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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 111 118
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +50
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,219 1,544 1,536
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.38% 2.28% 2.87%
As % of the Application Platforms category 31.08% 27.89% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 890 968 1,301
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,313 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.31% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £60,938 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,750
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.29% -1.21%

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 3,922 5,536 6,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.67% 8.18% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,663 3,375 4,860
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £122,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 -5 1,026 £41,750 -16.50% 1,007
UK excluding London -3 779 £37,500 -11.76% 845
Work from Home -15 362 £50,000 - 386
London +30 359 £57,750 +5.00% 382
South East +3 194 £39,000 -13.33% 422
North of England -45 143 £38,000 -24.00% 130
Midlands +3 122 £38,500 -3.75% 86
South West +27 114 £34,000 -32.00% 80
Scotland +13 109 £35,000 +7.69% 48
East of England +3 88 £34,000 +6.25% 72
North West -28 84 £40,000 -20.00% 58
East Midlands +3 64 £37,500 +16.28% 52
West Midlands -5 58 £44,000 -13.73% 31
Yorkshire -14 56 £29,000 -46.30% 55
Wales -6 7 £41,000 -21.90% 21
North East -8 3 £67,500 +80.00% 17
Northern Ireland -15 2 £66,250 +26.19% 5

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
1 363 (29.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (2.46%) Confluence
3 20 (1.64%) Skype for Business
4 11 (0.90%) CMS
5 9 (0.74%) WordPress
6 7 (0.57%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.25%) JOnAS
8 3 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.082%) Drupal
10 1 (0.082%) Moodle
10 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 217 (17.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 216 (17.72%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (9.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.39%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.74%) Adobe Premiere
7 9 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.082%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.082%) Revit
Business Applications
1 42 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.33%) Sage 1000
3 4 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.33%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.082%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.082%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 799 (65.55%) Microsoft 365
2 513 (42.08%) Azure
3 344 (28.22%) Entra ID
4 246 (20.18%) Power Platform
5 222 (18.21%) OneDrive
6 157 (12.88%) Power Automate
7 146 (11.98%) PowerApps
8 81 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (4.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 55 (4.51%) Microsoft Purview
11 52 (4.27%) SaaS
12 47 (3.86%) AWS
13 34 (2.79%) Serverless
14 29 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
15 25 (2.05%) Mimecast
15 25 (2.05%) PaaS
16 24 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
17 22 (1.80%) IaaS
18 19 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 176 (14.44%) Firewall
2 160 (13.13%) DNS
3 137 (11.24%) DHCP
4 126 (10.34%) VPN
5 97 (7.96%) TCP/IP
6 76 (6.23%) VLAN
7 72 (5.91%) LAN
8 64 (5.25%) WAN
9 59 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
10 55 (4.51%) Wireless
11 40 (3.28%) Network Security
12 38 (3.12%) Intranet
13 37 (3.04%) VoIP
14 25 (2.05%) Internet
15 15 (1.23%) SAN
16 14 (1.15%) WebEx
17 13 (1.07%) Skype
18 10 (0.82%) DKIM
18 10 (0.82%) DMARC
19 9 (0.74%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (11.32%) Power BI
2 43 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.39%) Metadata
4 14 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.90%) MySQL
6 11 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (0.74%) DTS
7 9 (0.74%) Power Query
8 7 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.33%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.25%) GIS
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.25%) Tableau
11 2 (0.16%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 49 (4.02%) JIRA
2 2 (0.16%) Git
3 1 (0.082%) GitLab
3 1 (0.082%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.082%) RStudio
3 1 (0.082%) Sourcetree
3 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
General
1 546 (44.79%) Social Skills
2 245 (20.10%) Finance
3 97 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.73%) Legal
5 80 (6.56%) Law
6 74 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.68%) Public Sector
8 53 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 52 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 50 (4.10%) Retail
11 33 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (2.54%) Marketing
13 28 (2.30%) Telecoms
14 25 (2.05%) Automotive
15 24 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.72%) Banking
17 15 (1.23%) Advertising
18 13 (1.07%) Billing
18 13 (1.07%) German Language
19 12 (0.98%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 219 (17.97%) IT Support
2 191 (15.67%) Support Engineer
3 170 (13.95%) Senior
4 168 (13.78%) Analyst
5 114 (9.35%) Support Analyst
6 94 (7.71%) IT Engineer
7 88 (7.22%) Developer
8 78 (6.40%) IT Support Engineer
9 74 (6.07%) Senior Manager
10 71 (5.82%) 2nd Line Support
11 64 (5.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 64 (5.25%) QA Manager
11 64 (5.25%) Quality Manager
11 64 (5.25%) Senior QA Manager
11 64 (5.25%) Senior Quality Manager
12 59 (4.84%) Administrator
13 56 (4.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 54 (4.43%) IT Analyst
15 53 (4.35%) Technical Support
16 45 (3.69%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.20%) .NET
2 25 (2.05%) HTML
3 21 (1.72%) HTML5 Canvas
4 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
5 17 (1.39%) CSS
6 14 (1.15%) REST
7 13 (1.07%) Web Services
8 9 (0.74%) JSON
8 9 (0.74%) React
9 8 (0.66%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.66%) EDI
9 8 (0.66%) Node.js
9 8 (0.66%) Software Packaging
10 7 (0.57%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.49%) LangChain
12 5 (0.41%) FreeMarker
12 5 (0.41%) OAuth
12 5 (0.41%) OAuth2
12 5 (0.41%) SAML
12 5 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (10.17%) Onboarding
2 113 (9.27%) Driving Licence
3 44 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.04%) IoT
7 34 (2.79%) Product Ownership
8 28 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
9 22 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.56%) Social Media
11 17 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.39%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.31%) Cloud Native
13 15 (1.23%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.15%) CCTV
14 14 (1.15%) NHS
14 14 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.07%) CMDB
16 12 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 449 (36.83%) Windows
2 243 (19.93%) Windows Server
3 154 (12.63%) Windows 10
4 58 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 33 (2.71%) Linux
6 25 (2.05%) Android
7 24 (1.97%) Apple iOS
8 21 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.74%) Unix
12 5 (0.41%) VMS
13 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.082%) CentOS
15 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.082%) SUSE
15 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.082%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (27.24%) Problem-Solving
2 219 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 218 (17.88%) ITIL
4 207 (16.98%) Customer Service
5 160 (13.13%) Project Management
6 147 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
7 137 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
8 132 (10.83%) Service Delivery
9 126 (10.34%) Agile
10 119 (9.76%) Coaching
11 105 (8.61%) Migration
12 99 (8.12%) CRM
13 95 (7.79%) Mentoring
14 88 (7.22%) Project Delivery
15 79 (6.48%) Disaster Recovery
16 78 (6.40%) Roadmaps
17 77 (6.32%) Customer Experience
18 76 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 74 (6.07%) AI
19 74 (6.07%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 179 (14.68%) PowerShell
2 114 (9.35%) SQL
3 62 (5.09%) C#
4 61 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.10%) Python
6 20 (1.64%) VBA
7 16 (1.31%) Bash
8 12 (0.98%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.57%) Bicep
11 5 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.41%) Java
12 4 (0.33%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.25%) PHP
14 2 (0.16%) C++
14 2 (0.16%) R
14 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.082%) VB
15 1 (0.082%) VBScript
15 1 (0.082%) X++
Qualifications
1 203 (16.65%) Degree
2 102 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (5.50%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 43 (3.53%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.63%) DBS Check
7 24 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.80%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.72%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.64%) MCP
10 20 (1.64%) PMP
11 19 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.31%) A+ Certification
13 15 (1.23%) HND
14 13 (1.07%) DV Cleared
14 13 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.74%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.66%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.22%) QA
2 65 (5.33%) GDPR
3 49 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 44 (3.61%) SLA
5 37 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (3.04%) PMO
6 21 (1.72%) NIST
7 18 (1.48%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.82%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.41%) GRC
10 5 (0.41%) MiFID
11 4 (0.33%) NCSC
11 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.16%) P3O
12 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.082%) WCAG
System Software
1 442 (36.26%) Active Directory
2 86 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (6.97%) Hyper-V
4 28 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (0.66%) vSphere
6 7 (0.57%) Terminal Services
7 6 (0.49%) Firmware
7 6 (0.49%) XenApp
8 5 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.16%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.082%) Docker
11 1 (0.082%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.082%) Postfix
11 1 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 342 (28.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.46%) SCCM
3 23 (1.89%) Autotask
3 23 (1.89%) Terraform
4 14 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.07%) Nagios
6 10 (0.82%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.74%) ZABBIX
8 6 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.41%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.25%) Nessus
11 3 (0.25%) SCOM
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Plesk
12 2 (0.16%) SCSM
12 2 (0.16%) WSUS
13 1 (0.082%) Kubernetes
13 1 (0.082%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 993 (81.46%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.37%) VMware
3 65 (5.33%) Cisco
4 63 (5.17%) Apple
5 46 (3.77%) Meraki
6 39 (3.20%) Sophos
7 38 (3.12%) ServiceNow
8 32 (2.63%) Citrix
9 31 (2.54%) HP
10 26 (2.13%) Datto
10 26 (2.13%) Salesforce
11 25 (2.05%) Atlassian
12 24 (1.97%) Oracle
12 24 (1.97%) Sage
13 22 (1.80%) Google
13 22 (1.80%) Veeam
14 17 (1.39%) Adobe
14 17 (1.39%) Progress
15 16 (1.31%) ConnectWise
16 14 (1.15%) Samsung