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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 106 110
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +35
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,195 1,404 1,743
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 2.65% 2.77%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.95% 29.00% 25.76%
Number of salaries quoted 829 879 1,479
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,740 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.13% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,980 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -14.84% +5.63% -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 3,419 4,842 6,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.56% 9.14% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,261 2,827 5,079
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,600
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.44% -4.51%

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 21 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 21 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 -10 1,002 £41,125 -16.07% 304
UK excluding London -14 787 £35,980 -14.84% 289
Work from Home -9 334 £50,000 +3.86% 128
London +4 332 £56,500 +1.32% 74
Midlands -11 164 £37,500 -11.24% 42
North of England -25 162 £40,750 -9.44% 67
South East -15 157 £41,500 -7.78% 114
Scotland +17 112 £35,000 +7.69% 18
South West +46 111 £33,000 -31.96% 18
North West -16 94 £45,000 -11.45% 30
West Midlands -5 87 £44,000 -16.19% 22
East Midlands -8 77 £37,500 +19.05% 20
East of England -28 73 £34,000 +6.25% 31
Yorkshire -12 63 £30,000 -9.09% 32
Wales -12 7 £41,740 -12.13% 9
North East -6 5 £77,500 +82.35% 8
Northern Ireland -18 3 £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
1 356 (29.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.43%) Confluence
3 13 (1.09%) CMS
4 10 (0.84%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.67%) IIS
5 8 (0.67%) WordPress
6 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.25%) govService
8 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.17%) Moodle
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.084%) Apache
9 1 (0.084%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 196 (16.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 188 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
3 106 (8.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.92%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) InDesign
10 1 (0.084%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 41 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.17%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.17%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.084%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.084%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.084%) Shopify
5 1 (0.084%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 811 (67.87%) Microsoft 365
2 501 (41.92%) Azure
3 335 (28.03%) Entra ID
4 250 (20.92%) Power Platform
5 233 (19.50%) OneDrive
6 149 (12.47%) Power Automate
7 133 (11.13%) PowerApps
8 76 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 51 (4.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (4.02%) SaaS
12 32 (2.68%) AWS
13 28 (2.34%) Copilot Studio
13 28 (2.34%) Mimecast
14 27 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
14 27 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
15 26 (2.18%) Serverless
16 21 (1.76%) PaaS
17 20 (1.67%) IaaS
18 19 (1.59%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 180 (15.06%) DNS
2 164 (13.72%) Firewall
3 160 (13.39%) DHCP
4 147 (12.30%) VPN
5 87 (7.28%) WAN
6 84 (7.03%) TCP/IP
7 82 (6.86%) LAN
8 81 (6.78%) VLAN
9 61 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (3.35%) VoIP
11 39 (3.26%) Wireless
12 35 (2.93%) Network Security
13 26 (2.18%) Intranet
14 15 (1.26%) Internet
14 15 (1.26%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (0.92%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.75%) DKIM
16 9 (0.75%) DMARC
16 9 (0.75%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (11.05%) Power BI
2 46 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.42%) Metadata
4 10 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.75%) MySQL
6 7 (0.59%) DTS
7 6 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.50%) Power Query
8 5 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.42%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.33%) GIS
9 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.25%) Tableau
11 2 (0.17%) EDMS
11 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (4.02%) JIRA
2 2 (0.17%) Git
2 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.084%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.084%) GitLab
3 1 (0.084%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 554 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 195 (16.32%) Finance
3 89 (7.45%) Law
4 84 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (6.28%) Legal
6 68 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 65 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (4.44%) Public Sector
9 49 (4.10%) Manufacturing
10 38 (3.18%) Retail
11 24 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.84%) Marketing
12 22 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.51%) Banking
14 13 (1.09%) German Language
15 12 (1.00%) Advertising
15 12 (1.00%) French Language
15 12 (1.00%) Spanish Language
16 11 (0.92%) Games
17 9 (0.75%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 236 (19.75%) IT Support
2 196 (16.40%) Support Engineer
3 160 (13.39%) Senior
4 131 (10.96%) IT Engineer
5 124 (10.38%) Analyst
6 106 (8.87%) IT Support Engineer
7 96 (8.03%) Developer
8 72 (6.03%) Support Analyst
9 69 (5.77%) Senior Manager
10 68 (5.69%) 2nd Line Support
11 64 (5.36%) QA Manager
11 64 (5.36%) Quality Manager
11 64 (5.36%) Senior QA Manager
11 64 (5.36%) Senior Quality Manager
12 58 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 58 (4.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 57 (4.77%) Support Technician
14 52 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
15 50 (4.18%) Consultant
15 50 (4.18%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.18%) .NET
2 23 (1.92%) HTML
2 23 (1.92%) REST
3 20 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
3 20 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
4 15 (1.26%) CSS
5 13 (1.09%) Web Services
6 10 (0.84%) SPFx
7 9 (0.75%) JSON
7 9 (0.75%) Middleware
8 7 (0.59%) Node.js
9 6 (0.50%) LangChain
10 5 (0.42%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.42%) FreeMarker
10 5 (0.42%) OAuth
10 5 (0.42%) OpenID
10 5 (0.42%) XML
11 4 (0.33%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.33%) SAML
11 4 (0.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.71%) Driving Licence
2 113 (9.46%) Onboarding
3 55 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.76%) Low-Code
6 30 (2.51%) Product Ownership
7 29 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (2.34%) IoT
9 27 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
10 19 (1.59%) CMDB
11 18 (1.51%) Cloud Native
12 17 (1.42%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.42%) Replication
13 15 (1.26%) Social Media
14 14 (1.17%) AI Agents
15 12 (1.00%) CCTV
15 12 (1.00%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.92%) iPad
17 10 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 427 (35.73%) Windows
2 229 (19.16%) Windows Server
3 165 (13.81%) Windows 10
4 47 (3.93%) Mac OS
5 39 (3.26%) Apple iOS
6 32 (2.68%) Android
7 31 (2.59%) Linux
8 22 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.084%) Unix
13 1 (0.084%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (17.57%) ITIL
3 207 (17.32%) Customer Service
4 200 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 152 (12.72%) Project Management
6 137 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
7 135 (11.30%) Agile
8 127 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
8 127 (10.63%) Coaching
8 127 (10.63%) Service Delivery
9 95 (7.95%) AI
10 87 (7.28%) Migration
11 86 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
12 84 (7.03%) Mentoring
13 79 (6.61%) CRM
14 74 (6.19%) Customer Experience
14 74 (6.19%) ITSM
15 72 (6.03%) Change Management
16 71 (5.94%) Project Delivery
16 71 (5.94%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (12.55%) PowerShell
2 101 (8.45%) SQL
3 47 (3.93%) JavaScript
4 45 (3.77%) Python
5 39 (3.26%) C#
6 22 (1.84%) VBA
7 11 (0.92%) T-SQL
7 11 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.84%) Bash
9 5 (0.42%) Java
10 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.17%) Bicep
11 2 (0.17%) C++
11 2 (0.17%) PHP
11 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.084%) VB
12 1 (0.084%) X++
Qualifications
1 181 (15.15%) Degree
2 86 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 84 (7.03%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 57 (4.77%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (2.43%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.09%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.84%) MCP
10 22 (1.84%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.76%) PMP
12 17 (1.42%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.34%) DV Cleared
13 16 (1.34%) HND
14 15 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.75%) A+ Certification
16 9 (0.75%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.36%) QA
2 62 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 55 (4.60%) GDPR
4 53 (4.44%) SLA
5 43 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (2.01%) PMO
7 23 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 19 (1.59%) NIST
9 18 (1.51%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.17%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.50%) GRC
12 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.33%) NCSC
13 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
14 3 (0.25%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.17%) MiFID
15 2 (0.17%) P3O
15 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 428 (35.82%) Active Directory
2 82 (6.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (5.77%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.59%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.50%) Firmware
8 6 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.084%) Docker
12 1 (0.084%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 303 (25.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.34%) Terraform
3 25 (2.09%) SCCM
4 19 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.26%) FortiGate
6 11 (0.92%) Nagios
7 8 (0.67%) Autotask
8 7 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.59%) vRealize
8 7 (0.59%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.33%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.33%) WSUS
11 3 (0.25%) Nessus
11 3 (0.25%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.17%) Plesk
12 2 (0.17%) SCOM
12 2 (0.17%) SCSM
Vendors
1 942 (78.83%) Microsoft
2 105 (8.79%) VMware
3 76 (6.36%) Apple
4 44 (3.68%) Cisco
5 37 (3.10%) ServiceNow
6 33 (2.76%) Meraki
7 30 (2.51%) Veeam
8 28 (2.34%) Sophos
9 27 (2.26%) Citrix
10 21 (1.76%) Adobe
10 21 (1.76%) Datto
11 19 (1.59%) Google
11 19 (1.59%) HP
11 19 (1.59%) Oracle
11 19 (1.59%) Salesforce
12 18 (1.51%) ConnectWise
12 18 (1.51%) Progress
13 13 (1.09%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.09%) SAP
14 11 (0.92%) Atlassian