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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 109 108
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +48
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,207 1,493 1,487
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.08% 2.56% 3.01%
As % of the Application Platforms category 33.32% 28.00% 25.66%
Number of salaries quoted 863 967 1,240
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £47,500 £46,550
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,800 £76,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +3.66%

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 3,622 5,333 5,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.23% 9.14% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,480 3,306 4,444
10th Percentile £28,225 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,062 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,100 £111,875 £91,980
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,039 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -11.50% +2.15% -2.11%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 1,021 £41,500 -17.00% 469
UK excluding London -16 784 £37,500 -11.76% 430
London +18 342 £56,500 +2.73% 109
Work from Home -1 342 £50,000 +0.48% 217
South East -12 165 £40,000 -11.11% 146
North of England -27 157 £40,000 -12.33% 93
Midlands -7 150 £40,000 -4.76% 77
South West +30 121 £34,000 -32.00% 38
Scotland +20 107 £35,000 +7.69% 23
North West -7 88 £40,000 -21.29% 48
West Midlands -10 80 £44,000 -16.19% 44
East of England -18 79 £34,000 +6.25% 59
East Midlands -12 70 £35,000 +12.90% 33
Yorkshire -4 64 £30,750 -23.13% 36
North East -16 5 £77,500 +82.35% 12
Wales -18 4 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Northern Ireland -19 3 £66,250 +26.19% 4

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
1 372 (30.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.65%) Confluence
3 16 (1.33%) Skype for Business
4 13 (1.08%) CMS
5 8 (0.66%) WordPress
6 7 (0.58%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Moodle
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.083%) JOnAS
10 1 (0.083%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 210 (17.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 206 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (9.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.33%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) InDesign
10 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.083%) Revit
Business Applications
1 41 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.33%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.083%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.083%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.083%) Shopify
5 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 810 (67.11%) Microsoft 365
2 502 (41.59%) Azure
3 348 (28.83%) Entra ID
4 239 (19.80%) Power Platform
5 228 (18.89%) OneDrive
6 142 (11.76%) Power Automate
7 132 (10.94%) PowerApps
8 79 (6.55%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (5.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 62 (5.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 56 (4.64%) SaaS
12 42 (3.48%) AWS
13 30 (2.49%) Serverless
14 28 (2.32%) Copilot Studio
15 25 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (1.99%) Mimecast
16 24 (1.99%) PaaS
17 22 (1.82%) IaaS
18 19 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 179 (14.83%) DNS
2 166 (13.75%) Firewall
3 163 (13.50%) DHCP
4 139 (11.52%) VPN
5 97 (8.04%) TCP/IP
6 84 (6.96%) VLAN
7 80 (6.63%) LAN
8 77 (6.38%) WAN
9 68 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
10 47 (3.89%) Wireless
11 45 (3.73%) VoIP
12 36 (2.98%) Network Security
13 31 (2.57%) Intranet
14 20 (1.66%) Internet
15 11 (0.91%) Skype
16 10 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.83%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.83%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.83%) WebEx
17 9 (0.75%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (10.85%) Power BI
2 33 (2.73%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.24%) Metadata
4 12 (0.99%) MySQL
5 11 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.75%) DTS
6 9 (0.75%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.33%) GIS
9 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.33%) Power Query
9 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.25%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.17%) QlikView
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (4.56%) JIRA
2 3 (0.25%) Git
3 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.083%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.083%) GitLab
4 1 (0.083%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.083%) Sourcetree
General
1 557 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 218 (18.06%) Finance
3 85 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.63%) Law
5 79 (6.55%) Legal
6 66 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 56 (4.64%) Manufacturing
9 54 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (3.31%) Retail
11 28 (2.32%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.99%) Banking
12 24 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.91%) Marketing
14 15 (1.24%) Advertising
15 13 (1.08%) Automotive
15 13 (1.08%) German Language
16 12 (0.99%) French Language
16 12 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.99%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 245 (20.30%) IT Support
2 200 (16.57%) Support Engineer
3 162 (13.42%) Senior
4 120 (9.94%) Analyst
5 118 (9.78%) IT Engineer
6 100 (8.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 88 (7.29%) Developer
8 80 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support
9 76 (6.30%) Support Analyst
10 70 (5.80%) Senior Manager
11 64 (5.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 64 (5.30%) QA Manager
11 64 (5.30%) Quality Manager
11 64 (5.30%) Senior QA Manager
11 64 (5.30%) Senior Quality Manager
12 60 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 55 (4.56%) Support Technician
14 50 (4.14%) Lead
14 50 (4.14%) Power Platform Developer
15 46 (3.81%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.73%) .NET
2 22 (1.82%) HTML
3 21 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
3 21 (1.74%) Microsoft Graph
4 17 (1.41%) REST
5 14 (1.16%) CSS
6 13 (1.08%) Web Services
7 10 (0.83%) JSON
8 8 (0.66%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.58%) Middleware
9 7 (0.58%) Node.js
9 7 (0.58%) React
9 7 (0.58%) SPFx
10 6 (0.50%) EDI
10 6 (0.50%) LangChain
10 6 (0.50%) Software Packaging
11 5 (0.41%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.41%) FreeMarker
11 5 (0.41%) SAML
11 5 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.60%) Onboarding
2 125 (10.36%) Driving Licence
3 52 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 36 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.73%) IoT
7 30 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
8 26 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.99%) Low-Code
10 20 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.49%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.41%) Social Media
13 16 (1.33%) AI Agents
13 16 (1.33%) CMDB
14 14 (1.16%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.08%) CCTV
15 13 (1.08%) NHS
16 12 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 448 (37.12%) Windows
2 255 (21.13%) Windows Server
3 165 (13.67%) Windows 10
4 52 (4.31%) Mac OS
5 36 (2.98%) Linux
6 32 (2.65%) Android
7 31 (2.57%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.083%) CentOS
12 1 (0.083%) SUSE
12 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.083%) Unix
12 1 (0.083%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (26.59%) Problem-Solving
2 215 (17.81%) Customer Service
3 213 (17.65%) ITIL
4 203 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 158 (13.09%) Project Management
6 143 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
7 133 (11.02%) Agile
8 130 (10.77%) Service Delivery
9 126 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
9 126 (10.44%) Coaching
10 96 (7.95%) Migration
11 91 (7.54%) AI
12 90 (7.46%) Mentoring
13 88 (7.29%) Project Delivery
14 87 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
15 85 (7.04%) CRM
16 78 (6.46%) ITSM
17 74 (6.13%) Customer Experience
18 72 (5.97%) Change Management
19 71 (5.88%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 103 (8.53%) SQL
3 51 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 47 (3.89%) Python
5 44 (3.65%) C#
6 20 (1.66%) VBA
7 14 (1.16%) Bash
8 12 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.75%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.41%) Bicep
10 5 (0.41%) Java
11 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.17%) C++
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.083%) VB
13 1 (0.083%) VBScript
13 1 (0.083%) X++
Qualifications
1 187 (15.49%) Degree
2 92 (7.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 70 (5.80%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.30%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 50 (4.14%) SC Cleared
6 30 (2.49%) DBS Check
7 29 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.15%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.91%) PMI Certification
10 22 (1.82%) PMP
11 20 (1.66%) MCP
12 19 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.33%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.33%) HND
14 14 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.99%) DV Cleared
16 10 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (0.75%) AWS Certification
18 8 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.37%) QA
2 59 (4.89%) GDPR
3 55 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 52 (4.31%) SLA
5 36 (2.98%) PMO
6 33 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (1.49%) NIST
8 15 (1.24%) Data Quality
9 11 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.50%) GRC
11 5 (0.41%) MiFID
11 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.17%) P3O
13 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.17%) WCAG
14 1 (0.083%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 435 (36.04%) Active Directory
2 84 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (6.30%) Hyper-V
4 26 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.58%) Firmware
6 7 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.41%) vSphere
8 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.33%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.25%) XenApp
10 2 (0.17%) Docker
11 1 (0.083%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.083%) Postfix
11 1 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 324 (26.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.32%) Terraform
3 25 (2.07%) SCCM
4 17 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.16%) Autotask
6 13 (1.08%) Nagios
7 11 (0.91%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.75%) ZABBIX
9 7 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.33%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.33%) vRealize
12 3 (0.25%) Nessus
12 3 (0.25%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.25%) SCOM
12 3 (0.25%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.17%) Plesk
13 2 (0.17%) SCSM
13 2 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 982 (81.36%) Microsoft
2 101 (8.37%) VMware
3 70 (5.80%) Apple
4 48 (3.98%) Cisco
5 38 (3.15%) Meraki
6 36 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.73%) Sophos
8 29 (2.40%) Citrix
9 24 (1.99%) Veeam
10 23 (1.91%) Google
11 22 (1.82%) Atlassian
12 21 (1.74%) Adobe
12 21 (1.74%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.66%) Datto
14 19 (1.57%) HP
14 19 (1.57%) Oracle
15 18 (1.49%) ConnectWise
15 18 (1.49%) Progress
16 13 (1.08%) Sage
17 12 (0.99%) Trend Micro