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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 134 115
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 +9
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,885 1,159 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.33% 2.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.41% 28.85% 26.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 862 1,035
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £61,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,875 £76,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year - -3.61% +2.47%

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 4,783 4,018 6,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.06% 8.07% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,229 2,658 3,673
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,334 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.25% +4.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,075 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +27 1,666 £43,000 -2.27% 903
UK excluding London +53 1,361 £40,000 - 574
Work from Home +51 665 £45,000 -10.00% 378
London -16 447 £55,000 -2.65% 358
North of England +66 373 £42,500 +6.25% 129
South East +28 308 £40,000 -1.96% 146
East of England +55 229 £37,000 -11.90% 74
Midlands +4 190 £42,500 +10.39% 81
North West +53 179 £44,000 +10.00% 86
Yorkshire +45 153 £40,000 +37.93% 38
West Midlands +2 119 £50,000 +13.64% 49
South West -64 111 £36,250 +0.69% 74
Scotland +14 80 £30,500 -12.86% 56
East Midlands -30 71 £37,500 +3.45% 32
North East -27 41 £47,500 -29.63% 6
Wales -43 40 £32,000 -21.95% 10
Northern Ireland -49 31 £63,500 -9.29% 10

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
1 613 (32.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (1.86%) CMS
3 31 (1.64%) Confluence
4 27 (1.43%) Sitecore CMS
5 20 (1.06%) IIS
6 19 (1.01%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.42%) Apache
7 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 5 (0.27%) MS Project Server
8 5 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.16%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
9 3 (0.16%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) Moodle
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.053%) WebLogic
Applications
1 191 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 179 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.80%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.74%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.53%) CorelDRAW
7 10 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.27%) Trello
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.21%) ProjectWise
10 3 (0.16%) Revit
11 2 (0.11%) Navisworks
11 2 (0.11%) Simulink
11 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.053%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.053%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.053%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 62 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.69%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.58%) Carpe Diem
5 6 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
6 5 (0.27%) Primavera
6 5 (0.27%) Shopify
7 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 1 (0.053%) Eikon
10 1 (0.053%) FLEXCUBE
10 1 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.053%) Sage 50
10 1 (0.053%) SystmOne
10 1 (0.053%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,397 (74.11%) Microsoft 365
2 791 (41.96%) Azure
3 629 (33.37%) Entra ID
4 552 (29.28%) Power Platform
5 432 (22.92%) OneDrive
6 312 (16.55%) Power Automate
7 302 (16.02%) PowerApps
8 243 (12.89%) Microsoft Copilot
9 116 (6.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 115 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
11 110 (5.84%) SaaS
12 87 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
13 70 (3.71%) Copilot Studio
14 59 (3.13%) Mimecast
15 37 (1.96%) Serverless
16 36 (1.91%) AWS
17 35 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
18 31 (1.64%) Google Workspace
19 30 (1.59%) Azure AI
20 27 (1.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 323 (17.14%) Firewall
2 306 (16.23%) DNS
3 261 (13.85%) DHCP
4 211 (11.19%) VPN
5 154 (8.17%) VLAN
6 153 (8.12%) Wi-Fi
7 119 (6.31%) TCP/IP
8 104 (5.52%) Wireless
9 93 (4.93%) VoIP
10 88 (4.67%) LAN
10 88 (4.67%) WAN
11 45 (2.39%) Network Security
12 35 (1.86%) Intranet
13 23 (1.22%) SSL
14 21 (1.11%) Skype
15 15 (0.80%) PBX
16 14 (0.74%) Cisco Wireless
16 14 (0.74%) SAN
17 13 (0.69%) Internet
18 11 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (13.37%) Power BI
2 96 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (1.11%) Metadata
5 18 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.48%) GIS
9 8 (0.42%) Power Query
10 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.21%) EDMS
12 2 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.11%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.11%) Tableau
13 1 (0.053%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.053%) Delta Lake
13 1 (0.053%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 98 (5.20%) JIRA
2 38 (2.02%) Git
3 5 (0.27%) Postman
4 4 (0.21%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.16%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.16%) JUnit
5 3 (0.16%) Mockito
5 3 (0.16%) Selenium
6 2 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.053%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.053%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 912 (48.38%) Social Skills
2 284 (15.07%) Finance
3 195 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (8.65%) Organisational Skills
5 146 (7.75%) Legal
6 102 (5.41%) Law
7 88 (4.67%) Public Sector
8 86 (4.56%) Manufacturing
9 71 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 49 (2.60%) Marketing
10 49 (2.60%) Retail
11 35 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (1.80%) Publishing
12 34 (1.80%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (1.59%) Banking
15 27 (1.43%) Local Government
16 20 (1.06%) Legal Technology
17 17 (0.90%) Games
18 14 (0.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 407 (21.59%) IT Support
2 291 (15.44%) Support Engineer
3 266 (14.11%) Senior
4 256 (13.58%) IT Engineer
5 227 (12.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 206 (10.93%) Analyst
7 204 (10.82%) Developer
8 133 (7.06%) Support Analyst
9 112 (5.94%) Consultant
10 97 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 97 (5.15%) IT Technician
11 92 (4.88%) Administrator
11 92 (4.88%) Lead
12 90 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
13 83 (4.40%) IT Analyst
14 71 (3.77%) IT Support Analyst
15 69 (3.66%) Support Technician
16 64 (3.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 62 (3.29%) IT Manager
17 62 (3.29%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.61%) HTML
2 61 (3.24%) .NET
3 52 (2.76%) CSS
4 50 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
4 50 (2.65%) REST
5 36 (1.91%) SPFx
6 32 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
7 27 (1.43%) JSON
8 23 (1.22%) ASP.NET
8 23 (1.22%) React
9 16 (0.85%) .NET Core
9 16 (0.85%) .NET Framework
9 16 (0.85%) XML
10 15 (0.80%) Terraform
11 14 (0.74%) RESTful
12 13 (0.69%) Middleware
13 8 (0.42%) XSLT
14 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
14 7 (0.37%) Playwright
14 7 (0.37%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 194 (10.29%) Onboarding
2 176 (9.34%) Driving Licence
3 161 (8.54%) Management Information System
4 93 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.33%) AI Agents
6 38 (2.02%) Low-Code
7 37 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 31 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 31 (1.64%) Security Posture
9 30 (1.59%) Blog
10 28 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
11 27 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 25 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 24 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
14 21 (1.11%) Virtual Team
15 20 (1.06%) Clustering
16 19 (1.01%) CMDB
16 19 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (0.80%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 701 (37.19%) Windows
2 323 (17.14%) Windows Server
3 139 (7.37%) Windows 10
4 108 (5.73%) Mac OS
5 47 (2.49%) Apple iOS
6 43 (2.28%) Linux
7 31 (1.64%) Android
8 29 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.21%) VMS
12 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.053%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 627 (33.26%) Problem-Solving
2 456 (24.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 327 (17.35%) Customer Service
4 301 (15.97%) AI
5 276 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
6 256 (13.58%) ITIL
7 226 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
8 202 (10.72%) Project Delivery
9 200 (10.61%) Service Delivery
10 186 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 170 (9.02%) Disaster Recovery
12 166 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 162 (8.59%) Agile
14 156 (8.28%) Service Management
15 155 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 154 (8.17%) Workflow
17 145 (7.69%) CRM
18 143 (7.59%) Migration
19 138 (7.32%) Project Management
20 132 (7.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 238 (12.63%) PowerShell
2 169 (8.97%) SQL
3 114 (6.05%) C#
4 107 (5.68%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.18%) Python
6 28 (1.49%) R
7 22 (1.17%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.06%) VBA
9 14 (0.74%) Ruby
10 9 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.42%) C
12 7 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.27%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.21%) Bicep
14 4 (0.21%) Java
14 4 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.16%) C++
16 2 (0.11%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.11%) PHP
16 2 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 256 (13.58%) Degree
2 170 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 87 (4.62%) Security Cleared
4 68 (3.61%) SC Cleared
5 54 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.02%) DBS Check
7 37 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
10 23 (1.22%) CCNA
11 22 (1.17%) A+ Certification
12 19 (1.01%) HND
13 17 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.74%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.69%) PMP
16 12 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.58%) DV Cleared
17 11 (0.58%) MCSE
18 10 (0.53%) HNC
19 9 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (5.41%) GDPR
2 101 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 87 (4.62%) SLA
4 77 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 61 (3.24%) Accessibility
6 46 (2.44%) Data Quality
7 39 (2.07%) QA
8 31 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 28 (1.49%) PMO
10 20 (1.06%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.58%) WCAG
12 9 (0.48%) NIST
13 7 (0.37%) NCSC
13 7 (0.37%) NEBOSH
14 6 (0.32%) ISO 14001
15 5 (0.27%) COSHH
15 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.21%) Def Stans
17 2 (0.11%) IEC 61131
17 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 642 (34.06%) Active Directory
2 166 (8.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 40 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.17%) vSphere
6 21 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 10 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.21%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.053%) Docker
12 1 (0.053%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.053%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 405 (21.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (2.28%) SCCM
3 32 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
4 30 (1.59%) FortiGate
5 27 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.95%) Autotask
7 7 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.32%) Ansible
9 5 (0.27%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.16%) cPanel
11 3 (0.16%) Plesk
11 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.16%) Puppet
12 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Nessus
12 2 (0.11%) vRealize
12 2 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,596 (84.67%) Microsoft
2 195 (10.34%) VMware
3 113 (5.99%) Cisco
4 83 (4.40%) Apple
5 73 (3.87%) Veeam
6 56 (2.97%) SonicWALL
7 52 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 46 (2.44%) Meraki
9 44 (2.33%) HP
10 42 (2.23%) Google
11 36 (1.91%) Datto
12 29 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (1.49%) Adobe
13 28 (1.49%) Sitecore
14 26 (1.38%) Aruba
14 26 (1.38%) Salesforce
15 25 (1.33%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.17%) Citrix
17 21 (1.11%) Palo Alto
17 21 (1.11%) WatchGuard