 3rd Line Support
9 32 (10.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 29 (9.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 24 (7.77%) Administrator
11 24 (7.77%) IT Analyst
12 23 (7.44%) Support Analyst
13 20 (6.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (5.83%) IT Support Analyst
15 17 (5.50%) Systems Administrator
16 16 (5.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 16 (5.18%) 2nd Line Support
16 16 (5.18%) Infrastructure Support
17 15 (4.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.21%) Terraform
2 10 (3.24%) HTML
3 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.94%) CSS
5 4 (1.29%) Web Services
6 2 (0.65%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.80%) Driving Licence
4 13 (4.21%) Clustering
4 13 (4.21%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.88%) Podcast
5 12 (3.88%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.24%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.91%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (2.59%) Replication
9 6 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.29%) CMDB
12 3 (0.97%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.65%) BYOD
13 2 (0.65%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 208 (67.31%) Windows
2 118 (38.19%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.65%) Mac OS
4 24 (7.77%) Windows 10
5 21 (6.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (5.18%) Android
7 14 (4.53%) Apple iOS
8 13 (4.21%) Linux
9 12 (3.88%) VMS
10 11 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.42%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (26.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 65 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (15.86%) ITIL
6 43 (13.92%) Customer Service
7 42 (13.59%) Change Management
7 42 (13.59%) Incident Management
8 40 (12.94%) Identity Management
8 40 (12.94%) Technical Leadership
9 38 (12.30%) Root Cause Analysis
10 36 (11.65%) Workflow
11 33 (10.68%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (10.36%) Mentoring
13 29 (9.39%) Collaborative Culture
14 28 (9.06%) Service Delivery
15 22 (7.12%) AI
15 22 (7.12%) Project Delivery
16 21 (6.80%) Mobile Device Management
16 21 (6.80%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 77 (24.92%) PowerShell
2 34 (11.00%) SQL
3 30 (9.71%) R
4 16 (5.18%) Bash
5 12 (3.88%) Bicep
5 12 (3.88%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (3.56%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.94%) VBA
7 6 (1.94%) VBScript
8 4 (1.29%) PHP
9 3 (0.97%) Python
10 1 (0.32%) Korn
10 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (16.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (14.24%) Degree
3 25 (8.09%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.24%) CCNA
4 10 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.29%) A+ Certification
5 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.97%) MCSA
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.32%) CISSP
7 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.32%) MCSE
7 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (9.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (6.80%) SLA
4 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 222 (71.84%) Active Directory
2 53 (17.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (15.53%) Hyper-V
4 24 (7.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.15%) vSphere
6 7 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.94%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.65%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 148 (47.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.18%) SCCM
3 9 (2.91%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (2.59%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.97%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.65%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.65%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.65%) WSUS
9 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 276 (89.32%) Microsoft
2 64 (20.71%) VMware
3 43 (13.92%) Veeam
4 31 (10.03%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (5.50%) Cisco
6 15 (4.85%) SonicWALL
7 14 (4.53%) Apple
8 13 (4.21%) ServiceNow
9 12 (3.88%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (3.56%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.56%) Meraki
10 11 (3.56%) Zscaler
11 9 (2.91%) iManage
12 8 (2.59%) Citrix
12 8 (2.59%) Google
12 8 (2.59%) Sage
13 7 (2.27%) HP
13 7 (2.27%) Ubiquiti
13 7 (2.27%) WatchGuard
14 6 (1.94%) Palo Alto