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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 113 89
Rank change year-on-year -15 -24 +39
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 157 221 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.48% 2.48% 3.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.60% 29.00% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 129 125 234
10th Percentile £26,450 £28,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £35,000 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £54,786
90th Percentile £66,250 £68,250 £62,850
England median annual salary £41,125 £49,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.07% +8.89% -5.26%

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 441 762 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.17% 8.54% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 350 342 777
10th Percentile £26,858 £31,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,563 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,563 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,375 £71,100
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,001 £52,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +9.62% -5.45%

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 21 January 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 21 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
Thames Valley -54 45 £45,000 +0.93% 30
Hampshire +13 38 £45,500 +1.11% 26
Berkshire -13 31 £52,500 +16.67% 23
Surrey +17 30 £29,500 -52.80% 6
Kent +3 27 £37,500 -31.82% 14
West Sussex +16 13 £32,000 +10.34% 2
Oxfordshire -3 7 £28,000 -20.00% 5
Buckinghamshire -33 7 £36,500 -14.12% 2
Sussex - 4 £45,000 -
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 48 (30.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.91%) Confluence
2 3 (1.91%) govService
3 2 (1.27%) CMS
3 2 (1.27%) WordPress
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) IIS
4 1 (0.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (16.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (15.29%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (5.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.64%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.64%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.64%) InDesign
5 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.64%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.27%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.27%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.64%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 98 (62.42%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (31.85%) Azure
3 34 (21.66%) Entra ID
4 28 (17.83%) Power Platform
5 22 (14.01%) OneDrive
6 18 (11.46%) PowerApps
7 10 (6.37%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.27%) SaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.64%) AWS
10 1 (0.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.64%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.64%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.64%) OCI
10 1 (0.64%) PaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.93%) Firewall
2 35 (22.29%) DNS
3 33 (21.02%) DHCP
4 28 (17.83%) VPN
5 18 (11.46%) VLAN
6 13 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (7.64%) TCP/IP
8 10 (6.37%) VoIP
9 9 (5.73%) Wireless
10 7 (4.46%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.91%) WAN
12 2 (1.27%) Ethernet
12 2 (1.27%) SSL
13 1 (0.64%) BGP
13 1 (0.64%) Internet
13 1 (0.64%) IPsec
13 1 (0.64%) LAN
13 1 (0.64%) MPLS
13 1 (0.64%) PBX
13 1 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.83%) Power BI
2 3 (1.91%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
General
1 73 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.20%) Finance
3 12 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.73%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.10%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.82%) Retail
8 6 (3.82%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.18%) Legal
10 4 (2.55%) German Language
10 4 (2.55%) Local Government
10 4 (2.55%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.64%) Advertising
11 1 (0.64%) Billing
11 1 (0.64%) Electronics
11 1 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (28.03%) IT Support
2 31 (19.75%) Support Engineer
3 28 (17.83%) IT Engineer
4 25 (15.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (10.83%) Analyst
6 14 (8.92%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (7.64%) Consultant
7 12 (7.64%) Coordinator
8 11 (7.01%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (6.37%) 3rd Line Support
9 10 (6.37%) Support Technician
10 9 (5.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 9 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.10%) Architect
11 8 (5.10%) Lead
11 8 (5.10%) Principal Consultant
11 8 (5.10%) Senior
12 7 (4.46%) 1st Line Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) 1st Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) Web Services
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (2.55%) OAuth
2 4 (2.55%) OAuth2
2 4 (2.55%) OpenID
2 4 (2.55%) SAML
3 3 (1.91%) CSS
3 3 (1.91%) HTML
4 1 (0.64%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.65%) Onboarding
2 19 (12.10%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.82%) FMCG
5 4 (2.55%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.55%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.55%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.27%) Replication
7 1 (0.64%) CMDB
7 1 (0.64%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.64%) IVR
7 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.64%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (44.59%) Windows
2 44 (28.03%) Windows Server
3 30 (19.11%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.46%) Linux
5 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.91%) Android
6 3 (1.91%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.91%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (17.83%) Agile
3 27 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (15.29%) Project Management
4 24 (15.29%) Service Delivery
5 22 (14.01%) Customer Service
6 21 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (13.38%) ITIL
7 16 (10.19%) Data Analysis
7 16 (10.19%) Decision-Making
8 15 (9.55%) ERP
9 14 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (8.92%) Data Science
9 14 (8.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (8.28%) Project Delivery
11 12 (7.64%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (7.64%) Time Management
12 11 (7.01%) Asset Management
13 10 (6.37%) Requirements Gathering
14 9 (5.73%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.92%) PowerShell
1 14 (8.92%) Python
1 14 (8.92%) VBA
2 10 (6.37%) SQL
3 4 (2.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (21.66%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.20%) Degree
3 19 (12.10%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.92%) DV Cleared
4 14 (8.92%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.10%) APMP
5 8 (5.10%) MBA
6 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.55%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.55%) PMP
8 2 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.64%) CCNA
9 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.64%) HND
9 1 (0.64%) HP APS
9 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.64%) MCP
9 1 (0.64%) MCSA
9 1 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.46%) SLA
2 13 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (6.37%) QA
4 8 (5.10%) PMO
5 6 (3.82%) GDPR
6 3 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.64%) NIST
7 1 (0.64%) P3O
7 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (43.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.55%) Hyper-V
3 13 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.46%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.91%) vSphere
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (20.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.46%) vRealize
3 3 (1.91%) SCCM
3 3 (1.91%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.27%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.27%) SCOM
4 2 (1.27%) SCSM
4 2 (1.27%) Terraform
5 1 (0.64%) CASB
Vendors
1 106 (67.52%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.38%) VMware
3 15 (9.55%) Cisco
4 14 (8.92%) Meraki
5 10 (6.37%) Apple
6 8 (5.10%) Veeam
7 7 (4.46%) Adobe
8 6 (3.82%) Infor
9 4 (2.55%) Aruba
9 4 (2.55%) Civica
9 4 (2.55%) Draytek
9 4 (2.55%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.55%) HubSpot
9 4 (2.55%) Sage
9 4 (2.55%) Sophos
9 4 (2.55%) WatchGuard
10 3 (1.91%) Granicus
10 3 (1.91%) NetApp
10 3 (1.91%) Trend Micro
11 2 (1.27%) HP