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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 111 105
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -13
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 230 221 357
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.43% 2.56% 2.40%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.79% 33.38% 31.32%
Number of salaries quoted 186 168 299
10th Percentile £27,625 £28,175 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -8.82% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,050
England median annual salary £45,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.47% -5.56% -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 578 662 1,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.58% 7.66% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 463 442 808
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -8.16%
75th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,175 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -8.70%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -5 83 £47,166 +25.77% 38
Surrey +9 65 £57,500 +41.98% 16
Berkshire -1 38 £49,000 +30.67% 21
Hampshire -41 29 £57,500 +64.29% 10
Kent -14 27 £35,000 +11.11% 5
Buckinghamshire -6 26 £31,000 -17.33% 10
Oxfordshire -15 19 £47,166 +10.33% 7
West Sussex -20 12 £69,500 +73.75% 3
East Sussex -25 7 £29,500 -46.36% 2
Sussex -8 5 - - 1
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
1 118 (51.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.35%) Confluence
3 5 (2.17%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (2.61%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 176 (76.52%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (47.83%) Azure
3 77 (33.48%) Entra ID
4 46 (20.00%) Power Platform
5 36 (15.65%) SaaS
6 31 (13.48%) Mimecast
6 31 (13.48%) OneDrive
7 30 (13.04%) PowerApps
8 25 (10.87%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.61%) Google Workspace
10 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.74%) GitHub
11 4 (1.74%) IaaS
12 3 (1.30%) AWS
13 2 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
14 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 52 (22.61%) DNS
2 51 (22.17%) Firewall
3 50 (21.74%) DHCP
4 33 (14.35%) VPN
5 32 (13.91%) VLAN
6 27 (11.74%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (10.00%) Wireless
8 17 (7.39%) VoIP
9 15 (6.52%) TCP/IP
10 10 (4.35%) LAN
11 9 (3.91%) WAN
12 8 (3.48%) SSL
13 7 (3.04%) Network Security
14 5 (2.17%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (2.17%) Skype
15 2 (0.87%) BGP
15 2 (0.87%) IPsec
15 2 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
16 1 (0.43%) DKIM
16 1 (0.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.96%) Power BI
2 10 (4.35%) Metadata
3 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (16.52%) JIRA
2 4 (1.74%) Cucumber
2 4 (1.74%) Git
2 4 (1.74%) Postman
General
1 93 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.04%) Legal
3 24 (10.43%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.09%) Finance
5 14 (6.09%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.48%) Retail
8 7 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.17%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.74%) Marketing
11 1 (0.43%) Esports
11 1 (0.43%) Games
11 1 (0.43%) Law
11 1 (0.43%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.43%) Local Government
11 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (20.87%) IT Support
2 47 (20.43%) Support Engineer
3 42 (18.26%) IT Engineer
4 36 (15.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 30 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support
6 26 (11.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 25 (10.87%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 24 (10.43%) Consultant
8 24 (10.43%) Senior
9 23 (10.00%) Analyst
9 23 (10.00%) Lead
10 22 (9.57%) Administrator
10 22 (9.57%) Developer
11 18 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (6.52%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
12 15 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support
13 14 (6.09%) Systems Administrator
14 13 (5.65%) Support Analyst
14 13 (5.65%) Systems Support
15 11 (4.78%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.91%) .NET
2 5 (2.17%) ASP.NET
2 5 (2.17%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (2.17%) React
2 5 (2.17%) SPFx
3 4 (1.74%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.74%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.74%) Playwright
3 4 (1.74%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.74%) Swagger
4 3 (1.30%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (0.43%) EDI
5 1 (0.43%) OpenID
5 1 (0.43%) SAML
5 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.26%) Driving Licence
2 14 (6.09%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.78%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.61%) CCTV
7 3 (1.30%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.30%) IoT
8 2 (0.87%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.87%) Replication
8 2 (0.87%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.43%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.43%) CMDB
9 1 (0.43%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.43%) PKI
9 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 69 (30.00%) Windows
2 49 (21.30%) Windows Server
3 14 (6.09%) Mac OS
4 13 (5.65%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.48%) Android
6 7 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.30%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.87%) Linux
9 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (20.00%) Change Management
3 45 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (17.39%) Workflow
5 34 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (14.78%) Technical Leadership
6 30 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (13.04%) Identity Management
7 29 (12.61%) Customer Service
7 29 (12.61%) Incident Management
8 28 (12.17%) ITIL
9 26 (11.30%) Agile
10 25 (10.87%) Project Delivery
11 24 (10.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 24 (10.43%) ERP
11 24 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (8.26%) Coaching
13 17 (7.39%) AI
14 16 (6.96%) Data Analysis
14 16 (6.96%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 28 (12.17%) R
3 20 (8.70%) Python
4 11 (4.78%) VBA
5 10 (4.35%) C#
6 8 (3.48%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.04%) C
8 5 (2.17%) Ruby
8 5 (2.17%) SQL
8 5 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.30%) C++
10 2 (0.87%) Bicep
11 1 (0.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 41 (17.83%) Degree
2 15 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (6.09%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.78%) Master's Degree
6 9 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.91%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.04%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (2.17%) APMP
10 4 (1.74%) CCNA
10 4 (1.74%) MBA
11 3 (1.30%) HND
12 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.87%) PMP
13 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.43%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.91%) GDPR
4 6 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (2.61%) QA
5 4 (1.74%) SLA
6 3 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.30%) PMO
7 2 (0.87%) NCSC
8 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 103 (44.78%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.61%) vSphere
5 5 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 72 (31.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.48%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (2.61%) FortiGate
4 5 (2.17%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.74%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.30%) SCCM
6 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.87%) Terraform
7 2 (0.87%) vRealize
8 1 (0.43%) Autotask
8 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 179 (77.83%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.48%) VMware
3 29 (12.61%) CrowdStrike
4 15 (6.52%) Cisco
4 15 (6.52%) Veeam
5 9 (3.91%) Apple
5 9 (3.91%) SonicWALL
5 9 (3.91%) Ubiquiti
6 7 (3.04%) Datto
7 6 (2.61%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.61%) Google
7 6 (2.61%) TP-LINK
8 5 (2.17%) HP
9 4 (1.74%) Meraki
9 4 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.74%) Sophos
10 3 (1.30%) Facebook
10 3 (1.30%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.30%) Instagram
10 3 (1.30%) Symantec