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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 87 112
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +39
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 52 72 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.87% 2.59% 1.50%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.81% 26.67% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 43 53 33
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,900 £28,800
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £62,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% +55.28% -12.62%
75th Percentile £52,250 £70,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £50,818 £40,250
% change year-on-year -21.29% +26.26% +3.21%

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 134 270 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.81% 9.71% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 105 145 136
10th Percentile £31,100 £30,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £79,750 £75,000 £86,875
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,628 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.40% -

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 -
Bolton +11 2 £43,750 +48.31% 3
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 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 15 (28.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.62%) WordPress
3 2 (3.85%) Confluence
4 1 (1.92%) LiveLink
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (57.69%) Entra ID
3 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Purview
4 21 (40.38%) Power Platform
5 19 (36.54%) OneDrive
6 15 (28.85%) Azure
7 13 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (17.31%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (17.31%) Power Automate
8 9 (17.31%) SaaS
9 7 (13.46%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (9.62%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (3.85%) PowerApps
12 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (1.92%) Google Docs
12 1 (1.92%) Google Drive
12 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
12 1 (1.92%) iPaaS
12 1 (1.92%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Firewall
1 3 (5.77%) VPN
2 2 (3.85%) DHCP
2 2 (3.85%) DNS
2 2 (3.85%) VLAN
2 2 (3.85%) WAN
2 2 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.92%) Internet
3 1 (1.92%) LAN
3 1 (1.92%) Network Security
3 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 39 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (44.23%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (21.15%) Public Sector
4 8 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (11.54%) Police
6 5 (9.62%) Finance
7 4 (7.69%) Local Government
8 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 8 (15.38%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (13.46%) Project Manager
5 6 (11.54%) Consultant
5 6 (11.54%) IT Support
6 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (9.62%) Applications Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Applications Support
6 5 (9.62%) Applications Support Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 5 (9.62%) Support Officer
6 5 (9.62%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Systems Support
6 5 (9.62%) Systems Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 4 (7.69%) Lead
7 4 (7.69%) Support Team Leader
7 4 (7.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) HTML
2 4 (7.69%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.92%) CSS
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.69%) Onboarding
2 8 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (9.62%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (7.69%) NHS
6 2 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 2 (3.85%) Social Media
7 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.92%) iPhone
7 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.31%) Windows
2 7 (13.46%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.92%) Android
4 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (57.69%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (28.85%) Change Management
3 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 13 (25.00%) ITIL
5 11 (21.15%) Task Automation
6 10 (19.23%) Agile
6 10 (19.23%) AI
6 10 (19.23%) Client Onboarding
6 10 (19.23%) DevOps
6 10 (19.23%) Knowledge Management
6 10 (19.23%) User Experience
7 9 (17.31%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 9 (17.31%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (17.31%) Patch Management
8 8 (15.38%) Cost Optimisation
8 8 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (15.38%) Observability
8 8 (15.38%) Platform Engineering
8 8 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.85%) SQL
3 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (36.54%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) A+ Certification
3 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.92%) CBAP
5 1 (1.92%) CCNA
5 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.92%) MCP
5 1 (1.92%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.92%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.92%) Docker
3 1 (1.92%) Firmware
3 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (34.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (17.31%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (15.38%) Terraform
4 2 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.38%) New Relic
2 8 (15.38%) Splunk
3 2 (3.85%) Apple
3 2 (3.85%) Cisco
3 2 (3.85%) Meraki
3 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.92%) F5
4 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.92%) Google
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle
4 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.92%) Ubiquiti