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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 204 128
Rank change year-on-year +7 -76 +100
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 263 379 631
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.62% 1.62% 2.54%
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.31% 13.15% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 199 262 556
10th Percentile £28,450 £29,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.21%
75th Percentile £57,250 £56,525 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,675 £76,875
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -

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 1,519 2,882 2,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.35% 12.35% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 1,911 2,357
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £33,265
25th Percentile £40,903 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £116,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £100,474
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% -1.79% +1.82%

Microsoft Exchange
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Exchange as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Exchange trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Microsoft Exchange.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Exchange over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Microsoft Exchange salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Exchange
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 104 (39.54%) SharePoint
2 22 (8.37%) IIS
3 5 (1.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 21 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.14%) Simulink
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.76%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 192 (73.00%) Microsoft 365
2 147 (55.89%) Azure
3 86 (32.70%) Entra ID
4 48 (18.25%) OneDrive
5 38 (14.45%) Power Platform
6 33 (12.55%) SaaS
7 20 (7.60%) Microsoft Purview
7 20 (7.60%) Power Automate
8 17 (6.46%) PowerApps
9 13 (4.94%) GitHub
10 12 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (4.56%) IaaS
10 12 (4.56%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (2.66%) AWS
11 7 (2.66%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.76%) PaaS
14 2 (0.76%) ShareGate
15 1 (0.38%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 51 (19.39%) DNS
1 51 (19.39%) Firewall
2 47 (17.87%) DHCP
3 30 (11.41%) WAN
4 28 (10.65%) LAN
4 28 (10.65%) VPN
5 25 (9.51%) TCP/IP
6 24 (9.13%) SAN
7 18 (6.84%) VoIP
8 10 (3.80%) Wireless
9 8 (3.04%) Network Security
9 8 (3.04%) VLAN
10 7 (2.66%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.90%) NAS
11 5 (1.90%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.52%) WebEx
13 3 (1.14%) Internet
13 3 (1.14%) SSL
13 3 (1.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (17.87%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.89%) Data Hub
2 26 (9.89%) SQL CLR
3 23 (8.75%) Power BI
4 13 (4.94%) Metadata
4 13 (4.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 13 (4.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.76%) EDMS
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.38%) DB2
6 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.38%) MS Access
6 1 (0.38%) MySQL
6 1 (0.38%) QlikView
6 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.38%) Git
2 1 (0.38%) MSBuild
General
1 99 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 84 (31.94%) Finance
3 26 (9.89%) Back Office
4 22 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.84%) Legal
6 16 (6.08%) Retail
7 13 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.66%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.90%) Advertising
11 5 (1.90%) Law
12 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.14%) Local Government
14 2 (0.76%) Automotive
14 2 (0.76%) Marketing
15 1 (0.38%) Electronics
15 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (21.67%) Analyst
2 40 (15.21%) IT Support
3 38 (14.45%) Senior
4 35 (13.31%) Support Engineer
5 30 (11.41%) Support Analyst
6 29 (11.03%) 2nd Line Support
7 23 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (7.22%) Service Analyst
8 19 (7.22%) Service Desk Analyst
9 18 (6.84%) IT Analyst
9 18 (6.84%) Support Technician
10 17 (6.46%) IT Engineer
11 15 (5.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 15 (5.70%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (5.70%) IT Support Analyst
12 14 (5.32%) 3rd Line Support
13 13 (4.94%) Developer
13 13 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (4.94%) Senior Developer
13 13 (4.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.37%) .NET
2 13 (4.94%) .NET Core
2 13 (4.94%) .NET Framework
2 13 (4.94%) Dapper ORM
2 13 (4.94%) Entity Framework
3 6 (2.28%) SAML
4 2 (0.76%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.38%) OAuth
5 1 (0.38%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.89%) Private Cloud
2 22 (8.37%) Onboarding
3 16 (6.08%) Driving Licence
4 15 (5.70%) Product Ownership
5 14 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (4.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 9 (3.42%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.04%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.66%) PKI
10 6 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.52%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.14%) BYOD
12 3 (1.14%) Housing Association
12 3 (1.14%) iPad
12 3 (1.14%) iPhone
12 3 (1.14%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 156 (59.32%) Windows
2 97 (36.88%) Windows Server
3 28 (10.65%) Mac OS
4 22 (8.37%) Windows 10
5 18 (6.84%) Linux
6 16 (6.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (5.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (3.42%) Android
8 9 (3.42%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.38%) CentOS
11 1 (0.38%) Debian
11 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.38%) Unix
11 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.95%) ITIL
3 62 (23.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (14.07%) Customer Service
6 33 (12.55%) Migration
7 32 (12.17%) High Availability
8 29 (11.03%) Data Privacy
9 28 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (10.65%) Performance Tuning
10 27 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (10.27%) Workflow
11 26 (9.89%) Fintech
11 26 (9.89%) Wealth Management
12 20 (7.60%) Agile
12 20 (7.60%) Roadmaps
13 19 (7.22%) Change Management
13 19 (7.22%) Collaborative Culture
13 19 (7.22%) Project Management
14 17 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.73%) PowerShell
2 41 (15.59%) SQL
3 16 (6.08%) Python
4 14 (5.32%) C#
5 13 (4.94%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.66%) Bash
6 7 (2.66%) PHP
7 4 (1.52%) Perl
8 3 (1.14%) Assembly Language
8 3 (1.14%) C
8 3 (1.14%) C++
8 3 (1.14%) Java
8 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.14%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.14%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.14%) Swift
9 2 (0.76%) Bicep
9 2 (0.76%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.38%) RPG
10 1 (0.38%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 44 (16.73%) Degree
2 22 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (6.08%) ITIL Certification
5 15 (5.70%) CCNA
5 15 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (4.94%) DBS Check
7 11 (4.18%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.18%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.42%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.04%) A+ Certification
9 8 (3.04%) MCSA
10 7 (2.66%) MCP
10 7 (2.66%) MCSE
11 6 (2.28%) CCNP
11 6 (2.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.76%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.89%) SLA
2 12 (4.56%) NIST
3 8 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.90%) GDPR
6 2 (0.76%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.76%) NCSC
7 1 (0.38%) COBIT
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 172 (65.40%) Active Directory
2 72 (27.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.03%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.66%) vSphere
5 7 (2.66%) XenApp
6 5 (1.90%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.14%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.76%) Docker
10 1 (0.38%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.38%) Postfix
10 1 (0.38%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 95 (36.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.70%) Terraform
3 13 (4.94%) Failover Clustering
4 10 (3.80%) SCCM
4 10 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.04%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.90%) WSUS
7 4 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.52%) Autotask
8 3 (1.14%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.14%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.14%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.76%) Ansible
9 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.76%) SCOM
9 2 (0.76%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.76%) SCSM
9 2 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.38%) Nessus
10 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 210 (79.85%) Microsoft
2 88 (33.46%) VMware
3 32 (12.17%) Cisco
4 21 (7.98%) Citrix
5 20 (7.60%) Apple
5 20 (7.60%) Meraki
6 10 (3.80%) SonicWALL
7 8 (3.04%) HP
7 8 (3.04%) Veeam
8 6 (2.28%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.28%) Dell
9 5 (1.90%) Logitech
9 5 (1.90%) NetApp
10 4 (1.52%) Adobe
10 4 (1.52%) arcserve
10 4 (1.52%) Datto
10 4 (1.52%) EMC
10 4 (1.52%) Google
10 4 (1.52%) Sophos
10 4 (1.52%) TikTok