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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 111 90
Rank change year-on-year -8 -21 +66
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,270 1,166 2,558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.69% 2.74% 3.01%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.54% 28.02% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 902 888 2,132
10th Percentile £26,775 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.63%
75th Percentile £61,041 £62,588 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,650 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.83% +0.63% -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 3,677 4,162 9,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.90% 9.79% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,485 2,821 6,747
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £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 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £102,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,020 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.62% +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 19 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 19 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 -11 1,076 £42,500 -10.53% 359
UK excluding London -2 858 £37,500 -6.83% 309
Work from Home +3 389 £47,500 -0.67% 123
London -17 336 £60,000 - 119
North of England -27 195 £42,270 -2.83% 70
Midlands +3 177 £42,500 - 45
South East -10 167 £42,500 -5.56% 87
North West -15 115 £50,000 +7.53% 44
West Midlands +7 107 £45,000 -13.46% 26
Scotland +17 100 £31,500 -3.08% 19
South West +15 100 £31,250 -34.55% 45
East of England -22 97 £34,000 +4.62% 36
Yorkshire -13 73 £32,750 +4.80% 22
East Midlands -28 70 £37,500 +20.97% 19
Wales -9 12 £41,740 +11.31% 7
Northern Ireland -33 8 £60,000 +14.29% 4
North East -26 7 £67,500 +110.94% 7
Isle of Man +5 6 £45,000 +30.43% 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
1 399 (31.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (2.83%) Confluence
3 12 (0.94%) CMS
4 7 (0.55%) IIS
5 4 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.24%) govService
6 3 (0.24%) WordPress
7 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.16%) Moodle
7 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.079%) Apache
8 1 (0.079%) Appian
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 203 (15.98%) Microsoft Office
2 184 (14.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (7.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.55%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
6 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
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
1 877 (69.06%) Microsoft 365
2 567 (44.65%) Azure
3 374 (29.45%) Entra ID
4 277 (21.81%) OneDrive
5 270 (21.26%) Power Platform
6 144 (11.34%) Power Automate
7 135 (10.63%) PowerApps
8 72 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (5.59%) Microsoft Copilot
10 55 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 53 (4.17%) SaaS
12 44 (3.46%) Mimecast
13 40 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 29 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (1.97%) PaaS
15 25 (1.97%) Serverless
16 24 (1.89%) AWS
17 23 (1.81%) Azure Functions
18 22 (1.73%) Copilot Studio
19 21 (1.65%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 227 (17.87%) DNS
2 202 (15.91%) DHCP
3 175 (13.78%) VPN
4 171 (13.46%) Firewall
5 106 (8.35%) WAN
6 100 (7.87%) VLAN
7 93 (7.32%) LAN
8 87 (6.85%) TCP/IP
9 81 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
10 49 (3.86%) VoIP
11 38 (2.99%) Network Security
12 28 (2.20%) Wireless
13 19 (1.50%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.42%) Intranet
15 14 (1.10%) Internet
16 13 (1.02%) IPsec
17 12 (0.94%) SAN
18 11 (0.87%) WLAN
19 10 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
20 9 (0.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (12.20%) Power BI
2 56 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.94%) Metadata
3 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.63%) MySQL
5 8 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.47%) Power Query
8 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.31%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.24%) Tableau
11 2 (0.16%) DataStage
11 2 (0.16%) EDMS
11 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (5.20%) JIRA
2 3 (0.24%) Git
2 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.16%) Selenium
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%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 573 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 187 (14.72%) Finance
3 95 (7.48%) Law
4 89 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
6 82 (6.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 81 (6.38%) Legal
8 58 (4.57%) Public Sector
9 43 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 38 (2.99%) Retail
11 25 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.42%) Games
13 18 (1.42%) Marketing
14 17 (1.34%) Advertising
15 15 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.10%) Banking
17 11 (0.87%) German Language
18 10 (0.79%) French Language
19 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 283 (22.28%) IT Support
2 198 (15.59%) Support Engineer
3 193 (15.20%) Senior
4 154 (12.13%) Analyst
5 149 (11.73%) IT Engineer
6 124 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
7 120 (9.45%) Developer
8 90 (7.09%) Support Analyst
9 77 (6.06%) Support Technician
10 74 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 71 (5.59%) IT Analyst
12 69 (5.43%) Senior Manager
13 68 (5.35%) 2nd Line Support
14 67 (5.28%) Quality Manager
15 64 (5.04%) IT Technician
15 64 (5.04%) QA Manager
15 64 (5.04%) Senior QA Manager
15 64 (5.04%) Senior Quality Manager
16 60 (4.72%) IT Support Technician
17 54 (4.25%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.68%) .NET
2 26 (2.05%) REST
3 24 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
4 23 (1.81%) HTML
5 21 (1.65%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (1.57%) CSS
7 17 (1.34%) JSON
8 15 (1.18%) SPFx
9 10 (0.79%) Middleware
9 10 (0.79%) React
9 10 (0.79%) XML
10 9 (0.71%) Web Services
11 8 (0.63%) EDI
11 8 (0.63%) Node.js
12 6 (0.47%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.47%) SOAP
13 5 (0.39%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.39%) OAuth
13 5 (0.39%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 132 (10.39%) Driving Licence
2 95 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 44 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 41 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.52%) Low-Code
7 29 (2.28%) Replication
8 23 (1.81%) IoT
8 23 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
9 22 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 21 (1.65%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.42%) CMDB
12 15 (1.18%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.94%) FMCG
14 12 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.94%) iPhone
15 11 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.79%) Fat Client
16 10 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 495 (38.98%) Windows
2 247 (19.45%) Windows Server
3 179 (14.09%) Windows 10
4 66 (5.20%) Mac OS
5 57 (4.49%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.70%) Android
7 33 (2.60%) Linux
8 27 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
2 245 (19.29%) Customer Service
3 231 (18.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 227 (17.87%) ITIL
5 144 (11.34%) Project Management
6 142 (11.18%) Agile
6 142 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
7 137 (10.79%) Coaching
8 133 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
9 120 (9.45%) Service Delivery
10 93 (7.32%) AI
11 90 (7.09%) Mentoring
12 89 (7.01%) Disaster Recovery
13 84 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 80 (6.30%) CRM
15 79 (6.22%) ITSM
15 79 (6.22%) Migration
16 77 (6.06%) Customer Experience
17 75 (5.91%) Change Management
18 73 (5.75%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 137 (10.79%) PowerShell
2 102 (8.03%) SQL
3 54 (4.25%) JavaScript
4 51 (4.02%) C#
5 37 (2.91%) Python
6 19 (1.50%) VBA
7 13 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.94%) R
9 8 (0.63%) Java
9 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.39%) Bash
10 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.24%) 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
1 189 (14.88%) Degree
2 103 (8.11%) Security Cleared
3 99 (7.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 67 (5.28%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.04%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 39 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.57%) DBS Check
10 20 (1.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 17 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.34%) HND
11 17 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (1.26%) PMI Certification
12 16 (1.26%) PMP
13 15 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.18%) MBA
14 13 (1.02%) APMP
15 12 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.69%) QA
2 66 (5.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 63 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (4.17%) SLA
5 44 (3.46%) GDPR
6 28 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.34%) PMO
9 13 (1.02%) Accessibility
10 12 (0.94%) NIST
11 10 (0.79%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.47%) GRC
13 5 (0.39%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.31%) MiFID
14 4 (0.31%) NCSC
14 4 (0.31%) PMBOK
15 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 478 (37.64%) Active Directory
2 78 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (5.75%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (1.02%) vSphere
6 10 (0.79%) BitLocker
6 10 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.47%) DFS Replication
9 4 (0.31%) 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
1 333 (26.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (3.23%) SCCM
3 23 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
4 21 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.57%) Terraform
6 14 (1.10%) FortiGate
7 12 (0.94%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.71%) Backup Exec
8 9 (0.71%) vRealize
9 7 (0.55%) WSUS
10 4 (0.31%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Autotask
12 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.16%) Kubernetes
12 2 (0.16%) Nessus
12 2 (0.16%) Plesk
12 2 (0.16%) SCOM
12 2 (0.16%) SCSM
Vendors
1 986 (77.64%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.11%) VMware
3 81 (6.38%) Apple
4 48 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.15%) Veeam
6 37 (2.91%) Cisco
7 28 (2.20%) Meraki
8 24 (1.89%) Adobe
8 24 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.50%) Google
9 19 (1.50%) Sophos
10 18 (1.42%) Datto
11 17 (1.34%) Citrix
12 16 (1.26%) iManage
12 16 (1.26%) Intapp
13 14 (1.10%) ConnectWise
14 12 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (0.94%) HP
14 12 (0.94%) Oracle
15 11 (0.87%) SAP