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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 85 116
Rank change year-on-year -5 +31 +42
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 48 70 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.67% 2.63% 1.48%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.40% 26.62% 21.51%
Number of salaries quoted 39 51 35
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £24,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,125 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +55.28% -5.29%
75th Percentile £58,375 £70,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £72,500
North West median annual salary £43,500 £50,818 £40,250
% change year-on-year -14.40% +26.26% +0.63%

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 125 263 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.36% 9.87% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 97 137 153
10th Percentile £31,150 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £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 £68,666 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £77,700 £83,754
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 10 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 10 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 +10 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 13 (27.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.42%) WordPress
3 2 (4.17%) Confluence
4 1 (2.08%) LiveLink
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (79.17%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (60.42%) Entra ID
3 19 (39.58%) Microsoft Purview
3 19 (39.58%) OneDrive
3 19 (39.58%) Power Platform
4 16 (33.33%) Azure
5 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Copilot
5 10 (20.83%) Power Automate
5 10 (20.83%) SaaS
6 9 (18.75%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (10.42%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (6.25%) PowerApps
10 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (4.17%) iPaaS
11 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.33%) Firewall
2 3 (6.25%) DHCP
2 3 (6.25%) DNS
2 3 (6.25%) VPN
3 2 (4.17%) VLAN
3 2 (4.17%) WAN
3 2 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.08%) Internet
4 1 (2.08%) LAN
4 1 (2.08%) Network Security
4 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.50%) Power BI
2 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 38 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 19 (39.58%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.42%) Finance
5 4 (8.33%) Police
6 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Law
7 2 (4.17%) Local Government
8 1 (2.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Project Manager
4 6 (12.50%) IT Support
5 5 (10.42%) Consultant
5 5 (10.42%) Senior
5 5 (10.42%) Support Officer
6 4 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Applications Support
6 4 (8.33%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Systems Support
6 4 (8.33%) Systems Support Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (6.25%) Power Platform Consultant
7 3 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) HTML
2 2 (4.17%) Middleware
2 2 (4.17%) Software Packaging
3 1 (2.08%) CSS
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 17 (35.42%) Onboarding
2 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (10.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (10.42%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.17%) NHS
4 2 (4.17%) Social Media
5 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.08%) iPhone
5 1 (2.08%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.83%) Windows
2 7 (14.58%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.08%) Android
4 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (22.92%) Change Management
3 11 (22.92%) ITIL
4 10 (20.83%) Agile
4 10 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (20.83%) DevOps
4 10 (20.83%) User Experience
5 9 (18.75%) AI
5 9 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
5 9 (18.75%) Task Automation
6 8 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
6 8 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 8 (16.67%) Incident Response
6 8 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
6 8 (16.67%) Observability
6 8 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
6 8 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
6 8 (16.67%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.17%) SQL
3 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (35.42%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) A+ Certification
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.17%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.08%) CCNA
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.08%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (14.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) ISO 14001
2 1 (2.08%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.08%) Docker
3 1 (2.08%) Firmware
3 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (39.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (16.67%) Terraform
4 2 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.67%) New Relic
2 8 (16.67%) Splunk
3 2 (4.17%) Apple
3 2 (4.17%) Cisco
3 2 (4.17%) Meraki
4 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.08%) F5
4 1 (2.08%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.08%) Ubiquiti