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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 113 108
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -11
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 265 228 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.55% 2.57% 2.35%
As % of the Application Platforms category 42.95% 33.73% 31.18%
Number of salaries quoted 209 174 263
10th Percentile £27,950 £28,075 £27,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -4.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,938 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £64,500
England median annual salary £44,241 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.10% -10.53% -5.00%

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 617 676 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.60% 7.62% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 494 463 699
10th Percentile £27,825 £29,150 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,813 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -7.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,250 £59,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +21 107 £47,166 +25.77% 35
Surrey +13 75 £57,500 +40.24% 13
Berkshire +19 50 £52,500 +40.00% 21
Buckinghamshire +5 32 £35,000 -6.67% 8
Hampshire -48 29 £47,500 +17.00% 15
Oxfordshire -17 25 £47,166 +54.64% 6
Kent -23 23 £35,000 +11.11% 8
West Sussex -17 13 £69,500 +73.75% 5
East Sussex -31 9 £29,500 -46.36% 2
Sussex -4 7 - - 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
1 131 (49.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.77%) Confluence
3 8 (3.02%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Shopify
3 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 201 (75.85%) Microsoft 365
2 124 (46.79%) Azure
3 91 (34.34%) Entra ID
4 59 (22.26%) Power Platform
5 40 (15.09%) SaaS
6 32 (12.08%) Mimecast
7 31 (11.70%) OneDrive
7 31 (11.70%) PowerApps
8 26 (9.81%) Power Automate
9 11 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (3.40%) Google Workspace
11 9 (3.40%) IaaS
12 7 (2.64%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.51%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (1.51%) GitHub
14 3 (1.13%) AWS
15 2 (0.75%) PaaS
15 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 65 (24.53%) Firewall
2 60 (22.64%) DNS
3 57 (21.51%) DHCP
4 37 (13.96%) VLAN
5 35 (13.21%) VPN
6 30 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (8.68%) Wireless
8 22 (8.30%) VoIP
9 15 (5.66%) TCP/IP
10 14 (5.28%) LAN
11 13 (4.91%) SSL
12 12 (4.53%) WAN
13 10 (3.77%) Network Security
14 8 (3.02%) Cisco Wireless
14 8 (3.02%) Skype
15 2 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
16 1 (0.38%) DKIM
16 1 (0.38%) DMARC
16 1 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.42%) Power BI
2 10 (3.77%) Metadata
3 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) Power Query
5 1 (0.38%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (14.72%) JIRA
2 5 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (1.51%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.51%) Postman
General
1 118 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.70%) Legal
3 23 (8.68%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.55%) Finance
6 14 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.91%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.15%) Retail
9 10 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.89%) Marketing
11 5 (1.89%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.75%) Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Billing
13 1 (0.38%) Esports
13 1 (0.38%) Games
13 1 (0.38%) Law
13 1 (0.38%) Local Government
13 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (18.87%) IT Support
1 50 (18.87%) Support Engineer
2 46 (17.36%) IT Engineer
3 40 (15.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 35 (13.21%) Senior
5 30 (11.32%) Consultant
6 27 (10.19%) Developer
7 26 (9.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (9.43%) 3rd Line Support
8 25 (9.43%) Analyst
9 24 (9.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 23 (8.68%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 23 (8.68%) Lead
11 22 (8.30%) Administrator
12 15 (5.66%) Systems Administrator
12 15 (5.66%) Systems Support
13 14 (5.28%) SharePoint Consultant
13 14 (5.28%) Systems Developer
14 13 (4.91%) IT Technician
14 13 (4.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.40%) .NET
2 5 (1.89%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.89%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.89%) React
2 5 (1.89%) SPFx
3 4 (1.51%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.51%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.51%) Playwright
3 4 (1.51%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.51%) Swagger
4 3 (1.13%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
5 1 (0.38%) OpenID
5 1 (0.38%) PySpark
5 1 (0.38%) SAML
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.06%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.79%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.77%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.26%) CCTV
8 3 (1.13%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.13%) IoT
9 2 (0.75%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.75%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.38%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.38%) CMDB
10 1 (0.38%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.38%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.38%) PKI
10 1 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (31.32%) Windows
2 59 (22.26%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.79%) Mac OS
4 14 (5.28%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.02%) Android
6 8 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.13%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (17.74%) Change Management
4 45 (16.98%) Workflow
5 42 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (14.34%) Customer Service
7 36 (13.58%) Project Delivery
8 35 (13.21%) Technical Leadership
9 33 (12.45%) ERP
10 32 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 31 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
11 31 (11.70%) Identity Management
12 30 (11.32%) Incident Management
13 29 (10.94%) ITIL
13 29 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (9.43%) Agile
15 22 (8.30%) AI
16 19 (7.17%) Coaching
16 19 (7.17%) Data Analysis
17 18 (6.79%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.72%) PowerShell
2 29 (10.94%) R
3 19 (7.17%) Python
4 11 (4.15%) C#
5 9 (3.40%) VBA
6 8 (3.02%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.02%) Ruby
7 7 (2.64%) C
7 7 (2.64%) SQL
8 5 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.13%) Bicep
9 3 (1.13%) C++
10 1 (0.38%) Bash
10 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 49 (18.49%) Degree
2 24 (9.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.53%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (4.53%) DBS Check
4 12 (4.53%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.15%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (3.77%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.77%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (3.40%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.51%) CCNA
9 3 (1.13%) HND
10 2 (0.75%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.75%) APMP
10 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.75%) PMP
10 2 (0.75%) RIBA
11 1 (0.38%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (3.77%) GDPR
4 9 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.02%) QA
6 6 (2.26%) SLA
7 4 (1.51%) NCSC
8 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.13%) PMO
9 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 119 (44.91%) Active Directory
2 40 (15.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (8.30%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.26%) vSphere
5 5 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 88 (33.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.15%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (3.40%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.26%) SCCM
5 4 (1.51%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.13%) Terraform
7 2 (0.75%) vRealize
8 1 (0.38%) Autotask
8 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (81.13%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.85%) VMware
3 30 (11.32%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (7.92%) Cisco
5 15 (5.66%) Veeam
6 14 (5.28%) SonicWALL
7 13 (4.91%) Apple
8 10 (3.77%) Datto
9 9 (3.40%) Google
9 9 (3.40%) HP
9 9 (3.40%) Ubiquiti
10 8 (3.02%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.64%) HubSpot
12 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
12 6 (2.26%) TP-LINK
13 4 (1.51%) N-able
13 4 (1.51%) SAP
13 4 (1.51%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.51%) Sophos
13 4 (1.51%) WatchGuard