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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 114 89
Rank change year-on-year -16 -25 +37
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 161 217 338
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.50% 2.47% 3.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 36.10% 29.05% 30.07%
Number of salaries quoted 131 123 259
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,300 £27,750
25th Percentile £27,125 £35,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £55,812 £59,875 £54,073
90th Percentile £66,250 £68,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £41,750 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.50% +17.65% -10.53%

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 446 747 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.16% 8.49% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 347 329 839
10th Percentile £26,621 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £76,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +15.00% -9.09%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -44 48 £43,750 -1.88% 33
Hampshire +4 39 £46,000 +2.22% 28
Berkshire -15 34 £50,000 +11.11% 25
Surrey +17 31 £29,500 -52.80% 7
Kent +6 27 £37,500 -31.82% 14
West Sussex +14 12 £32,000 +10.34% 3
Oxfordshire +3 7 £28,000 -20.00% 7
Buckinghamshire -32 7 £36,500 -14.12% 1
Sussex - 4 £45,000 -
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 53 (32.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.86%) Confluence
2 3 (1.86%) govService
3 2 (1.24%) CMS
3 2 (1.24%) WordPress
4 1 (0.62%) Apache
4 1 (0.62%) IIS
4 1 (0.62%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (16.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (15.53%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (5.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.62%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.62%) InDesign
5 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.62%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.62%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.62%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 101 (62.73%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (32.92%) Azure
3 37 (22.98%) Entra ID
4 28 (17.39%) Power Platform
5 22 (13.66%) OneDrive
6 19 (11.80%) PowerApps
7 9 (5.59%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.48%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.48%) SaaS
11 2 (1.24%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.62%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.62%) IaaS
12 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.62%) OCI
12 1 (0.62%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 38 (23.60%) Firewall
2 37 (22.98%) DNS
3 35 (21.74%) DHCP
4 29 (18.01%) VPN
5 19 (11.80%) VLAN
6 12 (7.45%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (6.83%) TCP/IP
8 10 (6.21%) VoIP
8 10 (6.21%) Wireless
9 6 (3.73%) Unified Communications
10 3 (1.86%) WAN
11 2 (1.24%) BGP
11 2 (1.24%) Ethernet
11 2 (1.24%) IPsec
11 2 (1.24%) SSL
12 1 (0.62%) Internet
12 1 (0.62%) LAN
12 1 (0.62%) MPLS
12 1 (0.62%) PBX
12 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.39%) Power BI
2 3 (1.86%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.24%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
General
1 71 (44.10%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.39%) Finance
3 13 (8.07%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.97%) Legal
6 8 (4.97%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.73%) Retail
7 6 (3.73%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.48%) German Language
8 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.86%) Local Government
10 1 (0.62%) Advertising
10 1 (0.62%) Billing
10 1 (0.62%) Electronics
10 1 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (28.57%) IT Support
2 35 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 30 (18.63%) IT Engineer
4 27 (16.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (11.80%) Analyst
6 14 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (8.07%) 3rd Line Support
7 13 (8.07%) Consultant
8 12 (7.45%) 1st Line Support
8 12 (7.45%) Coordinator
9 11 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 10 (6.21%) Architect
11 9 (5.59%) Lead
11 9 (5.59%) Principal Consultant
11 9 (5.59%) Support Technician
12 7 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
12 7 (4.35%) Senior
12 7 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) Web Services
2 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (2.48%) OAuth
2 4 (2.48%) OAuth2
2 4 (2.48%) OpenID
2 4 (2.48%) SAML
3 3 (1.86%) CSS
3 3 (1.86%) HTML
4 1 (0.62%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 20 (12.42%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.73%) FMCG
3 6 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.48%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.48%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.86%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.86%) Replication
6 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.24%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.62%) CMDB
7 1 (0.62%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.62%) IVR
7 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.62%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (45.34%) Windows
2 46 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 28 (17.39%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.35%) Linux
5 4 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.86%) Android
6 3 (1.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.86%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (17.39%) Agile
3 25 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (15.53%) Project Management
4 23 (14.29%) ITIL
4 23 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 22 (13.66%) Customer Service
6 19 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (10.56%) Data Analysis
7 17 (10.56%) Decision-Making
8 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (9.32%) Data Science
10 14 (8.70%) ERP
11 13 (8.07%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (7.45%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (7.45%) Time Management
13 11 (6.83%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (6.83%) Project Delivery
14 10 (6.21%) Asset Management
15 9 (5.59%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.32%) PowerShell
1 15 (9.32%) Python
1 15 (9.32%) VBA
2 9 (5.59%) SQL
3 4 (2.48%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.86%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (23.60%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.39%) Degree
3 20 (12.42%) SC Cleared
4 16 (9.94%) DV Cleared
5 15 (9.32%) Master's Degree
6 9 (5.59%) APMP
6 9 (5.59%) MBA
7 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.48%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.48%) PMP
9 2 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.62%) CCNA
10 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.62%) HND
10 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.62%) MCP
10 1 (0.62%) MCSA
10 1 (0.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.56%) SLA
2 13 (8.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (5.59%) QA
4 8 (4.97%) PMO
5 6 (3.73%) GDPR
5 6 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.62%) NIST
7 1 (0.62%) P3O
7 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (45.96%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.94%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.59%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.86%) vSphere
7 2 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (20.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.59%) vRealize
3 4 (2.48%) Backup Exec
4 3 (1.86%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.24%) SCCM
5 2 (1.24%) SCOM
5 2 (1.24%) SCSM
5 2 (1.24%) Terraform
6 1 (0.62%) CASB
Vendors
1 107 (66.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.04%) VMware
3 13 (8.07%) Cisco
4 12 (7.45%) Meraki
5 11 (6.83%) Apple
6 10 (6.21%) Veeam
7 7 (4.35%) Adobe
8 6 (3.73%) Infor
9 5 (3.11%) WatchGuard
10 4 (2.48%) HubSpot
10 4 (2.48%) Sage
11 3 (1.86%) Aruba
11 3 (1.86%) Civica
11 3 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.86%) Draytek
11 3 (1.86%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.86%) Granicus
11 3 (1.86%) NetApp
11 3 (1.86%) Sophos
11 3 (1.86%) Trend Micro