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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 146 108
Rank change year-on-year -41 -38 +72
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 201 427 617
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 2.21% 2.96%
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.82% 18.23% 25.74%
Number of salaries quoted 149 322 526
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,498 £27,625
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £46,800
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +1.19%

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 1,128 2,342 2,397
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.46% 12.14% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 838 1,643 1,909
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £119,750 £142,500 £95,063
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -

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 1 December 2025.

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
1 117 (58.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.48%) IIS
3 3 (1.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.49%) Simulink
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 177 (88.06%) Microsoft 365
2 119 (59.20%) Azure
3 101 (50.25%) Entra ID
4 35 (17.41%) OneDrive
5 28 (13.93%) Microsoft Purview
6 25 (12.44%) Power Platform
7 16 (7.96%) PowerApps
8 14 (6.97%) AWS
8 14 (6.97%) Power Automate
9 12 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (5.47%) SaaS
11 10 (4.98%) IaaS
11 10 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (4.48%) Mimecast
13 6 (2.99%) ShareGate
14 5 (2.49%) Google Workspace
15 4 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (1.99%) GitHub
16 3 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 53 (26.37%) DNS
2 49 (24.38%) DHCP
3 46 (22.89%) VPN
4 40 (19.90%) Firewall
5 28 (13.93%) TCP/IP
5 28 (13.93%) WAN
6 24 (11.94%) LAN
7 22 (10.95%) VoIP
8 20 (9.95%) VLAN
9 9 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.99%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.99%) SSL
10 6 (2.99%) Wireless
11 5 (2.49%) SAN
12 3 (1.49%) DKIM
12 3 (1.49%) HTTP
12 3 (1.49%) NAS
12 3 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.49%) SMS
12 3 (1.49%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.47%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.48%) Power BI
3 5 (2.49%) Data Hub
3 5 (2.49%) SQL CLR
4 4 (1.99%) MySQL
5 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.50%) Metadata
5 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Fiddler
1 1 (0.50%) MSBuild
General
1 82 (40.80%) Social Skills
2 47 (23.38%) Finance
3 13 (6.47%) Manufacturing
4 11 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.98%) Back Office
6 7 (3.48%) Advertising
6 7 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.99%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.99%) Marketing
8 5 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.49%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.99%) German Language
9 4 (1.99%) Retail
10 3 (1.49%) Automotive
10 3 (1.49%) Games
11 2 (1.00%) Legal
11 2 (1.00%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (19.40%) IT Support
2 33 (16.42%) Analyst
3 29 (14.43%) Support Engineer
4 24 (11.94%) Support Analyst
5 21 (10.45%) IT Engineer
5 21 (10.45%) Senior
6 20 (9.95%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (8.96%) Support Technician
8 17 (8.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (6.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 14 (6.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 12 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
10 12 (5.97%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 11 (5.47%) IT Analyst
12 9 (4.48%) IT Support Analyst
12 9 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (4.48%) Technical Support
13 8 (3.98%) Infrastructure Manager
13 8 (3.98%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.46%) .NET
2 4 (1.99%) .NET Core
2 4 (1.99%) .NET Framework
2 4 (1.99%) Dapper ORM
2 4 (1.99%) Entity Framework
3 2 (1.00%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.50%) OAuth
4 1 (0.50%) OpenID
4 1 (0.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.93%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.96%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.96%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.97%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (5.97%) Client/Server
5 10 (4.98%) iPad
6 9 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.48%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.49%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.99%) PKI
10 4 (1.99%) Replication
10 4 (1.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (1.49%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.49%) Arduino
11 3 (1.49%) CMDB
11 3 (1.49%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.49%) iPhone
11 3 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 126 (62.69%) Windows
2 87 (43.28%) Windows Server
3 37 (18.41%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.94%) Mac OS
5 13 (6.47%) Linux
6 12 (5.97%) Apple iOS
7 9 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.50%) Android
11 1 (0.50%) CentOS
11 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (33.33%) ITIL
2 51 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (15.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 30 (14.93%) Customer Service
5 30 (14.93%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (13.43%) Migration
7 21 (10.45%) Information Security
8 20 (9.95%) Asset Management
8 20 (9.95%) Coaching
8 20 (9.95%) Service Delivery
9 19 (9.45%) Data Loss Prevention
9 19 (9.45%) DevOps
9 19 (9.45%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (8.96%) Mentoring
10 18 (8.96%) Roadmaps
11 17 (8.46%) Change Management
11 17 (8.46%) Technology Roadmap
12 15 (7.46%) AI
12 15 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 33 (16.42%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.44%) SQL
3 13 (6.47%) Python
4 10 (4.98%) Bash
5 7 (3.48%) C#
6 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.49%) Assembly Language
7 3 (1.49%) C
7 3 (1.49%) C++
7 3 (1.49%) Java
7 3 (1.49%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.49%) Objective-C
7 3 (1.49%) Swift
8 2 (1.00%) Bicep
9 1 (0.50%) PHP
9 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (16.42%) Degree
2 19 (9.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (7.96%) DBS Check
4 13 (6.47%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.98%) CCNA
7 9 (4.48%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.48%) Security Cleared
8 7 (3.48%) A+ Certification
8 7 (3.48%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.99%) MCP
10 5 (2.49%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.49%) MCSA
11 4 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.49%) MCSE
12 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (1.00%) CCNP
13 2 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.46%) SLA
2 11 (5.47%) NIST
3 7 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.49%) GDPR
6 3 (1.49%) NCSC
7 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.00%) GRC
8 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 128 (63.68%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (11.94%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.99%) Postfix
5 4 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.49%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.49%) Docker
6 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.00%) vSphere
8 1 (0.50%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 86 (42.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (10.45%) Terraform
3 11 (5.47%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (4.48%) Autotask
5 6 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.49%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.49%) SCCM
7 4 (1.99%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.99%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.49%) Nessus
8 3 (1.49%) PaperCut
9 2 (1.00%) Ansible
9 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.50%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 172 (85.57%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.93%) VMware
3 23 (11.44%) Apple
4 16 (7.96%) Cisco
5 10 (4.98%) Citrix
5 10 (4.98%) Datto
6 8 (3.98%) Veeam
7 7 (3.48%) Freshdesk
7 7 (3.48%) Meraki
8 6 (2.99%) Google
9 5 (2.49%) Logitech
10 4 (1.99%) Sage
11 3 (1.49%) IBM
12 2 (1.00%) HP
12 2 (1.00%) Sophos
13 1 (0.50%) arcserve
13 1 (0.50%) Dell
13 1 (0.50%) EMC
13 1 (0.50%) Forcepoint
13 1 (0.50%) Red Hat