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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 129 112
Rank change year-on-year +14 -17 +19
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,751 1,196 1,827
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.59% 2.39% 2.24%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.53% 28.13% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,361 920 1,356
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,879 £42,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -11.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £61,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,946 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.37% -5.88% -

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 4,545 4,252 7,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.14% 8.51% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,216 2,879 4,733
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,625 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -2.11%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1,555 £44,000 +3.53% 640
UK excluding London +40 1,273 £40,946 +2.37% 486
Work from Home +45 623 £50,000 +11.11% 299
London -19 415 £55,000 -4.35% 257
North of England +61 342 £42,500 +16.92% 101
South East +1 280 £47,166 +17.40% 134
East of England +63 230 £37,500 -7.41% 53
Midlands -13 174 £39,000 +1.30% 91
North West +36 162 £50,000 +25.00% 46
Yorkshire +38 149 £38,772 +34.86% 43
West Midlands -8 107 £45,000 +2.27% 61
South West -56 105 £36,250 -9.38% 52
Scotland +28 68 £30,750 -18.00% 35
East Midlands -20 67 £37,500 -2.60% 30
Wales -31 43 £32,000 -20.99% 8
North East -36 31 £47,500 +48.44% 14
Northern Ireland - 31 £63,500 - 21
Isle of Man -2 1 £45,000 +30.43% 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
1 609 (34.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (2.06%) CMS
3 35 (2.00%) Confluence
4 27 (1.54%) Sitecore CMS
5 20 (1.14%) IIS
6 15 (0.86%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.40%) Apache
7 7 (0.40%) nginx
8 5 (0.29%) MS Project Server
8 5 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (0.29%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.17%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 163 (9.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.80%) Chatbot
5 14 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.57%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.51%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.29%) DaVinci Resolve
10 3 (0.17%) Revit
11 2 (0.11%) Navisworks
11 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.057%) InDesign
12 1 (0.057%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.057%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 56 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.69%) Elite 3E
4 10 (0.57%) Carpe Diem
5 6 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.23%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 2 (0.11%) Primavera
8 2 (0.11%) Shopify
9 1 (0.057%) Eikon
9 1 (0.057%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.057%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.057%) SystmOne
9 1 (0.057%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,304 (74.47%) Microsoft 365
2 771 (44.03%) Azure
3 596 (34.04%) Entra ID
4 501 (28.61%) Power Platform
5 381 (21.76%) OneDrive
6 273 (15.59%) Power Automate
7 272 (15.53%) PowerApps
8 189 (10.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 115 (6.57%) SaaS
10 99 (5.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 96 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
12 76 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
13 60 (3.43%) Mimecast
14 47 (2.68%) Copilot Studio
15 43 (2.46%) AWS
15 43 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
16 34 (1.94%) Google Workspace
17 30 (1.71%) IaaS
18 26 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
19 22 (1.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 316 (18.05%) Firewall
2 282 (16.11%) DNS
3 236 (13.48%) DHCP
4 184 (10.51%) VPN
5 153 (8.74%) Wi-Fi
6 137 (7.82%) VLAN
7 104 (5.94%) TCP/IP
8 95 (5.43%) VoIP
9 86 (4.91%) Wireless
10 85 (4.85%) LAN
11 80 (4.57%) WAN
12 43 (2.46%) Network Security
13 37 (2.11%) Intranet
14 20 (1.14%) SSL
15 18 (1.03%) Internet
16 16 (0.91%) Skype
17 14 (0.80%) SAN
18 13 (0.74%) Broadband
19 12 (0.69%) PBX
20 10 (0.57%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (13.42%) Power BI
2 90 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 35 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (1.26%) Metadata
5 19 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.46%) Power Query
9 6 (0.34%) GIS
10 5 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.11%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.11%) MySQL
13 1 (0.057%) EDMS
13 1 (0.057%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.057%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (5.88%) JIRA
2 21 (1.20%) Git
3 5 (0.29%) Postman
4 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.17%) Selenium
5 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.11%) JUnit
6 2 (0.11%) Mockito
6 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.057%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 825 (47.12%) Social Skills
2 264 (15.08%) Finance
3 177 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (7.94%) Legal
5 134 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
6 99 (5.65%) Law
7 71 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 69 (3.94%) Manufacturing
9 59 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 46 (2.63%) Marketing
10 46 (2.63%) Retail
11 41 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (1.94%) Telecoms
13 30 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.71%) Publishing
14 28 (1.60%) Banking
15 21 (1.20%) Local Government
16 17 (0.97%) Legal Technology
17 16 (0.91%) Games
18 14 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 409 (23.36%) IT Support
2 287 (16.39%) Senior
2 287 (16.39%) Support Engineer
3 254 (14.51%) IT Engineer
4 230 (13.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 191 (10.91%) Analyst
6 186 (10.62%) Developer
7 116 (6.62%) Support Analyst
8 109 (6.23%) Consultant
9 100 (5.71%) IT Technician
10 98 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support
11 90 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 89 (5.08%) Lead
13 82 (4.68%) Administrator
14 79 (4.51%) IT Analyst
15 74 (4.23%) Support Technician
16 66 (3.77%) IT Support Analyst
16 66 (3.77%) IT Support Technician
17 65 (3.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 63 (3.60%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.00%) .NET
2 69 (3.94%) HTML
3 60 (3.43%) CSS
4 54 (3.08%) Microsoft Graph
5 43 (2.46%) HTML5 Canvas
5 43 (2.46%) REST
5 43 (2.46%) SPFx
6 30 (1.71%) JSON
7 28 (1.60%) React
8 26 (1.48%) .NET Core
9 23 (1.31%) ASP.NET
10 16 (0.91%) .NET Framework
11 12 (0.69%) RESTful
11 12 (0.69%) Terraform
12 11 (0.63%) Middleware
12 11 (0.63%) XML
13 8 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
14 7 (0.40%) Node.js
14 7 (0.40%) Razor View Engine
15 6 (0.34%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.25%) Driving Licence
1 162 (9.25%) Onboarding
2 132 (7.54%) Management Information System
3 97 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 35 (2.00%) AI Agents
6 31 (1.77%) Low-Code
7 30 (1.71%) Blog
8 27 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
9 26 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (1.48%) Security Posture
10 24 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
11 23 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 21 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.14%) Clustering
13 20 (1.14%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.03%) CMDB
14 18 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
15 15 (0.86%) Replication
15 15 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 667 (38.09%) Windows
2 313 (17.88%) Windows Server
3 149 (8.51%) Windows 10
4 118 (6.74%) Mac OS
5 49 (2.80%) Linux
6 48 (2.74%) Apple iOS
7 42 (2.40%) Android
8 32 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.29%) VMS
13 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.17%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (30.67%) Problem-Solving
2 409 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 269 (15.36%) Customer Service
4 253 (14.45%) ITIL
5 251 (14.33%) AI
6 240 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
7 205 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
8 184 (10.51%) Service Delivery
9 182 (10.39%) Project Delivery
10 158 (9.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 157 (8.97%) User Experience
12 155 (8.85%) Workflow
13 154 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 148 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 147 (8.40%) Agile
16 140 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 135 (7.71%) CRM
17 135 (7.71%) Service Management
18 134 (7.65%) Project Management
19 129 (7.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 239 (13.65%) PowerShell
2 170 (9.71%) SQL
3 104 (5.94%) C#
4 100 (5.71%) JavaScript
5 38 (2.17%) Python
6 33 (1.88%) R
7 31 (1.77%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.31%) VBA
9 9 (0.51%) Ruby
10 7 (0.40%) C
10 7 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.40%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.29%) Bicep
11 5 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.17%) Bash
12 3 (0.17%) C++
12 3 (0.17%) Java
12 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 239 (13.65%) Degree
2 157 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 89 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 75 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 50 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 34 (1.94%) DBS Check
7 32 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.26%) CCNA
10 21 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (1.09%) HND
12 16 (0.91%) A+ Certification
13 15 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (0.57%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.57%) HNC
15 10 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.57%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.51%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.31%) GDPR
2 92 (5.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 85 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 68 (3.88%) SLA
5 42 (2.40%) Data Quality
6 40 (2.28%) QA
7 35 (2.00%) Accessibility
8 27 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (1.26%) PMO
10 16 (0.91%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.51%) NIST
12 7 (0.40%) NCSC
13 6 (0.34%) ISO 14001
14 5 (0.29%) COSHH
14 5 (0.29%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.23%) WCAG
16 3 (0.17%) MiFID
16 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
16 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 623 (35.58%) Active Directory
2 146 (8.34%) Hyper-V
3 144 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.20%) vSphere
6 19 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 11 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (0.57%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.11%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.057%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.057%) Docker
11 1 (0.057%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.057%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 409 (23.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (2.51%) SCCM
3 40 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
4 28 (1.60%) FortiGate
4 28 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.14%) Autotask
6 7 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.29%) Ansible
8 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.17%) cPanel
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
10 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.11%) Nessus
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,464 (83.61%) Microsoft
2 176 (10.05%) VMware
3 107 (6.11%) Cisco
4 75 (4.28%) Veeam
5 73 (4.17%) Apple
6 56 (3.20%) ServiceNow
7 50 (2.86%) SonicWALL
8 45 (2.57%) Google
8 45 (2.57%) Meraki
9 44 (2.51%) Adobe
10 38 (2.17%) HP
11 36 (2.06%) Datto
12 35 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
13 30 (1.71%) Aruba
14 27 (1.54%) Sitecore
14 27 (1.54%) Ubiquiti
15 26 (1.48%) Salesforce
16 21 (1.20%) Citrix
17 16 (0.91%) Fortinet
17 16 (0.91%) Palo Alto