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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 112 121
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +13
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 82 51 78
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.22% 2.03% 1.73%
As % of the Application Platforms category 28.98% 27.13% 23.93%
Number of salaries quoted 77 48 53
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £27,800
25th Percentile £44,500 £34,688 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -33.33% +22.60%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £59,125 £97,500
North West median annual salary £51,000 £40,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +27.50% -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 283 188 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.21% 7.48% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 226 138 236
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,625 £36,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £68,666 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,375 £80,625
North West median annual salary £50,000 £44,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.99% -11.50% -

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 August 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 August 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 - 15 £51,000 - 1
Bolton +21 7 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Salford - 2 £37,250 - 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 19 (23.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.54%) Confluence
3 1 (1.22%) CMS
3 1 (1.22%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.66%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 69 (84.15%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (50.00%) Azure
3 33 (40.24%) Entra ID
4 29 (35.37%) Power Platform
5 25 (30.49%) Microsoft Copilot
6 23 (28.05%) Power Automate
7 22 (26.83%) PowerApps
8 17 (20.73%) OneDrive
9 10 (12.20%) Copilot Studio
10 7 (8.54%) AWS
10 7 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (6.10%) Google Workspace
13 4 (4.88%) Dropbox
13 4 (4.88%) Serverless
14 3 (3.66%) SaaS
15 2 (2.44%) GCP
15 2 (2.44%) Mimecast
16 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.61%) Firewall
2 18 (21.95%) VLAN
3 16 (19.51%) DNS
4 13 (15.85%) DHCP
4 13 (15.85%) VPN
5 9 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (9.76%) LAN
7 7 (8.54%) VoIP
8 5 (6.10%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (6.10%) WAN
9 4 (4.88%) Unified Communications
10 3 (3.66%) DKIM
10 3 (3.66%) DMARC
10 3 (3.66%) Intranet
10 3 (3.66%) LTE
10 3 (3.66%) PBX
10 3 (3.66%) TCP/IP
11 2 (2.44%) SD-WAN
11 2 (2.44%) Wireshark
11 2 (2.44%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Power BI
2 5 (6.10%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (9.76%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Postman
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.10%) Finance
4 3 (3.66%) Social Housing
4 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.44%) Marketing
5 2 (2.44%) Military
6 1 (1.22%) Billing
6 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.22%) Law
6 1 (1.22%) Legal
6 1 (1.22%) Local Government
6 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (26.83%) Developer
2 16 (19.51%) Microsoft 365 Developer
2 16 (19.51%) Senior
3 15 (18.29%) IT Support
4 12 (14.63%) Lead
5 11 (13.41%) IT Manager
6 10 (12.20%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.32%) Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (6.10%) IT Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) IT Support Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Power Platform Developer
8 5 (6.10%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Support Manager
9 4 (4.88%) Head of Digital
9 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (23.17%) HTML
2 13 (15.85%) CSS
2 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 11 (13.41%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (10.98%) SPFx
5 5 (6.10%) REST
6 2 (2.44%) .NET
6 2 (2.44%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.44%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.44%) Web Services
6 2 (2.44%) XML
7 1 (1.22%) ADO
7 1 (1.22%) MACH
7 1 (1.22%) OAuth
7 1 (1.22%) OpenID
7 1 (1.22%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (9.76%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.32%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.10%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Licensing
5 3 (3.66%) Social Media
6 2 (2.44%) Clustering
6 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.44%) Replication
7 1 (1.22%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.22%) Handset
7 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.17%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Windows 10
2 9 (10.98%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.76%) Mac OS
4 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.22%) Android
5 1 (1.22%) Linux
5 1 (1.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.22%) VMS
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (40.24%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (24.39%) Agile
3 20 (24.39%) Technical Leadership
4 17 (20.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 16 (19.51%) Data Protection
5 16 (19.51%) Service Delivery
6 15 (18.29%) AI
6 15 (18.29%) DevOps
6 15 (18.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 12 (14.63%) Roadmaps
7 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (13.41%) CI/CD
8 11 (13.41%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (12.20%) Incident Management
9 10 (12.20%) Migration
9 10 (12.20%) User Experience
10 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (10.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (23.17%) JavaScript
2 14 (17.07%) C#
3 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.54%) SQL
4 2 (2.44%) Python
4 2 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Degree
2 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.66%) CCNA
4 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.66%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.66%) MCSA
5 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.44%) MCSE
6 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.66%) QA
3 2 (2.44%) SLA
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.54%) Hyper-V
2 7 (8.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (24.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (12.20%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.66%) cPanel
3 3 (3.66%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.66%) Plesk
4 2 (2.44%) SCCM
4 2 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 77 (93.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.20%) Palo Alto
3 9 (10.98%) Cisco
4 8 (9.76%) Apple
5 7 (8.54%) VMware
6 5 (6.10%) Atlassian
6 5 (6.10%) Google
6 5 (6.10%) Juniper
6 5 (6.10%) Okta
7 4 (4.88%) Veeam
7 4 (4.88%) WatchGuard
8 3 (3.66%) Acronis
8 3 (3.66%) Datto
8 3 (3.66%) Meraki
8 3 (3.66%) NETGEAR
8 3 (3.66%) SonicWALL
8 3 (3.66%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (2.44%) Netskope
9 2 (2.44%) Salesforce