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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 106 113
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +41
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,208 1,562 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.23% 2.44% 2.90%
As % of the Application Platforms category 32.43% 28.16% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 874 985 1,252
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +1.05% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +3.03%

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 3,725 5,546 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.86% 8.68% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 3,402 4,569
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,813 £39,313 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +0.91% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -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 2 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 2 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 -10 1,030 £42,500 -15.00% 453
UK excluding London -7 770 £37,500 -11.76% 424
London +18 361 £60,000 +9.09% 111
Work from Home -2 349 £50,000 - 218
South East -17 166 £40,000 -11.11% 139
North of England -20 148 £40,000 -17.95% 105
Midlands +5 146 £40,000 -5.88% 86
South West +25 124 £34,000 -32.00% 33
Scotland +17 103 £35,000 +7.69% 16
North West +3 84 £43,500 -13.00% 50
East of England -10 79 £37,000 +15.63% 44
West Midlands +6 78 £44,000 -16.19% 47
East Midlands +3 68 £36,250 +16.00% 38
Yorkshire -12 60 £32,500 -30.11% 49
North East -7 4 £72,500 +70.59% 8
Wales -15 4 £42,500 -10.53% 8
Northern Ireland -18 2 £66,250 +26.19% 2

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
1 370 (30.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.57%) Confluence
3 17 (1.41%) Skype for Business
4 14 (1.16%) 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%) Drupal
10 1 (0.083%) JOnAS
10 1 (0.083%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 215 (17.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 207 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (9.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.66%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
8 7 (0.58%) 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 45 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.33%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.083%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.083%) Sage 1000
6 1 (0.083%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.083%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 806 (66.72%) Microsoft 365
2 513 (42.47%) Azure
3 346 (28.64%) Entra ID
4 247 (20.45%) Power Platform
5 223 (18.46%) OneDrive
6 154 (12.75%) Power Automate
7 140 (11.59%) PowerApps
8 86 (7.12%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (5.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 63 (5.22%) Microsoft Purview
11 56 (4.64%) SaaS
12 44 (3.64%) AWS
13 34 (2.81%) Serverless
14 29 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
15 27 (2.24%) Copilot Studio
16 26 (2.15%) PaaS
17 25 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
18 24 (1.99%) IaaS
18 24 (1.99%) Mimecast
19 21 (1.74%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 173 (14.32%) DNS
2 167 (13.82%) Firewall
3 156 (12.91%) DHCP
4 134 (11.09%) VPN
5 99 (8.20%) TCP/IP
6 80 (6.62%) VLAN
7 78 (6.46%) LAN
8 70 (5.79%) WAN
9 60 (4.97%) Wi-Fi
10 51 (4.22%) Wireless
11 42 (3.48%) VoIP
12 38 (3.15%) Network Security
13 36 (2.98%) Intranet
14 23 (1.90%) Internet
15 12 (0.99%) Skype
15 12 (0.99%) WebEx
16 11 (0.91%) SAN
17 10 (0.83%) Unified Communications
18 9 (0.75%) DKIM
18 9 (0.75%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (11.51%) Power BI
2 34 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.24%) Metadata
4 14 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.99%) MySQL
6 11 (0.91%) NoSQL
7 9 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.75%) DTS
7 9 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.58%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.50%) Power Query
10 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.25%) GIS
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.17%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (4.47%) JIRA
2 3 (0.25%) Git
3 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.083%) GitLab
4 1 (0.083%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.083%) RStudio
4 1 (0.083%) Sourcetree
4 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 550 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 227 (18.79%) Finance
3 91 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.54%) Law
4 79 (6.54%) Legal
5 69 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.80%) Public Sector
7 55 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 42 (3.48%) Retail
10 29 (2.40%) Marketing
10 29 (2.40%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (1.99%) Banking
13 18 (1.49%) Automotive
14 16 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.08%) German Language
16 12 (0.99%) Advertising
16 12 (0.99%) Spanish Language
17 10 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 230 (19.04%) IT Support
2 195 (16.14%) Support Engineer
3 163 (13.49%) Senior
4 134 (11.09%) Analyst
5 107 (8.86%) IT Engineer
6 95 (7.86%) Developer
7 92 (7.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 87 (7.20%) Support Analyst
9 75 (6.21%) 2nd Line Support
10 71 (5.88%) Senior Manager
11 64 (5.30%) Infrastructure 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 61 (5.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 49 (4.06%) Lead
13 49 (4.06%) Power Platform Developer
14 46 (3.81%) Administrator
14 46 (3.81%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.23%) .NET
2 24 (1.99%) HTML
2 24 (1.99%) HTML5 Canvas
3 21 (1.74%) Microsoft Graph
4 16 (1.32%) CSS
4 16 (1.32%) REST
5 13 (1.08%) Web Services
6 10 (0.83%) .NET Framework
6 10 (0.83%) JSON
6 10 (0.83%) React
7 8 (0.66%) Software Packaging
8 7 (0.58%) Node.js
8 7 (0.58%) SPFx
9 6 (0.50%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.50%) EDI
9 6 (0.50%) LangChain
9 6 (0.50%) Middleware
10 5 (0.41%) FreeMarker
10 5 (0.41%) SAML
10 5 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (10.35%) Onboarding
2 121 (10.02%) Driving Licence
3 51 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (2.90%) IoT
6 31 (2.57%) Video Conferencing
7 30 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.82%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.49%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.41%) Social Media
12 16 (1.32%) AI Agents
13 15 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (1.16%) CCTV
14 14 (1.16%) NHS
15 13 (1.08%) CMDB
15 13 (1.08%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.99%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 438 (36.26%) Windows
2 245 (20.28%) Windows Server
3 163 (13.49%) Windows 10
4 55 (4.55%) Mac OS
5 37 (3.06%) Linux
6 26 (2.15%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.99%) Android
8 19 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.25%) Unix
12 2 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.083%) CentOS
13 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.083%) SUSE
13 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.083%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (26.08%) Problem-Solving
2 213 (17.63%) ITIL
3 211 (17.47%) Customer Service
4 207 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 155 (12.83%) Project Management
6 140 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 137 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
8 132 (10.93%) Agile
9 130 (10.76%) Service Delivery
10 125 (10.35%) Coaching
11 99 (8.20%) Migration
12 95 (7.86%) CRM
13 94 (7.78%) Mentoring
14 90 (7.45%) Project Delivery
15 85 (7.04%) AI
16 83 (6.87%) Disaster Recovery
17 77 (6.37%) ITSM
18 76 (6.29%) Customer Experience
19 74 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 73 (6.04%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 174 (14.40%) PowerShell
2 110 (9.11%) SQL
3 61 (5.05%) JavaScript
4 56 (4.64%) C#
5 50 (4.14%) Python
6 19 (1.57%) VBA
7 16 (1.32%) Bash
8 13 (1.08%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.66%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.58%) Bicep
11 5 (0.41%) Java
12 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.17%) C++
13 2 (0.17%) PHP
13 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.083%) R
14 1 (0.083%) VB
14 1 (0.083%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.083%) VBScript
14 1 (0.083%) X++
Qualifications
1 188 (15.56%) Degree
2 95 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (5.55%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.30%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 46 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.32%) DBS Check
7 26 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.07%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.90%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.74%) PMI Certification
11 20 (1.66%) PMP
12 19 (1.57%) MCP
13 18 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (1.41%) A+ Certification
15 16 (1.32%) HND
16 12 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.91%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.75%) ACCA
18 9 (0.75%) AWS Certification
18 9 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.45%) QA
2 56 (4.64%) GDPR
3 52 (4.30%) SLA
4 49 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (3.15%) PMO
6 32 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.41%) NIST
8 16 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (1.32%) Data Quality
9 11 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.50%) MiFID
11 4 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.33%) NCSC
11 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
12 2 (0.17%) P3O
12 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.17%) WCAG
13 1 (0.083%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.083%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 434 (35.93%) Active Directory
2 81 (6.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (6.21%) Hyper-V
4 26 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.50%) Firmware
7 5 (0.41%) vSphere
8 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.25%) XenApp
10 1 (0.083%) Docker
10 1 (0.083%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.083%) Postfix
10 1 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 324 (26.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.32%) SCCM
3 26 (2.15%) Terraform
4 18 (1.49%) Autotask
5 15 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (1.08%) Nagios
7 10 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.75%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.33%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.25%) Nessus
11 3 (0.25%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.25%) SCOM
11 3 (0.25%) vRealize
12 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.17%) Plesk
12 2 (0.17%) SCSM
12 2 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 985 (81.54%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.11%) VMware
3 60 (4.97%) Apple
4 58 (4.80%) Cisco
5 43 (3.56%) Meraki
6 37 (3.06%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.98%) Sophos
8 29 (2.40%) Citrix
9 25 (2.07%) HP
9 25 (2.07%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.99%) Atlassian
11 23 (1.90%) Datto
12 22 (1.82%) Google
13 21 (1.74%) Veeam
14 20 (1.66%) Oracle
15 17 (1.41%) ConnectWise
15 17 (1.41%) Progress
16 16 (1.32%) Adobe
16 16 (1.32%) Sage
17 12 (0.99%) Trend Micro