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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 124 111
Rank change year-on-year +23 -13 -18
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 307 197 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.62% 2.19% 2.30%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.56% 32.67% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 223 174 183
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -3.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £61,150
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% -

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 689 603 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.63% 6.70% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 516 461 492
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,750 £35,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -

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 4 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 4 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 +55 132 £40,000 +6.67% 64
Berkshire +48 65 £45,000 - 31
Surrey -7 64 £57,500 +51.32% 25
Buckinghamshire +16 40 £40,000 +6.67% 20
Hampshire -56 30 £42,500 - 37
Kent -16 28 £27,500 -26.67% 8
Oxfordshire -21 27 £47,166 +54.64% 13
East Sussex +4 23 £37,500 -28.57% 7
West Sussex -24 13 £69,500 +73.75% 17
Sussex -9 12 - - 2
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
1 146 (47.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.23%) Skype for Business
3 7 (2.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (10.75%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.65%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.95%) NetSuite
1 6 (1.95%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.63%) Shopify
3 4 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 231 (75.24%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (44.63%) Azure
3 103 (33.55%) Entra ID
4 60 (19.54%) Power Platform
5 54 (17.59%) OneDrive
6 29 (9.45%) PowerApps
6 29 (9.45%) SaaS
7 23 (7.49%) Power Automate
8 21 (6.84%) Mimecast
9 17 (5.54%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (4.89%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (3.58%) Google Workspace
13 10 (3.26%) IaaS
14 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.28%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.30%) GitHub
16 4 (1.30%) n8n
17 3 (0.98%) PaaS
17 3 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 93 (30.29%) Firewall
2 81 (26.38%) DNS
3 75 (24.43%) DHCP
4 56 (18.24%) VLAN
5 49 (15.96%) VPN
6 32 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (10.10%) Wireless
8 27 (8.79%) WAN
9 26 (8.47%) LAN
10 21 (6.84%) VoIP
11 19 (6.19%) TCP/IP
12 17 (5.54%) Network Security
12 17 (5.54%) SSL
13 13 (4.23%) Cisco Wireless
13 13 (4.23%) Skype
14 2 (0.65%) IPsec
14 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.65%) WLAN
15 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
15 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.89%) Power BI
2 8 (2.61%) Metadata
3 4 (1.30%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.65%) EDMS
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (9.77%) JIRA
2 8 (2.61%) Git
3 4 (1.30%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.30%) Postman
General
1 156 (50.81%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.36%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (6.84%) Finance
4 20 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.19%) Legal
6 16 (5.21%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.58%) Retail
9 9 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.61%) Marketing
10 8 (2.61%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.63%) French Language
11 5 (1.63%) German Language
11 5 (1.63%) Spanish Language
12 4 (1.30%) Advertising
12 4 (1.30%) Billing
13 3 (0.98%) Banking
13 3 (0.98%) Local Government
14 1 (0.33%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (17.92%) IT Support
2 50 (16.29%) IT Engineer
3 48 (15.64%) Support Engineer
4 42 (13.68%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (11.07%) Consultant
5 34 (11.07%) Senior
6 29 (9.45%) Developer
7 27 (8.79%) Analyst
7 27 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.49%) Administrator
9 21 (6.84%) Lead
10 19 (6.19%) 1st Line Support
11 18 (5.86%) Support Analyst
12 15 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
13 14 (4.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 14 (4.56%) SharePoint Consultant
13 14 (4.56%) Systems Administrator
14 13 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 13 (4.23%) IT Technician
14 13 (4.23%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.93%) .NET
2 5 (1.63%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.63%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.63%) React
2 5 (1.63%) SPFx
3 4 (1.30%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.30%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.30%) Playwright
3 4 (1.30%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.30%) Swagger
4 3 (0.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (0.98%) Terraform
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
5 1 (0.33%) OAuth
5 1 (0.33%) OpenID
5 1 (0.33%) PySpark
5 1 (0.33%) SAML
5 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.05%) Driving Licence
2 29 (9.45%) Management Information System
3 21 (6.84%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.93%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.95%) CCTV
7 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.98%) IoT
7 3 (0.98%) Social Media
7 3 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.65%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.33%) CMDB
9 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.33%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.33%) PKI
9 1 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 123 (40.07%) Windows
2 76 (24.76%) Windows Server
3 26 (8.47%) Mac OS
4 15 (4.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (4.56%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.63%) Android
9 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (20.85%) Customer Service
3 55 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 52 (16.94%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (15.64%) Project Delivery
7 43 (14.01%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (13.36%) Change Management
8 41 (13.36%) ITIL
9 40 (13.03%) ERP
10 33 (10.75%) Workflow
11 29 (9.45%) Data Protection
12 27 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (8.14%) Time Management
14 24 (7.82%) Document Management
14 24 (7.82%) Migration
14 24 (7.82%) Technical Leadership
15 22 (7.17%) AI
16 21 (6.84%) Computer Science
17 20 (6.51%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.33%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.86%) R
3 16 (5.21%) Python
4 13 (4.23%) C#
4 13 (4.23%) Ruby
5 8 (2.61%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.28%) C
7 6 (1.95%) SQL
7 6 (1.95%) VBA
8 5 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.98%) Bicep
9 3 (0.98%) C++
10 1 (0.33%) Bash
10 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 58 (18.89%) Degree
2 30 (9.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (7.17%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.86%) DBS Check
6 16 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (4.89%) Security Cleared
8 14 (4.56%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.58%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (2.93%) CCNA
11 8 (2.61%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.95%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.63%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.98%) HND
15 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.65%) RIBA
16 1 (0.33%) APMG
16 1 (0.33%) APMP
16 1 (0.33%) CEH
16 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (7.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.84%) GDPR
4 14 (4.56%) SLA
5 11 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (3.26%) QA
7 4 (1.30%) NCSC
8 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.33%) PMO
9 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 138 (44.95%) Active Directory
2 56 (18.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (10.42%) Hyper-V
4 11 (3.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.95%) vSphere
6 5 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 87 (28.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.56%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (4.23%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.30%) SCCM
4 4 (1.30%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.65%) vRealize
7 1 (0.33%) Autotask
7 1 (0.33%) N-central
7 1 (0.33%) WMI
7 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 255 (83.06%) Microsoft
2 58 (18.89%) VMware
3 29 (9.45%) Cisco
4 23 (7.49%) Veeam
5 22 (7.17%) Apple
5 22 (7.17%) SonicWALL
6 19 (6.19%) CrowdStrike
7 17 (5.54%) HP
8 15 (4.89%) Fortinet
8 15 (4.89%) WatchGuard
9 13 (4.23%) HubSpot
10 12 (3.91%) Datto
11 11 (3.58%) Google
12 10 (3.26%) Palo Alto
13 9 (2.93%) N-able
14 7 (2.28%) Salesforce
15 5 (1.63%) SAP
16 4 (1.30%) ConnectWise
16 4 (1.30%) ServiceNow
16 4 (1.30%) Ubiquiti