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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 188 200
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 -68
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Exchange 324 263 381
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 1.62% 1.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.72% 17.22% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 289 200 269
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,475 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -7.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £70,000 £68,750
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 1,426 1,527 2,886
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.97% 9.38% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 1,034 1,947
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £88,375 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -2.70%

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 14 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
1 223 (68.83%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.94%) IIS
3 3 (0.93%) Confluence
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) NetSuite
1 3 (0.93%) Shopify
2 2 (0.62%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 283 (87.35%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (70.37%) Azure
3 208 (64.20%) Entra ID
4 69 (21.30%) OneDrive
5 46 (14.20%) SaaS
6 38 (11.73%) Mimecast
7 24 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 24 (7.41%) Power Platform
8 18 (5.56%) Serverless
9 15 (4.63%) AWS
9 15 (4.63%) IaaS
9 15 (4.63%) PaaS
10 14 (4.32%) Power Automate
11 13 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (4.01%) GitHub
12 12 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.70%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 91 (28.09%) DNS
2 87 (26.85%) Firewall
3 80 (24.69%) DHCP
4 66 (20.37%) VPN
5 43 (13.27%) Wi-Fi
6 42 (12.96%) TCP/IP
7 31 (9.57%) VLAN
8 28 (8.64%) LAN
8 28 (8.64%) WAN
9 23 (7.10%) VoIP
10 21 (6.48%) Network Security
11 15 (4.63%) Wireless
12 10 (3.09%) SAN
13 6 (1.85%) Internet
14 4 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.23%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.93%) DMARC
15 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
16 2 (0.62%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.31%) MySQL
4 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (12.04%) JIRA
2 12 (3.70%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 164 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.36%) Legal
3 25 (7.72%) Finance
3 25 (7.72%) Law
4 22 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.94%) Retail
7 11 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.78%) Advertising
8 9 (2.78%) Marketing
9 8 (2.47%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.93%) Banking
11 3 (0.93%) Games
11 3 (0.93%) Local Government
11 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.62%) Automotive
12 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 116 (35.80%) IT Support
2 105 (32.41%) Support Engineer
3 97 (29.94%) IT Engineer
4 85 (26.23%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (16.36%) Analyst
6 50 (15.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 50 (15.43%) Senior
7 39 (12.04%) 3rd Line Support
8 32 (9.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 30 (9.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 27 (8.33%) Support Analyst
11 24 (7.41%) IT Analyst
12 22 (6.79%) Administrator
12 22 (6.79%) Infrastructure Support
13 20 (6.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (5.86%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 18 (5.56%) Consultant
15 18 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
16 17 (5.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 17 (5.25%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.01%) Terraform
2 10 (3.09%) HTML
2 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.85%) CSS
4 4 (1.23%) Web Services
5 2 (0.62%) OAuth
5 2 (0.62%) OpenID
6 1 (0.31%) SAML
6 1 (0.31%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.10%) Driving Licence
1 23 (7.10%) Onboarding
1 23 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (4.01%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.70%) Clustering
3 12 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.70%) Podcast
3 12 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 9 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (1.85%) Replication
6 5 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.23%) CMDB
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.62%) BYOD
9 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 216 (66.67%) Windows
2 125 (38.58%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 22 (6.79%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (4.94%) Android
7 13 (4.01%) Linux
8 12 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 12 (3.70%) VMS
9 9 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 74 (22.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 67 (20.68%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (15.74%) Customer Service
6 50 (15.43%) Change Management
6 50 (15.43%) ITIL
7 43 (13.27%) Incident Management
8 42 (12.96%) Identity Management
9 41 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
10 39 (12.04%) Service Delivery
11 38 (11.73%) Root Cause Analysis
12 37 (11.42%) Workflow
13 35 (10.80%) Disaster Recovery
13 35 (10.80%) Mentoring
14 29 (8.95%) Collaborative Culture
15 28 (8.64%) AI
16 26 (8.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 24 (7.41%) Project Delivery
18 22 (6.79%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.46%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.88%) SQL
3 31 (9.57%) R
4 15 (4.63%) Bash
5 13 (4.01%) Kusto Query Language
6 12 (3.70%) Bicep
7 11 (3.40%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.85%) VBA
8 6 (1.85%) VBScript
9 4 (1.23%) PHP
10 2 (0.62%) Python
11 1 (0.31%) Korn
11 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (16.36%) Degree
2 51 (15.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (7.72%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.78%) CCNA
4 9 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.85%) A+ Certification
6 6 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.62%) MCSA
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.31%) CEH
9 1 (0.31%) CISSP
9 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.31%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (10.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (6.79%) SLA
4 3 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 228 (70.37%) Active Directory
2 56 (17.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (15.74%) Hyper-V
4 28 (8.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.86%) vSphere
6 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.23%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.62%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 155 (47.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.63%) SCCM
3 8 (2.47%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.93%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.62%) WSUS
7 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 292 (90.12%) Microsoft
2 65 (20.06%) VMware
3 46 (14.20%) Veeam
4 32 (9.88%) CrowdStrike
5 20 (6.17%) Apple
6 17 (5.25%) Cisco
7 15 (4.63%) SonicWALL
8 14 (4.32%) Fortinet
9 13 (4.01%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.70%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (3.40%) Meraki
11 11 (3.40%) Zscaler
12 9 (2.78%) iManage
13 8 (2.47%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.16%) Citrix
14 7 (2.16%) N-able
14 7 (2.16%) Sage
14 7 (2.16%) Ubiquiti
14 7 (2.16%) WatchGuard
15 6 (1.85%) HP