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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 145 119
Rank change year-on-year -51 -26 +31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 197 369 734
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.24% 2.32% 2.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 18.64% 19.11% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 144 286 612
10th Percentile £27,795 £28,750 £27,775
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,745 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +11.03% -9.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £83,000 £68,625
UK median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +12.50% -5.88%

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 1,057 1,931 2,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.63% 12.16% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 746 1,263 2,382
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £80,375 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 7 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
1 118 (59.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Apache
Applications
1 25 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 178 (90.36%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (72.08%) Azure
3 110 (55.84%) Entra ID
4 33 (16.75%) OneDrive
5 21 (10.66%) AWS
6 20 (10.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 20 (10.15%) Power Platform
6 20 (10.15%) SaaS
7 16 (8.12%) Mimecast
8 14 (7.11%) Google Workspace
9 11 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (5.58%) IaaS
10 8 (4.06%) Power Automate
11 7 (3.55%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.55%) ShareGate
12 6 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.54%) PaaS
14 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 75 (38.07%) DNS
2 70 (35.53%) DHCP
3 60 (30.46%) VPN
4 47 (23.86%) WAN
5 43 (21.83%) TCP/IP
6 41 (20.81%) Firewall
7 31 (15.74%) LAN
8 28 (14.21%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (12.69%) VLAN
10 22 (11.17%) VoIP
11 16 (8.12%) SD-WAN
12 8 (4.06%) SSL
13 5 (2.54%) Wireless
14 4 (2.03%) HTTP
14 4 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (1.52%) DKIM
15 3 (1.52%) DMARC
15 3 (1.52%) FTP
15 3 (1.52%) SMTP
15 3 (1.52%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.61%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.08%) MySQL
3 7 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.55%) Power BI
3 7 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) MSBuild
General
1 93 (47.21%) Social Skills
2 44 (22.34%) Finance
3 15 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.05%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.05%) Legal
7 5 (2.54%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.54%) Marketing
8 4 (2.03%) German Language
9 3 (1.52%) Automotive
9 3 (1.52%) Back Office
9 3 (1.52%) Games
10 2 (1.02%) Advertising
10 2 (1.02%) Retail
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (28.43%) IT Support
2 50 (25.38%) Support Engineer
3 43 (21.83%) IT Engineer
4 37 (18.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 35 (17.77%) IT Support Engineer
6 31 (15.74%) 2nd Line Support
7 28 (14.21%) Analyst
8 25 (12.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 25 (12.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 24 (12.18%) Senior
10 22 (11.17%) Support Analyst
11 15 (7.61%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 14 (7.11%) Support Technician
13 13 (6.60%) 3rd Line Support
13 13 (6.60%) Infrastructure Support
13 13 (6.60%) IT Analyst
13 13 (6.60%) IT Support Analyst
14 9 (4.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 9 (4.57%) IT Support Technician
14 9 (4.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.60%) .NET
2 6 (3.05%) JSON
2 6 (3.05%) XML
3 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.24%) Driving Licence
2 19 (9.64%) Onboarding
3 16 (8.12%) Product Ownership
4 15 (7.61%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.09%) Client/Server
6 10 (5.08%) iPad
7 9 (4.57%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.57%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (3.05%) CMDB
9 6 (3.05%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.54%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.54%) Replication
10 5 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.54%) Social Media
11 4 (2.03%) iPhone
11 4 (2.03%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.52%) Arduino
12 3 (1.52%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 125 (63.45%) Windows
2 94 (47.72%) Windows Server
3 49 (24.87%) Windows 10
4 25 (12.69%) Mac OS
5 19 (9.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (8.63%) Apple iOS
7 15 (7.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (6.60%) Linux
8 13 (6.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.52%) Android
11 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.98%) ITIL
2 60 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (22.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (18.78%) Service Delivery
6 36 (18.27%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (15.23%) Migration
8 28 (14.21%) Customer Service
9 22 (11.17%) DevOps
10 21 (10.66%) Asset Management
11 20 (10.15%) Information Security
12 19 (9.64%) Change Management
12 19 (9.64%) Coaching
12 19 (9.64%) Data Loss Prevention
12 19 (9.64%) Service Management
13 18 (9.14%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (9.14%) Infrastructure as Code
13 18 (9.14%) Mentoring
14 17 (8.63%) Roadmaps
15 16 (8.12%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.77%) PowerShell
2 26 (13.20%) SQL
3 19 (9.64%) Python
4 9 (4.57%) Bash
5 6 (3.05%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.03%) R
8 3 (1.52%) Assembly Language
8 3 (1.52%) C
8 3 (1.52%) C#
8 3 (1.52%) C++
8 3 (1.52%) Java
8 3 (1.52%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.52%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.52%) Swift
9 2 (1.02%) PHP
10 1 (0.51%) Delphi
10 1 (0.51%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 29 (14.72%) Degree
2 24 (12.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (7.61%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (7.61%) DBS Check
3 15 (7.61%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.61%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.60%) CCNA
5 9 (4.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.55%) MCSA
7 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.03%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.03%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.52%) MCSE
10 3 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.02%) CCNP
12 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (6.60%) SLA
4 9 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (4.06%) NIST
6 6 (3.05%) Data Quality
7 4 (2.03%) QA
8 3 (1.52%) GDPR
9 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.02%) GRC
9 2 (1.02%) NCSC
System Software
1 129 (65.48%) Active Directory
2 31 (15.74%) Hyper-V
3 27 (13.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.52%) Docker
6 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.52%) Postfix
6 3 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.02%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.51%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.51%) Firmware
8 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 87 (44.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (10.66%) Terraform
3 12 (6.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (4.57%) Autotask
5 8 (4.06%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.05%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.03%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.03%) PaperCut
8 3 (1.52%) Nessus
8 3 (1.52%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.52%) SCCM
9 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.51%) Ansible
10 1 (0.51%) CASB
10 1 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.51%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 168 (85.28%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.23%) VMware
3 22 (11.17%) Apple
4 14 (7.11%) Google
5 11 (5.58%) Cisco
6 9 (4.57%) Datto
6 9 (4.57%) Veeam
7 7 (3.55%) Meraki
8 6 (3.05%) Dell
8 6 (3.05%) Freshdesk
9 5 (2.54%) HP
10 4 (2.03%) Citrix
10 4 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.52%) IBM
11 3 (1.52%) IFS
11 3 (1.52%) Oracle
11 3 (1.52%) Sage
12 2 (1.02%) Logitech
12 2 (1.02%) ServiceNow