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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 148 115
Rank change year-on-year -56 -33 +39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 201 372 755
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.24% 2.37% 2.72%
As % of the Application Platforms category 18.72% 18.99% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 150 279 627
10th Percentile £27,565 £28,900 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,375 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £81,200 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +12.50% -5.54%

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 1,074 1,959 2,932
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.63% 12.47% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 764 1,263 2,406
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,238 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -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 15 February 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
1 120 (59.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.49%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (2.49%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (2.49%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (1.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
Applications
1 26 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.49%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 183 (91.04%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (72.14%) Azure
3 111 (55.22%) Entra ID
4 34 (16.92%) OneDrive
5 23 (11.44%) SaaS
6 22 (10.95%) AWS
7 19 (9.45%) Power Platform
8 17 (8.46%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (7.46%) Mimecast
10 14 (6.97%) Google Workspace
11 11 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (5.47%) IaaS
12 8 (3.98%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.99%) ShareGate
14 5 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (2.49%) PaaS
14 5 (2.49%) PowerApps
15 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
16 3 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 80 (39.80%) DNS
2 74 (36.82%) DHCP
3 59 (29.35%) VPN
4 46 (22.89%) TCP/IP
5 45 (22.39%) WAN
6 43 (21.39%) Firewall
7 30 (14.93%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (14.43%) LAN
9 25 (12.44%) VLAN
10 21 (10.45%) VoIP
11 16 (7.96%) SD-WAN
12 8 (3.98%) SSL
13 5 (2.49%) Wireless
14 4 (1.99%) HTTP
14 4 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (1.49%) DKIM
15 3 (1.49%) DMARC
15 3 (1.49%) FTP
15 3 (1.49%) SMTP
15 3 (1.49%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.46%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.97%) MySQL
3 10 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.48%) Power BI
4 9 (4.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (2.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) MSBuild
General
1 93 (46.27%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.90%) Finance
3 17 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.48%) Legal
6 6 (2.99%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.49%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.49%) Marketing
8 4 (1.99%) German Language
9 3 (1.49%) Automotive
9 3 (1.49%) Back Office
9 3 (1.49%) Games
10 2 (1.00%) Advertising
10 2 (1.00%) Retail
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (29.85%) IT Support
2 54 (26.87%) Support Engineer
3 45 (22.39%) IT Engineer
4 38 (18.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 37 (18.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 31 (15.42%) 2nd Line Support
7 30 (14.93%) Analyst
8 25 (12.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 25 (12.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 23 (11.44%) Senior
10 22 (10.95%) Support Analyst
11 15 (7.46%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (7.46%) IT Analyst
11 15 (7.46%) IT Support Analyst
11 15 (7.46%) Support Technician
12 13 (6.47%) 3rd Line Support
12 13 (6.47%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 11 (5.47%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) IT Support Technician
14 9 (4.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.47%) .NET
2 8 (3.98%) JSON
2 8 (3.98%) XML
3 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.42%) Driving Licence
2 22 (10.95%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.97%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.97%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.97%) Client/Server
5 10 (4.98%) iPad
6 9 (4.48%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.98%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.98%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.99%) CMDB
9 6 (2.99%) Replication
10 5 (2.49%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.49%) Social Media
11 4 (1.99%) iPhone
11 4 (1.99%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.49%) Arduino
12 3 (1.49%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 128 (63.68%) Windows
2 96 (47.76%) Windows Server
3 48 (23.88%) Windows 10
4 22 (10.95%) Mac OS
5 19 (9.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (7.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (7.46%) Apple iOS
8 14 (6.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (5.97%) Linux
10 6 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (1.99%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (30.35%) ITIL
3 45 (22.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (18.91%) Service Delivery
6 35 (17.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (14.43%) Customer Service
7 29 (14.43%) Migration
8 21 (10.45%) Change Management
8 21 (10.45%) Collaborative Working
8 21 (10.45%) DevOps
8 21 (10.45%) Service Management
9 19 (9.45%) Asset Management
9 19 (9.45%) Data Loss Prevention
10 18 (8.96%) Information Security
11 17 (8.46%) Coaching
11 17 (8.46%) Mentoring
11 17 (8.46%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (7.96%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.91%) PowerShell
2 29 (14.43%) SQL
3 20 (9.95%) Python
4 8 (3.98%) Bash
4 8 (3.98%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.49%) R
6 3 (1.49%) Assembly Language
6 3 (1.49%) C
6 3 (1.49%) C#
6 3 (1.49%) C++
6 3 (1.49%) Java
6 3 (1.49%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.49%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.49%) PHP
6 3 (1.49%) Swift
7 2 (1.00%) Delphi
7 2 (1.00%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 27 (13.43%) Degree
2 25 (12.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (7.96%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.96%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (7.46%) DBS Check
5 13 (6.47%) CCNA
6 9 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.48%) MCSA
8 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.99%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.49%) MCSE
11 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.00%) CCNP
12 2 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (6.47%) SLA
4 9 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.98%) Data Quality
6 7 (3.48%) NIST
7 4 (1.99%) QA
8 3 (1.49%) GDPR
9 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.00%) GRC
9 2 (1.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 132 (65.67%) Active Directory
2 33 (16.42%) Hyper-V
3 28 (13.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.49%) DFS Replication
7 3 (1.49%) Docker
7 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.49%) Postfix
7 3 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.50%) Firmware
8 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (42.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (9.45%) Terraform
3 12 (5.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (4.48%) Autotask
5 5 (2.49%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.99%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.99%) PaperCut
6 4 (1.99%) SCCM
7 3 (1.49%) Nessus
7 3 (1.49%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.49%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.50%) Ansible
8 1 (0.50%) CASB
8 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.50%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 171 (85.07%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.92%) VMware
3 19 (9.45%) Apple
4 14 (6.97%) Google
5 10 (4.98%) Cisco
6 9 (4.48%) Datto
7 8 (3.98%) Veeam
8 7 (3.48%) Dell
8 7 (3.48%) Meraki
9 6 (2.99%) Freshdesk
9 6 (2.99%) HP
10 5 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.49%) Citrix
11 3 (1.49%) IBM
11 3 (1.49%) IFS
11 3 (1.49%) Oracle
11 3 (1.49%) Sage
12 2 (1.00%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.00%) ServiceNow
13 1 (0.50%) MobileIron