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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 83 107
Rank change year-on-year -1 +24 +46
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 46 71 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.60% 2.67% 1.57%
As % of the Application Platforms category 37.40% 27.10% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 37 52 38
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,825 £25,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,188 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +48.81% -1.18%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,125 £68,375
North West median annual salary £43,500 £50,818 £42,000
% change year-on-year -14.40% +21.00% +5.00%

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 123 262 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.28% 9.85% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 95 137 160
10th Percentile £31,100 £31,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,162 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £76,750 £82,699
North West median annual salary £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -

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 12 January 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 12 January 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
Altrincham - 5 £27,500 - 1
Bolton +11 2 £43,750 +48.31% 2
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 2
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 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.87%) WordPress
3 2 (4.35%) Confluence
4 1 (2.17%) LiveLink
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (78.26%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (58.70%) Entra ID
3 19 (41.30%) OneDrive
3 19 (41.30%) Power Platform
4 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Purview
5 16 (34.78%) Azure
6 10 (21.74%) Power Automate
6 10 (21.74%) SaaS
7 9 (19.57%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (10.87%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (6.52%) PowerApps
12 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (4.35%) iPaaS
13 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (2.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Firewall
2 3 (6.52%) DHCP
2 3 (6.52%) DNS
2 3 (6.52%) VPN
3 2 (4.35%) VLAN
3 2 (4.35%) WAN
3 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.17%) Internet
4 1 (2.17%) LAN
4 1 (2.17%) Network Security
4 1 (2.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Power BI
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
General
1 36 (78.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (36.96%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Finance
5 4 (8.70%) Police
6 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Law
7 2 (4.35%) Local Government
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Platform Engineer
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 7 (15.22%) Project Manager
3 6 (13.04%) IT Support
3 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Consultant
4 5 (10.87%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) Support Officer
5 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.52%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.52%) Applications Support Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Systems Support
6 3 (6.52%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) HTML
2 2 (4.35%) Middleware
2 2 (4.35%) Software Packaging
3 1 (2.17%) CSS
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Onboarding
2 8 (17.39%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (10.87%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.35%) NHS
5 2 (4.35%) Social Media
6 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.17%) iPhone
6 1 (2.17%) Low-Code
6 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows
2 7 (15.22%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Android
4 1 (2.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (23.91%) Change Management
3 11 (23.91%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (23.91%) ITIL
4 10 (21.74%) Agile
4 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (21.74%) DevOps
4 10 (21.74%) User Experience
5 9 (19.57%) AI
5 9 (19.57%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (17.39%) BPR
6 8 (17.39%) Cost Optimisation
6 8 (17.39%) E-Discovery
6 8 (17.39%) Incident Response
6 8 (17.39%) Observability
6 8 (17.39%) Platform Engineering
6 8 (17.39%) Proactive Monitoring
6 8 (17.39%) RBAC
7 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Degree
2 5 (10.87%) A+ Certification
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CCNA
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (15.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) ISO 14001
2 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.52%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Firmware
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (19.57%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (17.39%) Terraform
4 2 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.39%) New Relic
2 8 (17.39%) Splunk
3 2 (4.35%) Apple
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Meraki
4 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.17%) F5
4 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) Ubiquiti