SharePoint Job Trends

Microsoft SharePoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SharePoint skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 116 123
Rank change year-on-year -18 +7 +60
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,134 1,693 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.29% 2.17% 2.66%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.98% 24.68% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 866 1,145 1,335
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,750 £35,167
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,938 £61,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +1.67%

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 4,053 6,859 6,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.19% 8.78% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,692 4,124 5,502
10th Percentile £29,513 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,844 £55,000 £55,325
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -0.59% +0.59%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £77,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Top 16 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 18 September 2025. 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 -25 1,022 £42,500 -15.00% 609
UK excluding London -40 710 £40,000 -5.88% 574
Work from Home -3 357 £47,500 -9.52% 261
London +22 355 £57,500 +4.55% 182
South East -14 209 £40,600 -4.47% 206
Midlands +7 160 £40,000 - 77
North of England -56 132 £38,000 -10.59% 97
South West +25 94 £37,500 -25.00% 66
West Midlands +10 88 £44,138 +10.34% 33
North West -25 81 £40,000 -27.00% 52
East Midlands +21 72 £38,500 -8.33% 42
East of England -48 69 £40,500 +14.08% 56
Yorkshire -21 47 £29,000 -22.67% 37
Scotland +4 39 £35,000 +7.69% 58
Wales -7 8 £40,500 -25.00% 15
North East -4 4 £33,198 -14.88% 11

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 357 (31.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.03%) Skype for Business
3 19 (1.68%) Confluence
4 18 (1.59%) IIS
5 9 (0.79%) CMS
6 8 (0.71%) WordPress
7 6 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.44%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.35%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.26%) JOnAS
11 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.18%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.088%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.088%) Moodle
12 1 (0.088%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.088%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 142 (12.52%) Microsoft Office
2 132 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.088%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.088%) InDesign
9 1 (0.088%) Revit
Business Applications
1 51 (4.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.53%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.53%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.35%) Sage 1000
3 4 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.35%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.088%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.088%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 777 (68.52%) Microsoft 365
2 506 (44.62%) Azure
3 300 (26.46%) Entra ID
4 273 (24.07%) Power Platform
5 252 (22.22%) OneDrive
6 187 (16.49%) Power Automate
7 159 (14.02%) PowerApps
8 80 (7.05%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (5.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 50 (4.41%) SaaS
11 49 (4.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 38 (3.35%) AWS
13 34 (3.00%) PaaS
14 29 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 29 (2.56%) Serverless
15 24 (2.12%) IaaS
16 23 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
18 21 (1.85%) Mimecast
19 17 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 171 (15.08%) Firewall
2 138 (12.17%) DNS
3 123 (10.85%) DHCP
4 98 (8.64%) VPN
5 85 (7.50%) TCP/IP
6 72 (6.35%) LAN
7 67 (5.91%) WAN
8 65 (5.73%) VLAN
9 60 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (5.20%) VoIP
11 57 (5.03%) Wireless
12 36 (3.17%) Intranet
13 24 (2.12%) Internet
14 20 (1.76%) SAN
14 20 (1.76%) WebEx
15 18 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (1.23%) Skype
17 12 (1.06%) IP Telephony
17 12 (1.06%) Network Security
18 9 (0.79%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (13.05%) Power BI
2 73 (6.44%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (2.03%) Data Lake
5 23 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (1.76%) Metadata
6 20 (1.76%) Tableau
7 18 (1.59%) Big Data
8 14 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.88%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.88%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.71%) DTS
10 8 (0.71%) MySQL
10 8 (0.71%) Star Schema
11 6 (0.53%) Power Query
12 4 (0.35%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.35%) FileMaker
13 3 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (4.50%) JIRA
2 15 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.088%) Git
3 1 (0.088%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.088%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.088%) Postman
3 1 (0.088%) RStudio
3 1 (0.088%) Sourcetree
General
1 459 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 256 (22.57%) Finance
3 119 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (7.67%) Law
5 75 (6.61%) Legal
6 73 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (4.50%) Manufacturing
9 48 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 40 (3.53%) Retail
11 31 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.56%) Automotive
13 27 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (2.29%) Telecoms
15 25 (2.20%) Marketing
16 22 (1.94%) Banking
17 19 (1.68%) Local Government
18 14 (1.23%) Advertising
18 14 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.23%) Police
Job Titles
1 205 (18.08%) IT Support
2 186 (16.40%) Analyst
3 168 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 127 (11.20%) Support Analyst
5 117 (10.32%) Senior
6 80 (7.05%) Developer
7 71 (6.26%) 2nd Line Support
8 69 (6.08%) IT Analyst
8 69 (6.08%) IT Engineer
9 67 (5.91%) Lead
10 61 (5.38%) Administrator
10 61 (5.38%) IT Support Analyst
11 60 (5.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 57 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 50 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
14 49 (4.32%) IT Manager
14 49 (4.32%) Technical Support
15 38 (3.35%) 3rd Line Support
15 38 (3.35%) Project Manager
16 35 (3.09%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.97%) .NET
2 28 (2.47%) HTML
3 23 (2.03%) CSS
4 16 (1.41%) Web Services
5 15 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
6 13 (1.15%) React
7 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (1.06%) REST
8 11 (0.97%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.71%) ARM Templates
9 8 (0.71%) ASP.NET
9 8 (0.71%) JSON
9 8 (0.71%) Node.js
9 8 (0.71%) Software Packaging
10 7 (0.62%) EDI
11 6 (0.53%) LangChain
11 6 (0.53%) SOAP
12 5 (0.44%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.44%) FreeMarker
12 5 (0.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 112 (9.88%) Onboarding
2 84 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 55 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 53 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 26 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (2.12%) Social Media
8 23 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
9 21 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.23%) IoT
12 12 (1.06%) CCTV
12 12 (1.06%) Security Posture
13 11 (0.97%) Clustering
13 11 (0.97%) NHS
14 10 (0.88%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.88%) Cloud Native
14 10 (0.88%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.88%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 429 (37.83%) Windows
2 220 (19.40%) Windows Server
3 128 (11.29%) Windows 10
4 61 (5.38%) Mac OS
5 33 (2.91%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.76%) Linux
7 19 (1.68%) Android
8 18 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.06%) Unix
11 11 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.79%) VMS
13 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.088%) CentOS
16 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.088%) SUSE
16 1 (0.088%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.088%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (30.60%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (17.99%) ITIL
3 161 (14.20%) Customer Service
4 158 (13.93%) Business Intelligence
5 148 (13.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 129 (11.38%) Project Management
7 121 (10.67%) CRM
8 118 (10.41%) Cybersecurity
9 109 (9.61%) Agile
10 98 (8.64%) Migration
11 97 (8.55%) Service Delivery
12 94 (8.29%) Mentoring
13 88 (7.76%) Roadmaps
14 76 (6.70%) ITSM
14 76 (6.70%) Service Management
15 74 (6.53%) Project Delivery
15 74 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 69 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 68 (6.00%) Disaster Recovery
18 67 (5.91%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 190 (16.75%) PowerShell
2 124 (10.93%) SQL
3 71 (6.26%) C#
4 63 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.44%) Python
6 23 (2.03%) T-SQL
7 14 (1.23%) VBA
8 13 (1.15%) Bash
9 10 (0.88%) Bicep
10 9 (0.79%) Java
11 8 (0.71%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.35%) RPG
12 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.26%) PHP
13 3 (0.26%) Progress 4GL
14 2 (0.18%) C++
14 2 (0.18%) R
15 1 (0.088%) VBScript
15 1 (0.088%) X++
Qualifications
1 245 (21.60%) Degree
2 93 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (4.50%) Security Cleared
4 41 (3.62%) DBS Check
5 31 (2.73%) SC Cleared
6 19 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.59%) MCP
8 17 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.41%) A+ Certification
9 16 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.06%) MCSA
12 11 (0.97%) ACCA
12 11 (0.97%) CIMA
12 11 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.97%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.88%) DV Cleared
13 10 (0.88%) PMP
14 8 (0.71%) CCNA
15 7 (0.62%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.73%) GDPR
2 46 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 40 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 37 (3.26%) SLA
5 36 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (3.00%) QA
7 33 (2.91%) PMO
8 16 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.23%) NIST
10 11 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.44%) MiFID
12 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.18%) COBIT
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.088%) IASME
14 1 (0.088%) ISO 19650
14 1 (0.088%) P3O
14 1 (0.088%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.088%) WCAG
System Software
1 427 (37.65%) Active Directory
2 95 (8.38%) Hyper-V
3 85 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.32%) Terminal Services
6 9 (0.79%) vSphere
6 9 (0.79%) XenApp
7 6 (0.53%) Firmware
7 6 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.35%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.35%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.088%) Docker
10 1 (0.088%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.088%) NFS
10 1 (0.088%) Postfix
10 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 295 (26.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.73%) SCCM
3 23 (2.03%) Autotask
4 22 (1.94%) Terraform
5 16 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (1.06%) Nagios
6 12 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.71%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.44%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.44%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.44%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.26%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.26%) SCOM
9 3 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.18%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.18%) SCSM
10 2 (0.18%) WSUS
11 1 (0.088%) DameWare
11 1 (0.088%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 892 (78.66%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.35%) VMware
3 78 (6.88%) Apple
4 69 (6.08%) Cisco
5 62 (5.47%) Meraki
6 50 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 39 (3.44%) HP
8 36 (3.17%) Sophos
9 33 (2.91%) Citrix
10 32 (2.82%) Sage
11 25 (2.20%) Salesforce
12 24 (2.12%) Atlassian
13 20 (1.76%) Datto
13 20 (1.76%) Google
13 20 (1.76%) Oracle
14 19 (1.68%) Progress
15 17 (1.50%) SAP
16 15 (1.32%) Samsung
16 15 (1.32%) Veeam
17 12 (1.06%) Fortinet