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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 108 107
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +37
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,218 1,392 1,893
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 2.66% 2.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.37% 28.87% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 848 876 1,612
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,020 £47,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +10.47% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £76,625 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,480 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +2.50% -1.23%

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 3,444 4,821 7,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.46% 9.20% 10.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,277 2,804 5,512
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,188 £35,459
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,868 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% +11.74% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,020 £46,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +5.75% -6.61%

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 28 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 28 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 -13 1,024 £41,750 -16.50% 342
UK excluding London -9 801 £35,480 -13.46% 313
Work from Home +1 348 £50,000 +5.26% 133
London 0 341 £56,500 -5.83% 87
Midlands -9 173 £37,500 -11.24% 48
North of England -18 163 £41,500 -7.78% 74
South East -16 161 £42,500 -5.56% 122
Scotland +17 112 £35,000 +7.69% 11
South West +45 111 £33,000 -30.89% 26
North West -10 95 £45,000 -10.00% 32
West Midlands -1 94 £43,020 -19.29% 28
East Midlands -9 79 £36,250 +15.08% 20
East of England -24 72 £34,000 +6.25% 30
Yorkshire -21 63 £30,750 -6.82% 36
Wales -13 8 £41,740 -12.13% 8
North East -13 5 £77,500 +82.35% 8
Northern Ireland -24 3 £66,250 +26.19% 2

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
1 369 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.38%) Confluence
3 13 (1.07%) CMS
4 9 (0.74%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.66%) WordPress
6 7 (0.57%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.25%) govService
9 2 (0.16%) Moodle
10 1 (0.082%) Apache
10 1 (0.082%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.082%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.082%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 198 (16.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (15.60%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (8.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.74%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.16%) InDesign
10 1 (0.082%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 41 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.25%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.082%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.082%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.082%) Shopify
6 1 (0.082%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.082%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 830 (68.14%) Microsoft 365
2 519 (42.61%) Azure
3 345 (28.33%) Entra ID
4 255 (20.94%) Power Platform
5 242 (19.87%) OneDrive
6 149 (12.23%) Power Automate
7 137 (11.25%) PowerApps
8 73 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (4.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 54 (4.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 53 (4.35%) SaaS
12 35 (2.87%) Mimecast
13 29 (2.38%) AWS
13 29 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 29 (2.38%) Copilot Studio
14 27 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (2.05%) Serverless
16 23 (1.89%) PaaS
17 20 (1.64%) IaaS
18 19 (1.56%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 188 (15.44%) DNS
2 169 (13.88%) Firewall
3 168 (13.79%) DHCP
4 155 (12.73%) VPN
5 90 (7.39%) WAN
6 85 (6.98%) TCP/IP
7 84 (6.90%) VLAN
8 83 (6.81%) LAN
9 64 (5.25%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (3.20%) VoIP
11 38 (3.12%) Wireless
12 35 (2.87%) Network Security
13 24 (1.97%) Intranet
14 17 (1.40%) SD-WAN
15 14 (1.15%) Internet
16 10 (0.82%) DKIM
16 10 (0.82%) DMARC
16 10 (0.82%) Unified Communications
17 9 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.74%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (11.00%) Power BI
2 48 (3.94%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.31%) Metadata
4 9 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (0.66%) MySQL
6 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.49%) DTS
6 6 (0.49%) Power Query
7 5 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.41%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.33%) GIS
8 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.25%) Tableau
10 2 (0.16%) EDMS
10 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.16%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (4.11%) JIRA
2 2 (0.16%) Git
2 2 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.082%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.082%) GitLab
3 1 (0.082%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 559 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 198 (16.26%) Finance
3 92 (7.55%) Law
4 82 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (6.40%) Legal
6 69 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (4.43%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.94%) Manufacturing
9 38 (3.12%) Retail
10 27 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 22 (1.81%) Marketing
13 17 (1.40%) Banking
14 13 (1.07%) Games
14 13 (1.07%) German Language
15 12 (0.99%) Advertising
15 12 (0.99%) French Language
15 12 (0.99%) Spanish Language
16 9 (0.74%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 240 (19.70%) IT Support
2 200 (16.42%) Support Engineer
3 170 (13.96%) Senior
4 140 (11.49%) IT Engineer
5 129 (10.59%) Analyst
6 113 (9.28%) IT Support Engineer
7 99 (8.13%) Developer
8 76 (6.24%) Support Analyst
9 69 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support
9 69 (5.67%) Senior Manager
10 66 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 64 (5.25%) QA Manager
11 64 (5.25%) Quality Manager
11 64 (5.25%) Senior QA Manager
11 64 (5.25%) Senior Quality Manager
12 56 (4.60%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 56 (4.60%) Support Technician
13 55 (4.52%) Consultant
14 53 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
15 51 (4.19%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.13%) .NET
2 24 (1.97%) HTML
3 22 (1.81%) REST
4 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
6 16 (1.31%) CSS
7 11 (0.90%) Web Services
8 10 (0.82%) SPFx
9 9 (0.74%) Middleware
10 8 (0.66%) JSON
11 7 (0.57%) Node.js
12 6 (0.49%) LangChain
12 6 (0.49%) OAuth
12 6 (0.49%) OpenID
13 5 (0.41%) FreeMarker
13 5 (0.41%) XML
14 4 (0.33%) .NET Framework
14 4 (0.33%) ASP.NET
14 4 (0.33%) EDI
14 4 (0.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 132 (10.84%) Driving Licence
2 108 (8.87%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.71%) Low-Code
6 29 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 29 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (2.22%) IoT
7 27 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
8 20 (1.64%) CMDB
8 20 (1.64%) Replication
9 18 (1.48%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.40%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.15%) AI Agents
11 14 (1.15%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.07%) Social Media
13 12 (0.99%) CCTV
14 11 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.90%) iPad
14 11 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 441 (36.21%) Windows
2 236 (19.38%) Windows Server
3 167 (13.71%) Windows 10
4 48 (3.94%) Mac OS
5 42 (3.45%) Apple iOS
6 33 (2.71%) Android
7 31 (2.55%) Linux
8 22 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.082%) Unix
13 1 (0.082%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 222 (18.23%) ITIL
3 214 (17.57%) Customer Service
4 205 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 153 (12.56%) Project Management
6 141 (11.58%) Agile
7 140 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
8 129 (10.59%) Coaching
8 129 (10.59%) Service Delivery
9 128 (10.51%) Business Intelligence
10 97 (7.96%) AI
11 93 (7.64%) Disaster Recovery
12 87 (7.14%) Mentoring
13 86 (7.06%) Migration
14 82 (6.73%) CRM
15 77 (6.32%) ITSM
16 76 (6.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 75 (6.16%) Change Management
18 74 (6.08%) Customer Experience
19 72 (5.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 144 (11.82%) PowerShell
2 102 (8.37%) SQL
3 47 (3.86%) JavaScript
4 45 (3.69%) Python
5 39 (3.20%) C#
6 23 (1.89%) VBA
7 11 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.74%) Bash
8 9 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.41%) Java
10 3 (0.25%) Bicep
10 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.25%) R
11 2 (0.16%) PHP
11 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.082%) C++
12 1 (0.082%) VB
12 1 (0.082%) X++
Qualifications
1 187 (15.35%) Degree
2 89 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 87 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 64 (5.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 59 (4.84%) SC Cleared
6 34 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.46%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.97%) DBS Check
10 22 (1.81%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.72%) MCP
11 21 (1.72%) PMP
12 18 (1.48%) DV Cleared
13 16 (1.31%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.31%) HND
13 16 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (0.82%) A+ Certification
16 10 (0.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (7.06%) QA
2 68 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 54 (4.43%) GDPR
4 53 (4.35%) SLA
5 52 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (1.97%) PMO
8 20 (1.64%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.56%) NIST
10 14 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.49%) GRC
11 6 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.33%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.16%) MiFID
13 2 (0.16%) P3O
13 2 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 437 (35.88%) Active Directory
2 84 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (5.67%) Hyper-V
4 26 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.74%) vSphere
7 7 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.49%) Firmware
9 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.082%) Docker
12 1 (0.082%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 313 (25.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.46%) Terraform
3 28 (2.30%) SCCM
4 18 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.23%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.82%) Nagios
7 9 (0.74%) vRealize
8 8 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.57%) Autotask
10 6 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.49%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.41%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.33%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.33%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.25%) Nessus
13 3 (0.25%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.25%) WSUS
14 2 (0.16%) Plesk
14 2 (0.16%) SCSM
Vendors
1 956 (78.49%) Microsoft
2 108 (8.87%) VMware
3 78 (6.40%) Apple
4 44 (3.61%) Cisco
5 39 (3.20%) ServiceNow
6 33 (2.71%) Meraki
7 32 (2.63%) Veeam
8 27 (2.22%) Citrix
9 25 (2.05%) Sophos
10 21 (1.72%) Adobe
10 21 (1.72%) Datto
11 20 (1.64%) Salesforce
12 18 (1.48%) ConnectWise
12 18 (1.48%) HP
12 18 (1.48%) Oracle
13 17 (1.40%) Google
13 17 (1.40%) Progress
14 14 (1.15%) SAP
15 11 (0.90%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.90%) iManage