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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 135 127
Rank change year-on-year -62 -8 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 211 340 772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 2.63% 2.49%
As % of the Application Platforms category 19.94% 19.20% 22.80%
Number of salaries quoted 174 287 620
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,250 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.29% +6.25% -1.23%

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 1,058 1,771 3,386
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.28% 13.70% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 756 1,313 2,750
10th Percentile £31,063 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,228 £42,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,106 £90,000 £73,938
90th Percentile £98,750 £115,000 £97,500
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 29 March 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
1 127 (60.19%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (1.90%) IIS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
Applications
1 32 (15.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 195 (92.42%) Microsoft 365
2 153 (72.51%) Azure
3 111 (52.61%) Entra ID
4 40 (18.96%) OneDrive
5 32 (15.17%) SaaS
6 22 (10.43%) AWS
7 21 (9.95%) Mimecast
8 18 (8.53%) Google Workspace
9 17 (8.06%) Power Platform
10 10 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.79%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.84%) IaaS
13 5 (2.37%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (2.37%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.90%) PaaS
15 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
15 3 (1.42%) ShareGate
16 2 (0.95%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 91 (43.13%) DNS
2 82 (38.86%) DHCP
3 57 (27.01%) VPN
4 48 (22.75%) TCP/IP
4 48 (22.75%) WAN
5 44 (20.85%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (18.96%) Firewall
7 33 (15.64%) LAN
8 23 (10.90%) VoIP
9 19 (9.00%) VLAN
10 15 (7.11%) SD-WAN
11 6 (2.84%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.90%) Internet
12 4 (1.90%) Network Security
12 4 (1.90%) SAN
12 4 (1.90%) SSL
12 4 (1.90%) Wireless
13 3 (1.42%) FTP
13 3 (1.42%) SMTP
13 3 (1.42%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.69%) MySQL
4 9 (4.27%) Power BI
4 9 (4.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (7.11%) JIRA
General
1 90 (42.65%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.22%) Finance
3 19 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.00%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (8.53%) Legal
5 12 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.37%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.90%) German Language
7 4 (1.90%) Marketing
8 3 (1.42%) Advertising
8 3 (1.42%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.42%) Automotive
8 3 (1.42%) Back Office
8 3 (1.42%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.95%) Games
9 2 (0.95%) Retail
10 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (34.60%) IT Support
2 72 (34.12%) Support Engineer
3 61 (28.91%) IT Engineer
4 50 (23.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 48 (22.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (16.59%) 2nd Line Support
7 34 (16.11%) Analyst
8 30 (14.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 29 (13.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 24 (11.37%) Support Analyst
11 23 (10.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (10.90%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (10.90%) Infrastructure Support
12 21 (9.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 19 (9.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 19 (9.00%) Senior
14 17 (8.06%) IT Analyst
14 17 (8.06%) IT Support Analyst
15 14 (6.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (6.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.74%) .NET
2 8 (3.79%) JSON
2 8 (3.79%) XML
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.59%) Driving Licence
2 28 (13.27%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.27%) Replication
5 8 (3.79%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.79%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.79%) iPad
6 6 (2.84%) CMDB
6 6 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.37%) Social Media
8 4 (1.90%) CCTV
8 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.90%) iPhone
8 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.42%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 132 (62.56%) Windows
2 88 (41.71%) Windows Server
3 54 (25.59%) Windows 10
4 28 (13.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (11.85%) Mac OS
6 24 (11.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (8.53%) Apple iOS
7 18 (8.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (4.74%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (3.32%) Android
10 6 (2.84%) Linux
11 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (38.86%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (28.91%) ITIL
3 54 (25.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (18.01%) Service Delivery
5 32 (15.17%) Change Management
6 31 (14.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (11.85%) Customer Service
9 24 (11.37%) Migration
10 22 (10.43%) Incident Management
11 21 (9.95%) Collaborative Working
11 21 (9.95%) Workflow
12 20 (9.48%) Service Management
12 20 (9.48%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (8.06%) Identity Management
14 16 (7.58%) ITSM
14 16 (7.58%) Root Cause Analysis
15 15 (7.11%) Problem Management
15 15 (7.11%) Task Automation
16 14 (6.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.06%) PowerShell
2 32 (15.17%) SQL
3 15 (7.11%) R
4 11 (5.21%) Python
5 8 (3.79%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.37%) PHP
7 4 (1.90%) Bash
7 4 (1.90%) Delphi
7 4 (1.90%) Pascal
8 2 (0.95%) C#
8 2 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (8.53%) Degree
3 16 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.21%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.27%) CCNA
5 9 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.32%) MCSA
8 5 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.95%) MCSE
9 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.47%) CCNP
10 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (7.11%) SLA
3 10 (4.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (3.79%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.90%) QA
6 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.47%) GDPR
7 1 (0.47%) GRC
7 1 (0.47%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 150 (71.09%) Active Directory
2 40 (18.96%) Hyper-V
3 24 (11.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.84%) DFS Replication
6 6 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.42%) Postfix
7 3 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.95%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.95%) Docker
9 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 99 (46.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (2.84%) SCCM
3 6 (2.84%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.37%) Autotask
4 5 (2.37%) Terraform
5 4 (1.90%) PaperCut
6 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.42%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.47%) CASB
7 1 (0.47%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.47%) Nessus
7 1 (0.47%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 189 (89.57%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.17%) VMware
3 18 (8.53%) Apple
3 18 (8.53%) Google
4 15 (7.11%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (6.16%) Cisco
5 13 (6.16%) Dell
6 10 (4.74%) HP
7 9 (4.27%) Meraki
7 9 (4.27%) Veeam
8 8 (3.79%) Datto
9 6 (2.84%) Sage
10 5 (2.37%) SonicWALL
11 4 (1.90%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.90%) Freshdesk
12 3 (1.42%) Draytek
12 3 (1.42%) IFS
12 3 (1.42%) Oracle
12 3 (1.42%) SAP
12 3 (1.42%) WatchGuard