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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 173 185
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 -42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 311 323 451
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.37% 1.96% 1.81%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.77% 18.04% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 282 251 344
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £28,499
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -4.52%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,750 £70,000 £70,350
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year - -3.61% -2.35%

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 1,366 1,790 3,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.02% 10.89% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 1,170 2,356
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -6.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £106,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -6.25%

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 11 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
1 205 (65.92%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.79%) IIS
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (8.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.64%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 270 (86.82%) Microsoft 365
2 223 (71.70%) Azure
3 192 (61.74%) Entra ID
4 61 (19.61%) OneDrive
5 46 (14.79%) SaaS
6 37 (11.90%) Mimecast
7 21 (6.75%) Power Platform
8 19 (6.11%) AWS
8 19 (6.11%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (5.47%) IaaS
10 16 (5.14%) PaaS
11 13 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.18%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (4.18%) GitHub
11 13 (4.18%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.86%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.86%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.86%) Serverless
13 9 (2.89%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 90 (28.94%) DNS
2 76 (24.44%) DHCP
3 75 (24.12%) Firewall
4 62 (19.94%) VPN
5 48 (15.43%) Wi-Fi
6 42 (13.50%) TCP/IP
7 33 (10.61%) LAN
8 31 (9.97%) WAN
9 21 (6.75%) Network Security
9 21 (6.75%) VLAN
10 20 (6.43%) VoIP
11 15 (4.82%) Wireless
12 12 (3.86%) SAN
13 7 (2.25%) Internet
14 6 (1.93%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.96%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.64%) DKIM
16 2 (0.64%) DMARC
16 2 (0.64%) Ethernet
16 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.96%) MySQL
6 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 36 (11.58%) JIRA
2 12 (3.86%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 148 (47.59%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.11%) Legal
3 30 (9.65%) Finance
4 25 (8.04%) Law
5 23 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.22%) Retail
9 9 (2.89%) Marketing
10 8 (2.57%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.93%) Advertising
11 6 (1.93%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.96%) Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Games
13 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Front Office
13 2 (0.64%) Local Government
14 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (35.69%) IT Support
2 97 (31.19%) Support Engineer
3 91 (29.26%) IT Engineer
4 80 (25.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 57 (18.33%) Analyst
6 48 (15.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (15.43%) Senior
7 38 (12.22%) 3rd Line Support
8 34 (10.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 31 (9.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 28 (9.00%) IT Analyst
10 28 (9.00%) Support Analyst
11 24 (7.72%) Administrator
12 22 (7.07%) IT Support Analyst
13 20 (6.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (5.79%) Systems Engineer
15 17 (5.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 17 (5.47%) Systems Administrator
16 16 (5.14%) Infrastructure Support
17 15 (4.82%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.22%) HTML
2 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.93%) CSS
4 4 (1.29%) Web Services
5 2 (0.64%) OpenID
6 1 (0.32%) JSON
6 1 (0.32%) OAuth
6 1 (0.32%) SAML
6 1 (0.32%) SPFx
6 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.04%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.75%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.75%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.18%) Clustering
3 13 (4.18%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.86%) Podcast
4 12 (3.86%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.54%) Replication
6 10 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.89%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.29%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.29%) CMDB
10 4 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.64%) BYOD
12 2 (0.64%) CCTV
12 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.32%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 202 (64.95%) Windows
2 113 (36.33%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.25%) Mac OS
4 26 (8.36%) Windows 10
5 21 (6.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (5.79%) Android
7 16 (5.14%) Apple iOS
8 14 (4.50%) Linux
9 12 (3.86%) VMS
9 12 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (32.48%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (26.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 59 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (17.68%) ITIL
5 49 (15.76%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (13.50%) Change Management
6 42 (13.50%) Incident Management
7 40 (12.86%) Identity Management
7 40 (12.86%) Technical Leadership
8 38 (12.22%) Customer Service
9 36 (11.58%) Workflow
10 34 (10.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 34 (10.93%) Root Cause Analysis
11 31 (9.97%) Mentoring
12 29 (9.32%) Service Delivery
13 25 (8.04%) Collaborative Culture
14 22 (7.07%) Task Automation
15 21 (6.75%) Project Delivery
15 21 (6.75%) Service Management
16 20 (6.43%) AI
Programming Languages
1 81 (26.05%) PowerShell
2 37 (11.90%) SQL
3 30 (9.65%) R
4 17 (5.47%) Bash
5 12 (3.86%) Bicep
5 12 (3.86%) Kusto Query Language
5 12 (3.86%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.93%) PHP
6 6 (1.93%) VBA
6 6 (1.93%) VBScript
7 4 (1.29%) Python
8 2 (0.64%) Delphi
8 2 (0.64%) Korn
8 2 (0.64%) Pascal
9 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (17.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (12.86%) Degree
3 25 (8.04%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.22%) CCNA
4 10 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.61%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.61%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.29%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.96%) MCSA
8 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.32%) MCSE
9 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (8.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (6.43%) SLA
4 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 219 (70.42%) Active Directory
2 50 (16.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (14.79%) Hyper-V
4 25 (8.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.11%) vSphere
6 10 (3.22%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.93%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.29%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.64%) Docker
9 2 (0.64%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 146 (46.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.50%) SCCM
3 13 (4.18%) Terraform
4 8 (2.57%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.61%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.64%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.64%) WSUS
10 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 274 (88.10%) Microsoft
2 64 (20.58%) VMware
3 40 (12.86%) Veeam
4 31 (9.97%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (6.11%) Cisco
6 14 (4.50%) SonicWALL
7 13 (4.18%) Apple
8 12 (3.86%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (3.54%) Meraki
9 11 (3.54%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.54%) Zscaler
10 10 (3.22%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.89%) Google
11 9 (2.89%) iManage
12 8 (2.57%) Citrix
12 8 (2.57%) Sage
13 7 (2.25%) Dell
13 7 (2.25%) HP
13 7 (2.25%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.93%) WatchGuard