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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 109 113
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +43
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,230 1,610 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.31% 2.35% 2.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 31.68% 28.43% 25.23%
Number of salaries quoted 891 1,010 1,262
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,047 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £74,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.94% -1.82%

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 3,882 5,663 5,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.28% 8.27% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,628 3,486 4,686
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,906 £39,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,631 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +1.15% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £116,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.05% -0.53% -

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 22 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 22 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 -8 1,043 £42,500 -15.00% 650
UK excluding London -4 784 £37,500 -11.76% 481
Work from Home +1 365 £50,000 - 307
London +18 364 £60,000 +9.09% 252
South East -3 184 £40,000 -11.11% 160
North of England -20 143 £38,000 -24.00% 91
Midlands +14 139 £38,500 -8.33% 90
South West +33 126 £34,000 -32.00% 59
Scotland +14 103 £35,000 +7.69% 27
North West -3 84 £41,250 -17.50% 40
East of England -18 83 £34,000 +6.25% 54
West Midlands +11 73 £44,000 -15.38% 46
East Midlands +5 66 £37,500 +19.05% 44
Yorkshire -9 56 £30,750 -33.87% 43
Wales -12 6 £41,000 -13.68% 7
North East -3 3 £67,500 +58.82% 8
Northern Ireland -11 2 £66,250 +26.19% 3

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
1 369 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.52%) Confluence
3 20 (1.63%) Skype for Business
4 14 (1.14%) CMS
5 9 (0.73%) WordPress
6 6 (0.49%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Moodle
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%) JOnAS
9 2 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.081%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.081%) Drupal
10 1 (0.081%) LiveLink
Applications
1 221 (17.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 217 (17.64%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (9.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.89%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.73%) Adobe Premiere
7 9 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.081%) Revit
Business Applications
1 43 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.33%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.24%) Sage 1000
5 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.081%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.081%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 809 (65.77%) Microsoft 365
2 516 (41.95%) Azure
3 348 (28.29%) Entra ID
4 254 (20.65%) Power Platform
5 226 (18.37%) OneDrive
6 160 (13.01%) Power Automate
7 150 (12.20%) PowerApps
8 87 (7.07%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 58 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
11 55 (4.47%) SaaS
12 45 (3.66%) AWS
13 35 (2.85%) Serverless
14 29 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 26 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (2.11%) Copilot Studio
16 25 (2.03%) PaaS
17 23 (1.87%) Mimecast
18 22 (1.79%) IaaS
19 21 (1.71%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 173 (14.07%) DNS
2 171 (13.90%) Firewall
3 153 (12.44%) DHCP
4 135 (10.98%) VPN
5 101 (8.21%) TCP/IP
6 80 (6.50%) VLAN
7 79 (6.42%) LAN
8 70 (5.69%) WAN
9 61 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (4.39%) Wireless
11 42 (3.41%) VoIP
12 41 (3.33%) Intranet
13 38 (3.09%) Network Security
14 25 (2.03%) Internet
15 13 (1.06%) SAN
15 13 (1.06%) Skype
16 12 (0.98%) WebEx
17 10 (0.81%) Unified Communications
18 9 (0.73%) DKIM
18 9 (0.73%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.79%) Power BI
2 41 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.38%) Metadata
4 13 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.06%) MySQL
5 12 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (0.89%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.73%) DTS
9 7 (0.57%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.49%) Power Query
10 6 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.33%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.24%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.24%) GIS
12 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.16%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 53 (4.31%) JIRA
2 3 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.081%) GitLab
3 1 (0.081%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.081%) RStudio
3 1 (0.081%) Sourcetree
3 1 (0.081%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.081%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio
General
1 561 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 238 (19.35%) Finance
3 99 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.75%) Legal
5 79 (6.42%) Law
6 76 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
7 59 (4.80%) Public Sector
8 55 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 51 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (3.90%) Retail
11 33 (2.68%) Marketing
12 31 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (2.44%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.87%) Banking
14 23 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.71%) Automotive
16 13 (1.06%) Advertising
16 13 (1.06%) German Language
17 12 (0.98%) Spanish Language
18 11 (0.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 226 (18.37%) IT Support
2 195 (15.85%) Support Engineer
3 169 (13.74%) Senior
4 151 (12.28%) Analyst
5 101 (8.21%) IT Engineer
6 98 (7.97%) Developer
7 97 (7.89%) Support Analyst
8 86 (6.99%) IT Support Engineer
9 76 (6.18%) 2nd Line Support
10 73 (5.93%) Senior Manager
11 65 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 64 (5.20%) QA Manager
12 64 (5.20%) Quality Manager
12 64 (5.20%) Senior QA Manager
12 64 (5.20%) Senior Quality Manager
13 58 (4.72%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 52 (4.23%) IT Analyst
15 51 (4.15%) Administrator
16 49 (3.98%) Power Platform Developer
17 48 (3.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.41%) .NET
2 27 (2.20%) HTML
3 23 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
4 20 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (1.54%) CSS
6 16 (1.30%) REST
7 14 (1.14%) Web Services
8 10 (0.81%) .NET Framework
8 10 (0.81%) JSON
8 10 (0.81%) React
9 8 (0.65%) ASP.NET
9 8 (0.65%) EDI
9 8 (0.65%) Node.js
9 8 (0.65%) Software Packaging
10 6 (0.49%) LangChain
11 5 (0.41%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.41%) RESTful
11 5 (0.41%) SAML
11 5 (0.41%) SPFx
11 5 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 126 (10.24%) Onboarding
2 119 (9.67%) Driving Licence
3 49 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.93%) IoT
7 33 (2.68%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
9 21 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.46%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.46%) Social Media
12 17 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.38%) Low-Code
13 16 (1.30%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.14%) CCTV
14 14 (1.14%) NHS
15 13 (1.06%) CMDB
15 13 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.98%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 448 (36.42%) Windows
2 244 (19.84%) Windows Server
3 161 (13.09%) Windows 10
4 59 (4.80%) Mac OS
5 36 (2.93%) Linux
6 25 (2.03%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.95%) Android
8 19 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.33%) Unix
12 3 (0.24%) VMS
13 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.081%) CentOS
14 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.081%) SUSE
14 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
2 215 (17.48%) ITIL
3 213 (17.32%) Customer Service
4 210 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 158 (12.85%) Project Management
6 145 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
7 144 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
8 133 (10.81%) Service Delivery
9 131 (10.65%) Agile
10 122 (9.92%) Coaching
11 103 (8.37%) Migration
12 100 (8.13%) CRM
13 95 (7.72%) Mentoring
14 89 (7.24%) Project Delivery
15 82 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
16 79 (6.42%) ITSM
17 78 (6.34%) AI
18 77 (6.26%) Customer Experience
19 75 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 74 (6.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 177 (14.39%) PowerShell
2 117 (9.51%) SQL
3 65 (5.28%) JavaScript
4 60 (4.88%) C#
5 52 (4.23%) Python
6 22 (1.79%) VBA
7 16 (1.30%) Bash
8 13 (1.06%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.57%) Bicep
11 5 (0.41%) Java
12 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.24%) PHP
13 3 (0.24%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.16%) C++
14 2 (0.16%) R
14 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.081%) VB
15 1 (0.081%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 200 (16.26%) Degree
2 107 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (5.53%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.20%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 47 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.60%) DBS Check
7 27 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.20%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.87%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.71%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.63%) MCP
10 20 (1.63%) PMP
11 18 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.38%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.30%) HND
14 12 (0.98%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.73%) ACCA
16 9 (0.73%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.24%) QA
2 62 (5.04%) GDPR
3 51 (4.15%) SLA
4 49 (3.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (3.17%) PMO
6 34 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.54%) NIST
8 16 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (1.30%) Data Quality
9 11 (0.89%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.49%) MiFID
11 5 (0.41%) GRC
12 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
13 3 (0.24%) WCAG
14 2 (0.16%) P3O
14 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.081%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 439 (35.69%) Active Directory
2 81 (6.59%) Hyper-V
2 81 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.49%) Firmware
6 6 (0.49%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.49%) vSphere
7 4 (0.33%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.33%) XenApp
8 2 (0.16%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.081%) Docker
9 1 (0.081%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.081%) Postfix
9 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.081%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 331 (26.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.36%) SCCM
3 25 (2.03%) Terraform
4 20 (1.63%) Autotask
5 15 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (1.06%) Nagios
7 10 (0.81%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.73%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.33%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.24%) Nessus
11 3 (0.24%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.24%) SCOM
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Plesk
12 2 (0.16%) SCSM
12 2 (0.16%) WSUS
13 1 (0.081%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1,005 (81.71%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.89%) VMware
3 62 (5.04%) Apple
4 58 (4.72%) Cisco
5 44 (3.58%) Meraki
6 38 (3.09%) Sophos
7 37 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.36%) Citrix
9 26 (2.11%) HP
9 26 (2.11%) Salesforce
10 25 (2.03%) Atlassian
10 25 (2.03%) Datto
11 22 (1.79%) Google
12 21 (1.71%) Oracle
12 21 (1.71%) Sage
12 21 (1.71%) Veeam
13 17 (1.38%) ConnectWise
13 17 (1.38%) Progress
14 16 (1.30%) Adobe
15 12 (0.98%) Trend Micro