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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 107 106
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +41
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,229 1,398 1,937
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 2.68% 2.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.05% 28.97% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 858 882 1,653
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,563 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £76,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -14.63% +2.50% -1.23%

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 3,506 4,826 7,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.52% 9.24% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,327 2,800 5,644
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,762 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% +11.52% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,125 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,740 £46,000 £43,195
% change year-on-year -9.26% +6.49% -7.11%

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 30 January 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 30 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 -6 1,029 £42,000 -12.76% 354
UK excluding London -7 810 £35,000 -14.63% 334
Work from Home +3 354 £50,000 +5.26% 128
London +5 340 £56,500 -5.83% 86
Midlands -4 176 £37,500 -10.71% 51
North of England -20 164 £40,000 -11.11% 68
South East -15 162 £42,500 -5.56% 127
Scotland +17 114 £35,000 +7.69% 15
South West +45 111 £33,000 -30.53% 31
West Midlands 0 96 £42,039 -20.53% 28
North West -6 96 £45,000 -1.38% 30
East Midlands -8 80 £37,500 +19.05% 23
East of England -22 72 £34,000 +6.25% 39
Yorkshire -18 63 £30,750 -6.82% 34
Wales -15 8 £41,740 -12.13% 9
North East -9 5 £77,500 +82.35% 6
Northern Ireland -26 4 £62,500 +19.05% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £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
1 370 (30.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (2.44%) Confluence
3 13 (1.06%) CMS
4 9 (0.73%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.65%) WordPress
6 7 (0.57%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) govService
9 2 (0.16%) Moodle
10 1 (0.081%) Apache
10 1 (0.081%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.081%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 198 (16.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (8.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.73%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.16%) InDesign
10 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 41 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.081%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.081%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.081%) Shopify
6 1 (0.081%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.081%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 839 (68.27%) Microsoft 365
2 526 (42.80%) Azure
3 348 (28.32%) Entra ID
4 259 (21.07%) Power Platform
5 246 (20.02%) OneDrive
6 150 (12.21%) Power Automate
7 139 (11.31%) PowerApps
8 75 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
9 61 (4.96%) Microsoft Copilot
10 54 (4.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 53 (4.31%) SaaS
12 35 (2.85%) Mimecast
13 30 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 30 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
14 29 (2.36%) AWS
15 28 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (2.12%) Serverless
17 24 (1.95%) PaaS
18 20 (1.63%) Azure Functions
18 20 (1.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 191 (15.54%) DNS
2 170 (13.83%) DHCP
2 170 (13.83%) Firewall
3 158 (12.86%) VPN
4 94 (7.65%) WAN
5 86 (7.00%) LAN
6 85 (6.92%) TCP/IP
6 85 (6.92%) VLAN
7 64 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (3.17%) VoIP
8 39 (3.17%) Wireless
9 35 (2.85%) Network Security
10 24 (1.95%) Intranet
11 18 (1.46%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.14%) Internet
13 10 (0.81%) DKIM
13 10 (0.81%) DMARC
13 10 (0.81%) IPsec
13 10 (0.81%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.73%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.98%) Power BI
2 49 (3.99%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.38%) Metadata
4 9 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.73%) MySQL
4 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.49%) DTS
5 6 (0.49%) Power Query
6 5 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.41%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.33%) GIS
7 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.24%) Tableau
9 2 (0.16%) EDMS
9 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.16%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 51 (4.15%) JIRA
2 2 (0.16%) Git
2 2 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.081%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.081%) GitLab
3 1 (0.081%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 564 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 197 (16.03%) Finance
3 93 (7.57%) Law
4 84 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (6.43%) Legal
6 71 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
7 69 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (4.31%) Public Sector
9 49 (3.99%) Manufacturing
10 38 (3.09%) Retail
11 25 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.87%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.79%) Marketing
14 17 (1.38%) Banking
15 14 (1.14%) Games
16 13 (1.06%) German Language
17 12 (0.98%) Advertising
17 12 (0.98%) French Language
17 12 (0.98%) Spanish Language
18 9 (0.73%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 242 (19.69%) IT Support
2 202 (16.44%) Support Engineer
3 171 (13.91%) Senior
4 142 (11.55%) IT Engineer
5 132 (10.74%) Analyst
6 115 (9.36%) IT Support Engineer
7 99 (8.06%) Developer
8 78 (6.35%) Support Analyst
9 71 (5.78%) 2nd Line Support
10 69 (5.61%) Senior Manager
11 66 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 64 (5.21%) QA Manager
12 64 (5.21%) Quality Manager
12 64 (5.21%) Senior QA Manager
12 64 (5.21%) Senior Quality Manager
13 57 (4.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 56 (4.56%) Consultant
14 56 (4.56%) Support Technician
15 52 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
16 51 (4.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.20%) .NET
2 25 (2.03%) HTML
3 23 (1.87%) REST
4 20 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
6 17 (1.38%) CSS
7 11 (0.90%) Web Services
8 10 (0.81%) Middleware
8 10 (0.81%) SPFx
9 9 (0.73%) JSON
10 8 (0.65%) Node.js
11 6 (0.49%) LangChain
11 6 (0.49%) OAuth
11 6 (0.49%) OpenID
12 5 (0.41%) XML
13 4 (0.33%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.33%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.33%) FreeMarker
13 4 (0.33%) SAML
13 4 (0.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 134 (10.90%) Driving Licence
2 109 (8.87%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.69%) Low-Code
6 29 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 29 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (2.20%) IoT
7 27 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
8 21 (1.71%) CMDB
8 21 (1.71%) Replication
9 19 (1.55%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.14%) AI Agents
10 14 (1.14%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.06%) Social Media
12 12 (0.98%) CCTV
13 11 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.90%) iPad
14 10 (0.81%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 448 (36.45%) Windows
2 238 (19.37%) Windows Server
3 167 (13.59%) Windows 10
4 51 (4.15%) Mac OS
5 43 (3.50%) Apple iOS
6 33 (2.69%) Android
7 31 (2.52%) Linux
8 23 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.081%) Unix
13 1 (0.081%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 224 (18.23%) ITIL
3 216 (17.58%) Customer Service
4 208 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 150 (12.21%) Project Management
6 141 (11.47%) Agile
7 140 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
8 129 (10.50%) Coaching
8 129 (10.50%) Service Delivery
9 128 (10.41%) Business Intelligence
10 98 (7.97%) AI
11 93 (7.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 89 (7.24%) Mentoring
13 86 (7.00%) Migration
14 81 (6.59%) CRM
15 78 (6.35%) ITSM
16 76 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 74 (6.02%) Customer Experience
17 74 (6.02%) DevOps
18 73 (5.94%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (11.96%) PowerShell
2 102 (8.30%) SQL
3 47 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 46 (3.74%) Python
5 40 (3.25%) C#
6 23 (1.87%) VBA
7 11 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.73%) Bash
8 9 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.41%) Java
10 3 (0.24%) Bicep
10 3 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.24%) PHP
10 3 (0.24%) R
11 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.081%) C++
12 1 (0.081%) VB
12 1 (0.081%) X++
Qualifications
1 193 (15.70%) Degree
2 91 (7.40%) Security Cleared
3 89 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 64 (5.21%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 61 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.69%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 21 (1.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 21 (1.71%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.71%) PMP
11 18 (1.46%) DV Cleared
12 16 (1.30%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.30%) HND
12 16 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (0.98%) A+ Certification
13 12 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.98%) MBA
14 11 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.08%) QA
2 67 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 54 (4.39%) GDPR
3 54 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (4.31%) SLA
5 27 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 22 (1.79%) PMO
7 20 (1.63%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.55%) NIST
9 14 (1.14%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.49%) GRC
10 6 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.33%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.16%) P3O
13 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 443 (36.05%) Active Directory
2 84 (6.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (5.61%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.73%) vSphere
7 8 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.49%) Firmware
9 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.081%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.081%) Docker
12 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 316 (25.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.44%) Terraform
3 28 (2.28%) SCCM
4 19 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.22%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.81%) Nagios
7 9 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (0.73%) vRealize
8 7 (0.57%) Autotask
9 6 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.49%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.49%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.33%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.33%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.24%) Nessus
11 3 (0.24%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.24%) WSUS
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Plesk
Vendors
1 961 (78.19%) Microsoft
2 109 (8.87%) VMware
3 77 (6.27%) Apple
4 44 (3.58%) Cisco
5 39 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 32 (2.60%) Meraki
6 32 (2.60%) Veeam
7 27 (2.20%) Citrix
8 25 (2.03%) Sophos
9 21 (1.71%) Adobe
9 21 (1.71%) Datto
10 20 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 18 (1.46%) ConnectWise
11 18 (1.46%) HP
12 17 (1.38%) Google
12 17 (1.38%) Oracle
13 16 (1.30%) Progress
14 14 (1.14%) SAP
15 11 (0.90%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.90%) iManage