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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 106 92
Rank change year-on-year -33 -14 +21
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 169 179 488
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.16% 2.52% 2.99%
As % of the Application Platforms category 37.47% 35.17% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 130 120 383
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,350 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £31,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -13.00%

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 451 509 1,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.11% 7.16% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 344 314 1,088
10th Percentile £27,800 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £32,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,246 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.01% +10.00% -10.71%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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
Surrey +5 51 £57,500 -6.12% 8
Thames Valley -42 48 £40,000 +6.67% 22
Hampshire -15 33 £57,500 +100.00% 17
Kent -23 28 £47,500 +50.79% 7
Berkshire -31 26 £50,500 +34.67% 14
Buckinghamshire -29 17 £38,250 -25.37% 2
West Sussex -13 7 £75,000 +158.62% 4
Oxfordshire -18 5 £28,750 -52.08% 7
East Sussex -35 1 £50,000 -9.09%
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 69 (40.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.78%) govService
4 2 (1.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) IIS
5 1 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (17.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.78%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.59%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.59%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 111 (65.68%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (37.28%) Azure
3 38 (22.49%) Entra ID
4 30 (17.75%) Power Platform
5 24 (14.20%) OneDrive
5 24 (14.20%) PowerApps
6 18 (10.65%) SaaS
7 16 (9.47%) Mimecast
8 11 (6.51%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.78%) AWS
12 1 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.59%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.59%) IaaS
12 1 (0.59%) OCI
12 1 (0.59%) PaaS
12 1 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 34 (20.12%) DHCP
1 34 (20.12%) DNS
1 34 (20.12%) Firewall
2 18 (10.65%) VPN
3 15 (8.88%) VLAN
4 11 (6.51%) VoIP
4 11 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (6.51%) Wireless
5 9 (5.33%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.37%) BGP
6 4 (2.37%) IPsec
7 2 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (1.18%) WAN
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.59%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.59%) LAN
8 1 (0.59%) MPLS
8 1 (0.59%) SSL
8 1 (0.59%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.59%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.61%) Power BI
2 6 (3.55%) Metadata
3 4 (2.37%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.59%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.59%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (13.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
General
1 62 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.38%) Finance
3 20 (11.83%) Legal
4 19 (11.24%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.78%) Local Government
9 3 (1.78%) Marketing
10 2 (1.18%) Retail
10 2 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.59%) German Language
11 1 (0.59%) Law
11 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (18.93%) IT Support
2 29 (17.16%) Support Engineer
3 25 (14.79%) 3rd Line Support
3 25 (14.79%) Analyst
4 21 (12.43%) Infrastructure Support
5 20 (11.83%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 19 (11.24%) IT Engineer
6 19 (11.24%) Lead
7 17 (10.06%) Support Analyst
8 16 (9.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (9.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 16 (9.47%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (8.88%) Developer
10 14 (8.28%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (8.28%) Architect
10 14 (8.28%) Consultant
11 12 (7.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (6.51%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (6.51%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 11 (6.51%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.37%) .NET
2 3 (1.78%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.78%) ASP.NET Core
2 3 (1.78%) CSS
2 3 (1.78%) HTML
2 3 (1.78%) React
2 3 (1.78%) SPFx
3 2 (1.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.47%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.28%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.96%) Low-Code
4 5 (2.96%) Replication
5 4 (2.37%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.78%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.18%) FMCG
7 2 (1.18%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.59%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.59%) CMDB
8 1 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.59%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (33.73%) Windows
2 39 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.51%) Windows 10
4 9 (5.33%) Android
5 5 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.78%) Linux
8 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (15.98%) Change Management
3 25 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (14.79%) Technical Leadership
4 24 (14.20%) Agile
4 24 (14.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (13.02%) ITIL
5 22 (13.02%) Workflow
6 21 (12.43%) Project Management
7 19 (11.24%) Identity Management
8 18 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (10.06%) Customer Service
9 17 (10.06%) Decision-Making
9 17 (10.06%) Incident Management
10 16 (9.47%) Data Analysis
11 15 (8.88%) Data Science
11 15 (8.88%) ERP
12 12 (7.10%) Project Delivery
13 11 (6.51%) SDLC
13 11 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.47%) R
2 15 (8.88%) Python
2 15 (8.88%) VBA
3 7 (4.14%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.96%) SQL
5 4 (2.37%) C#
6 3 (1.78%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.78%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (17.75%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.79%) Degree
3 15 (8.88%) Master's Degree
3 15 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.92%) APMP
4 10 (5.92%) DV Cleared
4 10 (5.92%) MBA
5 3 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.51%) SLA
3 5 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.37%) PMO
4 4 (2.37%) QA
5 3 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (39.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.92%) VMware NSX
4 7 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (19.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.92%) vRealize
3 9 (5.33%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.18%) SCCM
4 2 (1.18%) Terraform
5 1 (0.59%) Autotask
5 1 (0.59%) CASB
5 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (63.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.06%) VMware
3 16 (9.47%) CrowdStrike
4 13 (7.69%) Veeam
5 9 (5.33%) Apple
6 6 (3.55%) Adobe
6 6 (3.55%) TP-LINK
6 6 (3.55%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (2.96%) Cisco
7 5 (2.96%) Meraki
7 5 (2.96%) WatchGuard
8 3 (1.78%) Granicus
9 2 (1.18%) IFS
9 2 (1.18%) Infor
10 1 (0.59%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.59%) HP
10 1 (0.59%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.59%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.59%) Siemens
10 1 (0.59%) Sophos