SharePoint Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft SharePoint
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 109 65
Rank change year-on-year +15 -44 -6
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 99 94 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.50% 2.61% 3.31%
As % of the Application Platforms category 45.83% 33.22% 39.68%
Number of salaries quoted 73 59 131
10th Percentile £29,100 £28,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% -11.76% -8.31%
75th Percentile £63,750 £47,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,600 £77,100 £60,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -

All Application Platform Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 216 283 436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.27% 7.87% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 159 180 307
10th Percentile £28,900 £28,475 £29,450
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £59,750
90th Percentile £71,100 £80,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% -8.00%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SharePoint
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the Thames Valley

SharePoint
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Berkshire +7 46 £52,500 +40.00% 19
Buckinghamshire -3 30 £33,000 -12.00% 9
Oxfordshire -14 23 £47,166 +10.33% 8
SharePoint
South East

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 48 (48.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 77 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (53.54%) Azure
3 37 (37.37%) Entra ID
4 25 (25.25%) Power Platform
5 12 (12.12%) OneDrive
5 12 (12.12%) Power Automate
6 8 (8.08%) Google Workspace
6 8 (8.08%) IaaS
7 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.04%) GitHub
8 4 (4.04%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (3.03%) SaaS
10 2 (2.02%) AWS
10 2 (2.02%) PaaS
11 1 (1.01%) Google Ads
11 1 (1.01%) Slack
11 1 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 42 (42.42%) DNS
2 41 (41.41%) DHCP
3 40 (40.40%) Firewall
4 25 (25.25%) VPN
5 21 (21.21%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (20.20%) VLAN
7 12 (12.12%) SSL
8 10 (10.10%) Wireless
9 9 (9.09%) TCP/IP
9 9 (9.09%) VoIP
10 1 (1.01%) DKIM
10 1 (1.01%) DMARC
10 1 (1.01%) Intranet
10 1 (1.01%) LAN
10 1 (1.01%) Network Security
10 1 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.05%) Power BI
2 3 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.01%) Metadata
3 1 (1.01%) Power Query
3 1 (1.01%) PowerPivot
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Cucumber
1 4 (4.04%) Git
1 4 (4.04%) Postman
2 2 (2.02%) JIRA
General
1 48 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 6 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.04%) Finance
5 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Retail
6 3 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Marketing
7 1 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (25.25%) IT Engineer
2 22 (22.22%) IT Support
3 20 (20.20%) Support Engineer
4 19 (19.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (17.17%) Senior
6 12 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (11.11%) Consultant
8 9 (9.09%) Developer
9 8 (8.08%) Business Developer
9 8 (8.08%) Senior IT Engineer
9 8 (8.08%) Senior IT Support
9 8 (8.08%) Senior Support Engineer
9 8 (8.08%) SharePoint Consultant
9 8 (8.08%) Systems Developer
10 7 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (7.07%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (6.06%) Network Operations Engineer
11 6 (6.06%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (6.06%) Platform Manager
11 6 (6.06%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.04%) .NET
1 4 (4.04%) .NET Framework
1 4 (4.04%) Gherkin
1 4 (4.04%) Playwright
1 4 (4.04%) Razor View Engine
1 4 (4.04%) Swagger
2 1 (1.01%) OpenID
2 1 (1.01%) PySpark
2 1 (1.01%) SAML
2 1 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.15%) Driving Licence
2 10 (10.10%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.08%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.06%) CCTV
5 5 (5.05%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.01%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.01%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (40.40%) Windows
2 26 (26.26%) Windows Server
3 12 (12.12%) Mac OS
4 10 (10.10%) Windows 10
5 6 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.03%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.02%) Android
7 2 (2.02%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.02%) Linux
8 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.34%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (26.26%) Customer Service
3 22 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 22 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 20 (20.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (14.14%) AI
6 14 (14.14%) Computer Science
6 14 (14.14%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (14.14%) Data Protection
7 13 (13.13%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (13.13%) Coaching
7 13 (13.13%) ITIL
7 13 (13.13%) Project Delivery
8 11 (11.11%) ERP
8 11 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
9 10 (10.10%) Analytics
9 10 (10.10%) Document Management
10 9 (9.09%) Data Privacy
10 9 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.28%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.07%) Python
3 5 (5.05%) C#
4 4 (4.04%) C
4 4 (4.04%) SQL
5 3 (3.03%) Bicep
6 1 (1.01%) Bash
6 1 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 32 (32.32%) Degree
2 21 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (13.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 9 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (8.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (8.08%) DBS Check
6 4 (4.04%) CCNA
6 4 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.03%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.02%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.01%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.01%) APMG
9 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.01%) PMP
9 1 (1.01%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (23.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (8.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (6.06%) GDPR
3 6 (6.06%) QA
4 4 (4.04%) NCSC
5 1 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.01%) PMO
5 1 (1.01%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (49.49%) Active Directory
2 20 (20.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (14.14%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.06%) vSphere
5 4 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.02%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (10.10%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.02%) Terraform
4 2 (2.02%) vRealize
5 1 (1.01%) Autotask
5 1 (1.01%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 88 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 22 (22.22%) VMware
3 10 (10.10%) Apple
4 9 (9.09%) Cisco
4 9 (9.09%) Datto
5 8 (8.08%) Google
5 8 (8.08%) SonicWALL
5 8 (8.08%) Veeam
6 3 (3.03%) Aruba
6 3 (3.03%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.03%) Juniper
6 3 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.02%) ConnectWise
7 2 (2.02%) Meraki
8 1 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.01%) Databricks
8 1 (1.01%) Okta
8 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.01%) SAP
8 1 (1.01%) Sophos