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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 170 189
Rank change year-on-year -24 +19 -38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 304 330 461
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 1.99% 1.83%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.40% 18.03% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 276 254 351
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £41,500 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year +12.05% -11.62% -6.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £41,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -1.22% -1.20% -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 1,357 1,830 3,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.08% 11.02% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 1,204 2,393
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,363 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £122,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,844 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.56% -6.25%

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 3 August 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
1 192 (63.16%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.25%) IIS
3 6 (1.97%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (1.97%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (1.97%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.66%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.66%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 264 (86.84%) Microsoft 365
2 217 (71.38%) Azure
3 181 (59.54%) Entra ID
4 54 (17.76%) OneDrive
5 48 (15.79%) SaaS
6 35 (11.51%) Mimecast
7 21 (6.91%) AWS
7 21 (6.91%) Power Platform
8 17 (5.59%) IaaS
9 16 (5.26%) PaaS
10 15 (4.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (4.28%) GitHub
11 13 (4.28%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.95%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.95%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.95%) Serverless
13 8 (2.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 92 (30.26%) DNS
2 78 (25.66%) DHCP
3 72 (23.68%) Firewall
4 60 (19.74%) VPN
5 48 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (14.14%) TCP/IP
7 33 (10.86%) LAN
8 32 (10.53%) WAN
9 20 (6.58%) Network Security
9 20 (6.58%) VoIP
10 19 (6.25%) VLAN
11 15 (4.93%) Wireless
12 12 (3.95%) SAN
13 7 (2.30%) Internet
14 6 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.66%) DKIM
15 2 (0.66%) DMARC
15 2 (0.66%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
15 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.64%) MySQL
6 3 (0.99%) Power BI
6 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (11.18%) JIRA
2 12 (3.95%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 143 (47.04%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.80%) Legal
3 29 (9.54%) Finance
4 25 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.22%) Law
5 23 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.29%) Retail
8 9 (2.96%) Marketing
9 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.97%) Advertising
11 5 (1.64%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.99%) Banking
12 3 (0.99%) Games
13 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Front Office
13 2 (0.66%) Local Government
14 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 109 (35.86%) IT Support
2 100 (32.89%) Support Engineer
3 93 (30.59%) IT Engineer
4 82 (26.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 58 (19.08%) Analyst
6 45 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (13.82%) Senior
8 34 (11.18%) 3rd Line Support
9 33 (10.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 30 (9.87%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 28 (9.21%) Support Analyst
12 27 (8.88%) IT Analyst
13 24 (7.89%) Administrator
14 21 (6.91%) IT Support Analyst
15 18 (5.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 18 (5.92%) Infrastructure Support
15 18 (5.92%) Systems Engineer
16 17 (5.59%) Systems Administrator
17 16 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
17 16 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.29%) HTML
2 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.97%) CSS
4 4 (1.32%) Web Services
5 3 (0.99%) JSON
5 3 (0.99%) XML
6 2 (0.66%) OpenID
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth
7 1 (0.33%) SAML
7 1 (0.33%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.55%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.24%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.28%) Clustering
4 13 (4.28%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.95%) Podcast
5 12 (3.95%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.29%) Replication
7 9 (2.96%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.32%) CMDB
9 4 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.99%) CCTV
10 3 (0.99%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.66%) BYOD
11 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 193 (63.49%) Windows
2 109 (35.86%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.53%) Mac OS
4 28 (9.21%) Windows 10
5 24 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (6.25%) Android
7 17 (5.59%) Apple iOS
8 14 (4.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (4.28%) Linux
10 12 (3.95%) VMS
10 12 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (35.20%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (24.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 56 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (17.76%) ITIL
5 47 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (13.16%) Change Management
7 39 (12.83%) Incident Management
8 38 (12.50%) Identity Management
9 36 (11.84%) Customer Service
10 35 (11.51%) Technical Leadership
11 34 (11.18%) Workflow
12 31 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
13 29 (9.54%) Mentoring
13 29 (9.54%) Root Cause Analysis
13 29 (9.54%) Service Delivery
14 22 (7.24%) Task Automation
15 21 (6.91%) Collaborative Culture
15 21 (6.91%) Service Management
16 19 (6.25%) AI
16 19 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 80 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 40 (13.16%) SQL
3 28 (9.21%) R
4 17 (5.59%) Bash
5 14 (4.61%) T-SQL
6 12 (3.95%) Bicep
6 12 (3.95%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (2.30%) PHP
8 6 (1.97%) Python
8 6 (1.97%) VBA
8 6 (1.97%) VBScript
9 3 (0.99%) Delphi
9 3 (0.99%) Pascal
10 2 (0.66%) Korn
11 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (17.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (11.51%) Degree
3 23 (7.57%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.29%) CCNA
4 10 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.30%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.30%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.32%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.99%) MCSA
7 3 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (8.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (5.59%) SLA
4 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.99%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 211 (69.41%) Active Directory
2 46 (15.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (14.80%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.25%) vSphere
6 11 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.97%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.64%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.66%) Docker
9 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 136 (44.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.28%) Terraform
3 12 (3.95%) SCCM
4 8 (2.63%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.97%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.99%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.66%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.66%) WSUS
9 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 265 (87.17%) Microsoft
2 60 (19.74%) VMware
3 36 (11.84%) Veeam
4 29 (9.54%) CrowdStrike
5 18 (5.92%) Cisco
6 13 (4.28%) SonicWALL
7 12 (3.95%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (3.62%) Apple
8 11 (3.62%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.29%) Meraki
10 9 (2.96%) Dell
10 9 (2.96%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.96%) iManage
11 8 (2.63%) Google
11 8 (2.63%) HP
11 8 (2.63%) Sage
11 8 (2.63%) Zscaler
12 7 (2.30%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (1.64%) Citrix
13 5 (1.64%) Draytek