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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 182 197
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -60
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 311 303 429
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 1.83% 1.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.83% 17.94% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 281 243 322
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,498
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -15.79% -4.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,450
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year - -3.61% -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 1,362 1,689 3,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.94% 10.20% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,150 2,306
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,900 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -11.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,235 £89,688 £108,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -4.42%

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 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
1 209 (67.20%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.47%) IIS
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.64%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 270 (86.82%) Microsoft 365
2 222 (71.38%) Azure
3 197 (63.34%) Entra ID
4 65 (20.90%) OneDrive
5 45 (14.47%) SaaS
6 37 (11.90%) Mimecast
7 21 (6.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 21 (6.75%) Power Platform
8 17 (5.47%) AWS
8 17 (5.47%) IaaS
9 16 (5.14%) PaaS
10 13 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.18%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.18%) GitHub
10 13 (4.18%) Power Automate
10 13 (4.18%) Serverless
11 12 (3.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (3.86%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.86%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (2.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 85 (27.33%) DNS
2 76 (24.44%) Firewall
3 73 (23.47%) DHCP
4 60 (19.29%) VPN
5 45 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (12.86%) TCP/IP
7 30 (9.65%) LAN
8 28 (9.00%) WAN
9 23 (7.40%) VLAN
10 22 (7.07%) Network Security
11 20 (6.43%) VoIP
12 15 (4.82%) Wireless
13 12 (3.86%) SAN
14 7 (2.25%) Internet
15 5 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.96%) NetScaler
17 2 (0.64%) DKIM
17 2 (0.64%) DMARC
17 2 (0.64%) Ethernet
17 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.32%) MySQL
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (12.22%) JIRA
2 12 (3.86%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 148 (47.59%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.43%) Legal
3 28 (9.00%) Finance
4 25 (8.04%) Law
5 22 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.86%) Retail
9 9 (2.89%) Marketing
10 8 (2.57%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.57%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.93%) Advertising
12 3 (0.96%) Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Games
12 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Front Office
13 2 (0.64%) Local Government
14 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (36.01%) IT Support
2 96 (30.87%) Support Engineer
3 90 (28.94%) IT Engineer
4 80 (25.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (17.04%) Analyst
6 48 (15.43%) Senior
7 45 (14.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (12.86%) 3rd Line Support
9 34 (10.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 31 (9.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 26 (8.36%) IT Analyst
12 25 (8.04%) Support Analyst
13 24 (7.72%) Administrator
14 20 (6.43%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (6.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (5.47%) Systems Administrator
16 16 (5.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 16 (5.14%) 2nd Line Support
16 16 (5.14%) Systems Engineer
17 15 (4.82%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.18%) Terraform
2 10 (3.22%) HTML
3 9 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.93%) CSS
5 4 (1.29%) Web Services
6 2 (0.64%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.40%) Onboarding
1 23 (7.40%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (7.07%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.18%) Clustering
3 13 (4.18%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.86%) Podcast
4 12 (3.86%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.89%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (2.89%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.89%) Replication
6 7 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.29%) CMDB
10 3 (0.96%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.64%) BYOD
11 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 208 (66.88%) Windows
2 116 (37.30%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.58%) Mac OS
4 25 (8.04%) Windows 10
5 21 (6.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (5.47%) Android
7 15 (4.82%) Apple iOS
8 13 (4.18%) Linux
9 12 (3.86%) VMS
10 11 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.55%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (26.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 64 (20.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (16.72%) ITIL
5 51 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (13.50%) Change Management
6 42 (13.50%) Incident Management
7 41 (13.18%) Customer Service
8 40 (12.86%) Identity Management
8 40 (12.86%) Technical Leadership
9 37 (11.90%) Root Cause Analysis
10 36 (11.58%) Workflow
11 32 (10.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 32 (10.29%) Mentoring
12 28 (9.00%) Collaborative Culture
12 28 (9.00%) Service Delivery
13 22 (7.07%) AI
13 22 (7.07%) Service Management
14 21 (6.75%) Project Delivery
14 21 (6.75%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.40%) PowerShell
2 35 (11.25%) SQL
3 30 (9.65%) R
4 16 (5.14%) Bash
5 12 (3.86%) Bicep
5 12 (3.86%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (3.54%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.93%) VBA
7 6 (1.93%) VBScript
8 5 (1.61%) PHP
9 3 (0.96%) Python
10 1 (0.32%) Delphi
10 1 (0.32%) Korn
10 1 (0.32%) Pascal
10 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (17.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 43 (13.83%) Degree
3 25 (8.04%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.22%) CCNA
4 10 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.29%) A+ Certification
5 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.96%) MCSA
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.32%) MCSE
7 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (8.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (6.43%) SLA
4 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 224 (72.03%) Active Directory
2 52 (16.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (14.79%) Hyper-V
4 24 (7.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.11%) vSphere
6 8 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.93%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.64%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.64%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 151 (48.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.47%) SCCM
3 9 (2.89%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (2.57%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
7 3 (0.96%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.64%) WSUS
9 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 277 (89.07%) Microsoft
2 64 (20.58%) VMware
3 41 (13.18%) Veeam
4 31 (9.97%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (5.47%) Cisco
6 14 (4.50%) Apple
6 14 (4.50%) SonicWALL
7 13 (4.18%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.86%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (3.54%) Meraki
9 11 (3.54%) Zscaler
10 10 (3.22%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.89%) iManage
12 8 (2.57%) Citrix
12 8 (2.57%) Google
12 8 (2.57%) Sage
13 7 (2.25%) HP
13 7 (2.25%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.93%) Dell
14 6 (1.93%) WatchGuard