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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 109 113
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +35
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,172 1,410 1,543
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.97% 2.63% 2.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.42% 28.77% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 817 890 1,297
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +3.26% -3.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% - +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 3,405 4,901 6,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.72% 9.13% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,281 2,870 4,536
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £45,828
% change year-on-year -12.63% +3.65% -3.52%

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 10 January 2026.

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 10 January 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 -9 988 £40,500 -19.00% 318
UK excluding London -10 773 £35,000 -17.65% 286
London -3 324 £56,500 +2.02% 83
Work from Home -13 308 £50,000 +3.86% 128
North of England -17 162 £40,000 -11.86% 60
Midlands -9 157 £38,750 -8.82% 40
South East -14 153 £41,000 -8.89% 119
South West +35 113 £33,000 -32.65% 20
Scotland +15 109 £35,000 +7.69% 10
North West -14 95 £43,500 -14.40% 30
West Midlands -8 84 £44,000 -15.79% 23
East of England -19 75 £34,000 +6.25% 41
East Midlands -2 73 £37,500 +19.05% 17
Yorkshire -16 62 £30,000 -9.09% 26
North East -10 5 £77,500 +72.22% 5
Northern Ireland -20 3 £66,250 +26.19% 1
Wales -20 3 £41,740 -12.13% 6

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
1 352 (30.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.73%) Confluence
3 13 (1.11%) CMS
4 12 (1.02%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.68%) WordPress
6 7 (0.60%) IIS
7 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.26%) govService
9 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Moodle
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.085%) Apache
10 1 (0.085%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 195 (16.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
3 106 (9.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.28%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.94%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) InDesign
10 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 39 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.26%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.085%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.085%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.085%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.085%) Shopify
6 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 789 (67.32%) Microsoft 365
2 487 (41.55%) Azure
3 337 (28.75%) Entra ID
4 237 (20.22%) Power Platform
5 231 (19.71%) OneDrive
6 143 (12.20%) Power Automate
7 128 (10.92%) PowerApps
8 76 (6.48%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (5.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 55 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 53 (4.52%) SaaS
12 35 (2.99%) AWS
13 28 (2.39%) Copilot Studio
14 26 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (2.05%) Serverless
16 23 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
16 23 (1.96%) Mimecast
17 21 (1.79%) PaaS
18 20 (1.71%) IaaS
19 17 (1.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 174 (14.85%) DNS
2 162 (13.82%) Firewall
3 156 (13.31%) DHCP
4 141 (12.03%) VPN
5 88 (7.51%) TCP/IP
6 81 (6.91%) WAN
7 79 (6.74%) LAN
7 79 (6.74%) VLAN
8 63 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
9 43 (3.67%) VoIP
10 41 (3.50%) Wireless
11 36 (3.07%) Network Security
12 28 (2.39%) Intranet
13 17 (1.45%) Internet
14 14 (1.19%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.94%) Unified Communications
17 10 (0.85%) Skype
18 9 (0.77%) DKIM
18 9 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (10.67%) Power BI
2 40 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.45%) Metadata
4 11 (0.94%) MySQL
5 10 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.77%) DTS
7 6 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.51%) Power Query
8 5 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.34%) GIS
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.26%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.26%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.17%) EDMS
11 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.17%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (4.44%) JIRA
2 3 (0.26%) Git
3 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.085%) GitLab
4 1 (0.085%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.085%) Sourcetree
General
1 544 (46.42%) Social Skills
2 197 (16.81%) Finance
3 87 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (7.42%) Law
4 73 (6.23%) Legal
5 63 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
6 61 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 52 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 39 (3.33%) Retail
10 24 (2.05%) Telecoms
11 22 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.88%) Marketing
12 17 (1.45%) Banking
13 14 (1.19%) Advertising
14 13 (1.11%) German Language
15 12 (1.02%) French Language
15 12 (1.02%) Spanish Language
16 9 (0.77%) Dutch Language
16 9 (0.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 239 (20.39%) IT Support
2 197 (16.81%) Support Engineer
3 158 (13.48%) Senior
4 124 (10.58%) IT Engineer
5 115 (9.81%) Analyst
6 103 (8.79%) IT Support Engineer
7 90 (7.68%) Developer
8 71 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
9 70 (5.97%) Senior Manager
9 70 (5.97%) Support Analyst
10 64 (5.46%) QA Manager
10 64 (5.46%) Quality Manager
10 64 (5.46%) Senior QA Manager
10 64 (5.46%) Senior Quality Manager
11 60 (5.12%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 59 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 59 (5.03%) Support Technician
13 50 (4.27%) 1st Line Support
13 50 (4.27%) Power Platform Developer
14 48 (4.10%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.30%) .NET
2 22 (1.88%) HTML
2 22 (1.88%) REST
3 20 (1.71%) HTML5 Canvas
3 20 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
4 14 (1.19%) CSS
5 11 (0.94%) Web Services
6 10 (0.85%) SPFx
7 9 (0.77%) JSON
7 9 (0.77%) Middleware
8 7 (0.60%) Node.js
9 6 (0.51%) LangChain
10 5 (0.43%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.43%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.43%) FreeMarker
10 5 (0.43%) XML
11 4 (0.34%) OAuth
11 4 (0.34%) OpenID
11 4 (0.34%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 127 (10.84%) Driving Licence
2 118 (10.07%) Onboarding
3 52 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.73%) Low-Code
6 30 (2.56%) IoT
6 30 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.47%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
9 20 (1.71%) CMDB
10 19 (1.62%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.54%) Cloud Native
12 17 (1.45%) Social Media
13 15 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.28%) Replication
14 14 (1.19%) AI Agents
15 11 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.94%) CCTV
15 11 (0.94%) iPad
15 11 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 420 (35.84%) Windows
2 237 (20.22%) Windows Server
3 160 (13.65%) Windows 10
4 47 (4.01%) Mac OS
5 38 (3.24%) Apple iOS
6 34 (2.90%) Android
7 29 (2.47%) Linux
8 19 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.085%) Unix
12 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
2 203 (17.32%) Customer Service
2 203 (17.32%) ITIL
3 194 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 156 (13.31%) Project Management
5 135 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
6 132 (11.26%) Agile
7 126 (10.75%) Coaching
8 122 (10.41%) Service Delivery
9 121 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (7.76%) AI
11 90 (7.68%) Migration
12 84 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
13 83 (7.08%) Mentoring
14 75 (6.40%) Project Delivery
15 74 (6.31%) Customer Experience
16 73 (6.23%) ITSM
17 72 (6.14%) CRM
18 71 (6.06%) Change Management
18 71 (6.06%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (13.31%) PowerShell
2 98 (8.36%) SQL
3 47 (4.01%) JavaScript
4 44 (3.75%) Python
5 40 (3.41%) C#
6 21 (1.79%) VBA
7 12 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 10 (0.85%) Bash
10 5 (0.43%) Java
11 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.17%) Bicep
12 2 (0.17%) C++
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.085%) VB
13 1 (0.085%) X++
Qualifications
1 174 (14.85%) Degree
2 83 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 75 (6.40%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.46%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 54 (4.61%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.39%) Master's Degree
8 26 (2.22%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.88%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.79%) PMP
11 19 (1.62%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.62%) MCP
12 17 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (1.37%) HND
14 13 (1.11%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.94%) A+ Certification
15 11 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
17 8 (0.68%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.59%) QA
2 58 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 54 (4.61%) GDPR
4 53 (4.52%) SLA
5 40 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (2.13%) PMO
7 20 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 19 (1.62%) NIST
9 17 (1.45%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.19%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.51%) GRC
12 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.34%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) PMBOK
14 3 (0.26%) MiFID
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.17%) P3O
15 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 424 (36.18%) Active Directory
2 84 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (5.97%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.51%) Firmware
6 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.34%) vSphere
9 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.085%) Docker
10 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.085%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 306 (26.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.56%) Terraform
3 22 (1.88%) SCCM
4 17 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 13 (1.11%) Nagios
7 10 (0.85%) Autotask
8 9 (0.77%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.43%) vRealize
11 4 (0.34%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.26%) Nessus
12 3 (0.26%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.26%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.17%) Plesk
13 2 (0.17%) SCOM
13 2 (0.17%) SCSM
13 2 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 931 (79.44%) Microsoft
2 104 (8.87%) VMware
3 73 (6.23%) Apple
4 43 (3.67%) Cisco
5 34 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 33 (2.82%) Meraki
7 30 (2.56%) Sophos
8 28 (2.39%) Citrix
9 26 (2.22%) Veeam
10 23 (1.96%) Google
11 21 (1.79%) Adobe
12 19 (1.62%) Datto
12 19 (1.62%) Progress
13 18 (1.54%) ConnectWise
13 18 (1.54%) HP
13 18 (1.54%) Oracle
14 17 (1.45%) Salesforce
15 15 (1.28%) Atlassian
16 12 (1.02%) Trend Micro
17 11 (0.94%) SolarWinds