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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 167 160
Rank change year-on-year -38 -7 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 245 327 680
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 2.16% 1.99%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.14% 17.72% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 218 260 521
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,250
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 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 1,159 1,845 3,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.90% 12.20% 11.10%
Number of salaries quoted 868 1,191 2,947
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,985 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 11 June 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
1 147 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.53%) IIS
3 9 (3.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.67%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 218 (88.98%) Microsoft 365
2 175 (71.43%) Azure
3 129 (52.65%) Entra ID
4 47 (19.18%) OneDrive
5 40 (16.33%) SaaS
6 25 (10.20%) Mimecast
7 24 (9.80%) AWS
7 24 (9.80%) Power Platform
8 12 (4.90%) Google Workspace
9 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (3.67%) IaaS
11 8 (3.27%) PaaS
12 7 (2.86%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (1.63%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
15 4 (1.63%) GitHub
15 4 (1.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 85 (34.69%) DNS
2 73 (29.80%) DHCP
3 49 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 48 (19.59%) Firewall
5 45 (18.37%) TCP/IP
5 45 (18.37%) VPN
6 42 (17.14%) WAN
7 31 (12.65%) LAN
8 20 (8.16%) VoIP
9 11 (4.49%) SAN
9 11 (4.49%) SD-WAN
10 7 (2.86%) Network Security
10 7 (2.86%) VLAN
11 5 (2.04%) Internet
11 5 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.63%) Wireless
13 2 (0.82%) DKIM
13 2 (0.82%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.82%) Intranet
13 2 (0.82%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.08%) MySQL
5 8 (3.27%) Power BI
6 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.76%) JIRA
2 4 (1.63%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 125 (51.02%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.88%) Finance
3 29 (11.84%) Legal
4 27 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.31%) Law
8 10 (4.08%) Retail
9 9 (3.67%) Marketing
10 5 (2.04%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.22%) Banking
12 2 (0.82%) Local Government
13 1 (0.41%) Advertising
13 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.41%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 89 (36.33%) Support Engineer
2 78 (31.84%) IT Support
3 77 (31.43%) IT Engineer
4 62 (25.31%) IT Support Engineer
5 44 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (15.51%) Analyst
7 27 (11.02%) Senior
8 26 (10.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (10.61%) 3rd Line Support
9 24 (9.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 24 (9.80%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 22 (8.98%) 2nd Line Support
10 22 (8.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (8.57%) Infrastructure Support
11 21 (8.57%) Support Analyst
12 19 (7.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 16 (6.53%) IT Analyst
14 15 (6.12%) Administrator
15 14 (5.71%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.27%) HTML
1 8 (3.27%) JSON
1 8 (3.27%) XML
2 6 (2.45%) CSS
2 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.82%) OpenID
3 2 (0.82%) Web Services
4 1 (0.41%) .NET
4 1 (0.41%) OAuth
4 1 (0.41%) SAML
4 1 (0.41%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.98%) Driving Licence
2 20 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.67%) Clustering
4 9 (3.67%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.67%) Replication
5 8 (3.27%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.86%) CMDB
7 5 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.63%) CCTV
8 4 (1.63%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.63%) Podcast
8 4 (1.63%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 150 (61.22%) Windows
2 86 (35.10%) Windows Server
3 41 (16.73%) Windows 10
4 33 (13.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (11.02%) Mac OS
6 23 (9.39%) Apple iOS
7 21 (8.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (8.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (6.53%) Android
10 13 (5.31%) Linux
11 10 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.63%) VMS
13 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (42.04%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (20.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 47 (19.18%) ITIL
4 43 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (15.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 36 (14.69%) Service Delivery
7 28 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (10.61%) Identity Management
9 25 (10.20%) Change Management
10 23 (9.39%) Customer Service
10 23 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (8.98%) Task Automation
11 22 (8.98%) Workflow
12 21 (8.57%) Mentoring
12 21 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
12 21 (8.57%) Service Management
13 19 (7.76%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (7.76%) Incident Management
14 17 (6.94%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (6.53%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 67 (27.35%) PowerShell
2 37 (15.10%) SQL
3 17 (6.94%) T-SQL
4 16 (6.53%) R
5 11 (4.49%) Python
6 9 (3.67%) Bash
7 6 (2.45%) PHP
7 6 (2.45%) VBA
7 6 (2.45%) VBScript
8 4 (1.63%) Bicep
8 4 (1.63%) Delphi
8 4 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.63%) Pascal
9 2 (0.82%) Korn
10 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (16.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (12.65%) Degree
3 13 (5.31%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.31%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.90%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.27%) CCNA
5 8 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.04%) MCSA
8 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.82%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.82%) MCSE
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (17.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.49%) SLA
4 8 (3.27%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.82%) QA
7 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 160 (65.31%) Active Directory
2 36 (14.69%) Hyper-V
3 32 (13.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (6.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.45%) BitLocker
6 6 (2.45%) DFS Replication
6 6 (2.45%) vSphere
7 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.82%) Docker
8 2 (0.82%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 102 (41.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.67%) SCCM
4 7 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.86%) Terraform
5 6 (2.45%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.22%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.82%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.41%) CASB
10 1 (0.41%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.41%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 217 (88.57%) Microsoft
2 44 (17.96%) VMware
3 23 (9.39%) Veeam
4 17 (6.94%) CrowdStrike
5 14 (5.71%) Cisco
6 13 (5.31%) Dell
7 12 (4.90%) Google
8 11 (4.49%) Meraki
8 11 (4.49%) SonicWALL
9 10 (4.08%) Apple
10 9 (3.67%) HP
10 9 (3.67%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.86%) iManage
12 6 (2.45%) Draytek
12 6 (2.45%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.04%) Sage
14 4 (1.63%) Datto
14 4 (1.63%) ScienceLogic
15 3 (1.22%) IFS
15 3 (1.22%) Tenable