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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 110 93
Rank change year-on-year -10 -17 +60
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,260 1,255 2,326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.78% 2.75% 2.95%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.80% 28.63% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 880 864 1,959
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
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 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,100 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £40,748 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +1.87% -0.28%

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 3,621 4,384 8,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.13% 9.62% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,410 2,710 6,284
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,158 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% -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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -19 1,053 £42,500 -10.53% 371
UK excluding London -2 853 £36,500 -10.43% 334
Work from Home +4 392 £47,500 - 199
London -15 326 £60,000 +0.84% 116
North of England -26 193 £41,500 -7.78% 73
Midlands -9 180 £42,500 - 41
South East -15 158 £45,000 +9.76% 110
North West -4 112 £47,500 -5.00% 46
Scotland +22 110 £33,250 +2.31% 29
South West +16 107 £32,000 -32.98% 31
West Midlands +5 106 £45,000 -15.57% 17
East of England -22 85 £34,000 +6.25% 41
Yorkshire -17 74 £33,000 - 23
East Midlands -22 74 £37,500 +20.97% 24
Wales -9 12 £41,740 -12.13% 12
North East -18 7 £67,500 +121.31% 8
Northern Ireland -32 7 £47,250 -10.00% 4
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
1 394 (31.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.62%) Confluence
3 10 (0.79%) CMS
4 7 (0.56%) IIS
5 6 (0.48%) WordPress
6 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.40%) Skype for Business
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 (16.19%) Microsoft Office
2 190 (15.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 97 (7.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.87%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 41 (3.25%) 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 (69.13%) Microsoft 365
2 564 (44.76%) Azure
3 375 (29.76%) Entra ID
4 265 (21.03%) OneDrive
5 263 (20.87%) Power Platform
6 145 (11.51%) Power Automate
7 132 (10.48%) PowerApps
8 78 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
9 64 (5.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 55 (4.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 55 (4.37%) SaaS
11 43 (3.41%) Mimecast
12 34 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 29 (2.30%) AWS
14 25 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
15 24 (1.90%) PaaS
16 23 (1.83%) Serverless
17 22 (1.75%) IaaS
18 21 (1.67%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 223 (17.70%) DNS
2 195 (15.48%) DHCP
3 177 (14.05%) Firewall
4 175 (13.89%) VPN
5 103 (8.17%) WAN
6 96 (7.62%) VLAN
7 89 (7.06%) TCP/IP
8 88 (6.98%) LAN
9 70 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (3.41%) VoIP
11 37 (2.94%) Network Security
12 27 (2.14%) Wireless
13 20 (1.59%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.43%) Intranet
15 13 (1.03%) Internet
15 13 (1.03%) IPsec
15 13 (1.03%) SAN
16 10 (0.79%) DKIM
16 10 (0.79%) DMARC
17 9 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (12.30%) Power BI
2 52 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.87%) Metadata
3 11 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.63%) MySQL
6 7 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.48%) Power Query
7 6 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.40%) DTS
8 5 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.24%) GIS
10 3 (0.24%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.24%) Tableau
11 2 (0.16%) DataStage
11 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 58 (4.60%) 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
1 573 (45.48%) Social Skills
2 190 (15.08%) Finance
3 97 (7.70%) Law
4 84 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 82 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
6 77 (6.11%) Legal
7 63 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 45 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.94%) Retail
10 25 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.67%) Marketing
13 16 (1.27%) Games
13 16 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.11%) Advertising
15 13 (1.03%) Banking
15 13 (1.03%) German Language
16 12 (0.95%) French Language
16 12 (0.95%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 272 (21.59%) IT Support
2 198 (15.71%) Support Engineer
3 184 (14.60%) Senior
4 156 (12.38%) Analyst
5 148 (11.75%) IT Engineer
6 120 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 108 (8.57%) Developer
8 93 (7.38%) Support Analyst
9 77 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (5.48%) Senior Manager
11 68 (5.40%) IT Analyst
11 68 (5.40%) Support Technician
12 67 (5.32%) Quality Manager
13 66 (5.24%) 2nd Line Support
14 64 (5.08%) QA Manager
14 64 (5.08%) Senior QA Manager
14 64 (5.08%) Senior Quality Manager
15 55 (4.37%) Consultant
16 54 (4.29%) IT Technician
16 54 (4.29%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.30%) .NET
2 23 (1.83%) REST
3 20 (1.59%) 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 9 (0.71%) Middleware
8 9 (0.71%) Web Services
8 9 (0.71%) XML
9 8 (0.63%) EDI
10 7 (0.56%) React
11 6 (0.48%) Node.js
11 6 (0.48%) SOAP
12 5 (0.40%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.40%) OAuth
12 5 (0.40%) OpenID
13 4 (0.32%) .NET Framework
14 3 (0.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.56%) Driving Licence
2 94 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 53 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.54%) Low-Code
7 28 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
8 27 (2.14%) Replication
9 23 (1.83%) IoT
10 22 (1.75%) Data Centre
11 21 (1.67%) CMDB
12 19 (1.51%) Cloud Native
13 18 (1.43%) Product Ownership
14 12 (0.95%) FMCG
14 12 (0.95%) iPhone
14 12 (0.95%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.79%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.79%) Fat Client
16 10 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 486 (38.57%) Windows
2 251 (19.92%) Windows Server
3 168 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 61 (4.84%) Mac OS
5 54 (4.29%) Apple iOS
6 41 (3.25%) 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
1 316 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (19.29%) Customer Service
3 228 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 228 (18.10%) ITIL
4 144 (11.43%) Agile
5 143 (11.35%) Coaching
5 143 (11.35%) Project Management
6 141 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
7 133 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
8 125 (9.92%) Service Delivery
9 98 (7.78%) Disaster Recovery
10 92 (7.30%) Mentoring
11 88 (6.98%) AI
12 86 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 83 (6.59%) Migration
14 81 (6.43%) CRM
15 80 (6.35%) ITSM
16 77 (6.11%) Customer Experience
17 75 (5.95%) Change Management
18 72 (5.71%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (11.03%) PowerShell
2 100 (7.94%) SQL
3 46 (3.65%) JavaScript
4 44 (3.49%) C#
5 43 (3.41%) Python
6 22 (1.75%) VBA
7 10 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.71%) R
9 8 (0.63%) Java
10 7 (0.56%) Bash
10 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.16%) Bicep
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.079%) VB
13 1 (0.079%) X++
13 1 (0.079%) XAML
Qualifications
1 195 (15.48%) Degree
2 102 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 98 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 68 (5.40%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.08%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 38 (3.02%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 19 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.51%) PMI Certification
10 19 (1.51%) PMP
11 17 (1.35%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.35%) HND
11 17 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (1.19%) A+ Certification
12 15 (1.19%) MBA
13 13 (1.03%) APMP
14 11 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.75%) QA
2 70 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (4.13%) SLA
5 47 (3.73%) GDPR
6 31 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.51%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.43%) PMO
9 15 (1.19%) NIST
10 13 (1.03%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.79%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.48%) GRC
13 5 (0.40%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.32%) NCSC
14 4 (0.32%) PMBOK
15 3 (0.24%) MiFID
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) P3O
16 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 475 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 84 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (5.48%) Hyper-V
4 28 (2.22%) 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 5 (0.40%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.40%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.16%) Docker
10 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.16%) XenApp
11 1 (0.079%) Firmware
11 1 (0.079%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 331 (26.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (2.86%) SCCM
3 26 (2.06%) Terraform
4 20 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (1.43%) 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 5 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.40%) 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
1 971 (77.06%) Microsoft
2 108 (8.57%) VMware
3 76 (6.03%) Apple
4 43 (3.41%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.10%) Veeam
6 32 (2.54%) Cisco
7 24 (1.90%) Meraki
7 24 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.75%) Sophos
9 21 (1.67%) Adobe
9 21 (1.67%) Citrix
9 21 (1.67%) Google
10 18 (1.43%) Datto
11 15 (1.19%) ConnectWise
11 15 (1.19%) iManage
11 15 (1.19%) Intapp
12 13 (1.03%) SAP
13 12 (0.95%) Oracle
14 10 (0.79%) HP
15 9 (0.71%) Infor