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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 109 114
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +33
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,175 1,406 1,548
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 2.63% 2.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.62% 28.81% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 819 882 1,289
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +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 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% - +4.29%

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 3,394 4,880 6,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.66% 9.12% 10.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 2,859 4,524
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,959 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,039 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +5.56% -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 14 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 14 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 -7 989 £40,000 -20.00% 318
UK excluding London -12 778 £35,000 -17.65% 297
London +2 323 £56,500 +1.32% 80
Work from Home -13 313 £50,000 +2.04% 153
North of England -32 160 £40,000 -11.86% 55
Midlands -12 159 £37,500 -11.76% 42
South East -8 157 £40,000 -11.11% 120
South West +45 113 £33,000 -32.65% 22
Scotland +20 110 £35,000 +7.69% 14
North West -16 93 £44,250 -12.92% 26
West Midlands -9 85 £44,000 -16.19% 25
East Midlands -11 74 £37,500 +20.00% 17
East of England -15 74 £34,000 +6.25% 42
Yorkshire -12 62 £30,000 -9.09% 22
North East -3 5 £77,500 +72.22% 9
Wales -12 4 £41,740 -12.13% 10
Northern Ireland -22 3 £66,250 +26.19% 3

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
1 349 (29.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.64%) Confluence
3 13 (1.11%) CMS
4 11 (0.94%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.68%) WordPress
6 7 (0.60%) IIS
7 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.26%) govService
9 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Moodle
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.085%) Apache
10 1 (0.085%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 194 (16.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (16.17%) Microsoft Office
3 105 (8.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.11%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.94%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.77%) 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
Business Applications
1 38 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.26%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
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%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.085%) Shopify
5 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 795 (67.66%) Microsoft 365
2 491 (41.79%) Azure
3 334 (28.43%) Entra ID
4 239 (20.34%) Power Platform
5 234 (19.91%) OneDrive
6 144 (12.26%) Power Automate
7 128 (10.89%) PowerApps
8 74 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (4.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 53 (4.51%) Microsoft Purview
11 50 (4.26%) SaaS
12 32 (2.72%) AWS
13 28 (2.38%) Copilot Studio
14 26 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (2.13%) Mimecast
16 24 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (2.04%) Serverless
17 21 (1.79%) PaaS
18 20 (1.70%) IaaS
19 17 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 174 (14.81%) DNS
2 162 (13.79%) Firewall
3 156 (13.28%) DHCP
4 142 (12.09%) VPN
5 85 (7.23%) TCP/IP
6 83 (7.06%) WAN
7 81 (6.89%) LAN
8 79 (6.72%) VLAN
9 63 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (3.57%) VoIP
11 39 (3.32%) Wireless
12 36 (3.06%) Network Security
13 28 (2.38%) Intranet
14 16 (1.36%) Internet
15 14 (1.19%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
17 11 (0.94%) Unified Communications
18 9 (0.77%) DKIM
18 9 (0.77%) Skype
18 9 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (10.64%) Power BI
2 41 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.45%) Metadata
4 10 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.85%) MySQL
4 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (0.68%) DTS
6 6 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.51%) Power Query
7 5 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.34%) GIS
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.26%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.26%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.17%) EDMS
10 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.17%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (4.17%) JIRA
2 3 (0.26%) 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
1 547 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 195 (16.60%) Finance
3 88 (7.49%) Law
4 85 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (6.21%) Legal
6 64 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 55 (4.68%) Public Sector
8 50 (4.26%) Manufacturing
9 38 (3.23%) Retail
10 24 (2.04%) Telecoms
11 22 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.87%) Marketing
12 17 (1.45%) Banking
13 13 (1.11%) Advertising
13 13 (1.11%) German Language
14 12 (1.02%) French Language
14 12 (1.02%) Spanish Language
15 10 (0.85%) Games
16 9 (0.77%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 236 (20.09%) IT Support
2 196 (16.68%) Support Engineer
3 159 (13.53%) Senior
4 127 (10.81%) IT Engineer
5 119 (10.13%) Analyst
6 104 (8.85%) IT Support Engineer
7 93 (7.91%) Developer
8 71 (6.04%) 2nd Line Support
8 71 (6.04%) Support Analyst
9 70 (5.96%) Senior Manager
10 64 (5.45%) QA Manager
10 64 (5.45%) Quality Manager
10 64 (5.45%) Senior QA Manager
10 64 (5.45%) Senior Quality Manager
11 59 (5.02%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 57 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 57 (4.85%) Support Technician
13 52 (4.43%) 1st Line Support
14 50 (4.26%) Power Platform Developer
15 49 (4.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.30%) .NET
2 23 (1.96%) REST
3 22 (1.87%) HTML
4 20 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
4 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 14 (1.19%) CSS
6 11 (0.94%) Web Services
7 10 (0.85%) SPFx
8 9 (0.77%) JSON
8 9 (0.77%) Middleware
9 7 (0.60%) Node.js
10 6 (0.51%) LangChain
11 5 (0.43%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.43%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.43%) FreeMarker
11 5 (0.43%) XML
12 4 (0.34%) OAuth
12 4 (0.34%) OpenID
12 4 (0.34%) SAML
12 4 (0.34%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (10.81%) Driving Licence
2 113 (9.62%) Onboarding
3 52 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.81%) Low-Code
6 30 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 29 (2.47%) IoT
7 29 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
9 19 (1.62%) CMDB
10 18 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.53%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.36%) Social Media
12 15 (1.28%) Replication
13 14 (1.19%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.02%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.94%) CCTV
16 11 (0.94%) iPad
17 10 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 419 (35.66%) Windows
2 231 (19.66%) Windows Server
3 162 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 47 (4.00%) Mac OS
5 38 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 33 (2.81%) Android
7 29 (2.47%) Linux
8 20 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.085%) Unix
12 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
2 207 (17.62%) Customer Service
2 207 (17.62%) ITIL
3 196 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 153 (13.02%) Project Management
5 137 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
6 132 (11.23%) Agile
7 125 (10.64%) Coaching
8 123 (10.47%) Service Delivery
9 122 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (7.74%) AI
11 88 (7.49%) Migration
12 83 (7.06%) Disaster Recovery
13 82 (6.98%) Mentoring
14 74 (6.30%) Customer Experience
14 74 (6.30%) ITSM
15 72 (6.13%) Change Management
15 72 (6.13%) CRM
16 71 (6.04%) Project Delivery
16 71 (6.04%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 95 (8.09%) SQL
3 47 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 43 (3.66%) Python
5 40 (3.40%) C#
6 21 (1.79%) VBA
7 12 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 10 (0.85%) Bash
10 5 (0.43%) Java
11 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.17%) Bicep
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
1 177 (15.06%) Degree
2 85 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (6.64%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.45%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 55 (4.68%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.13%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.87%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.79%) MCP
10 21 (1.79%) PMP
11 18 (1.53%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (1.36%) HND
14 13 (1.11%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (0.85%) A+ Certification
17 9 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
18 8 (0.68%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.57%) QA
2 60 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 54 (4.60%) GDPR
3 54 (4.60%) SLA
4 40 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (2.04%) PMO
6 21 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.62%) NIST
8 16 (1.36%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.19%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.51%) GRC
11 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.34%) NCSC
12 4 (0.34%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.17%) MiFID
13 2 (0.17%) P3O
13 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 427 (36.34%) Active Directory
2 81 (6.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (5.79%) 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 (0.43%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.43%) vSphere
8 4 (0.34%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.085%) Docker
10 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.085%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 306 (26.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.47%) Terraform
3 24 (2.04%) SCCM
4 17 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 12 (1.02%) Nagios
7 9 (0.77%) Autotask
8 8 (0.68%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.43%) vRealize
11 4 (0.34%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.26%) Nessus
12 3 (0.26%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.26%) 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
1 929 (79.06%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.68%) VMware
3 75 (6.38%) Apple
4 42 (3.57%) Cisco
5 35 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 32 (2.72%) Meraki
7 29 (2.47%) Citrix
7 29 (2.47%) Sophos
8 27 (2.30%) Veeam
9 21 (1.79%) Adobe
9 21 (1.79%) Google
10 20 (1.70%) Datto
11 19 (1.62%) Progress
12 18 (1.53%) ConnectWise
12 18 (1.53%) HP
12 18 (1.53%) Oracle
13 17 (1.45%) Salesforce
14 12 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 12 (1.02%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.94%) Trend Micro