SharePoint Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft SharePoint
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 81 114
Rank change year-on-year -9 +33 +56
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 57 71 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.50% 3.07% 1.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 33.73% 30.87% 21.90%
Number of salaries quoted 43 57 61
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,200 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +31.08% +3.21%
75th Percentile £68,666 £70,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £88,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -

All Application Platform Skills
Manchester

SharePoint falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 169 230 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.44% 9.93% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 135 133 275
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,900 £26,550
25th Percentile £34,250 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £69,704 £67,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,750 £80,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in Manchester

SharePoint
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in Manchester

SharePoint
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +7 3 £47,500 +61.02% 3
Altrincham - 3 £27,500 -
Salford - 1 £57,500 -
Stockport - 1 £50,000 - 1
SharePoint
North West

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (10.53%) Confluence
3 3 (5.26%) WordPress
4 1 (1.75%) CMS
4 1 (1.75%) LiveLink
Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (89.47%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (50.88%) Entra ID
3 28 (49.12%) Azure
4 26 (45.61%) Power Platform
5 22 (38.60%) OneDrive
6 14 (24.56%) Power Automate
7 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (19.30%) SaaS
9 9 (15.79%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (14.04%) PowerApps
11 4 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (5.26%) Dropbox
13 2 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (3.51%) iPaaS
14 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
14 1 (1.75%) Canva
14 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.30%) DHCP
1 11 (19.30%) DNS
2 8 (14.04%) Firewall
3 6 (10.53%) VLAN
3 6 (10.53%) VPN
4 3 (5.26%) WAN
5 2 (3.51%) LAN
5 2 (3.51%) VoIP
5 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.75%) Internet
6 1 (1.75%) Intranet
6 1 (1.75%) Network Security
6 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Power BI
2 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
General
1 45 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Finance
6 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.51%) Law
7 2 (3.51%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Marketing
8 1 (1.75%) Police
8 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) IT Support
2 11 (19.30%) Analyst
3 10 (17.54%) IT Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) IT Support Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Senior
5 8 (14.04%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Consultant
6 6 (10.53%) Power Platform Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) IT Manager
8 4 (7.02%) IT Support Specialist
8 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Support Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Service Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Support Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) HTML
2 2 (3.51%) Middleware
3 1 (1.75%) CSS
3 1 (1.75%) MACH
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.04%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
4 3 (5.26%) Social Media
4 3 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.75%) iPhone
6 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (42.11%) Windows
2 19 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (7.02%) Mac OS
6 3 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.75%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.88%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (24.56%) User Experience
3 13 (22.81%) Identity Access Management
3 13 (22.81%) ITIL
4 12 (21.05%) Agile
4 12 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 12 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (19.30%) DevOps
5 11 (19.30%) Incident Response
5 11 (19.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (17.54%) AI
6 10 (17.54%) Presales
7 9 (15.79%) Change Management
7 9 (15.79%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
7 9 (15.79%) Process Improvement
8 8 (14.04%) BPR
8 8 (14.04%) E-Discovery
8 8 (14.04%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.26%) A+ Certification
3 3 (5.26%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.51%) CCNA
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.51%) MCSA
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.51%) SLA
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.75%) NIST
3 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 27 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.75%) Docker
4 1 (1.75%) Firmware
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (50.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (15.79%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (14.04%) Terraform
4 4 (7.02%) SCCM
5 3 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 52 (91.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) New Relic
2 8 (14.04%) Splunk
3 3 (5.26%) Apple
3 3 (5.26%) Cisco
3 3 (5.26%) Meraki
4 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.51%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.75%) F5
5 1 (1.75%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle