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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 204 181
Rank change year-on-year +19 -23 -53
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 337 247 414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 1.47% 1.89%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.69% 16.75% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 289 179 290
10th Percentile £30,600 £29,200 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% -13.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £68,075
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -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 1,485 1,475 2,652
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.99% 8.78% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,111 980 1,794
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £135,000 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £57,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -5.81% +3.64%

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 8 October 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
1 228 (67.66%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.45%) IIS
3 3 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.19%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.59%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.59%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 297 (88.13%) Microsoft 365
2 235 (69.73%) Azure
3 218 (64.69%) Entra ID
4 83 (24.63%) OneDrive
5 44 (13.06%) SaaS
6 33 (9.79%) Mimecast
7 27 (8.01%) Power Platform
8 26 (7.72%) Microsoft Copilot
9 22 (6.53%) Serverless
10 17 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (5.04%) GitHub
11 16 (4.75%) Azure Functions
11 16 (4.75%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (4.75%) IaaS
11 16 (4.75%) PaaS
12 15 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
12 15 (4.45%) Power Automate
13 14 (4.15%) AWS
13 14 (4.15%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (3.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 100 (29.67%) DNS
2 91 (27.00%) DHCP
3 89 (26.41%) Firewall
4 76 (22.55%) VPN
5 43 (12.76%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (11.87%) TCP/IP
7 37 (10.98%) VLAN
8 31 (9.20%) LAN
8 31 (9.20%) WAN
9 24 (7.12%) VoIP
10 21 (6.23%) Network Security
11 17 (5.04%) Wireless
12 10 (2.97%) SAN
13 5 (1.48%) Internet
13 5 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.48%) SSL
14 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.19%) WLAN
15 3 (0.89%) NetScaler
15 3 (0.89%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.59%) Metadata
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
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 34 (10.09%) JIRA
2 12 (3.56%) Git
3 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 170 (50.45%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.84%) Legal
3 28 (8.31%) Finance
4 25 (7.42%) Law
5 23 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.15%) Retail
8 13 (3.86%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.97%) Marketing
10 9 (2.67%) Advertising
11 8 (2.37%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.48%) Games
12 5 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.89%) Banking
13 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.89%) Police
14 2 (0.59%) Front Office
14 2 (0.59%) Local Government
14 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 116 (34.42%) IT Support
2 101 (29.97%) Support Engineer
3 96 (28.49%) IT Engineer
4 81 (24.04%) IT Support Engineer
5 60 (17.80%) Analyst
6 48 (14.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (14.24%) Senior
7 32 (9.50%) Support Analyst
8 29 (8.61%) 3rd Line Support
9 26 (7.72%) IT Analyst
10 25 (7.42%) Consultant
11 24 (7.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 22 (6.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 21 (6.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (5.93%) Infrastructure Support
14 20 (5.93%) IT Support Analyst
15 17 (5.04%) Administrator
15 17 (5.04%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 17 (5.04%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 16 (4.75%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.04%) Terraform
2 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Graph
3 8 (2.37%) HTML
4 5 (1.48%) CSS
5 4 (1.19%) OAuth
5 4 (1.19%) REST
6 3 (0.89%) OpenID
6 3 (0.89%) SAML
6 3 (0.89%) Web Services
7 2 (0.59%) JSON
7 2 (0.59%) JWT
7 2 (0.59%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.59%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.59%) Swagger
7 2 (0.59%) XML
8 1 (0.30%) LDAP
8 1 (0.30%) Middleware
8 1 (0.30%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.79%) Onboarding
2 25 (7.42%) Driving Licence
3 20 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.04%) Security Posture
5 15 (4.45%) Replication
6 14 (4.15%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.56%) Podcast
7 12 (3.56%) Public Cloud
8 11 (3.26%) Clustering
9 10 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.08%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.48%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.19%) CMDB
14 3 (0.89%) Smartphone
15 2 (0.59%) BYOD
15 2 (0.59%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 232 (68.84%) Windows
2 130 (38.58%) Windows Server
3 35 (10.39%) Mac OS
4 23 (6.82%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.75%) Android
6 15 (4.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (4.15%) Apple iOS
8 12 (3.56%) Linux
8 12 (3.56%) VMS
9 11 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (32.34%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (26.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 86 (25.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 86 (25.52%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (18.40%) Customer Service
5 51 (15.13%) ITIL
6 49 (14.54%) Change Management
7 47 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 44 (13.06%) Service Delivery
9 40 (11.87%) Root Cause Analysis
10 39 (11.57%) Incident Management
11 36 (10.68%) Identity Management
11 36 (10.68%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (9.50%) Workflow
13 31 (9.20%) Mentoring
14 30 (8.90%) AI
14 30 (8.90%) Collaborative Culture
14 30 (8.90%) Migration
14 30 (8.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 83 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.90%) SQL
3 26 (7.72%) R
4 16 (4.75%) Bicep
5 14 (4.15%) Bash
5 14 (4.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (2.97%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.48%) VBA
7 5 (1.48%) VBScript
8 3 (0.89%) PHP
9 2 (0.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (17.21%) Degree
2 47 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (9.20%) Azure Certification
4 10 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.67%) CCNA
5 9 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.08%) A+ Certification
6 7 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.48%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.48%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.19%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.59%) CEH
10 2 (0.59%) MCSA
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.30%) CISSP
11 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.30%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (10.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (7.12%) SLA
4 5 (1.48%) GDPR
5 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 237 (70.33%) Active Directory
2 66 (19.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (17.21%) Hyper-V
4 33 (9.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.64%) vSphere
6 6 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.19%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.59%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 157 (46.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.64%) SCCM
3 8 (2.37%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.37%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.19%) Grafana
5 3 (0.89%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.59%) WMI
6 2 (0.59%) WSUS
7 1 (0.30%) Autotask
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.30%) N-central
7 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 306 (90.80%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.55%) VMware
3 47 (13.95%) Veeam
4 27 (8.01%) CrowdStrike
5 23 (6.82%) Apple
6 17 (5.04%) Cisco
7 15 (4.45%) Fortinet
7 15 (4.45%) SonicWALL
8 13 (3.86%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.86%) Zscaler
9 12 (3.56%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (3.26%) Meraki
10 11 (3.26%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.97%) WatchGuard
12 9 (2.67%) iManage
12 9 (2.67%) N-able
13 8 (2.37%) Citrix
14 7 (2.08%) Sage
14 7 (2.08%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (1.48%) Okta