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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 116 97
Rank change year-on-year +14 -19 +2
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 291 221 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.62% 2.45% 2.37%
As % of the Application Platforms category 45.33% 35.19% 29.23%
Number of salaries quoted 224 172 218
10th Percentile £28,075 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,250 £30,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £40,175 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.40% -5.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,625 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,450 £65,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -15.00% -

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 642 628 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.58% 6.97% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 505 450 587
10th Percentile £27,850 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £59,875
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £54,643 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.50% -0.65% -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 6 September 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 6 September 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 +30 121 £45,000 +20.00% 37
Surrey +12 74 £57,500 +41.98% 20
Berkshire +33 60 £47,500 +39.71% 19
Buckinghamshire +5 35 £37,500 - 8
Hampshire -52 29 £47,500 +17.00% 16
Kent -16 28 £35,000 +9.38% 11
Oxfordshire -24 26 £47,166 +54.64% 11
West Sussex -14 13 £69,500 +54.44% 8
East Sussex -19 12 £29,500 -46.36% 9
Sussex -8 9 - - 4
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
1 142 (48.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.44%) Confluence
2 10 (3.44%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.03%) Shopify
4 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 222 (76.29%) Microsoft 365
2 138 (47.42%) Azure
3 103 (35.40%) Entra ID
4 63 (21.65%) Power Platform
5 39 (13.40%) OneDrive
6 37 (12.71%) SaaS
7 34 (11.68%) PowerApps
8 29 (9.97%) Mimecast
9 27 (9.28%) Power Automate
10 14 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (4.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (3.78%) Google Workspace
13 10 (3.44%) IaaS
14 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.41%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.37%) GitHub
17 3 (1.03%) AWS
17 3 (1.03%) PaaS
17 3 (1.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 79 (27.15%) Firewall
2 70 (24.05%) DNS
3 65 (22.34%) DHCP
4 47 (16.15%) VLAN
5 42 (14.43%) VPN
6 33 (11.34%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (8.93%) Wireless
8 24 (8.25%) VoIP
9 19 (6.53%) LAN
10 18 (6.19%) TCP/IP
11 17 (5.84%) WAN
12 15 (5.15%) SSL
13 14 (4.81%) Network Security
14 10 (3.44%) Cisco Wireless
14 10 (3.44%) Skype
15 1 (0.34%) DKIM
15 1 (0.34%) DMARC
15 1 (0.34%) Intranet
15 1 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.53%) Power BI
2 10 (3.44%) Metadata
3 5 (1.72%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.34%) Power Query
6 1 (0.34%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (12.37%) JIRA
2 8 (2.75%) Git
3 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.37%) Postman
General
1 133 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.65%) Organisational Skills
3 28 (9.62%) Legal
4 26 (8.93%) Finance
5 23 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.44%) Retail
9 9 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.75%) Marketing
11 5 (1.72%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.37%) Billing
13 3 (1.03%) Banking
14 2 (0.69%) Advertising
14 2 (0.69%) Law
14 2 (0.69%) Legal Technology
15 1 (0.34%) Esports
15 1 (0.34%) Games
15 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (18.56%) IT Support
2 52 (17.87%) Support Engineer
3 50 (17.18%) IT Engineer
4 44 (15.12%) IT Support Engineer
5 37 (12.71%) Senior
6 33 (11.34%) Consultant
7 30 (10.31%) Developer
8 29 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (9.28%) Analyst
10 23 (7.90%) Lead
11 22 (7.56%) 3rd Line Support
11 22 (7.56%) Administrator
12 21 (7.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 20 (6.87%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 15 (5.15%) Support Analyst
14 15 (5.15%) Systems Administrator
14 15 (5.15%) Systems Support
15 14 (4.81%) SharePoint Consultant
15 14 (4.81%) Systems Developer
16 13 (4.47%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.09%) .NET
2 5 (1.72%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.72%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.72%) React
2 5 (1.72%) SPFx
3 4 (1.37%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.37%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.37%) Playwright
3 4 (1.37%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.37%) Swagger
4 3 (1.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (1.03%) Terraform
5 1 (0.34%) EDI
5 1 (0.34%) OpenID
5 1 (0.34%) PySpark
5 1 (0.34%) SAML
5 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.97%) Driving Licence
2 21 (7.22%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.53%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.06%) CCTV
6 6 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.03%) IoT
7 3 (1.03%) Social Media
8 2 (0.69%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.69%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.34%) CMDB
9 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.34%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.34%) PKI
9 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 103 (35.40%) Windows
2 70 (24.05%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.56%) Mac OS
4 15 (5.15%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.41%) Android
8 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.03%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (20.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 49 (16.84%) Change Management
4 46 (15.81%) Customer Service
5 45 (15.46%) Project Delivery
6 42 (14.43%) Workflow
7 40 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (13.40%) Disaster Recovery
9 38 (13.06%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (13.06%) ERP
10 34 (11.68%) ITIL
11 32 (11.00%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (9.62%) Identity Management
14 26 (8.93%) Incident Management
15 23 (7.90%) Agile
15 23 (7.90%) AI
15 23 (7.90%) Data Protection
16 21 (7.22%) Data Analysis
16 21 (7.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.78%) PowerShell
2 26 (8.93%) R
3 18 (6.19%) Python
4 13 (4.47%) C#
5 10 (3.44%) Ruby
6 8 (2.75%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.75%) VBA
7 7 (2.41%) C
7 7 (2.41%) SQL
8 5 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.03%) Bicep
9 3 (1.03%) C++
10 1 (0.34%) Bash
10 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 55 (18.90%) Degree
2 29 (9.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (5.84%) DBS Check
5 16 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.81%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (4.47%) Azure Certification
7 13 (4.47%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.78%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (3.44%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.75%) CCNA
10 8 (2.75%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.03%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.03%) HND
12 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.69%) RIBA
13 1 (0.34%) APMP
13 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.34%) PMP
13 1 (0.34%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (9.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (5.84%) GDPR
4 11 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (3.44%) QA
6 9 (3.09%) SLA
7 4 (1.37%) NCSC
8 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.34%) PMO
9 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 130 (44.67%) Active Directory
2 49 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (9.97%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.06%) vSphere
6 4 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (31.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.47%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (3.78%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.72%) SCCM
5 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.69%) vRealize
8 1 (0.34%) Autotask
8 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 243 (83.51%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.53%) VMware
3 27 (9.28%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (8.59%) Cisco
5 21 (7.22%) Veeam
6 19 (6.53%) SonicWALL
7 18 (6.19%) Apple
8 14 (4.81%) HP
9 12 (4.12%) Datto
10 11 (3.78%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.78%) Google
11 8 (2.75%) HubSpot
11 8 (2.75%) Ubiquiti
11 8 (2.75%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.41%) N-able
12 7 (2.41%) Palo Alto
12 7 (2.41%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.72%) SAP
13 5 (1.72%) TP-LINK
14 4 (1.37%) Sophos