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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 116 104
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 -14
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 299 218 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.63% 2.41% 2.37%
As % of the Application Platforms category 46.00% 35.22% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 230 173 202
10th Percentile £27,725 £28,050 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,600 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% -4.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,850 £65,000 £62,375
England median annual salary £43,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% -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 650 619 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.55% 6.83% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 504 449 552
10th Percentile £27,575 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £34,000 £35,105
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 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -5.26% -0.87%

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 13 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 13 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 +41 126 £40,000 +6.67% 33
Surrey +10 73 £57,500 +41.98% 21
Berkshire +38 61 £46,250 +36.03% 18
Buckinghamshire +10 38 £37,500 - 8
Kent -18 29 £35,000 +0.72% 5
Hampshire -53 29 £47,500 +11.76% 21
Oxfordshire -20 27 £47,166 +54.64% 7
East Sussex -15 15 £29,500 -46.36% 7
West Sussex -14 13 £69,500 +54.44% 9
Sussex -8 9 - - 3
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 (47.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.34%) Confluence
2 10 (3.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.67%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.67%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (2.01%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.34%) Shopify
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (75.59%) Microsoft 365
2 138 (46.15%) Azure
3 104 (34.78%) Entra ID
4 64 (21.40%) Power Platform
5 41 (13.71%) OneDrive
6 35 (11.71%) SaaS
7 34 (11.37%) PowerApps
8 27 (9.03%) Mimecast
8 27 (9.03%) Power Automate
9 15 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.01%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (3.68%) Google Workspace
13 10 (3.34%) IaaS
14 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.34%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.34%) GitHub
17 3 (1.00%) AWS
17 3 (1.00%) PaaS
17 3 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 80 (26.76%) Firewall
2 71 (23.75%) DNS
3 65 (21.74%) DHCP
4 46 (15.38%) VLAN
5 42 (14.05%) VPN
6 34 (11.37%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (8.70%) Wireless
8 24 (8.03%) VoIP
9 19 (6.35%) LAN
9 19 (6.35%) TCP/IP
10 18 (6.02%) WAN
11 15 (5.02%) SSL
12 14 (4.68%) Network Security
13 10 (3.34%) Cisco Wireless
13 10 (3.34%) Skype
14 1 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.33%) DKIM
14 1 (0.33%) DMARC
14 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.35%) Power BI
2 10 (3.34%) Metadata
3 5 (1.67%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.67%) EDMS
5 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
6 1 (0.33%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 35 (11.71%) JIRA
2 8 (2.68%) Git
3 4 (1.34%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.34%) Postman
General
1 141 (47.16%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.04%) Organisational Skills
3 26 (8.70%) Finance
4 25 (8.36%) Legal
5 22 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.01%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.68%) Retail
10 9 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.68%) Marketing
12 7 (2.34%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.34%) Billing
14 3 (1.00%) Advertising
14 3 (1.00%) Banking
15 1 (0.33%) Automotive
15 1 (0.33%) Games
15 1 (0.33%) Law
15 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (18.06%) IT Support
2 51 (17.06%) IT Engineer
2 51 (17.06%) Support Engineer
3 44 (14.72%) IT Support Engineer
4 37 (12.37%) Senior
5 33 (11.04%) Consultant
6 30 (10.03%) Developer
7 28 (9.36%) Analyst
7 28 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.69%) Lead
9 22 (7.36%) Administrator
10 20 (6.69%) 3rd Line Support
11 19 (6.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 18 (6.02%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 16 (5.35%) Support Analyst
14 15 (5.02%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (4.68%) 1st Line Support
15 14 (4.68%) SharePoint Consultant
15 14 (4.68%) Systems Developer
15 14 (4.68%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.01%) .NET
2 5 (1.67%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.67%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.67%) React
2 5 (1.67%) SPFx
3 4 (1.34%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.34%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.34%) Playwright
3 4 (1.34%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.34%) Swagger
4 3 (1.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (1.00%) Terraform
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
5 1 (0.33%) OpenID
5 1 (0.33%) PySpark
5 1 (0.33%) SAML
5 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.37%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.36%) Management Information System
3 21 (7.02%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.01%) CCTV
6 6 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.00%) IoT
7 3 (1.00%) Social Media
8 2 (0.67%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.67%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.33%) CMDB
9 1 (0.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.33%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.33%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.33%) PKI
9 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 108 (36.12%) Windows
2 69 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.03%) Mac OS
4 14 (4.68%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.68%) Android
8 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.00%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.00%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (26.76%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (19.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 51 (17.06%) Customer Service
4 47 (15.72%) Change Management
4 47 (15.72%) Project Delivery
5 43 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (13.38%) Workflow
8 39 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (12.37%) ERP
10 34 (11.37%) ITIL
11 30 (10.03%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (9.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (8.70%) Identity Management
14 24 (8.03%) Data Protection
14 24 (8.03%) Incident Management
15 23 (7.69%) Agile
15 23 (7.69%) AI
15 23 (7.69%) Document Management
16 22 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.38%) PowerShell
2 24 (8.03%) R
3 18 (6.02%) Python
4 13 (4.35%) C#
5 10 (3.34%) Ruby
6 8 (2.68%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.68%) VBA
7 7 (2.34%) C
7 7 (2.34%) SQL
8 5 (1.67%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.00%) Bicep
9 3 (1.00%) C++
10 1 (0.33%) Bash
10 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 58 (19.40%) Degree
2 29 (9.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (5.69%) DBS Check
5 15 (5.02%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (4.68%) Security Cleared
7 13 (4.35%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (3.34%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.01%) CCNA
11 8 (2.68%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.34%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.00%) HND
14 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.67%) RIBA
15 1 (0.33%) APMG
15 1 (0.33%) APMP
15 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (9.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (6.35%) GDPR
4 11 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (3.34%) QA
5 10 (3.34%) SLA
6 4 (1.34%) NCSC
7 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.00%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 130 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 49 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (9.70%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.01%) vSphere
6 4 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (3.34%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.67%) SCCM
5 4 (1.34%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.67%) vRealize
8 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 247 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.06%) VMware
3 26 (8.70%) Cisco
4 25 (8.36%) CrowdStrike
5 21 (7.02%) Veeam
6 20 (6.69%) Apple
7 19 (6.35%) SonicWALL
8 14 (4.68%) HP
9 12 (4.01%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.68%) Datto
10 11 (3.68%) Google
11 9 (3.01%) HubSpot
11 9 (3.01%) WatchGuard
12 8 (2.68%) Ubiquiti
13 7 (2.34%) N-able
13 7 (2.34%) Palo Alto
13 7 (2.34%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.67%) SAP
14 5 (1.67%) TP-LINK
15 4 (1.34%) ServiceNow