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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 168 151
Rank change year-on-year -34 -17 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 228 328 677
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 2.26% 2.06%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.39% 18.09% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 204 260 527
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,625 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,750
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -5.88%

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 1,118 1,813 3,679
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.87% 12.49% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 826 1,171 2,877
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.19% -5.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.16%

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 27 May 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
1 141 (61.84%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.14%) IIS
3 9 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.95%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (15.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 206 (90.35%) Microsoft 365
2 162 (71.05%) Azure
3 123 (53.95%) Entra ID
4 47 (20.61%) OneDrive
5 39 (17.11%) SaaS
6 25 (10.96%) Mimecast
7 23 (10.09%) AWS
8 22 (9.65%) Power Platform
9 13 (5.70%) Google Workspace
10 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (3.51%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.63%) IaaS
13 5 (2.19%) PaaS
14 3 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.88%) Azure Storage
15 2 (0.88%) Datadog
16 1 (0.44%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 81 (35.53%) DNS
2 70 (30.70%) DHCP
3 48 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
4 47 (20.61%) Firewall
5 46 (20.18%) TCP/IP
6 45 (19.74%) WAN
7 39 (17.11%) VPN
8 32 (14.04%) LAN
9 20 (8.77%) VoIP
10 13 (5.70%) SD-WAN
11 10 (4.39%) SAN
11 10 (4.39%) VLAN
12 6 (2.63%) Network Security
13 5 (2.19%) Internet
13 5 (2.19%) Wireless
14 4 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.88%) DKIM
15 2 (0.88%) DMARC
15 2 (0.88%) Intranet
15 2 (0.88%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.39%) MySQL
5 8 (3.51%) Power BI
6 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 115 (50.44%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.04%) Finance
3 28 (12.28%) Legal
4 25 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.95%) Marketing
7 9 (3.95%) Retail
8 8 (3.51%) Law
9 4 (1.75%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.88%) Banking
10 2 (0.88%) Local Government
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 80 (35.09%) Support Engineer
2 69 (30.26%) IT Engineer
2 69 (30.26%) IT Support
3 54 (23.68%) IT Support Engineer
4 48 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (13.60%) Analyst
6 26 (11.40%) 3rd Line Support
7 25 (10.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 25 (10.96%) Senior
8 24 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 23 (10.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 22 (9.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 22 (9.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (9.21%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (8.77%) Support Analyst
13 19 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 14 (6.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (6.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
14 14 (6.14%) Administrator
14 14 (6.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.51%) JSON
1 8 (3.51%) XML
2 7 (3.07%) HTML
3 6 (2.63%) CSS
4 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.88%) OpenID
6 1 (0.44%) .NET
6 1 (0.44%) OAuth
6 1 (0.44%) SAML
6 1 (0.44%) SPFx
6 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.21%) Driving Licence
2 19 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.95%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.95%) Replication
5 8 (3.51%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.07%) Clustering
7 6 (2.63%) CMDB
8 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.75%) CCTV
9 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.88%) Social Media
11 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.44%) iPad
12 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 130 (57.02%) Windows
2 77 (33.77%) Windows Server
3 41 (17.98%) Windows 10
4 32 (14.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (10.09%) Apple iOS
5 23 (10.09%) Mac OS
6 21 (9.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (6.58%) Android
9 11 (4.82%) Linux
10 10 (4.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (40.35%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 50 (21.93%) ITIL
4 39 (17.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 37 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (14.91%) Service Delivery
7 27 (11.84%) Change Management
8 25 (10.96%) Identity Management
9 24 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (10.09%) Technical Leadership
11 21 (9.21%) Workflow
12 19 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
12 19 (8.33%) Task Automation
13 18 (7.89%) Incident Management
14 17 (7.46%) Customer Service
14 17 (7.46%) Service Management
15 16 (7.02%) CRM
15 16 (7.02%) Migration
16 14 (6.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 32 (14.04%) SQL
3 16 (7.02%) R
3 16 (7.02%) T-SQL
4 9 (3.95%) Python
5 6 (2.63%) VBA
5 6 (2.63%) VBScript
6 5 (2.19%) PHP
7 4 (1.75%) Bash
7 4 (1.75%) Delphi
7 4 (1.75%) Pascal
8 2 (0.88%) Korn
9 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (13.60%) Degree
3 14 (6.14%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.14%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.51%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.51%) CCNA
4 8 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.19%) MCSA
6 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.88%) MCSE
8 1 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (18.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.82%) SLA
4 9 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.51%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.32%) QA
7 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 151 (66.23%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.91%) Hyper-V
3 21 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.63%) BitLocker
6 6 (2.63%) DFS Replication
7 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.32%) Docker
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.88%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.88%) vSphere
10 1 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 100 (43.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.95%) SCCM
4 6 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.63%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.32%) Terraform
7 2 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.88%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.88%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.88%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.88%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.44%) CASB
8 1 (0.44%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 202 (88.60%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.04%) VMware
3 21 (9.21%) Veeam
4 17 (7.46%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (6.58%) Cisco
6 13 (5.70%) Dell
6 13 (5.70%) Google
7 11 (4.82%) Meraki
7 11 (4.82%) SonicWALL
8 9 (3.95%) HP
9 8 (3.51%) Apple
10 7 (3.07%) Fortinet
10 7 (3.07%) iManage
11 6 (2.63%) Draytek
12 5 (2.19%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.75%) Datto
13 4 (1.75%) Sage
14 3 (1.32%) Oracle
14 3 (1.32%) SAP
14 3 (1.32%) WatchGuard