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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 157 170
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 -26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 299 345 621
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 2.09% 1.95%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.60% 18.60% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 266 269 479
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,498
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.74% -6.67% -9.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +3.75% -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 1,323 1,855 3,816
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.20% 11.24% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 1,214 2,993
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,984 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 £142,500
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 16 July 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
1 181 (60.54%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.35%) IIS
3 8 (2.68%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (2.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (2.68%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (10.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.67%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.67%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 260 (86.96%) Microsoft 365
2 216 (72.24%) Azure
3 169 (56.52%) Entra ID
4 53 (17.73%) SaaS
5 52 (17.39%) OneDrive
6 35 (11.71%) Mimecast
7 24 (8.03%) Power Platform
8 23 (7.69%) AWS
9 17 (5.69%) IaaS
10 16 (5.35%) PaaS
11 13 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (4.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (4.01%) Azure Functions
12 12 (4.01%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (4.01%) GitHub
12 12 (4.01%) Serverless
13 11 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (3.34%) Power Automate
15 9 (3.01%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 99 (33.11%) DNS
2 85 (28.43%) DHCP
3 68 (22.74%) Firewall
4 63 (21.07%) VPN
5 52 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (14.38%) TCP/IP
7 37 (12.37%) WAN
8 34 (11.37%) LAN
9 22 (7.36%) VoIP
10 18 (6.02%) Network Security
10 18 (6.02%) VLAN
11 13 (4.35%) Wireless
12 12 (4.01%) SAN
13 7 (2.34%) Internet
13 7 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.67%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.67%) DKIM
15 2 (0.67%) DMARC
15 2 (0.67%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.67%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (4.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (3.34%) MySQL
5 8 (2.68%) Power BI
6 4 (1.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (10.03%) JIRA
2 12 (4.01%) Git
3 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 147 (49.16%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.72%) Legal
3 32 (10.70%) Finance
4 30 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (8.36%) Law
6 18 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.34%) Retail
8 9 (3.01%) Marketing
9 5 (1.67%) Advertising
9 5 (1.67%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.67%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.00%) Banking
10 3 (1.00%) Games
11 2 (0.67%) Front Office
11 2 (0.67%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (36.12%) Support Engineer
2 105 (35.12%) IT Support
3 98 (32.78%) IT Engineer
4 84 (28.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 57 (19.06%) Analyst
6 49 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (12.37%) Senior
8 35 (11.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 34 (11.37%) 3rd Line Support
10 32 (10.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 26 (8.70%) Support Analyst
12 24 (8.03%) Infrastructure Support
12 24 (8.03%) IT Analyst
13 21 (7.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 21 (7.02%) Administrator
13 21 (7.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 19 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
14 19 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 19 (6.35%) IT Support Analyst
14 19 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.34%) HTML
2 8 (2.68%) JSON
2 8 (2.68%) XML
3 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (2.01%) CSS
5 4 (1.34%) Web Services
6 2 (0.67%) OpenID
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth
7 1 (0.33%) SAML
7 1 (0.33%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.03%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.36%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.35%) Clustering
4 13 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 12 (4.01%) Podcast
5 12 (4.01%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.01%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.01%) Replication
7 8 (2.68%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.67%) CMDB
8 5 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.34%) CCTV
9 4 (1.34%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.67%) BYOD
11 2 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 185 (61.87%) Windows
2 103 (34.45%) Windows Server
3 33 (11.04%) Windows 10
4 29 (9.70%) Mac OS
5 28 (9.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (6.69%) Apple iOS
7 19 (6.35%) Android
8 16 (5.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (5.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (4.01%) Linux
9 12 (4.01%) VMS
10 8 (2.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (37.46%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (24.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 51 (17.06%) ITIL
4 49 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (12.37%) Change Management
6 37 (12.37%) Identity Management
7 36 (12.04%) Incident Management
8 34 (11.37%) Disaster Recovery
8 34 (11.37%) Service Delivery
8 34 (11.37%) Technical Leadership
9 33 (11.04%) Workflow
10 31 (10.37%) Customer Service
11 29 (9.70%) Mentoring
11 29 (9.70%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (9.03%) Task Automation
13 24 (8.03%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (6.35%) Cloud Security
14 19 (6.35%) Service Management
15 18 (6.02%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.42%) PowerShell
2 48 (16.05%) SQL
3 27 (9.03%) R
4 19 (6.35%) T-SQL
5 17 (5.69%) Bash
6 12 (4.01%) Bicep
6 12 (4.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (3.68%) Python
8 8 (2.68%) PHP
9 6 (2.01%) VBA
9 6 (2.01%) VBScript
10 4 (1.34%) Delphi
10 4 (1.34%) Pascal
11 2 (0.67%) Korn
12 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (11.04%) Degree
3 22 (7.36%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.01%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.01%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.34%) CCNA
5 10 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.34%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.34%) MCSA
8 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.67%) MCSE
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (16.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (5.02%) SLA
4 8 (2.68%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.33%) QA
6 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 205 (68.56%) Active Directory
2 45 (15.05%) Hyper-V
3 44 (14.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (8.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (6.02%) vSphere
6 12 (4.01%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (2.01%) BitLocker
7 6 (2.01%) DFS Replication
8 5 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.67%) Docker
9 2 (0.67%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 132 (44.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.35%) Terraform
3 10 (3.34%) SCCM
4 8 (2.68%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.34%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.00%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.67%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.67%) WSUS
9 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 262 (87.63%) Microsoft
2 58 (19.40%) VMware
3 33 (11.04%) Veeam
4 28 (9.36%) CrowdStrike
5 18 (6.02%) Cisco
6 13 (4.35%) SonicWALL
7 12 (4.01%) Dell
7 12 (4.01%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (3.68%) Meraki
9 10 (3.34%) Apple
10 9 (3.01%) Fortinet
10 9 (3.01%) Google
10 9 (3.01%) iManage
10 9 (3.01%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.68%) HP
11 8 (2.68%) Sage
12 6 (2.01%) Draytek
12 6 (2.01%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (1.67%) WatchGuard
13 5 (1.67%) Zscaler