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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 119 100
Rank change year-on-year -6 -19 -8
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 219 207 457
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.42% 2.48% 2.58%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.56% 32.65% 33.21%
Number of salaries quoted 178 158 386
10th Percentile £26,925 £27,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £53,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,550 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year - +4.65% -14.00%

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 540 634 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.49% 7.60% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 428 411 1,019
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,625 £32,500
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 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -11.50%

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 5 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 5 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 -9 72 £45,000 +20.00% 33
Surrey +11 58 £57,500 +47.44% 14
Berkshire -5 35 £47,500 +26.67% 13
Hampshire -37 33 £57,500 +64.29% 10
Kent -2 32 £35,000 +11.11% 8
Buckinghamshire -11 20 £33,000 -12.00% 8
Oxfordshire -14 17 £47,166 +10.33% 13
West Sussex -11 13 £69,500 +39.00% 5
East Sussex -25 6 £29,500 -46.36% 5
Sussex -10 3 - -
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
1 111 (50.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.57%) Confluence
3 3 (1.37%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) govService
Applications
1 27 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.46%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.46%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 167 (76.26%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (47.95%) Azure
3 68 (31.05%) Entra ID
4 40 (18.26%) Power Platform
5 31 (14.16%) OneDrive
5 31 (14.16%) SaaS
6 30 (13.70%) PowerApps
7 28 (12.79%) Mimecast
8 21 (9.59%) Power Automate
9 7 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.83%) AWS
11 4 (1.83%) GitHub
11 4 (1.83%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.91%) IaaS
14 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.46%) Slack
14 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 55 (25.11%) Firewall
2 52 (23.74%) DNS
3 51 (23.29%) DHCP
4 31 (14.16%) VLAN
4 31 (14.16%) VPN
5 25 (11.42%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (10.50%) Wireless
7 15 (6.85%) VoIP
8 13 (5.94%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.11%) WAN
10 8 (3.65%) LAN
11 5 (2.28%) Network Security
11 5 (2.28%) SSL
12 4 (1.83%) BGP
12 4 (1.83%) Cisco Wireless
12 4 (1.83%) IPsec
13 3 (1.37%) Skype
14 2 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
15 1 (0.46%) DKIM
15 1 (0.46%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.13%) Power BI
2 8 (3.65%) Metadata
3 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.46%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (15.98%) JIRA
2 4 (1.83%) Cucumber
2 4 (1.83%) Git
2 4 (1.83%) Postman
General
1 84 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.33%) Legal
3 24 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (9.13%) Finance
5 16 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.39%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (6.39%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.20%) Retail
9 4 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.83%) Marketing
10 3 (1.37%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.91%) Local Government
12 1 (0.46%) Esports
12 1 (0.46%) Games
12 1 (0.46%) Law
12 1 (0.46%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (21.92%) IT Support
2 44 (20.09%) Support Engineer
3 38 (17.35%) IT Engineer
4 32 (14.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 31 (14.16%) 3rd Line Support
6 25 (11.42%) Analyst
6 25 (11.42%) Lead
7 22 (10.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 22 (10.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 21 (9.59%) Infrastructure Support
9 20 (9.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 20 (9.13%) Administrator
10 19 (8.68%) Developer
10 19 (8.68%) Senior
11 18 (8.22%) Consultant
12 17 (7.76%) Support Analyst
13 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (5.48%) SharePoint Developer
14 12 (5.48%) Systems Administrator
15 11 (5.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.11%) .NET
2 5 (2.28%) ASP.NET
2 5 (2.28%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (2.28%) React
2 5 (2.28%) SPFx
3 4 (1.83%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.83%) Gherkin
3 4 (1.83%) Playwright
3 4 (1.83%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.83%) Swagger
4 3 (1.37%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (0.46%) CSS
5 1 (0.46%) EDI
5 1 (0.46%) HTML
5 1 (0.46%) OpenID
5 1 (0.46%) SAML
5 1 (0.46%) Web Services
5 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.76%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.57%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.28%) CCTV
6 5 (2.28%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.83%) Replication
8 3 (1.37%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.37%) IoT
9 2 (0.91%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.91%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.46%) CMDB
10 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.46%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (34.25%) Windows
2 52 (23.74%) Windows Server
3 12 (5.48%) Windows 10
4 11 (5.02%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.65%) Android
6 6 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.37%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.91%) Linux
8 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.63%) Change Management
1 43 (19.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 43 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (15.53%) Workflow
3 33 (15.07%) Technical Leadership
4 30 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (13.70%) Customer Service
4 30 (13.70%) ITIL
5 29 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (12.33%) Agile
6 27 (12.33%) Identity Management
7 26 (11.87%) Incident Management
8 21 (9.59%) Project Delivery
9 20 (9.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (9.13%) ERP
10 18 (8.22%) Coaching
10 18 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (7.31%) Service Delivery
12 14 (6.39%) Data Analysis
12 14 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.33%) PowerShell
2 25 (11.42%) R
3 21 (9.59%) Python
4 13 (5.94%) VBA
5 10 (4.57%) C#
6 8 (3.65%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.20%) C
8 5 (2.28%) SQL
8 5 (2.28%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.37%) C++
9 3 (1.37%) Ruby
10 1 (0.46%) Bash
10 1 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (16.44%) Degree
2 24 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.94%) Master's Degree
3 13 (5.94%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.20%) APMP
5 7 (3.20%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.20%) MBA
6 6 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.74%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.37%) HND
10 2 (0.91%) CCNA
11 1 (0.46%) APMG
11 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.65%) GDPR
3 8 (3.65%) SLA
4 7 (3.20%) QA
5 4 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.37%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.37%) PMO
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 100 (45.66%) Active Directory
2 25 (11.42%) Hyper-V
3 23 (10.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.74%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.28%) vSphere
6 3 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (28.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.11%) Backup Exec
3 6 (2.74%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (2.74%) vRealize
4 4 (1.83%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.91%) SCCM
7 1 (0.46%) Autotask
7 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 162 (73.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.24%) VMware
3 26 (11.87%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (7.31%) Veeam
5 14 (6.39%) Cisco
6 9 (4.11%) Ubiquiti
7 7 (3.20%) Apple
8 6 (2.74%) Meraki
8 6 (2.74%) SonicWALL
8 6 (2.74%) TP-LINK
8 6 (2.74%) WatchGuard
9 5 (2.28%) Datto
9 5 (2.28%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.83%) Google
10 4 (1.83%) HP
10 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.83%) Sophos
11 3 (1.37%) Facebook
11 3 (1.37%) Instagram
11 3 (1.37%) Symantec