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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 107 98
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +53
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,264 1,348 2,128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.76% 2.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.72% 29.00% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 886 855 1,822
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,925 £58,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £41,389 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.02% +3.47% -0.28%

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 3,641 4,649 7,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.31% 9.51% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,428 2,730 6,025
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,938 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +13.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.96% +8.24% -10.53%

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 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Top 18 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 20 February 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 -7 1,055 £42,500 -10.53% 367
UK excluding London -3 846 £36,000 -13.02% 344
Work from Home +10 396 £47,500 -1.34% 158
London -16 333 £59,000 -1.67% 111
Midlands -2 185 £40,000 -5.88% 44
North of England -11 184 £40,000 -12.33% 67
South East -32 158 £45,000 - 117
Scotland +22 114 £35,000 +7.69% 26
South West +28 109 £32,500 -27.78% 42
West Midlands +2 109 £45,000 -15.57% 24
North West -7 104 £43,500 -14.40% 43
East of England -24 79 £34,000 +6.25% 42
East Midlands -15 76 £35,000 +12.90% 20
Yorkshire -19 73 £33,000 -9.59% 20
Wales -11 11 £41,740 -12.13% 9
North East -14 7 £67,500 +88.81% 6
Northern Ireland -34 6 £47,250 -10.00% 6
Isle of Man - 4 £45,000 - 1

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
1 386 (30.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.45%) Confluence
3 10 (0.79%) CMS
4 8 (0.63%) WordPress
5 7 (0.55%) IIS
5 7 (0.55%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) govService
8 2 (0.16%) Moodle
8 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.079%) Apache
9 1 (0.079%) Appian
9 1 (0.079%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 205 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
2 202 (15.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 104 (8.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.87%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.16%) InDesign
10 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 43 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
2 6 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.079%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.079%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.079%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 866 (68.51%) Microsoft 365
2 554 (43.83%) Azure
3 371 (29.35%) Entra ID
4 266 (21.04%) Power Platform
5 264 (20.89%) OneDrive
6 152 (12.03%) Power Automate
7 140 (11.08%) PowerApps
8 84 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
9 63 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 55 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 53 (4.19%) SaaS
12 38 (3.01%) Mimecast
13 34 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 28 (2.22%) Copilot Studio
15 27 (2.14%) AWS
16 26 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
17 25 (1.98%) PaaS
17 25 (1.98%) Serverless
18 22 (1.74%) Azure Functions
19 21 (1.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 218 (17.25%) DNS
2 192 (15.19%) DHCP
3 176 (13.92%) Firewall
4 174 (13.77%) VPN
5 102 (8.07%) WAN
6 93 (7.36%) VLAN
7 90 (7.12%) LAN
8 86 (6.80%) TCP/IP
9 69 (5.46%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (3.24%) VoIP
11 37 (2.93%) Network Security
12 29 (2.29%) Wireless
13 19 (1.50%) Intranet
13 19 (1.50%) SD-WAN
14 15 (1.19%) Internet
15 13 (1.03%) IPsec
15 13 (1.03%) SAN
16 10 (0.79%) DKIM
16 10 (0.79%) DMARC
17 9 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (12.18%) Power BI
2 54 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.11%) Metadata
4 11 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.71%) MySQL
7 7 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.55%) Power Query
8 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.40%) DTS
9 5 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.32%) GIS
10 4 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.24%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.24%) Tableau
12 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.16%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 54 (4.27%) JIRA
2 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.16%) Git
3 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.079%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.079%) GitLab
4 1 (0.079%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.079%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.079%) Selenium
4 1 (0.079%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 585 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 199 (15.74%) Finance
3 97 (7.67%) Law
4 87 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
6 82 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 74 (5.85%) Legal
8 66 (5.22%) Public Sector
9 48 (3.80%) Manufacturing
10 37 (2.93%) Retail
11 27 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.90%) Marketing
14 16 (1.27%) Games
14 16 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.11%) Banking
16 13 (1.03%) German Language
17 12 (0.95%) Advertising
17 12 (0.95%) French Language
17 12 (0.95%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 264 (20.89%) IT Support
2 199 (15.74%) Support Engineer
3 183 (14.48%) Senior
4 155 (12.26%) Analyst
5 149 (11.79%) IT Engineer
6 120 (9.49%) IT Support Engineer
7 107 (8.47%) Developer
8 93 (7.36%) Support Analyst
9 73 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (5.46%) Senior Manager
11 68 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
12 67 (5.30%) Quality Manager
13 64 (5.06%) QA Manager
13 64 (5.06%) Senior QA Manager
13 64 (5.06%) Senior Quality Manager
13 64 (5.06%) Support Technician
14 61 (4.83%) IT Analyst
15 57 (4.51%) Consultant
16 55 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
17 50 (3.96%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.29%) .NET
2 24 (1.90%) HTML
3 23 (1.82%) REST
4 21 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
5 16 (1.27%) CSS
6 15 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (0.87%) JSON
7 11 (0.87%) Web Services
8 10 (0.79%) Middleware
8 10 (0.79%) SPFx
9 8 (0.63%) EDI
9 8 (0.63%) Node.js
10 7 (0.55%) XML
11 6 (0.47%) OAuth
11 6 (0.47%) OpenID
12 5 (0.40%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.40%) React
12 5 (0.40%) SOAP
13 4 (0.32%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.92%) Driving Licence
2 101 (7.99%) Onboarding
3 54 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 36 (2.85%) Low-Code
6 32 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
8 26 (2.06%) Replication
9 24 (1.90%) IoT
10 22 (1.74%) Product Ownership
11 21 (1.66%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.66%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.58%) CMDB
13 13 (1.03%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.03%) Security Posture
14 12 (0.95%) CCTV
14 12 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (0.87%) FMCG
15 11 (0.87%) iPad
15 11 (0.87%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 471 (37.26%) Windows
2 246 (19.46%) Windows Server
3 163 (12.90%) Windows 10
4 56 (4.43%) Mac OS
5 52 (4.11%) Apple iOS
6 38 (3.01%) Android
7 33 (2.61%) Linux
8 20 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.079%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
2 237 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 229 (18.12%) ITIL
4 222 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 145 (11.47%) Project Management
6 144 (11.39%) Business Intelligence
6 144 (11.39%) Coaching
7 141 (11.16%) Agile
8 138 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (10.21%) Service Delivery
10 101 (7.99%) Disaster Recovery
11 97 (7.67%) Mentoring
12 92 (7.28%) AI
13 84 (6.65%) CRM
14 83 (6.57%) Migration
15 82 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 80 (6.33%) ITSM
17 76 (6.01%) Customer Experience
18 75 (5.93%) DevOps
18 75 (5.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 139 (11.00%) PowerShell
2 105 (8.31%) SQL
3 48 (3.80%) JavaScript
4 46 (3.64%) Python
5 44 (3.48%) C#
6 24 (1.90%) VBA
7 10 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.63%) Bash
8 8 (0.63%) Java
8 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.55%) R
10 5 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.24%) Bicep
11 3 (0.24%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.079%) VB
13 1 (0.079%) X++
13 1 (0.079%) XAML
Qualifications
1 195 (15.43%) Degree
2 103 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 96 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 69 (5.46%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.06%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 38 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (3.01%) Master's Degree
7 26 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 20 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.58%) PMP
11 19 (1.50%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 17 (1.34%) HND
13 17 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
14 16 (1.27%) A+ Certification
15 14 (1.11%) MBA
16 12 (0.95%) APMP
17 11 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.80%) QA
2 69 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (3.96%) GDPR
4 50 (3.96%) SLA
5 32 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 20 (1.58%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.50%) PMO
8 17 (1.34%) NIST
9 14 (1.11%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.47%) GRC
12 5 (0.40%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
13 4 (0.32%) PMBOK
14 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.16%) P3O
14 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 463 (36.63%) Active Directory
2 83 (6.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (5.54%) Hyper-V
4 29 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.03%) vSphere
6 12 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.55%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.32%) DFS Replication
9 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.24%) Firmware
10 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.16%) Docker
11 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.16%) XenApp
12 1 (0.079%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 325 (25.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (2.61%) SCCM
3 29 (2.29%) Terraform
4 21 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.11%) FortiGate
5 14 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.79%) vCenter Server
7 9 (0.71%) Backup Exec
7 9 (0.71%) vRealize
8 7 (0.55%) Nagios
8 7 (0.55%) WSUS
9 6 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.32%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.24%) Autotask
11 3 (0.24%) Nessus
11 3 (0.24%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.16%) Plesk
12 2 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 981 (77.61%) Microsoft
2 108 (8.54%) VMware
3 74 (5.85%) Apple
4 40 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.09%) Veeam
6 37 (2.93%) Cisco
7 27 (2.14%) Meraki
8 25 (1.98%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.74%) Adobe
9 22 (1.74%) Citrix
10 20 (1.58%) Google
10 20 (1.58%) Sophos
11 19 (1.50%) Datto
12 17 (1.34%) ConnectWise
13 16 (1.27%) SAP
14 15 (1.19%) iManage
15 14 (1.11%) Oracle
16 12 (0.95%) Intapp
17 11 (0.87%) HP
18 10 (0.79%) Progress