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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 108 126
Rank change year-on-year +11 +18 -5
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 111 47 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.45% 1.99% 1.38%
As % of the Application Platforms category 36.88% 29.75% 19.93%
Number of salaries quoted 93 46 31
10th Percentile £27,900 £29,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £38,000 £65,250
Median % change year-on-year +34.21% -41.76% +45.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,375 £75,994
90th Percentile £65,500 £58,375 £77,500
North West median annual salary £44,000 £40,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -22.33% +21.18%

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 301 158 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.94% 6.68% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 220 115 141
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -5.53%
75th Percentile £62,813 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +2.10%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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
Ashton-under-Lyne - 20 £44,000 - 2
Salford -12 8 £27,500 -52.17% 1
Bolton +6 4 £37,500 -6.25% 4
Sale - 2 £62,500 -
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 25 (22.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.70%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (79.28%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (40.54%) Entra ID
3 44 (39.64%) Azure
4 43 (38.74%) Power Platform
5 34 (30.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 32 (28.83%) PowerApps
7 31 (27.93%) Power Automate
8 29 (26.13%) OneDrive
9 14 (12.61%) Copilot Studio
10 10 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (4.50%) AWS
12 5 (4.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (4.50%) Google Workspace
13 4 (3.60%) SaaS
14 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (2.70%) Serverless
15 2 (1.80%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (1.80%) Mimecast
16 1 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.22%) VLAN
2 17 (15.32%) DNS
2 17 (15.32%) Firewall
2 17 (15.32%) VPN
3 14 (12.61%) DHCP
4 10 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (6.31%) Unified Communications
5 7 (6.31%) VoIP
6 6 (5.41%) LAN
6 6 (5.41%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.50%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (3.60%) Internet
8 4 (3.60%) Wireless
9 3 (2.70%) DKIM
9 3 (2.70%) DMARC
9 3 (2.70%) Intranet
9 3 (2.70%) LTE
9 3 (2.70%) PBX
9 3 (2.70%) WAN
10 2 (1.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.81%) Power BI
2 3 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.80%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.90%) Metadata
4 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) JIRA
2 2 (1.80%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) Postman
General
1 36 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.91%) Finance
4 3 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.70%) Social Housing
4 3 (2.70%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.80%) Law
5 2 (1.80%) Military
6 1 (0.90%) Billing
6 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.90%) Games
6 1 (0.90%) Legal
6 1 (0.90%) Legal Technology
6 1 (0.90%) Local Government
6 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.90%) Marketing
6 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (32.43%) Developer
2 21 (18.92%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 18 (16.22%) IT Support
4 17 (15.32%) Senior
5 12 (10.81%) Support Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) IT Manager
6 11 (9.91%) Lead
6 11 (9.91%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Engineer
7 10 (9.01%) Senior Developer
8 9 (8.11%) Analyst
9 8 (7.21%) SharePoint Developer
10 6 (5.41%) Power Platform Developer
11 5 (4.50%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support
11 5 (4.50%) IT Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) IT Support Manager
11 5 (4.50%) IT Technician
11 5 (4.50%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.42%) HTML
2 15 (13.51%) CSS
3 14 (12.61%) HTML5 Canvas
3 14 (12.61%) Microsoft Graph
4 10 (9.01%) SPFx
5 8 (7.21%) REST
6 2 (1.80%) OAuth
7 1 (0.90%) ADO
7 1 (0.90%) OpenID
7 1 (0.90%) React
7 1 (0.90%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 21 (18.92%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.11%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.50%) Hackathon
3 5 (4.50%) Learning Management System
3 5 (4.50%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.50%) Virtual Team
3 5 (4.50%) Web Conferencing
4 4 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (1.80%) Clustering
6 2 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.90%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.90%) Handset
7 1 (0.90%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.90%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.92%) Windows
2 11 (9.91%) Mac OS
3 6 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.90%) Android
5 1 (0.90%) VMS
5 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (36.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (23.42%) AI
4 24 (21.62%) Agile
4 24 (21.62%) Data Protection
5 22 (19.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 21 (18.92%) Translating Business Requirements
7 18 (16.22%) DevOps
7 18 (16.22%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (14.41%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (14.41%) Customer Service
8 16 (14.41%) Migration
8 16 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (13.51%) Service Delivery
10 13 (11.71%) API Integration
10 13 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (10.81%) ITIL
12 11 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (9.91%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 27 (24.32%) JavaScript
2 17 (15.32%) PowerShell
3 16 (14.41%) C#
4 6 (5.41%) SQL
5 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (12.61%) Degree
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (7.21%) SC Cleared
2 8 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.80%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.80%) MCSE
6 1 (0.90%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.41%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.80%) QA
4 1 (0.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.60%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (19.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.21%) SCCM
3 7 (6.31%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.70%) cPanel
4 3 (2.70%) Plesk
5 2 (1.80%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (85.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Palo Alto
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle
4 5 (4.50%) Apple
4 5 (4.50%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.50%) Cisco
4 5 (4.50%) Google
4 5 (4.50%) Juniper
4 5 (4.50%) Okta
4 5 (4.50%) Saba
4 5 (4.50%) VMware
5 3 (2.70%) Acronis
5 3 (2.70%) Datto
5 3 (2.70%) NETGEAR
5 3 (2.70%) SonicWALL
5 3 (2.70%) Veeam
5 3 (2.70%) WatchGuard
5 3 (2.70%) YouTube
6 2 (1.80%) HP
6 2 (1.80%) Netskope