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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 193 203
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 -73
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 328 264 388
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 1.62% 1.65%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.42% 17.28% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 290 198 270
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,425 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -7.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,500 £56,525
90th Percentile £71,375 £70,000 £68,875
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 1,463 1,528 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.01% 9.37% 12.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,112 1,030 1,917
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,903 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,438 £90,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -2.70%

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 18 September 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
1 224 (68.29%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.88%) IIS
3 3 (0.91%) Confluence
4 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) NetSuite
1 3 (0.91%) Shopify
2 2 (0.61%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 286 (87.20%) Microsoft 365
2 227 (69.21%) Azure
3 211 (64.33%) Entra ID
4 71 (21.65%) OneDrive
5 45 (13.72%) SaaS
6 37 (11.28%) Mimecast
7 25 (7.62%) Microsoft Copilot
8 24 (7.32%) Power Platform
9 18 (5.49%) Serverless
10 15 (4.57%) AWS
10 15 (4.57%) IaaS
10 15 (4.57%) PaaS
11 14 (4.27%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (3.96%) GitHub
12 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (3.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (3.66%) Azure Functions
13 12 (3.66%) Azure Key Vault
13 12 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 90 (27.44%) DNS
2 88 (26.83%) Firewall
3 80 (24.39%) DHCP
4 68 (20.73%) VPN
5 42 (12.80%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 32 (9.76%) VLAN
8 28 (8.54%) LAN
8 28 (8.54%) WAN
9 22 (6.71%) Network Security
9 22 (6.71%) VoIP
10 15 (4.57%) Wireless
11 11 (3.35%) SAN
12 6 (1.83%) Internet
13 4 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.22%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.91%) DMARC
14 3 (0.91%) NetScaler
15 2 (0.61%) DKIM
15 2 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.30%) MySQL
4 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (11.59%) JIRA
2 12 (3.66%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 167 (50.91%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.46%) Legal
3 26 (7.93%) Law
4 25 (7.62%) Finance
5 22 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (5.18%) Retail
8 12 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.74%) Advertising
9 9 (2.74%) Marketing
10 8 (2.44%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Banking
12 3 (0.91%) Games
12 3 (0.91%) Local Government
12 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.61%) Automotive
13 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.61%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 117 (35.67%) IT Support
2 103 (31.40%) Support Engineer
3 97 (29.57%) IT Engineer
4 84 (25.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (17.07%) Analyst
6 50 (15.24%) Senior
7 49 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (10.98%) 3rd Line Support
9 30 (9.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 30 (9.15%) Support Analyst
10 28 (8.54%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 26 (7.93%) IT Analyst
12 22 (6.71%) Administrator
13 21 (6.40%) Infrastructure Support
14 20 (6.10%) Consultant
14 20 (6.10%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (6.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (5.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 16 (4.88%) Senior IT Support
16 16 (4.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.96%) Terraform
2 11 (3.35%) Microsoft Graph
3 10 (3.05%) HTML
4 6 (1.83%) CSS
5 4 (1.22%) Web Services
6 2 (0.61%) OAuth
6 2 (0.61%) OpenID
7 1 (0.30%) SAML
7 1 (0.30%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.32%) Driving Licence
3 22 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.96%) Security Posture
5 12 (3.66%) Clustering
5 12 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.66%) Podcast
5 12 (3.66%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (2.13%) Replication
8 6 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.22%) CMDB
10 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.91%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.61%) BYOD
12 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 220 (67.07%) Windows
2 125 (38.11%) Windows Server
3 35 (10.67%) Mac OS
4 22 (6.71%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.88%) Android
5 16 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (3.96%) Linux
7 12 (3.66%) Apple iOS
7 12 (3.66%) VMS
8 9 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (30.49%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (28.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 76 (23.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 70 (21.34%) Cybersecurity
5 53 (16.16%) Customer Service
6 51 (15.55%) ITIL
7 50 (15.24%) Change Management
8 42 (12.80%) Incident Management
9 41 (12.50%) Identity Management
9 41 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
10 40 (12.20%) Service Delivery
11 38 (11.59%) Root Cause Analysis
12 36 (10.98%) Workflow
13 35 (10.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 35 (10.67%) Mentoring
14 29 (8.84%) Collaborative Culture
15 28 (8.54%) AI
16 27 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
17 25 (7.62%) Project Delivery
18 23 (7.01%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 79 (24.09%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.76%) SQL
3 30 (9.15%) R
4 15 (4.57%) Bash
5 13 (3.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 12 (3.66%) Bicep
7 11 (3.35%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.83%) VBA
8 6 (1.83%) VBScript
9 4 (1.22%) PHP
10 2 (0.61%) Python
11 1 (0.30%) Korn
11 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (17.07%) Degree
2 51 (15.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (7.62%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.74%) CCNA
4 9 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.83%) A+ Certification
6 6 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.91%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.61%) MCSA
9 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CEH
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (10.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (6.71%) SLA
4 3 (0.91%) GDPR
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 230 (70.12%) Active Directory
2 58 (17.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (15.85%) Hyper-V
4 30 (9.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.79%) vSphere
6 6 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.22%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.61%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 154 (46.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.88%) SCCM
3 8 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.91%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.61%) WSUS
7 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 295 (89.94%) Microsoft
2 67 (20.43%) VMware
3 46 (14.02%) Veeam
4 31 (9.45%) CrowdStrike
5 20 (6.10%) Apple
6 17 (5.18%) Cisco
7 15 (4.57%) SonicWALL
8 14 (4.27%) Fortinet
9 13 (3.96%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.66%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (3.35%) Meraki
11 11 (3.35%) Zscaler
12 10 (3.05%) iManage
13 8 (2.44%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.13%) Citrix
14 7 (2.13%) N-able
14 7 (2.13%) Sage
14 7 (2.13%) Ubiquiti
14 7 (2.13%) WatchGuard
15 5 (1.52%) HP