Microsoft SharePoint
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SharePoint skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SharePoint over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 168 200
Rank change year-on-year +68 +32 -56
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 2,668 2,246 3,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.67% 2.26% 2.09%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.97% 19.86% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,204 1,751 2,431
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,938 £35,000 £33,993
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +1.63% -1.60%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.41% -2.35%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

SharePoint is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,685 11,308 22,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.70% 11.40% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 7,629 11,596
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,663
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,667 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +1.21% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,875 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,710 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.92% +6.02% -

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SharePoint.

Salary trend for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024. 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 +69 2,424 £42,500 -15.00% 620
UK excluding London +64 1,948 £40,000 -5.88% 472
Work from Home +25 804 £50,000 -7.41% 277
London +41 623 £52,500 -12.50% 211
South East +21 486 £42,500 - 121
North of England +127 427 £40,000 -5.88% 109
Midlands +47 397 £42,500 -3.95% 76
West Midlands +35 263 £45,000 +12.50% 40
South West +24 240 £45,000 +13.10% 73
East of England +54 228 £35,000 -17.65% 44
Yorkshire +146 181 £35,000 -22.22% 35
North West +47 175 £45,000 +5.88% 67
East Midlands +49 132 £42,500 -12.82% 36
Scotland -42 104 £40,000 -0.28% 32
North East +48 71 £45,000 +17.65% 7
Northern Ireland +40 39 £35,000 -22.22% 13
Wales +24 31 £54,000 +44.05% 11

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 761 (28.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (2.02%) IIS
3 44 (1.65%) Confluence
4 24 (0.90%) SharePoint 2013
5 22 (0.82%) CMS
6 21 (0.79%) SharePoint 2010
7 20 (0.75%) WordPress
8 15 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
9 10 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
10 9 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
10 9 (0.34%) Skype for Business
11 7 (0.26%) IBM Notes
11 7 (0.26%) MS Project Server
12 6 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
12 6 (0.22%) Drupal
12 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.19%) Documentum
13 5 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
13 5 (0.19%) SAS
14 4 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 430 (16.12%) Microsoft Office
2 274 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 111 (4.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (2.55%) MS Visio
5 42 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.30%) InfoPath
7 8 (0.30%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.15%) Trello
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.11%) ProjectWise
11 2 (0.075%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.075%) CATIA
11 2 (0.075%) InDesign
11 2 (0.075%) NASTRAN
12 1 (0.037%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 156 (5.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
5 9 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.30%) Maximo
7 7 (0.26%) Relativity
8 6 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.22%) NEC Housing
8 6 (0.22%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.19%) Sage X3
10 4 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
10 4 (0.15%) CA PPM
11 3 (0.11%) Adaptiv
11 3 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.11%) Shopify
12 2 (0.075%) iTrent
12 2 (0.075%) Remedy ITSM
12 2 (0.075%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,631 (61.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1,154 (43.25%) Azure
3 667 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 443 (16.60%) Entra ID
5 434 (16.27%) OneDrive
6 297 (11.13%) PowerApps
7 290 (10.87%) Power Automate
8 221 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
9 131 (4.91%) AWS
10 91 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
11 67 (2.51%) SaaS
12 58 (2.17%) Mimecast
13 51 (1.91%) Serverless
14 46 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
15 45 (1.69%) IaaS
16 39 (1.46%) PaaS
17 37 (1.39%) Azure Functions
18 34 (1.27%) ShareGate
19 33 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
20 31 (1.16%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 414 (15.52%) Firewall
2 316 (11.84%) DNS
3 240 (9.00%) DHCP
4 204 (7.65%) WAN
5 192 (7.20%) LAN
6 186 (6.97%) VPN
7 169 (6.33%) Intranet
8 152 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
9 149 (5.58%) TCP/IP
10 138 (5.17%) VLAN
11 77 (2.89%) SAN
12 73 (2.74%) VoIP
13 61 (2.29%) Remote Desktop
13 61 (2.29%) Wireless
14 51 (1.91%) Network Security
15 40 (1.50%) Internet
16 33 (1.24%) SD-WAN
17 28 (1.05%) NAS
18 25 (0.94%) iSCSI
19 22 (0.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 356 (13.34%) Power BI
2 286 (10.72%) SQL Server
3 62 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 52 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
5 42 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 31 (1.16%) MySQL
8 29 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (0.67%) Metadata
10 18 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.64%) NoSQL
12 16 (0.60%) Power Query
13 13 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 12 (0.45%) Tableau
15 9 (0.34%) EDRMS
15 9 (0.34%) GIS
15 9 (0.34%) MS Access
15 9 (0.34%) QlikView
16 8 (0.30%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 130 (4.87%) JIRA
2 42 (1.57%) Visual Studio
3 35 (1.31%) Git
4 28 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (0.37%) gulp
5 10 (0.37%) Yeoman
6 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.22%) Toad
6 6 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.15%) Hudson
8 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.11%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.075%) GitLab
9 2 (0.075%) MSTest
9 2 (0.075%) NUnit
9 2 (0.075%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.075%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.075%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.037%) JMeter
10 1 (0.037%) Selenium
General
1 942 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 447 (16.75%) Finance
3 258 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (7.12%) Legal
5 159 (5.96%) Retail
6 157 (5.88%) Law
7 145 (5.43%) Manufacturing
8 132 (4.95%) Public Sector
9 114 (4.27%) Banking
10 105 (3.94%) Marketing
11 102 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 85 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.55%) Telecoms
14 56 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
15 54 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
16 41 (1.54%) Electronics
17 31 (1.16%) Local Government
18 29 (1.09%) Aerospace
19 24 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
20 21 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 341 (12.78%) Support Engineer
2 334 (12.52%) Developer
3 312 (11.69%) Analyst
4 291 (10.91%) IT Support
5 240 (9.00%) IT Engineer
6 186 (6.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 186 (6.97%) Senior
7 182 (6.82%) Administrator
8 167 (6.26%) Consultant
9 163 (6.11%) IT Support Engineer
10 159 (5.96%) Lead
11 152 (5.70%) SharePoint Developer
12 141 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support
13 134 (5.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 118 (4.42%) Support Analyst
15 105 (3.94%) Architect
16 101 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 101 (3.79%) 3rd Line Support
17 100 (3.75%) IT Manager
18 99 (3.71%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (6.11%) .NET
2 92 (3.45%) HTML
3 84 (3.15%) CSS
4 76 (2.85%) SPFx
5 46 (1.72%) ASP.NET
6 41 (1.54%) React
7 37 (1.39%) .NET Framework
8 36 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 29 (1.09%) Web Services
10 27 (1.01%) REST
11 26 (0.97%) RESTful
12 24 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
13 23 (0.86%) AngularJS
14 22 (0.82%) ASP.NET MVC
15 21 (0.79%) .NET Core
16 19 (0.71%) XML
17 16 (0.60%) J2EE
18 15 (0.56%) Entity Framework
18 15 (0.56%) HTML5
18 15 (0.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 119 (4.46%) Management Information System
2 101 (3.79%) Driving Licence
3 94 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
4 77 (2.89%) Data Centre
5 53 (1.99%) Low-Code
6 52 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 48 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.50%) Replication
9 31 (1.16%) iPad
9 31 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 24 (0.90%) Smartphone
12 21 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
13 20 (0.75%) CCTV
13 20 (0.75%) FMCG
14 19 (0.71%) Client/Server
15 18 (0.67%) IoT
15 18 (0.67%) PMI
15 18 (0.67%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.64%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 977 (36.62%) Windows
2 533 (19.98%) Windows Server
3 302 (11.32%) Windows 10
4 103 (3.86%) Linux
4 103 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 92 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 88 (3.30%) Android
6 88 (3.30%) Apple iOS
7 67 (2.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (2.32%) Mac OS
9 36 (1.35%) Windows 7
10 29 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (0.94%) VMS
12 17 (0.64%) Windows 8
13 15 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 15 (0.56%) Unix
14 9 (0.34%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.15%) Debian
17 2 (0.075%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
2 412 (15.44%) Customer Service
3 380 (14.24%) Agile
4 376 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
5 364 (13.64%) Project Management
6 311 (11.66%) ITIL
7 249 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
8 214 (8.02%) CRM
9 203 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 197 (7.38%) Migration
11 184 (6.90%) DevOps
12 158 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 152 (5.70%) Project Delivery
14 145 (5.43%) Coaching
14 145 (5.43%) Mentoring
14 145 (5.43%) Service Delivery
15 135 (5.06%) Roadmaps
16 128 (4.80%) Process Improvement
17 116 (4.35%) Data Protection
18 115 (4.31%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 401 (15.03%) SQL
2 280 (10.49%) PowerShell
3 171 (6.41%) C#
4 140 (5.25%) JavaScript
5 65 (2.44%) T-SQL
6 37 (1.39%) Python
6 37 (1.39%) TypeScript
7 29 (1.09%) Java
8 25 (0.94%) Bash
9 15 (0.56%) PHP
10 11 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.37%) R
12 9 (0.34%) VB
13 7 (0.26%) VBA
14 6 (0.22%) Formula Language
14 6 (0.22%) XPath
15 5 (0.19%) VBScript
16 3 (0.11%) C
17 2 (0.075%) PL/SQL
17 2 (0.075%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 401 (15.03%) Degree
2 186 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 130 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 92 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 72 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 58 (2.17%) MCSE
7 56 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 48 (1.80%) Azure Certification
9 45 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
10 44 (1.65%) PMI Certification
11 40 (1.50%) CCNA
11 40 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
12 39 (1.46%) DBS Check
13 34 (1.27%) MCSA
14 32 (1.20%) A+ Certification
15 31 (1.16%) PMP
16 28 (1.05%) MCP
17 23 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
18 18 (0.67%) Master's Degree
19 17 (0.64%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (4.91%) GDPR
2 99 (3.71%) Data Quality
3 86 (3.22%) SLA
4 44 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (1.57%) PMO
5 42 (1.57%) QA
6 38 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 37 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 23 (0.86%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.26%) COSHH
10 7 (0.26%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.15%) GRC
12 4 (0.15%) ISO 14001
12 4 (0.15%) NIST
13 3 (0.11%) IEC 62304
13 3 (0.11%) ISO 13485
14 2 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 2 (0.075%) NCSC
System Software
1 944 (35.38%) Active Directory
2 301 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 262 (9.82%) Hyper-V
4 62 (2.32%) vSphere
5 57 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 50 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
7 45 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
8 31 (1.16%) XenApp
9 30 (1.12%) XenDesktop
10 20 (0.75%) Terminal Services
10 20 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
12 10 (0.37%) Firmware
13 9 (0.34%) Forefront TMG
14 8 (0.30%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.22%) Docker
15 6 (0.22%) pfSense
16 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.19%) NFS
17 3 (0.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 446 (16.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (3.41%) SCCM
3 51 (1.91%) WSUS
4 19 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
5 18 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 12 (0.45%) Kubernetes
8 11 (0.41%) Terraform
9 10 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.34%) SCOM
11 8 (0.30%) Backup Exec
12 7 (0.26%) SmoothWall
13 5 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.15%) Proxmox
15 3 (0.11%) Autotask
15 3 (0.11%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 3 (0.11%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 1,879 (70.43%) Microsoft
2 419 (15.70%) VMware
3 157 (5.88%) Cisco
4 146 (5.47%) Citrix
5 108 (4.05%) Veeam
6 76 (2.85%) Apple
7 71 (2.66%) Oracle
8 65 (2.44%) SAP
9 63 (2.36%) Google
9 63 (2.36%) ServiceNow
10 62 (2.32%) Sophos
11 54 (2.02%) HP
12 48 (1.80%) Meraki
13 46 (1.72%) Dell
14 32 (1.20%) Bloomberg
15 30 (1.12%) Acronis
16 28 (1.05%) Juniper
17 27 (1.01%) Salesforce
18 26 (0.97%) Sage
18 26 (0.97%) WatchGuard