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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 109 93
Rank change year-on-year -13 -16 +61
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,273 1,290 2,430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.76% 2.79% 3.00%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.76% 28.69% 27.91%
Number of salaries quoted 890 899 2,034
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +9.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,874 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.25% +2.19% -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 3,662 4,496 8,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.06% 9.71% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,433 2,809 6,492
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £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 £100,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,740 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.25% +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 7 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 7 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 -17 1,069 £42,500 -10.53% 354
UK excluding London -1 856 £37,500 -8.25% 310
Work from Home +10 396 £47,500 - 159
London -4 335 £60,000 - 127
North of England -9 196 £42,039 -6.58% 66
Midlands -2 178 £42,500 - 40
South East -8 161 £45,000 +13.92% 100
North West -16 115 £50,000 - 45
South West +23 107 £31,750 -33.85% 36
Scotland +17 105 £31,500 -3.08% 32
West Midlands -5 105 £45,000 -15.57% 15
East of England -18 88 £34,000 +4.62% 33
Yorkshire -20 74 £33,000 +0.76% 16
East Midlands -25 73 £37,500 +22.95% 25
Wales -11 12 £41,740 -12.13% 7
North East -18 7 £67,500 +110.94% 9
Northern Ireland -35 7 £47,250 -10.00% 3
Isle of Man +8 6 £45,000 +30.43%

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
1 400 (31.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (2.75%) Confluence
3 11 (0.86%) CMS
4 7 (0.55%) IIS
5 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.39%) WordPress
6 4 (0.31%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.31%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.24%) govService
8 2 (0.16%) Moodle
8 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.079%) Apache
9 1 (0.079%) Appian
9 1 (0.079%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.079%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.079%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.079%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 207 (16.26%) Microsoft Office
2 193 (15.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (7.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.86%) Photoshop
6 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.16%) InDesign
10 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 42 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.079%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.079%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.079%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 877 (68.89%) Microsoft 365
2 567 (44.54%) Azure
3 376 (29.54%) Entra ID
4 271 (21.29%) OneDrive
5 266 (20.90%) Power Platform
6 145 (11.39%) Power Automate
7 135 (10.60%) PowerApps
8 78 (6.13%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 56 (4.40%) Microsoft Purview
11 55 (4.32%) SaaS
12 43 (3.38%) Mimecast
13 36 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
14 28 (2.20%) AWS
15 26 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (1.96%) Copilot Studio
17 24 (1.89%) PaaS
17 24 (1.89%) Serverless
18 22 (1.73%) Azure Functions
19 20 (1.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 225 (17.67%) DNS
2 197 (15.48%) DHCP
3 179 (14.06%) Firewall
4 176 (13.83%) VPN
5 105 (8.25%) WAN
6 97 (7.62%) VLAN
7 90 (7.07%) LAN
8 88 (6.91%) TCP/IP
9 73 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (3.61%) VoIP
11 38 (2.99%) Network Security
12 27 (2.12%) Wireless
13 20 (1.57%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.41%) Intranet
15 14 (1.10%) Internet
15 14 (1.10%) SAN
16 13 (1.02%) IPsec
17 10 (0.79%) DKIM
17 10 (0.79%) DMARC
18 9 (0.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (12.33%) Power BI
2 51 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.86%) Metadata
3 11 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.63%) MySQL
6 7 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.47%) Power Query
7 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.31%) DTS
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.24%) Azure SQL 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%) QlikView
11 2 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 61 (4.79%) JIRA
2 3 (0.24%) Git
2 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
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
1 577 (45.33%) Social Skills
2 195 (15.32%) Finance
3 97 (7.62%) Law
4 83 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 83 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
5 75 (5.89%) Legal
6 62 (4.87%) Public Sector
7 45 (3.53%) Manufacturing
8 37 (2.91%) Retail
9 26 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.57%) Marketing
12 17 (1.34%) Games
13 16 (1.26%) Banking
13 16 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.10%) Advertising
15 13 (1.02%) German Language
16 12 (0.94%) French Language
16 12 (0.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 274 (21.52%) IT Support
2 198 (15.55%) Support Engineer
3 187 (14.69%) Senior
4 158 (12.41%) Analyst
5 147 (11.55%) IT Engineer
6 120 (9.43%) IT Support Engineer
7 112 (8.80%) Developer
8 94 (7.38%) Support Analyst
9 76 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 70 (5.50%) IT Analyst
10 70 (5.50%) Support Technician
11 69 (5.42%) Senior Manager
12 67 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
12 67 (5.26%) Quality Manager
13 64 (5.03%) QA Manager
13 64 (5.03%) Senior QA Manager
13 64 (5.03%) Senior Quality Manager
14 55 (4.32%) Consultant
14 55 (4.32%) IT Technician
14 55 (4.32%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.44%) .NET
2 23 (1.81%) REST
3 22 (1.73%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (1.49%) HTML
5 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
6 14 (1.10%) CSS
7 13 (1.02%) JSON
8 12 (0.94%) SPFx
9 9 (0.71%) Middleware
9 9 (0.71%) Web Services
9 9 (0.71%) XML
10 8 (0.63%) EDI
10 8 (0.63%) React
11 6 (0.47%) OAuth
11 6 (0.47%) OpenID
11 6 (0.47%) SOAP
12 5 (0.39%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.39%) Node.js
13 3 (0.24%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 134 (10.53%) Driving Licence
2 93 (7.31%) Onboarding
3 51 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (3.38%) Management Information System
5 41 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.44%) Low-Code
7 28 (2.20%) Replication
8 26 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
9 23 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 23 (1.81%) IoT
10 20 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.57%) CMDB
11 17 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 12 (0.94%) FMCG
12 12 (0.94%) iPhone
13 11 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.86%) Security Posture
13 11 (0.86%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 493 (38.73%) Windows
2 250 (19.64%) Windows Server
3 169 (13.28%) Windows 10
4 62 (4.87%) Mac OS
5 54 (4.24%) Apple iOS
6 43 (3.38%) Android
7 35 (2.75%) Linux
8 23 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
2 242 (19.01%) Customer Service
3 232 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 230 (18.07%) ITIL
5 144 (11.31%) Agile
5 144 (11.31%) Project Management
6 142 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
6 142 (11.15%) Coaching
7 134 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 125 (9.82%) Service Delivery
9 97 (7.62%) Disaster Recovery
10 92 (7.23%) Mentoring
11 90 (7.07%) AI
12 85 (6.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 83 (6.52%) Migration
14 82 (6.44%) CRM
14 82 (6.44%) ITSM
15 77 (6.05%) Change Management
15 77 (6.05%) Customer Experience
16 73 (5.73%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (10.92%) PowerShell
2 102 (8.01%) SQL
3 49 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 48 (3.77%) C#
5 41 (3.22%) Python
6 22 (1.73%) VBA
7 10 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.71%) R
9 8 (0.63%) Java
10 7 (0.55%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.47%) Bash
12 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.24%) Bicep
14 2 (0.16%) PHP
14 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.079%) VB
15 1 (0.079%) X++
15 1 (0.079%) XAML
Qualifications
1 198 (15.55%) Degree
2 103 (8.09%) Security Cleared
3 101 (7.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 69 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.03%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 39 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.99%) Master's Degree
8 26 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 21 (1.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 19 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.49%) PMI Certification
11 19 (1.49%) PMP
12 18 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
13 17 (1.34%) HND
14 15 (1.18%) MBA
15 14 (1.10%) A+ Certification
16 13 (1.02%) APMP
16 13 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.68%) QA
2 69 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (4.08%) SLA
5 47 (3.69%) GDPR
6 30 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.49%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.41%) PMO
9 14 (1.10%) NIST
10 13 (1.02%) Accessibility
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
1 479 (37.63%) Active Directory
2 81 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (5.50%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (1.02%) vSphere
7 9 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.47%) BitLocker
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
1 331 (26.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.75%) SCCM
3 24 (1.89%) Terraform
4 21 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
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 5 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.31%) Nagios
11 4 (0.31%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
12 3 (0.24%) Nessus
12 3 (0.24%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.24%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.16%) Plesk
13 2 (0.16%) SCSM
Vendors
1 983 (77.22%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.33%) VMware
3 78 (6.13%) Apple
4 44 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 41 (3.22%) Veeam
6 35 (2.75%) Cisco
7 25 (1.96%) Meraki
8 24 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.81%) Adobe
10 21 (1.65%) Sophos
11 20 (1.57%) Citrix
11 20 (1.57%) Google
12 18 (1.41%) Datto
13 15 (1.18%) ConnectWise
13 15 (1.18%) Intapp
14 14 (1.10%) iManage
15 12 (0.94%) Oracle
15 12 (0.94%) SAP
16 11 (0.86%) HP
17 9 (0.71%) Infor