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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 132 104
Rank change year-on-year +14 -28 +24
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,712 1,212 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.58% 2.43% 2.35%
As % of the Application Platforms category 37.77% 28.17% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 934 1,492
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £42,250 £45,680
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -7.51% -8.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,125 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £39,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.28% -7.65% -

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 4,533 4,303 7,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.18% 8.61% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,184 2,914 5,028
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,625 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -3.57%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% 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 23 August 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 23 August 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 +10 1,519 £44,000 +3.53% 405
UK excluding London +31 1,245 £42,500 +8.28% 368
Work from Home +33 609 £50,000 +11.11% 170
London -24 408 £55,000 -4.35% 117
North of England +49 338 £42,500 +21.43% 68
South East +7 273 £47,500 +18.75% 122
East of England +48 227 £37,500 -7.41% 52
North West +42 166 £50,500 +26.25% 27
Midlands -13 163 £38,500 -3.75% 66
Yorkshire +33 143 £38,772 +36.04% 31
South West -56 102 £36,250 -9.38% 38
West Midlands -18 99 £44,241 -0.08% 48
Scotland +40 66 £30,000 -20.00% 24
East Midlands -25 64 £37,500 -2.60% 18
Wales -23 43 £32,000 -20.99% 8
Northern Ireland - 32 £63,500 - 4
North East -35 29 £45,871 +43.35% 12
Isle of Man -1 2 £45,000 +30.43%

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
1 598 (34.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (2.22%) CMS
3 37 (2.16%) Confluence
4 27 (1.58%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (1.11%) IIS
6 14 (0.82%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.35%) Apache
7 6 (0.35%) nginx
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.18%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 164 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.76%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
8 8 (0.47%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.29%) DaVinci Resolve
11 2 (0.12%) Revit
11 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.058%) InDesign
12 1 (0.058%) Navisworks
12 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 54 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.64%) Elite 3E
4 9 (0.53%) Carpe Diem
5 6 (0.35%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.23%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.058%) Eikon
9 1 (0.058%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.058%) Primavera
9 1 (0.058%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.058%) Shopify
9 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
9 1 (0.058%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,273 (74.36%) Microsoft 365
2 758 (44.28%) Azure
3 577 (33.70%) Entra ID
4 491 (28.68%) Power Platform
5 368 (21.50%) OneDrive
6 263 (15.36%) PowerApps
7 261 (15.25%) Power Automate
8 180 (10.51%) Microsoft Copilot
9 112 (6.54%) SaaS
10 92 (5.37%) Microsoft Purview
11 86 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
12 71 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
13 57 (3.33%) Mimecast
14 46 (2.69%) Copilot Studio
15 44 (2.57%) Azure Logic Apps
16 38 (2.22%) AWS
17 34 (1.99%) Google Workspace
18 26 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
18 26 (1.52%) IaaS
19 21 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 306 (17.87%) Firewall
2 273 (15.95%) DNS
3 229 (13.38%) DHCP
4 172 (10.05%) VPN
5 146 (8.53%) Wi-Fi
6 130 (7.59%) VLAN
7 101 (5.90%) TCP/IP
8 91 (5.32%) VoIP
9 85 (4.96%) LAN
10 81 (4.73%) WAN
11 80 (4.67%) Wireless
12 41 (2.39%) Network Security
13 36 (2.10%) Intranet
14 19 (1.11%) SSL
15 17 (0.99%) Internet
16 15 (0.88%) SAN
16 15 (0.88%) Skype
17 12 (0.70%) Broadband
18 10 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
18 10 (0.58%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (13.38%) Power BI
2 84 (4.91%) SQL Server
3 33 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (1.23%) Metadata
5 14 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.47%) Power Query
10 6 (0.35%) GIS
11 5 (0.29%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.12%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.12%) MySQL
14 1 (0.058%) EDMS
14 1 (0.058%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.058%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 104 (6.07%) JIRA
2 16 (0.93%) Git
3 5 (0.29%) Postman
4 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.18%) Selenium
5 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.12%) JUnit
6 2 (0.12%) Mockito
6 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.058%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 796 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 260 (15.19%) Finance
3 172 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (8.12%) Legal
5 128 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
6 104 (6.07%) Law
7 69 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 68 (3.97%) Public Sector
9 57 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 47 (2.75%) Retail
11 45 (2.63%) Marketing
12 41 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
13 34 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 30 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (1.75%) Publishing
15 28 (1.64%) Banking
16 21 (1.23%) Local Government
17 19 (1.11%) Legal Technology
18 15 (0.88%) Advertising
19 13 (0.76%) Games
Job Titles
1 402 (23.48%) IT Support
2 282 (16.47%) Senior
3 271 (15.83%) Support Engineer
4 245 (14.31%) IT Engineer
5 221 (12.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 186 (10.86%) Analyst
7 182 (10.63%) Developer
8 111 (6.48%) Support Analyst
9 105 (6.13%) Consultant
10 102 (5.96%) IT Technician
11 95 (5.55%) 2nd Line Support
12 88 (5.14%) Lead
13 84 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 79 (4.61%) Administrator
15 77 (4.50%) IT Analyst
16 76 (4.44%) Support Technician
17 68 (3.97%) IT Support Technician
18 65 (3.80%) IT Support Analyst
19 63 (3.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 63 (3.68%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.09%) .NET
2 68 (3.97%) HTML
3 59 (3.45%) CSS
4 52 (3.04%) Microsoft Graph
5 42 (2.45%) HTML5 Canvas
6 41 (2.39%) SPFx
7 40 (2.34%) REST
8 30 (1.75%) React
9 27 (1.58%) JSON
10 24 (1.40%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.29%) ASP.NET
12 14 (0.82%) .NET Framework
13 11 (0.64%) RESTful
14 10 (0.58%) Terraform
15 9 (0.53%) Node.js
16 8 (0.47%) ASP.NET MVC
16 8 (0.47%) Middleware
16 8 (0.47%) XML
17 7 (0.41%) Razor View Engine
18 6 (0.35%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.46%) Onboarding
2 156 (9.11%) Driving Licence
3 132 (7.71%) Management Information System
4 101 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 35 (2.04%) AI Agents
7 30 (1.75%) Blog
7 30 (1.75%) Low-Code
8 28 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
9 24 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 23 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 22 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
12 21 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.17%) Clustering
13 20 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.05%) CMDB
14 18 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
15 15 (0.88%) Replication
16 14 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 650 (37.97%) Windows
2 301 (17.58%) Windows Server
3 147 (8.59%) Windows 10
4 121 (7.07%) Mac OS
5 48 (2.80%) Apple iOS
5 48 (2.80%) Linux
6 44 (2.57%) Android
7 31 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.41%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.23%) VMS
11 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.18%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.12%) Unix
14 1 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (30.32%) Problem-Solving
2 407 (23.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 254 (14.84%) Customer Service
4 246 (14.37%) ITIL
5 237 (13.84%) AI
6 224 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
7 200 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
8 177 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 170 (9.93%) Project Delivery
10 160 (9.35%) User Experience
11 148 (8.64%) Workflow
12 147 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 145 (8.47%) Agile
14 143 (8.35%) Disaster Recovery
14 143 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 140 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 131 (7.65%) Project Management
17 130 (7.59%) CRM
18 128 (7.48%) Service Management
19 120 (7.01%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 230 (13.43%) PowerShell
2 166 (9.70%) SQL
3 100 (5.84%) C#
4 98 (5.72%) JavaScript
5 39 (2.28%) Python
6 33 (1.93%) TypeScript
7 31 (1.81%) R
8 21 (1.23%) VBA
9 8 (0.47%) Ruby
10 7 (0.41%) C
10 7 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.29%) Bicep
11 5 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.23%) Bash
13 3 (0.18%) C++
13 3 (0.18%) Java
13 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 242 (14.14%) Degree
2 155 (9.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 91 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 74 (4.32%) SC Cleared
5 47 (2.75%) Azure Certification
6 34 (1.99%) DBS Check
7 32 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.29%) CCNA
10 19 (1.11%) HND
10 19 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (0.88%) A+ Certification
12 14 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.58%) HNC
15 10 (0.58%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.58%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.58%) PMP
16 9 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 84 (4.91%) GDPR
3 82 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 65 (3.80%) SLA
5 41 (2.39%) Data Quality
6 40 (2.34%) QA
7 33 (1.93%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 23 (1.34%) PMO
10 14 (0.82%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.47%) NIST
12 7 (0.41%) NCSC
13 5 (0.29%) COSHH
13 5 (0.29%) ISO 14001
13 5 (0.29%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.23%) MiFID
15 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.12%) IEC 61131
16 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 607 (35.46%) Active Directory
2 135 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 134 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.29%) vSphere
6 16 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.58%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.12%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.058%) Docker
12 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 403 (23.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
3 42 (2.45%) SCCM
4 26 (1.52%) FortiGate
5 25 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (1.17%) Autotask
7 8 (0.47%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.29%) Ansible
9 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.18%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.18%) cPanel
10 3 (0.18%) Plesk
10 3 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.12%) Puppet
11 2 (0.12%) vRealize
11 2 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,417 (82.77%) Microsoft
2 165 (9.64%) VMware
3 105 (6.13%) Cisco
4 71 (4.15%) Apple
5 69 (4.03%) Veeam
6 54 (3.15%) ServiceNow
7 46 (2.69%) SonicWALL
8 42 (2.45%) Google
8 42 (2.45%) Meraki
9 40 (2.34%) Adobe
10 34 (1.99%) HP
11 33 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
11 33 (1.93%) Datto
12 31 (1.81%) Aruba
13 27 (1.58%) Salesforce
13 27 (1.58%) Sitecore
13 27 (1.58%) Ubiquiti
14 19 (1.11%) Citrix
15 15 (0.88%) Fortinet
15 15 (0.88%) Palo Alto