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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 120 105
Rank change year-on-year +21 -15 -5
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 306 200 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.62% 2.23% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 45.33% 33.06% 28.15%
Number of salaries quoted 230 172 188
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,313 £31,813 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £41,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -3.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,900
England median annual salary £44,000 £44,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -12.00% -

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 675 605 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.57% 6.75% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 513 455 508
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £35,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -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 27 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 27 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 +50 131 £40,000 +6.67% 57
Surrey +3 67 £57,500 +47.44% 21
Berkshire +36 64 £45,000 +20.81% 23
Buckinghamshire +16 40 £40,000 +6.67% 20
Hampshire -49 32 £45,000 +5.88% 33
Kent -23 27 £27,500 -26.67% 8
Oxfordshire -24 27 £47,166 +54.64% 14
East Sussex -8 20 £37,500 -31.82% 8
West Sussex -20 13 £69,500 +54.44% 13
Sussex -8 11 - - 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
1 148 (48.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.92%) Skype for Business
3 8 (2.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.65%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.96%) NetSuite
1 6 (1.96%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.63%) Shopify
3 4 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (75.16%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (44.77%) Azure
3 105 (34.31%) Entra ID
4 61 (19.93%) Power Platform
5 49 (16.01%) OneDrive
6 32 (10.46%) SaaS
7 30 (9.80%) PowerApps
8 24 (7.84%) Mimecast
9 23 (7.52%) Power Automate
10 17 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (4.58%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (3.59%) Google Workspace
13 10 (3.27%) IaaS
14 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.29%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.31%) GitHub
16 4 (1.31%) n8n
17 3 (0.98%) PaaS
17 3 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 88 (28.76%) Firewall
2 78 (25.49%) DNS
3 72 (23.53%) DHCP
4 52 (16.99%) VLAN
5 46 (15.03%) VPN
6 33 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
7 30 (9.80%) Wireless
8 24 (7.84%) LAN
8 24 (7.84%) VoIP
8 24 (7.84%) WAN
9 20 (6.54%) TCP/IP
10 17 (5.56%) SSL
11 16 (5.23%) Network Security
12 12 (3.92%) Cisco Wireless
12 12 (3.92%) Skype
13 2 (0.65%) IPsec
13 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.33%) Intranet
14 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.23%) Power BI
2 8 (2.61%) Metadata
3 4 (1.31%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.65%) EDMS
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 34 (11.11%) JIRA
2 8 (2.61%) Git
3 4 (1.31%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.31%) Postman
General
1 154 (50.33%) Social Skills
2 42 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (7.19%) Finance
3 22 (7.19%) Legal
4 20 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.23%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.59%) Retail
8 9 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.61%) Marketing
9 8 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.63%) French Language
10 5 (1.63%) German Language
10 5 (1.63%) Spanish Language
11 4 (1.31%) Advertising
11 4 (1.31%) Billing
12 3 (0.98%) Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Local Government
14 1 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 57 (18.63%) IT Support
2 53 (17.32%) IT Engineer
3 50 (16.34%) Support Engineer
4 45 (14.71%) IT Support Engineer
5 36 (11.76%) Senior
6 33 (10.78%) Consultant
7 30 (9.80%) Analyst
8 28 (9.15%) Developer
9 26 (8.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (6.86%) Administrator
10 21 (6.86%) Lead
11 20 (6.54%) Support Analyst
12 18 (5.88%) 1st Line Support
13 17 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
14 16 (5.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 15 (4.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 15 (4.90%) Systems Administrator
16 14 (4.58%) SharePoint Consultant
16 14 (4.58%) Systems Support
17 13 (4.25%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.94%) .NET
2 5 (1.63%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.63%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.63%) React
2 5 (1.63%) SPFx
3 4 (1.31%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.31%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.31%) Playwright
3 4 (1.31%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.31%) Swagger
4 3 (0.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (0.98%) Terraform
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
5 1 (0.33%) OAuth
5 1 (0.33%) OpenID
5 1 (0.33%) PySpark
5 1 (0.33%) SAML
5 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 28 (9.15%) Management Information System
3 21 (6.86%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.96%) CCTV
7 5 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.98%) IoT
8 3 (0.98%) Social Media
8 3 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.65%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.33%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.33%) CMDB
10 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.33%) PKI
10 1 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 118 (38.56%) Windows
2 74 (24.18%) Windows Server
3 25 (8.17%) Mac OS
4 15 (4.90%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.61%) Android
7 6 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.31%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (19.93%) Customer Service
3 56 (18.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 50 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (15.36%) Project Delivery
7 45 (14.71%) Change Management
8 41 (13.40%) Disaster Recovery
9 40 (13.07%) ITIL
10 39 (12.75%) ERP
11 36 (11.76%) Workflow
12 29 (9.48%) Data Protection
13 28 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
15 26 (8.50%) Time Management
16 24 (7.84%) Document Management
17 22 (7.19%) AI
17 22 (7.19%) Identity Management
17 22 (7.19%) Migration
18 21 (6.86%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.38%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.86%) R
3 17 (5.56%) Python
4 13 (4.25%) C#
5 12 (3.92%) Ruby
6 8 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.29%) C
7 7 (2.29%) VBA
8 6 (1.96%) SQL
9 5 (1.63%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.98%) Bicep
10 3 (0.98%) C++
11 1 (0.33%) Bash
11 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 59 (19.28%) Degree
2 30 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (6.86%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (5.56%) DBS Check
6 16 (5.23%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (4.90%) Security Cleared
8 14 (4.58%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (2.94%) CCNA
10 9 (2.94%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.29%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.63%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.98%) HND
14 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.65%) 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 27 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 26 (8.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (6.54%) GDPR
4 12 (3.92%) SLA
5 11 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (3.27%) QA
7 4 (1.31%) NCSC
8 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.33%) PMO
9 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 136 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 53 (17.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (9.80%) Hyper-V
4 11 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.96%) vSphere
6 5 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 89 (29.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.25%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.92%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.31%) SCCM
4 4 (1.31%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.65%) vRealize
7 1 (0.33%) WMI
7 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 252 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 55 (17.97%) VMware
3 28 (9.15%) Cisco
4 22 (7.19%) Apple
4 22 (7.19%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (7.19%) Veeam
5 20 (6.54%) SonicWALL
6 16 (5.23%) HP
7 13 (4.25%) Fortinet
7 13 (4.25%) HubSpot
8 12 (3.92%) WatchGuard
9 11 (3.59%) Datto
9 11 (3.59%) Google
10 8 (2.61%) N-able
10 8 (2.61%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.29%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.29%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.63%) SAP
13 4 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.31%) TP-LINK