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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 140 113
Rank change year-on-year -49 -27 +39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 210 373 745
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 2.41% 2.69%
As % of the Application Platforms category 19.14% 19.36% 25.45%
Number of salaries quoted 158 279 615
10th Percentile £27,495 £28,900 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,375 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +16.28% -9.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £81,200 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +12.50% -4.76%

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 1,097 1,927 2,927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.69% 12.43% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 774 1,255 2,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,238 £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 £77,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £104,250 £115,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.89% +13.50% -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 20 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
1 126 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2013
2 5 (2.38%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
Applications
1 27 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.43%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.43%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 193 (91.90%) Microsoft 365
2 151 (71.90%) Azure
3 114 (54.29%) Entra ID
4 35 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 24 (11.43%) AWS
5 24 (11.43%) SaaS
6 19 (9.05%) Power Platform
7 17 (8.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (7.62%) Mimecast
9 15 (7.14%) Google Workspace
10 11 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (5.24%) IaaS
11 8 (3.81%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.86%) ShareGate
13 5 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.38%) PaaS
13 5 (2.38%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (1.43%) Azure Key Vault
15 3 (1.43%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 85 (40.48%) DNS
2 78 (37.14%) DHCP
3 62 (29.52%) VPN
4 48 (22.86%) TCP/IP
4 48 (22.86%) WAN
5 45 (21.43%) Firewall
6 34 (16.19%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (15.24%) LAN
8 25 (11.90%) VLAN
9 22 (10.48%) VoIP
10 16 (7.62%) SD-WAN
11 8 (3.81%) SSL
12 5 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.90%) HTTP
13 4 (1.90%) Wireless
14 3 (1.43%) FTP
14 3 (1.43%) SMS
14 3 (1.43%) SMTP
14 3 (1.43%) SNMP
14 3 (1.43%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.19%) MySQL
3 12 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.29%) Power BI
4 9 (4.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) MSBuild
General
1 96 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.48%) Finance
3 16 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.81%) Legal
6 6 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.38%) Marketing
8 4 (1.90%) German Language
9 3 (1.43%) Automotive
9 3 (1.43%) Back Office
9 3 (1.43%) Games
10 2 (0.95%) Advertising
10 2 (0.95%) Retail
11 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (29.05%) IT Support
2 57 (27.14%) Support Engineer
3 48 (22.86%) IT Engineer
4 42 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (18.10%) IT Support Engineer
6 32 (15.24%) 2nd Line Support
6 32 (15.24%) Analyst
7 26 (12.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 26 (12.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 24 (11.43%) Senior
8 24 (11.43%) Support Analyst
9 17 (8.10%) Infrastructure Support
10 16 (7.62%) IT Analyst
10 16 (7.62%) IT Support Analyst
11 15 (7.14%) Support Technician
12 14 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
13 13 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 13 (6.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 10 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 9 (4.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.19%) .NET
2 8 (3.81%) JSON
2 8 (3.81%) XML
3 1 (0.48%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 23 (10.95%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.71%) Client/Server
5 10 (4.76%) iPad
5 10 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.81%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.81%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.33%) Replication
7 7 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.86%) CMDB
9 5 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.38%) Social Media
10 4 (1.90%) iPhone
10 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.43%) Arduino
11 3 (1.43%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 132 (62.86%) Windows
2 98 (46.67%) Windows Server
3 49 (23.33%) Windows 10
4 23 (10.95%) Mac OS
5 20 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (8.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (7.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (6.67%) Apple iOS
9 13 (6.19%) Linux
10 6 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.43%) Android
12 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.38%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (30.48%) ITIL
3 49 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (19.05%) Service Delivery
6 37 (17.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (14.76%) Migration
8 30 (14.29%) Customer Service
9 22 (10.48%) Change Management
9 22 (10.48%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (10.00%) DevOps
10 21 (10.00%) Service Management
11 20 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
12 18 (8.57%) Asset Management
12 18 (8.57%) Information Security
13 17 (8.10%) Coaching
13 17 (8.10%) Mentoring
14 16 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (7.62%) ITSM
14 16 (7.62%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 30 (14.29%) SQL
3 20 (9.52%) Python
4 9 (4.29%) Bash
5 8 (3.81%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.86%) R
7 5 (2.38%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.90%) PHP
9 3 (1.43%) Assembly Language
9 3 (1.43%) C
9 3 (1.43%) C#
9 3 (1.43%) C++
9 3 (1.43%) Delphi
9 3 (1.43%) Java
9 3 (1.43%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.43%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.43%) Pascal
9 3 (1.43%) Swift
10 1 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 27 (12.86%) Degree
1 27 (12.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (9.05%) SC Cleared
2 19 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 13 (6.19%) CCNA
5 11 (5.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.33%) MCSA
7 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.43%) MCSE
10 3 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.95%) CCNP
11 2 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (6.19%) SLA
4 11 (5.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.81%) Data Quality
6 7 (3.33%) NIST
7 4 (1.90%) QA
8 3 (1.43%) GDPR
9 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.95%) GRC
9 2 (0.95%) NCSC
System Software
1 136 (64.76%) Active Directory
2 35 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 28 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.90%) DFS Replication
7 4 (1.90%) Docker
8 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.43%) Postfix
8 3 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.48%) Firmware
9 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (9.05%) Terraform
3 13 (6.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (4.29%) Autotask
5 5 (2.38%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (2.38%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.90%) PaperCut
6 4 (1.90%) SCCM
6 4 (1.90%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.43%) Nessus
7 3 (1.43%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.48%) Ansible
8 1 (0.48%) CASB
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.48%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 179 (85.24%) Microsoft
2 33 (15.71%) VMware
3 19 (9.05%) Apple
4 15 (7.14%) Google
5 12 (5.71%) Cisco
6 9 (4.29%) Datto
6 9 (4.29%) Meraki
7 8 (3.81%) Dell
7 8 (3.81%) Veeam
8 6 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (2.86%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.86%) HP
9 3 (1.43%) Citrix
9 3 (1.43%) IBM
9 3 (1.43%) IFS
9 3 (1.43%) Oracle
9 3 (1.43%) Sage
10 2 (0.95%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.48%) Ubiquiti