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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 106 124
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -11
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 109 49 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.42% 2.09% 1.48%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.50% 30.82% 21.11%
Number of salaries quoted 89 48 32
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £36,009
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £38,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.21% -39.20% +38.89%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,946 £75,991
90th Percentile £61,100 £58,750 £77,950
North West median annual salary £44,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +25.00%

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 307 159 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.99% 6.79% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 214 122 134
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £30,950
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% -10.34%
75th Percentile £60,563 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,625 £70,000 £75,691
North West median annual salary £45,000 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.16% +3.16% -

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 - 23 £44,000 - 2
Salford -11 8 £27,500 -52.17% 1
Bolton +2 4 £37,500 -6.25% 3
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 23 (21.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.75%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.83%) Confluence
4 1 (0.92%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (79.82%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (43.12%) Power Platform
3 43 (39.45%) Azure
4 42 (38.53%) Entra ID
5 38 (34.86%) Microsoft Copilot
6 35 (32.11%) PowerApps
7 34 (31.19%) Power Automate
8 31 (28.44%) OneDrive
9 17 (15.60%) Copilot Studio
10 11 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (5.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (4.59%) AWS
13 5 (4.59%) Google Workspace
14 4 (3.67%) Serverless
15 3 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (2.75%) SaaS
16 2 (1.83%) Azure Key Vault
17 1 (0.92%) Azure App Service
17 1 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.60%) VLAN
2 16 (14.68%) DNS
3 15 (13.76%) Firewall
3 15 (13.76%) VPN
4 13 (11.93%) DHCP
5 9 (8.26%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (6.42%) Unified Communications
6 7 (6.42%) VoIP
7 6 (5.50%) LAN
7 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
8 5 (4.59%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (3.67%) Internet
9 4 (3.67%) Wireless
10 3 (2.75%) DKIM
10 3 (2.75%) DMARC
10 3 (2.75%) LTE
10 3 (2.75%) PBX
11 2 (1.83%) WAN
12 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.92%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.93%) Power BI
2 3 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.92%) Metadata
4 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) Git
3 1 (0.92%) Postman
General
1 35 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.09%) Finance
4 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.75%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.75%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.83%) Law
5 2 (1.83%) Military
5 2 (1.83%) Social Housing
6 1 (0.92%) Billing
6 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.92%) Games
6 1 (0.92%) Legal
6 1 (0.92%) Legal Technology
6 1 (0.92%) Local Government
6 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.92%) Marketing
6 1 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (36.70%) Developer
2 24 (22.02%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 17 (15.60%) IT Support
3 17 (15.60%) Senior
4 11 (10.09%) IT Manager
4 11 (10.09%) Lead
4 11 (10.09%) Senior Developer
4 11 (10.09%) Support Engineer
5 10 (9.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Engineer
6 9 (8.26%) Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) SharePoint Developer
8 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Developer
8 6 (5.50%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (4.59%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) Infrastructure Support
9 5 (4.59%) IT Support Manager
9 5 (4.59%) IT Technician
9 5 (4.59%) Support Manager
10 4 (3.67%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (26.61%) HTML
2 15 (13.76%) CSS
3 14 (12.84%) HTML5 Canvas
4 13 (11.93%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (9.17%) SPFx
6 8 (7.34%) REST
7 1 (0.92%) .NET
7 1 (0.92%) ADO
7 1 (0.92%) OAuth
7 1 (0.92%) React
7 1 (0.92%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 21 (19.27%) Onboarding
3 8 (7.34%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.50%) Hackathon
4 6 (5.50%) Learning Management System
4 6 (5.50%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (4.59%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (4.59%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (1.83%) Clustering
9 1 (0.92%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.92%) Handset
9 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.92%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.35%) Windows
2 10 (9.17%) macOS
3 6 (5.50%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.59%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.92%) Android
5 1 (0.92%) VMS
5 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (41.28%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (38.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (25.69%) AI
4 27 (24.77%) Agile
4 27 (24.77%) Data Protection
5 24 (22.02%) Translating Business Requirements
6 22 (20.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 19 (17.43%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (17.43%) DevOps
8 18 (16.51%) Technical Leadership
9 16 (14.68%) Customer Service
9 16 (14.68%) Migration
10 15 (13.76%) API Integration
10 15 (13.76%) Service Delivery
10 15 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (12.84%) Data Integration
12 13 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (11.01%) ITIL
14 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.52%) JavaScript
2 17 (15.60%) C#
3 15 (13.76%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.50%) SQL
5 1 (0.92%) Bicep
5 1 (0.92%) Python
5 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.93%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (6.42%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) MCSE
6 1 (0.92%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.35%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.83%) QA
4 1 (0.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (18.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.34%) SCCM
3 6 (5.50%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.75%) cPanel
4 3 (2.75%) Plesk
5 1 (0.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 91 (83.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.17%) Palo Alto
3 7 (6.42%) Oracle
4 6 (5.50%) Saba
5 5 (4.59%) Apple
5 5 (4.59%) Atlassian
5 5 (4.59%) Cisco
5 5 (4.59%) Google
5 5 (4.59%) Juniper
5 5 (4.59%) Okta
6 4 (3.67%) VMware
7 3 (2.75%) Acronis
7 3 (2.75%) Datto
7 3 (2.75%) NETGEAR
7 3 (2.75%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.75%) Veeam
7 3 (2.75%) WatchGuard
7 3 (2.75%) YouTube
8 2 (1.83%) HP
9 1 (0.92%) Salesforce