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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 111 97
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 +56
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,261 1,302 2,142
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.74% 2.86%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.53% 28.70% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 885 852 1,836
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,250
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 £62,588 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,600 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.98% +2.50% -0.76%

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 3,652 4,537 7,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.24% 9.53% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,429 2,735 6,011
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £108,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £45,628 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.14% +7.36% -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 26 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 26 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 -16 1,053 £42,500 -11.72% 213
UK excluding London -1 851 £36,500 -10.98% 183
Work from Home +10 392 £47,500 -1.34% 102
London -14 327 £60,000 - 68
North of England -13 187 £41,500 -8.17% 51
Midlands -6 182 £42,039 -1.08% 25
South East -18 159 £45,000 - 40
Scotland +19 113 £35,000 +7.69% 20
West Midlands +8 109 £45,000 -15.57% 11
South West +28 108 £32,500 -29.73% 25
North West -10 107 £43,500 -14.40% 34
East of England -20 83 £34,000 +6.25% 19
East Midlands -23 73 £37,500 +20.97% 14
Yorkshire -32 73 £33,000 - 13
Wales -9 12 £41,740 -12.13% 7
North East -5 7 £67,500 +132.76% 6
Northern Ireland -34 6 £47,250 -10.00% 2
Isle of Man - 5 £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
1 393 (31.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.46%) Confluence
3 9 (0.71%) CMS
4 7 (0.56%) IIS
4 7 (0.56%) Skype for Business
5 6 (0.48%) WordPress
6 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.32%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.24%) govService
9 2 (0.16%) Moodle
9 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.079%) Apache
10 1 (0.079%) Appian
10 1 (0.079%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 204 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
2 197 (15.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (8.01%) 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 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.16%) InDesign
10 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 42 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
6 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.079%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.079%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.079%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 871 (69.07%) Microsoft 365
2 562 (44.57%) Azure
3 367 (29.10%) Entra ID
4 266 (21.09%) Power Platform
5 262 (20.78%) OneDrive
6 147 (11.66%) Power Automate
7 136 (10.79%) PowerApps
8 81 (6.42%) Dynamics 365
9 63 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
10 56 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
11 55 (4.36%) SaaS
12 44 (3.49%) Mimecast
13 32 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
14 28 (2.22%) AWS
15 26 (2.06%) Copilot Studio
16 25 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
17 24 (1.90%) PaaS
18 22 (1.74%) IaaS
18 22 (1.74%) Serverless
19 20 (1.59%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 219 (17.37%) DNS
2 191 (15.15%) DHCP
3 180 (14.27%) Firewall
4 173 (13.72%) VPN
5 104 (8.25%) WAN
6 95 (7.53%) VLAN
7 90 (7.14%) LAN
8 87 (6.90%) TCP/IP
9 68 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (3.25%) VoIP
11 37 (2.93%) Network Security
12 26 (2.06%) Wireless
13 19 (1.51%) SD-WAN
14 17 (1.35%) Intranet
15 14 (1.11%) Internet
15 14 (1.11%) SAN
16 13 (1.03%) IPsec
17 10 (0.79%) DKIM
17 10 (0.79%) DMARC
18 9 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (12.37%) Power BI
2 51 (4.04%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.95%) Metadata
4 11 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.63%) MySQL
7 7 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.56%) Power Query
8 6 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.40%) DTS
10 4 (0.32%) GIS
10 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.24%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.24%) Tableau
12 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 57 (4.52%) 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
1 574 (45.52%) Social Skills
2 195 (15.46%) Finance
3 97 (7.69%) Law
4 84 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (5.95%) Legal
8 65 (5.15%) Public Sector
9 48 (3.81%) Manufacturing
10 35 (2.78%) Retail
11 26 (2.06%) 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%) Advertising
16 13 (1.03%) German Language
17 12 (0.95%) French Language
17 12 (0.95%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 264 (20.94%) IT Support
2 200 (15.86%) Support Engineer
3 185 (14.67%) Senior
4 155 (12.29%) Analyst
5 148 (11.74%) IT Engineer
6 119 (9.44%) IT Support Engineer
7 109 (8.64%) Developer
8 91 (7.22%) Support Analyst
9 77 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (5.47%) Senior Manager
11 67 (5.31%) IT Analyst
11 67 (5.31%) Quality Manager
12 66 (5.23%) 2nd Line Support
12 66 (5.23%) Support Technician
13 64 (5.08%) QA Manager
13 64 (5.08%) Senior QA Manager
13 64 (5.08%) Senior Quality Manager
14 56 (4.44%) Consultant
15 54 (4.28%) Power Platform Developer
16 51 (4.04%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.30%) .NET
2 23 (1.82%) REST
3 21 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
4 18 (1.43%) HTML
5 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
6 12 (0.95%) CSS
6 12 (0.95%) JSON
7 11 (0.87%) SPFx
8 10 (0.79%) Web Services
9 9 (0.71%) Middleware
9 9 (0.71%) XML
10 8 (0.63%) EDI
11 7 (0.56%) Node.js
11 7 (0.56%) React
12 6 (0.48%) SOAP
13 5 (0.40%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.40%) OAuth
13 5 (0.40%) OpenID
14 4 (0.32%) .NET Framework
15 3 (0.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.86%) Driving Licence
2 92 (7.30%) Onboarding
3 54 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.70%) Low-Code
7 27 (2.14%) Replication
7 27 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
8 23 (1.82%) IoT
9 21 (1.67%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.59%) CMDB
10 20 (1.59%) Product Ownership
11 12 (0.95%) Security Posture
12 11 (0.87%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.87%) FMCG
12 11 (0.87%) iPhone
12 11 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (0.87%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.79%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 479 (37.99%) Windows
2 250 (19.83%) Windows Server
3 165 (13.08%) Windows 10
4 57 (4.52%) Mac OS
5 52 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 40 (3.17%) Android
7 34 (2.70%) Linux
8 20 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.079%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
2 245 (19.43%) Customer Service
3 226 (17.92%) ITIL
4 225 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 145 (11.50%) Agile
5 145 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
5 145 (11.50%) Coaching
5 145 (11.50%) Project Management
6 134 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
7 126 (9.99%) Service Delivery
8 100 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
9 94 (7.45%) Mentoring
10 90 (7.14%) AI
11 86 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 83 (6.58%) Migration
13 81 (6.42%) CRM
14 78 (6.19%) ITSM
15 76 (6.03%) Change Management
15 76 (6.03%) Customer Experience
16 73 (5.79%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 137 (10.86%) PowerShell
2 101 (8.01%) SQL
3 47 (3.73%) JavaScript
4 44 (3.49%) C#
4 44 (3.49%) Python
5 23 (1.82%) VBA
6 11 (0.87%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.71%) R
8 8 (0.63%) Java
9 7 (0.56%) Bash
9 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.16%) Bicep
11 2 (0.16%) PHP
11 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.079%) VB
12 1 (0.079%) X++
12 1 (0.079%) XAML
Qualifications
1 195 (15.46%) Degree
2 105 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 97 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 70 (5.55%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.08%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 38 (3.01%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.82%) DV Cleared
10 21 (1.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 20 (1.59%) PMI Certification
11 20 (1.59%) PMP
12 19 (1.51%) Azure Certification
13 17 (1.35%) HND
13 17 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
14 16 (1.27%) DBS Check
15 15 (1.19%) A+ Certification
15 15 (1.19%) MBA
16 13 (1.03%) APMP
17 11 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.74%) QA
2 69 (5.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 60 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (3.89%) SLA
5 47 (3.73%) GDPR
6 31 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.51%) PMO
8 16 (1.27%) NIST
9 13 (1.03%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.48%) GRC
12 5 (0.40%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
13 4 (0.32%) PMBOK
14 3 (0.24%) MiFID
15 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) P3O
15 2 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 468 (37.11%) Active Directory
2 85 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (5.55%) Hyper-V
4 29 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (1.03%) vSphere
6 9 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.48%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.40%) DFS Replication
9 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
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%) Firmware
12 1 (0.079%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 324 (25.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (2.85%) SCCM
3 28 (2.22%) Terraform
4 20 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
6 14 (1.11%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.71%) Backup Exec
8 9 (0.71%) vRealize
9 8 (0.63%) WSUS
10 6 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.48%) Nagios
11 4 (0.32%) PaperCut
11 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Nessus
12 3 (0.24%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.16%) Plesk
13 2 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 977 (77.48%) Microsoft
2 109 (8.64%) VMware
3 74 (5.87%) Apple
4 43 (3.41%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.09%) Veeam
6 33 (2.62%) Cisco
7 24 (1.90%) Meraki
7 24 (1.90%) Sophos
8 23 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.67%) Adobe
9 21 (1.67%) Citrix
9 21 (1.67%) Google
10 18 (1.43%) Datto
11 17 (1.35%) ConnectWise
12 16 (1.27%) iManage
12 16 (1.27%) SAP
13 15 (1.19%) Intapp
14 12 (0.95%) Oracle
15 10 (0.79%) HP
16 9 (0.71%) Infor