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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 197 192
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -59
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 336 251 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.37% 1.56% 1.69%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.66% 16.77% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 296 186 268
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -3.89% -7.22%
75th Percentile £60,625 £57,500 £56,525
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,625 £70,075
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -3.53%

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 1,483 1,497 2,783
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.06% 9.27% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,124 1,004 1,870
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £38,772 £41,250 £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 £70,250 £90,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -1.79%

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 22 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
1 230 (68.45%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.76%) IIS
3 3 (0.89%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 17 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.19%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.60%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.60%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 292 (86.90%) Microsoft 365
2 233 (69.35%) Azure
3 217 (64.58%) Entra ID
4 76 (22.62%) OneDrive
5 47 (13.99%) SaaS
6 37 (11.01%) Mimecast
7 26 (7.74%) Power Platform
8 25 (7.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 21 (6.25%) Serverless
10 16 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.76%) GitHub
10 16 (4.76%) PaaS
11 15 (4.46%) AWS
11 15 (4.46%) Azure Functions
11 15 (4.46%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (4.46%) IaaS
11 15 (4.46%) Power Automate
12 14 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (3.87%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 92 (27.38%) DNS
2 89 (26.49%) Firewall
3 82 (24.40%) DHCP
4 70 (20.83%) VPN
5 43 (12.80%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (12.20%) TCP/IP
7 33 (9.82%) VLAN
8 28 (8.33%) LAN
8 28 (8.33%) WAN
9 23 (6.85%) VoIP
10 22 (6.55%) Network Security
11 16 (4.76%) Wireless
12 11 (3.27%) SAN
13 6 (1.79%) Internet
14 4 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.89%) DMARC
15 3 (0.89%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.60%) DKIM
16 2 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.60%) Metadata
4 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.30%) MySQL
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.30%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Redis
5 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (11.31%) JIRA
2 12 (3.57%) Git
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 174 (51.79%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.07%) Legal
3 27 (8.04%) Finance
4 26 (7.74%) Law
5 22 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (5.06%) Retail
8 14 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.98%) Advertising
9 10 (2.98%) Marketing
10 8 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.89%) Banking
12 3 (0.89%) Games
12 3 (0.89%) Local Government
12 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.60%) Automotive
13 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 118 (35.12%) IT Support
2 105 (31.25%) Support Engineer
3 98 (29.17%) IT Engineer
4 85 (25.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 57 (16.96%) Analyst
6 52 (15.48%) Senior
7 49 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (10.71%) 3rd Line Support
9 31 (9.23%) Support Analyst
10 30 (8.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 28 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 26 (7.74%) IT Analyst
13 21 (6.25%) Administrator
13 21 (6.25%) Consultant
13 21 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
14 20 (5.95%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (5.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (5.36%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 17 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
17 16 (4.76%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.76%) Terraform
2 11 (3.27%) Microsoft Graph
3 10 (2.98%) HTML
4 6 (1.79%) CSS
5 4 (1.19%) OAuth
5 4 (1.19%) Web Services
6 3 (0.89%) OpenID
6 3 (0.89%) REST
7 1 (0.30%) JSON
7 1 (0.30%) JWT
7 1 (0.30%) Middleware
7 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.30%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.30%) SAML
7 1 (0.30%) SPFx
7 1 (0.30%) Swagger
7 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.04%) Onboarding
2 25 (7.44%) Driving Licence
3 22 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.46%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.57%) Clustering
6 12 (3.57%) Podcast
6 12 (3.57%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.68%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.68%) Replication
8 7 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.19%) CMDB
11 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.89%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.60%) BYOD
13 2 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 225 (66.96%) Windows
2 126 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 36 (10.71%) Mac OS
4 22 (6.55%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.76%) Android
5 16 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (3.87%) Apple iOS
6 13 (3.87%) Linux
7 12 (3.57%) VMS
8 9 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (27.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 80 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (22.62%) Cybersecurity
5 56 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 52 (15.48%) Change Management
7 51 (15.18%) ITIL
8 42 (12.50%) Incident Management
9 41 (12.20%) Identity Management
9 41 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
10 40 (11.90%) Service Delivery
11 39 (11.61%) Root Cause Analysis
12 38 (11.31%) Disaster Recovery
13 37 (11.01%) Workflow
14 35 (10.42%) Mentoring
15 30 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (8.63%) AI
16 29 (8.63%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (7.74%) Project Delivery
18 25 (7.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 81 (24.11%) PowerShell
2 33 (9.82%) SQL
3 30 (8.93%) R
4 15 (4.46%) Bash
4 15 (4.46%) Bicep
5 14 (4.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (3.27%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.79%) VBA
7 6 (1.79%) VBScript
8 4 (1.19%) PHP
9 2 (0.60%) Python
10 1 (0.30%) Korn
10 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 58 (17.26%) Degree
2 51 (15.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (8.04%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.68%) CCNA
4 9 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.79%) A+ Certification
5 6 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (0.89%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.89%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.89%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.60%) CEH
7 2 (0.60%) MCSA
7 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (10.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (6.85%) SLA
4 4 (1.19%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 233 (69.35%) Active Directory
2 59 (17.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (15.77%) Hyper-V
4 31 (9.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.65%) vSphere
6 6 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.19%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 156 (46.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.06%) SCCM
3 8 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.89%) Grafana
5 3 (0.89%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.60%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.60%) WMI
6 2 (0.60%) WSUS
7 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 303 (90.18%) Microsoft
2 68 (20.24%) VMware
3 47 (13.99%) Veeam
4 31 (9.23%) CrowdStrike
5 22 (6.55%) Apple
6 17 (5.06%) Cisco
7 16 (4.76%) SonicWALL
8 15 (4.46%) Fortinet
9 13 (3.87%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.57%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (3.27%) Meraki
11 11 (3.27%) Zscaler
12 10 (2.98%) iManage
13 9 (2.68%) Palo Alto
14 8 (2.38%) N-able
14 8 (2.38%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.08%) Citrix
15 7 (2.08%) Ubiquiti
16 6 (1.79%) Sage
17 5 (1.49%) HP