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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 111 101
Rank change year-on-year -16 -10 -7
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 207 201 460
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.37% 2.52% 2.56%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.81% 32.42% 32.95%
Number of salaries quoted 171 152 386
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £30,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,475 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -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 520 620 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.45% 7.76% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 414 398 1,028
10th Percentile £27,325 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,313 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +9.41% -13.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,400 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -10.27%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -12 66 £45,000 +20.00% 25
Surrey +8 56 £57,500 +51.32% 13
Berkshire -1 33 £49,000 +30.67% 13
Kent -3 33 £38,750 +23.02% 9
Hampshire -30 30 £57,500 +64.29% 14
Buckinghamshire -12 18 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Oxfordshire -14 15 £47,166 +10.33% 10
West Sussex -10 13 £69,500 +39.00% 8
East Sussex -22 5 £29,500 -46.36% 3
Sussex -12 2 - - 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
1 102 (49.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) govService
3 2 (0.97%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (12.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 156 (75.36%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (47.34%) Azure
3 61 (29.47%) Entra ID
4 37 (17.87%) Power Platform
5 30 (14.49%) OneDrive
6 29 (14.01%) SaaS
7 28 (13.53%) PowerApps
8 26 (12.56%) Mimecast
9 18 (8.70%) Power Automate
10 7 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.93%) AWS
13 4 (1.93%) GitHub
13 4 (1.93%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.97%) IaaS
14 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
15 1 (0.48%) Azure Key Vault
15 1 (0.48%) Canva
15 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 49 (23.67%) Firewall
2 47 (22.71%) DNS
3 46 (22.22%) DHCP
4 26 (12.56%) VLAN
4 26 (12.56%) VPN
5 23 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (9.18%) Wireless
7 15 (7.25%) VoIP
8 11 (5.31%) TCP/IP
9 7 (3.38%) WAN
10 6 (2.90%) LAN
11 5 (2.42%) SSL
12 4 (1.93%) BGP
12 4 (1.93%) IPsec
12 4 (1.93%) Network Security
13 3 (1.45%) Cisco Wireless
14 2 (0.97%) Skype
14 2 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
15 1 (0.48%) DKIM
15 1 (0.48%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.18%) Power BI
2 8 (3.86%) Metadata
3 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.48%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (16.43%) JIRA
2 4 (1.93%) Cucumber
2 4 (1.93%) Git
2 4 (1.93%) Postman
General
1 78 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.56%) Legal
3 22 (10.63%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (9.66%) Finance
5 15 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.38%) Retail
10 4 (1.93%) Marketing
11 3 (1.45%) Local Government
11 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.45%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.48%) Esports
12 1 (0.48%) Games
12 1 (0.48%) Law
12 1 (0.48%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (21.26%) IT Support
2 41 (19.81%) Support Engineer
3 34 (16.43%) IT Engineer
4 29 (14.01%) 3rd Line Support
4 29 (14.01%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (12.08%) Lead
6 23 (11.11%) Analyst
7 21 (10.14%) Infrastructure Support
8 20 (9.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 20 (9.66%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8 20 (9.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 18 (8.70%) Administrator
9 18 (8.70%) Senior
10 17 (8.21%) Developer
11 16 (7.73%) Consultant
11 16 (7.73%) Support Analyst
12 15 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (5.80%) SharePoint Developer
14 11 (5.31%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (5.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.35%) .NET
2 5 (2.42%) ASP.NET
2 5 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (2.42%) React
2 5 (2.42%) SPFx
3 4 (1.93%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.93%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.93%) Playwright
3 4 (1.93%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.93%) Swagger
4 2 (0.97%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (0.97%) CSS
4 2 (0.97%) HTML
5 1 (0.48%) EDI
5 1 (0.48%) OpenID
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
5 1 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.21%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.83%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.93%) CCTV
6 4 (1.93%) Replication
7 3 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.97%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.97%) IoT
8 2 (0.97%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.48%) CMDB
9 1 (0.48%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.48%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (32.85%) Windows
2 47 (22.71%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.31%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.83%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.86%) Android
6 6 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.97%) Linux
8 2 (0.97%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (20.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (19.81%) Change Management
3 40 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (15.46%) Technical Leadership
4 32 (15.46%) Workflow
5 28 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (13.53%) ITIL
6 27 (13.04%) Agile
7 26 (12.56%) Customer Service
7 26 (12.56%) Identity Management
8 25 (12.08%) Incident Management
9 19 (9.18%) ERP
9 19 (9.18%) Project Delivery
10 18 (8.70%) Coaching
11 17 (8.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (7.25%) Project Management
13 15 (7.25%) Service Delivery
14 14 (6.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.59%) R
2 23 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.70%) Python
4 12 (5.80%) VBA
5 10 (4.83%) C#
6 7 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.90%) C
8 5 (2.42%) SQL
8 5 (2.42%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.97%) C++
9 2 (0.97%) Ruby
10 1 (0.48%) Bash
10 1 (0.48%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 32 (15.46%) Degree
2 23 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.80%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.80%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.38%) APMP
5 7 (3.38%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.38%) MBA
6 6 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.97%) HND
9 1 (0.48%) APMG
9 1 (0.48%) CCNA
9 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (5.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.38%) GDPR
3 7 (3.38%) QA
3 7 (3.38%) SLA
4 4 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.45%) PMO
6 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 90 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.63%) Hyper-V
3 19 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.90%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.93%) vSphere
7 2 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (28.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.35%) Backup Exec
3 6 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (2.90%) vRealize
4 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.97%) SCCM
5 2 (0.97%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.48%) Autotask
6 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 153 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.08%) CrowdStrike
2 25 (12.08%) VMware
3 16 (7.73%) Veeam
4 13 (6.28%) Cisco
5 8 (3.86%) Ubiquiti
6 7 (3.38%) Apple
7 6 (2.90%) Meraki
7 6 (2.90%) TP-LINK
8 5 (2.42%) Datto
8 5 (2.42%) SonicWALL
8 5 (2.42%) WatchGuard
9 4 (1.93%) Google
10 3 (1.45%) Facebook
10 3 (1.45%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.45%) HP
10 3 (1.45%) Instagram
10 3 (1.45%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.45%) Sophos
11 2 (0.97%) Okta