SharePoint Job Trends

Microsoft SharePoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 106 113
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +32
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,179 1,419 1,509
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 2.61% 2.86%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.30% 28.60% 25.29%
Number of salaries quoted 817 900 1,261
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +3.26% -3.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £42,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.16% -0.59% +3.66%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,437 4,962 5,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.82% 9.12% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,307 2,922 4,433
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +3.26% -3.16%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the UK

SharePoint
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England -8 994 £40,000 -20.00% 362
UK excluding London -13 777 £35,000 -17.16% 321
London +10 324 £56,500 +2.73% 89
Work from Home -9 314 £50,000 +5.26% 124
North of England -12 165 £39,000 -13.33% 73
Midlands -14 155 £38,750 -7.74% 47
South East -19 153 £40,000 -11.11% 113
South West +40 119 £33,000 -34.00% 23
Scotland +12 109 £35,000 +7.69% 19
North West -4 99 £40,000 -20.65% 31
West Midlands -7 80 £44,000 -15.38% 26
East Midlands -4 75 £36,250 +15.08% 20
East of England -20 73 £34,000 +6.25% 46
Yorkshire -11 61 £30,000 -9.09% 36
North East -8 5 £77,500 +72.22% 8
Northern Ireland -18 3 £66,250 +26.19% 2
Wales -16 2 £38,750 -18.42% 7

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 361 (30.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.71%) Confluence
3 14 (1.19%) Skype for Business
4 13 (1.10%) CMS
5 8 (0.68%) IIS
5 8 (0.68%) WordPress
6 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) govService
8 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.17%) Moodle
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.085%) Apache
9 1 (0.085%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 198 (16.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 194 (16.45%) Microsoft Office
3 106 (8.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.93%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.76%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) InDesign
10 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 38 (3.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.34%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.085%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.085%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.085%) Shopify
5 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 797 (67.60%) Microsoft 365
2 489 (41.48%) Azure
3 344 (29.18%) Entra ID
4 234 (19.85%) OneDrive
4 234 (19.85%) Power Platform
5 140 (11.87%) Power Automate
6 124 (10.52%) PowerApps
7 77 (6.53%) Dynamics 365
8 60 (5.09%) Microsoft Copilot
9 55 (4.66%) Microsoft Purview
10 53 (4.50%) SaaS
11 37 (3.14%) AWS
12 28 (2.37%) Copilot Studio
13 26 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (2.12%) Serverless
15 24 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
15 24 (2.04%) PaaS
16 22 (1.87%) Mimecast
17 21 (1.78%) IaaS
18 17 (1.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 180 (15.27%) DNS
2 166 (14.08%) Firewall
3 162 (13.74%) DHCP
4 144 (12.21%) VPN
5 91 (7.72%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.96%) VLAN
6 82 (6.96%) WAN
7 81 (6.87%) LAN
8 65 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
9 44 (3.73%) VoIP
10 43 (3.65%) Wireless
11 36 (3.05%) Network Security
12 30 (2.54%) Intranet
13 16 (1.36%) Internet
14 14 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (1.10%) SD-WAN
16 11 (0.93%) Unified Communications
17 10 (0.85%) Skype
18 9 (0.76%) DKIM
18 9 (0.76%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (10.52%) Power BI
2 37 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.44%) Metadata
4 11 (0.93%) MySQL
5 10 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.76%) DTS
7 7 (0.59%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.51%) Power Query
9 5 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.34%) GIS
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.25%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.17%) EDMS
12 2 (0.17%) QlikView
12 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 51 (4.33%) JIRA
2 3 (0.25%) Git
3 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.085%) GitLab
4 1 (0.085%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.085%) Sourcetree
General
1 549 (46.56%) Social Skills
2 206 (17.47%) Finance
3 86 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (7.29%) Law
4 76 (6.45%) Legal
5 64 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
6 61 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (4.58%) Public Sector
8 50 (4.24%) Manufacturing
9 38 (3.22%) Retail
10 28 (2.37%) Telecoms
11 23 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (1.95%) Marketing
12 17 (1.44%) Banking
13 15 (1.27%) Advertising
14 13 (1.10%) German Language
15 12 (1.02%) French Language
15 12 (1.02%) Spanish Language
16 9 (0.76%) Dutch Language
16 9 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 242 (20.53%) IT Support
2 198 (16.79%) Support Engineer
3 159 (13.49%) Senior
4 124 (10.52%) IT Engineer
5 115 (9.75%) Analyst
6 102 (8.65%) IT Support Engineer
7 90 (7.63%) Developer
8 75 (6.36%) 2nd Line Support
9 70 (5.94%) Senior Manager
9 70 (5.94%) Support Analyst
10 64 (5.43%) QA Manager
10 64 (5.43%) Quality Manager
10 64 (5.43%) Senior QA Manager
10 64 (5.43%) Senior Quality Manager
11 60 (5.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 60 (5.09%) Support Technician
12 59 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 50 (4.24%) 1st Line Support
13 50 (4.24%) Power Platform Developer
14 48 (4.07%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.54%) .NET
2 23 (1.95%) HTML
3 21 (1.78%) REST
4 20 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
4 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 15 (1.27%) CSS
6 12 (1.02%) Web Services
7 10 (0.85%) SPFx
8 9 (0.76%) JSON
8 9 (0.76%) Middleware
9 7 (0.59%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.59%) Node.js
10 6 (0.51%) LangChain
10 6 (0.51%) React
11 5 (0.42%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.42%) FreeMarker
11 5 (0.42%) XML
12 4 (0.34%) OAuth
12 4 (0.34%) OpenID
12 4 (0.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (10.94%) Driving Licence
2 122 (10.35%) Onboarding
3 52 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.54%) IoT
5 30 (2.54%) Low-Code
5 30 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (2.37%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
8 19 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.44%) CMDB
10 17 (1.44%) Social Media
11 15 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 14 (1.19%) Replication
13 12 (1.02%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.93%) CCTV
14 11 (0.93%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 427 (36.22%) Windows
2 247 (20.95%) Windows Server
3 162 (13.74%) Windows 10
4 48 (4.07%) Mac OS
5 38 (3.22%) Apple iOS
6 35 (2.97%) Android
7 31 (2.63%) Linux
8 20 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.085%) SUSE
13 1 (0.085%) Unix
13 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (17.64%) Customer Service
3 207 (17.56%) ITIL
4 192 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 154 (13.06%) Project Management
6 137 (11.62%) Cybersecurity
7 131 (11.11%) Agile
8 126 (10.69%) Coaching
9 125 (10.60%) Service Delivery
10 123 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
11 93 (7.89%) AI
12 92 (7.80%) Migration
13 88 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
14 87 (7.38%) Mentoring
15 79 (6.70%) Project Delivery
16 78 (6.62%) CRM
17 76 (6.45%) ITSM
18 74 (6.28%) Customer Experience
19 73 (6.19%) Change Management
20 71 (6.02%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (13.32%) PowerShell
2 98 (8.31%) SQL
3 49 (4.16%) JavaScript
4 44 (3.73%) Python
5 42 (3.56%) C#
6 20 (1.70%) VBA
7 12 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.93%) Bash
8 11 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.42%) Java
10 4 (0.34%) Bicep
11 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.17%) C++
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.085%) VB
13 1 (0.085%) X++
Qualifications
1 178 (15.10%) Degree
2 85 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.43%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 52 (4.41%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.54%) DBS Check
8 27 (2.29%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.87%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.78%) PMP
11 20 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.70%) MCP
12 19 (1.61%) Azure Certification
13 17 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
14 16 (1.36%) HND
15 13 (1.10%) DV Cleared
16 12 (1.02%) A+ Certification
17 10 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
19 7 (0.59%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.46%) QA
2 57 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 54 (4.58%) GDPR
4 51 (4.33%) SLA
5 40 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (2.12%) PMO
7 20 (1.70%) NIST
8 18 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 13 (1.10%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.51%) GRC
12 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.34%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) PMBOK
14 3 (0.25%) MiFID
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 19650
15 2 (0.17%) P3O
15 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.17%) WCAG
16 1 (0.085%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 432 (36.64%) Active Directory
2 84 (7.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (6.19%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.51%) Firmware
6 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.42%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.34%) vSphere
9 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.085%) Docker
10 1 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.085%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 311 (26.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.54%) Terraform
3 22 (1.87%) SCCM
4 17 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 13 (1.10%) Nagios
7 11 (0.93%) Autotask
8 9 (0.76%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.42%) vRealize
11 4 (0.34%) PaperCut
11 4 (0.34%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.25%) Nessus
12 3 (0.25%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.17%) Plesk
13 2 (0.17%) SCOM
13 2 (0.17%) SCSM
13 2 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 942 (79.90%) Microsoft
2 105 (8.91%) VMware
3 75 (6.36%) Apple
4 44 (3.73%) Cisco
5 38 (3.22%) ServiceNow
6 35 (2.97%) Meraki
7 30 (2.54%) Sophos
8 28 (2.37%) Citrix
9 26 (2.21%) Veeam
10 23 (1.95%) Google
11 21 (1.78%) Adobe
12 20 (1.70%) Progress
13 19 (1.61%) Datto
14 18 (1.53%) ConnectWise
14 18 (1.53%) HP
15 17 (1.44%) Oracle
15 17 (1.44%) Salesforce
16 15 (1.27%) Atlassian
17 12 (1.02%) Trend Micro
18 11 (0.93%) Proofpoint