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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 187 197
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -61
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 327 265 384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.37% 1.63% 1.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.72% 17.23% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 293 206 275
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,375 £29,850
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -9.15%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £68,450
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 1,439 1,538 2,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.01% 9.48% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 1,047 1,972
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,600 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £66,199
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -9.36% +10.33%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -0.09%

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 10 September 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
1 225 (68.81%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.20%) IIS
3 3 (0.92%) Confluence
3 3 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 21 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.61%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.61%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 285 (87.16%) Microsoft 365
2 231 (70.64%) Azure
3 209 (63.91%) Entra ID
4 70 (21.41%) OneDrive
5 48 (14.68%) SaaS
6 40 (12.23%) Mimecast
7 24 (7.34%) Microsoft Copilot
7 24 (7.34%) Power Platform
8 18 (5.50%) Serverless
9 16 (4.89%) IaaS
10 15 (4.59%) AWS
10 15 (4.59%) PaaS
11 14 (4.28%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (3.98%) GitHub
13 12 (3.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (3.67%) Azure Functions
13 12 (3.67%) Azure Key Vault
13 12 (3.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 90 (27.52%) DNS
2 88 (26.91%) Firewall
3 79 (24.16%) DHCP
4 64 (19.57%) VPN
5 43 (13.15%) TCP/IP
5 43 (13.15%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (9.79%) VLAN
7 28 (8.56%) LAN
7 28 (8.56%) WAN
8 23 (7.03%) VoIP
9 21 (6.42%) Network Security
10 15 (4.59%) Wireless
11 11 (3.36%) SAN
12 6 (1.83%) Internet
13 5 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.22%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.92%) DMARC
15 3 (0.92%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.61%) DKIM
16 2 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.95%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.31%) MySQL
4 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (12.54%) JIRA
2 12 (3.67%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 162 (49.54%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.51%) Legal
3 25 (7.65%) Finance
3 25 (7.65%) Law
4 23 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.89%) Retail
7 11 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.75%) Marketing
9 8 (2.45%) Advertising
9 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.92%) Banking
11 3 (0.92%) Games
11 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.61%) Automotive
12 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.61%) Front Office
12 2 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (35.47%) IT Support
2 106 (32.42%) Support Engineer
3 97 (29.66%) IT Engineer
4 85 (25.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 54 (16.51%) Analyst
6 52 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 50 (15.29%) Senior
8 40 (12.23%) 3rd Line Support
9 33 (10.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 31 (9.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 26 (7.95%) Support Analyst
12 24 (7.34%) IT Analyst
13 23 (7.03%) Administrator
13 23 (7.03%) Infrastructure Support
14 20 (6.12%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 20 (6.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (5.50%) Consultant
15 18 (5.50%) IT Support Analyst
16 16 (4.89%) 2nd Line Support
16 16 (4.89%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.98%) Terraform
2 10 (3.06%) HTML
2 10 (3.06%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.83%) CSS
4 4 (1.22%) Web Services
5 2 (0.61%) OpenID
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth
6 1 (0.31%) SAML
6 1 (0.31%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.03%) Driving Licence
1 23 (7.03%) Onboarding
1 23 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (3.98%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.67%) Clustering
3 12 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.67%) Podcast
3 12 (3.67%) Security Posture
4 9 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (2.14%) Replication
6 6 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.53%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.22%) CMDB
9 3 (0.92%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.61%) BYOD
10 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 217 (66.36%) Windows
2 126 (38.53%) Windows Server
3 35 (10.70%) Mac OS
4 24 (7.34%) Windows 10
5 18 (5.50%) Android
5 18 (5.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.28%) Apple iOS
7 13 (3.98%) Linux
8 12 (3.67%) VMS
9 9 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (27.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 72 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (15.60%) Change Management
5 51 (15.60%) Customer Service
5 51 (15.60%) ITIL
6 45 (13.76%) Incident Management
7 43 (13.15%) Identity Management
7 43 (13.15%) Technical Leadership
8 39 (11.93%) Workflow
9 38 (11.62%) Root Cause Analysis
10 37 (11.31%) Service Delivery
11 36 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
12 34 (10.40%) Mentoring
13 29 (8.87%) Collaborative Culture
14 27 (8.26%) AI
15 25 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
16 24 (7.34%) Project Delivery
17 22 (6.73%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.55%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.09%) R
2 33 (10.09%) SQL
3 15 (4.59%) Bash
4 12 (3.67%) Bicep
4 12 (3.67%) Kusto Query Language
5 11 (3.36%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.83%) VBA
6 6 (1.83%) VBScript
7 4 (1.22%) PHP
8 2 (0.61%) Python
9 1 (0.31%) Korn
9 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (15.60%) Degree
1 51 (15.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (7.65%) Azure Certification
3 10 (3.06%) CCNA
3 10 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (1.83%) A+ Certification
4 6 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (0.92%) MCSA
6 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.31%) CISSP
6 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.31%) MCSE
6 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.31%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (10.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (6.73%) SLA
4 2 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 231 (70.64%) Active Directory
2 57 (17.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (16.21%) Hyper-V
4 27 (8.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.81%) vSphere
6 6 (1.83%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.61%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 159 (48.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.20%) SCCM
3 8 (2.45%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.92%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.61%) WSUS
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 295 (90.21%) Microsoft
2 67 (20.49%) VMware
3 48 (14.68%) Veeam
4 34 (10.40%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (5.81%) Apple
5 19 (5.81%) Cisco
6 16 (4.89%) SonicWALL
7 15 (4.59%) Fortinet
8 13 (3.98%) ServiceNow
9 12 (3.67%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (3.36%) Meraki
10 11 (3.36%) Zscaler
11 9 (2.75%) iManage
11 9 (2.75%) WatchGuard
12 8 (2.45%) Citrix
12 8 (2.45%) Palo Alto
12 8 (2.45%) Sage
13 7 (2.14%) N-able
13 7 (2.14%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.83%) HP