SharePoint Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft SharePoint
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 130 110
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 -8
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 309 194 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.63% 2.17% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.91% 32.23% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 221 179 183
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,975 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,600 £44,175
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -8.09% +5.81%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £43,000 £43,250 £49,881
% change year-on-year -0.58% -13.29% -0.24%

All Application Platform Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 688 602 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.63% 6.74% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 505 465 480
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,401
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% -6.63% +2.68%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the South East

SharePoint
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the South East over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the South East

SharePoint
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley +54 135 £40,000 +6.67% 53
Berkshire +52 68 £45,000 - 22
Surrey -9 62 £57,500 +51.32% 15
Buckinghamshire +18 40 £40,000 +6.67% 16
Kent -14 29 £27,500 -26.67% 6
Hampshire -48 29 £33,000 -22.35% 34
Oxfordshire -26 27 £47,166 +54.64% 15
East Sussex -4 23 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Sussex -6 14 £45,000 +2.86% 3
West Sussex -33 12 £69,500 +73.75% 17
Home Counties - 1 £60,000 -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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
1 148 (47.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.53%) Skype for Business
3 6 (1.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (11.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.65%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.94%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (1.62%) Shopify
4 4 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 236 (76.38%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (44.98%) Azure
3 106 (34.30%) Entra ID
4 62 (20.06%) Power Platform
5 57 (18.45%) OneDrive
6 31 (10.03%) PowerApps
7 29 (9.39%) SaaS
8 26 (8.41%) Power Automate
9 21 (6.80%) Mimecast
10 17 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (5.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (3.56%) Google Workspace
13 10 (3.24%) IaaS
14 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.29%) GitHub
16 4 (1.29%) n8n
17 3 (0.97%) PaaS
17 3 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 93 (30.10%) Firewall
2 83 (26.86%) DNS
3 77 (24.92%) DHCP
4 58 (18.77%) VLAN
5 50 (16.18%) VPN
6 34 (11.00%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (10.36%) Wireless
8 28 (9.06%) WAN
9 27 (8.74%) LAN
10 21 (6.80%) VoIP
11 19 (6.15%) TCP/IP
12 18 (5.83%) Network Security
13 17 (5.50%) SSL
14 14 (4.53%) Cisco Wireless
14 14 (4.53%) Skype
15 2 (0.65%) Intranet
15 2 (0.65%) IPsec
15 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.65%) WLAN
16 1 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.18%) Power BI
2 8 (2.59%) Metadata
3 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.65%) EDMS
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) Power Query
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (9.39%) JIRA
2 8 (2.59%) Git
3 4 (1.29%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.29%) Postman
General
1 155 (50.16%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.62%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.15%) Finance
4 19 (6.15%) Legal
5 16 (5.18%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.56%) Retail
8 10 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.59%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.27%) Marketing
12 5 (1.62%) French Language
12 5 (1.62%) German Language
12 5 (1.62%) Spanish Language
13 4 (1.29%) Advertising
13 4 (1.29%) Billing
14 3 (0.97%) Banking
14 3 (0.97%) Local Government
15 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (18.12%) IT Support
2 50 (16.18%) IT Engineer
2 50 (16.18%) Support Engineer
3 42 (13.59%) IT Support Engineer
4 33 (10.68%) Senior
5 32 (10.36%) Consultant
6 29 (9.39%) Developer
7 28 (9.06%) Analyst
7 28 (9.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (7.77%) Administrator
9 21 (6.80%) 1st Line Support
10 19 (6.15%) Lead
11 18 (5.83%) Support Analyst
12 16 (5.18%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (4.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 14 (4.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 14 (4.53%) IT Technician
14 14 (4.53%) Network Support
14 14 (4.53%) Systems Administrator
15 13 (4.21%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.91%) .NET
2 6 (1.94%) SPFx
3 5 (1.62%) ASP.NET
3 5 (1.62%) ASP.NET Core
3 5 (1.62%) React
4 4 (1.29%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.29%) Gherkin
4 4 (1.29%) Playwright
4 4 (1.29%) Razor View Engine
4 4 (1.29%) Swagger
5 3 (0.97%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 2 (0.65%) Terraform
7 1 (0.32%) EDI
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth
7 1 (0.32%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) PySpark
7 1 (0.32%) REST
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.59%) Driving Licence
2 30 (9.71%) Management Information System
3 22 (7.12%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.91%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.27%) CCTV
7 3 (0.97%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.97%) IoT
7 3 (0.97%) Social Media
7 3 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.65%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.32%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.32%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.32%) PKI
9 1 (0.32%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 127 (41.10%) Windows
2 76 (24.60%) Windows Server
3 26 (8.41%) macOS
4 17 (5.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (4.85%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.29%) Android
8 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.29%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.07%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (22.01%) Customer Service
3 56 (18.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 53 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (14.89%) Project Delivery
7 43 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (13.59%) ITIL
9 41 (13.27%) ERP
10 40 (12.94%) Change Management
11 34 (11.00%) Workflow
12 30 (9.71%) Data Protection
13 27 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (8.09%) Document Management
15 24 (7.77%) Time Management
16 23 (7.44%) Technical Leadership
17 22 (7.12%) Migration
18 21 (6.80%) AI
18 21 (6.80%) Computer Science
19 20 (6.47%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.24%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.83%) R
3 15 (4.85%) Python
4 14 (4.53%) Ruby
5 13 (4.21%) C#
6 8 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.27%) C
8 6 (1.94%) SQL
9 5 (1.62%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.62%) VBA
10 3 (0.97%) Bicep
10 3 (0.97%) C++
11 1 (0.32%) Bash
11 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 60 (19.42%) Degree
2 31 (10.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (7.44%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (6.15%) DBS Check
6 16 (5.18%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (4.53%) Azure Certification
8 13 (4.21%) Security Cleared
9 11 (3.56%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (2.91%) CCNA
11 7 (2.27%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.62%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.62%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.97%) HND
14 2 (0.65%) RIBA
15 1 (0.32%) APMG
15 1 (0.32%) APMP
15 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.32%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 1 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.80%) GDPR
4 14 (4.53%) SLA
5 11 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (3.24%) QA
7 4 (1.29%) NCSC
8 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.32%) PMO
9 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 144 (46.60%) Active Directory
2 58 (18.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (10.68%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.94%) vSphere
6 5 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 89 (28.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.53%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.53%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.29%) SCCM
3 4 (1.29%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.65%) Autotask
5 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.32%) N-central
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize
6 1 (0.32%) WMI
6 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 260 (84.14%) Microsoft
2 59 (19.09%) VMware
3 30 (9.71%) Cisco
4 23 (7.44%) Veeam
5 22 (7.12%) Apple
5 22 (7.12%) SonicWALL
6 19 (6.15%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (5.83%) HP
8 15 (4.85%) Fortinet
8 15 (4.85%) WatchGuard
9 13 (4.21%) Datto
9 13 (4.21%) HubSpot
10 11 (3.56%) Google
11 10 (3.24%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.91%) N-able
13 7 (2.27%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.62%) SAP
14 5 (1.62%) Sophos
15 4 (1.29%) ConnectWise
15 4 (1.29%) ServiceNow