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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 168 198
Rank change year-on-year +70 +30 -53
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 2,680 2,263 3,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.70% 2.23% 2.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.03% 19.56% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,765 2,419
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £34,750 £34,250
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 £75,228
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

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 10,708 11,567 21,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.80% 11.41% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,116 7,728 11,580
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,653
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.64% +4.10%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £94,375 £96,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

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 9 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 9 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 +71 2,435 £42,500 -15.00% 593
UK excluding London +66 1,958 £40,000 -5.88% 450
Work from Home +19 817 £50,000 -4.76% 248
London +36 625 £52,500 -10.26% 172
South East +16 488 £42,500 - 106
North of England +130 427 £40,000 -5.88% 123
Midlands +50 402 £42,500 -5.03% 66
West Midlands +37 269 £45,000 +11.80% 39
South West +19 242 £45,000 +12.80% 60
East of England +66 228 £35,000 -17.65% 60
Yorkshire +152 181 £35,000 -18.60% 41
North West +49 173 £45,000 +5.88% 72
East Midlands +46 131 £42,500 -12.82% 27
Scotland -48 105 £40,000 -0.14% 24
North East +50 73 £45,000 +17.65% 10
Northern Ireland +52 39 £35,000 -22.22% 14
Wales +19 31 £54,000 +44.00% 9

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
1 772 (28.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (2.05%) IIS
3 45 (1.68%) Confluence
4 23 (0.86%) CMS
4 23 (0.86%) SharePoint 2013
5 20 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
5 20 (0.75%) WordPress
6 15 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
8 9 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.34%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.26%) IBM Notes
9 7 (0.26%) MS Project Server
10 6 (0.22%) Documentum
10 6 (0.22%) Drupal
10 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
11 5 (0.19%) SAS
12 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 434 (16.19%) Microsoft Office
2 272 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 110 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (2.54%) 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 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.11%) ProjectWise
9 3 (0.11%) Trello
10 2 (0.075%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.075%) CATIA
10 2 (0.075%) InDesign
10 2 (0.075%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 154 (5.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 16 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
5 10 (0.37%) Maximo
6 9 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
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%) Adaptiv
9 5 (0.19%) Sage X3
10 4 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
11 3 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.11%) iTrent
11 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.11%) Shopify
12 2 (0.075%) CA PPM
12 2 (0.075%) Sage 200
12 2 (0.075%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,644 (61.34%) Microsoft 365
2 1,165 (43.47%) Azure
3 680 (25.37%) Power Platform
4 445 (16.60%) Entra ID
5 438 (16.34%) OneDrive
6 303 (11.31%) PowerApps
7 294 (10.97%) Power Automate
8 223 (8.32%) Dynamics 365
9 136 (5.07%) AWS
10 96 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
11 66 (2.46%) SaaS
12 58 (2.16%) Mimecast
13 52 (1.94%) Serverless
14 49 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (1.64%) IaaS
16 40 (1.49%) PaaS
17 38 (1.42%) Azure Functions
18 34 (1.27%) ShareGate
19 33 (1.23%) GCP
19 33 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 419 (15.63%) Firewall
2 318 (11.87%) DNS
3 243 (9.07%) DHCP
4 200 (7.46%) WAN
5 189 (7.05%) LAN
6 184 (6.87%) VPN
7 170 (6.34%) Intranet
8 151 (5.63%) TCP/IP
8 151 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
9 139 (5.19%) VLAN
10 79 (2.95%) SAN
11 76 (2.84%) VoIP
12 62 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
13 59 (2.20%) Wireless
14 51 (1.90%) Network Security
15 39 (1.46%) Internet
16 31 (1.16%) SD-WAN
17 28 (1.04%) NAS
18 25 (0.93%) iSCSI
19 22 (0.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (13.47%) Power BI
2 296 (11.04%) SQL Server
3 62 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 50 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
5 42 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 32 (1.19%) MySQL
8 31 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (0.71%) NoSQL
10 19 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (0.67%) Metadata
12 17 (0.63%) Power Query
13 13 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 12 (0.45%) Tableau
15 11 (0.41%) GIS
16 10 (0.37%) EDRMS
17 9 (0.34%) MS Access
17 9 (0.34%) QlikView
18 8 (0.30%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 130 (4.85%) JIRA
2 42 (1.57%) Visual Studio
3 35 (1.31%) Git
4 30 (1.12%) 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%) MSBuild
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%) webpack
General
1 947 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 453 (16.90%) Finance
3 259 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 194 (7.24%) Legal
5 159 (5.93%) Law
5 159 (5.93%) Retail
6 146 (5.45%) Manufacturing
7 130 (4.85%) Public Sector
8 117 (4.37%) Banking
9 105 (3.92%) Marketing
10 100 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 86 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
12 67 (2.50%) Telecoms
13 56 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
14 54 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
15 41 (1.53%) Electronics
16 31 (1.16%) Local Government
17 29 (1.08%) Aerospace
18 24 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
19 21 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 343 (12.80%) Developer
2 339 (12.65%) Support Engineer
3 322 (12.01%) Analyst
4 293 (10.93%) IT Support
5 240 (8.96%) IT Engineer
6 188 (7.01%) Senior
7 187 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 181 (6.75%) Administrator
9 172 (6.42%) Consultant
10 165 (6.16%) IT Support Engineer
11 155 (5.78%) Lead
11 155 (5.78%) SharePoint Developer
12 140 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
13 135 (5.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 121 (4.51%) Support Analyst
15 102 (3.81%) Architect
16 101 (3.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 99 (3.69%) IT Administrator
17 99 (3.69%) IT Manager
18 97 (3.62%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (6.42%) .NET
2 94 (3.51%) HTML
3 86 (3.21%) CSS
4 76 (2.84%) SPFx
5 50 (1.87%) ASP.NET
6 41 (1.53%) React
7 38 (1.42%) .NET Framework
8 37 (1.38%) HTML5 Canvas
9 29 (1.08%) REST
9 29 (1.08%) Web Services
10 28 (1.04%) RESTful
11 25 (0.93%) AngularJS
12 24 (0.90%) ASP.NET MVC
12 24 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
13 22 (0.82%) .NET Core
14 19 (0.71%) XML
15 16 (0.60%) Entity Framework
15 16 (0.60%) J2EE
15 16 (0.60%) JSON
16 15 (0.56%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.37%) Management Information System
2 102 (3.81%) Driving Licence
3 95 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
4 78 (2.91%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.01%) Low-Code
6 53 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
7 51 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.49%) Replication
9 32 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 31 (1.16%) iPad
11 28 (1.04%) Product Ownership
12 25 (0.93%) Smartphone
13 21 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
14 20 (0.75%) CCTV
14 20 (0.75%) Client/Server
14 20 (0.75%) FMCG
15 18 (0.67%) IoT
15 18 (0.67%) PMI
15 18 (0.67%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.63%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 985 (36.75%) Windows
2 539 (20.11%) Windows Server
3 308 (11.49%) Windows 10
4 105 (3.92%) Linux
5 100 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 89 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 86 (3.21%) Apple iOS
8 85 (3.17%) Android
9 67 (2.50%) Mac OS
9 67 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 37 (1.38%) Windows 7
11 30 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 25 (0.93%) VMS
13 18 (0.67%) Windows 8
14 16 (0.60%) Ubuntu
14 16 (0.60%) Unix
15 8 (0.30%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.15%) Debian
18 2 (0.075%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
2 412 (15.37%) Customer Service
3 384 (14.33%) Agile
4 380 (14.18%) Business Intelligence
5 369 (13.77%) Project Management
6 320 (11.94%) ITIL
7 253 (9.44%) Cybersecurity
8 212 (7.91%) CRM
9 205 (7.65%) Migration
10 204 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 190 (7.09%) DevOps
12 162 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 155 (5.78%) Project Delivery
14 147 (5.49%) Mentoring
15 146 (5.45%) Coaching
16 145 (5.41%) Service Delivery
17 137 (5.11%) Roadmaps
18 128 (4.78%) Process Improvement
19 122 (4.55%) ITSM
20 120 (4.48%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 406 (15.15%) SQL
2 293 (10.93%) PowerShell
3 176 (6.57%) C#
4 145 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 66 (2.46%) T-SQL
6 40 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 37 (1.38%) Python
8 30 (1.12%) Java
9 25 (0.93%) Bash
10 17 (0.63%) PHP
11 11 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.37%) R
13 9 (0.34%) VB
14 7 (0.26%) VBA
15 6 (0.22%) Formula Language
15 6 (0.22%) XPath
16 5 (0.19%) VBScript
17 3 (0.11%) C
18 2 (0.075%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.075%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 408 (15.22%) Degree
2 193 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 130 (4.85%) Security Cleared
4 92 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 66 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 60 (2.24%) MCSE
7 54 (2.01%) DV Cleared
8 47 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 46 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
10 43 (1.60%) PMI Certification
11 39 (1.46%) CCNA
11 39 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 35 (1.31%) MCSA
13 34 (1.27%) A+ Certification
14 30 (1.12%) PMP
15 28 (1.04%) MCP
16 24 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
17 18 (0.67%) Master's Degree
18 17 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (4.93%) GDPR
2 99 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 89 (3.32%) SLA
4 44 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (1.60%) PMO
6 42 (1.57%) QA
7 37 (1.38%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 23 (0.86%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.26%) COSHH
11 7 (0.26%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.15%) GRC
13 4 (0.15%) ISO 14001
13 4 (0.15%) NIST
14 3 (0.11%) IEC 62304
14 3 (0.11%) ISO 13485
15 2 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 2 (0.075%) NCSC
System Software
1 949 (35.41%) Active Directory
2 308 (11.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 266 (9.93%) Hyper-V
4 62 (2.31%) vSphere
5 56 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 50 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
7 44 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (1.12%) XenApp
9 29 (1.08%) 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
1 449 (16.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (3.47%) SCCM
3 51 (1.90%) WSUS
4 19 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.49%) FortiGate
7 12 (0.45%) Kubernetes
7 12 (0.45%) Terraform
8 10 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.34%) Backup Exec
9 9 (0.34%) SCOM
10 7 (0.26%) SmoothWall
11 5 (0.19%) Control-M
11 5 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 5 (0.19%) SafeCom
12 4 (0.15%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.11%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 1,889 (70.49%) Microsoft
2 428 (15.97%) VMware
3 156 (5.82%) Cisco
4 143 (5.34%) Citrix
5 109 (4.07%) Veeam
6 76 (2.84%) Apple
7 74 (2.76%) Oracle
8 67 (2.50%) SAP
9 66 (2.46%) ServiceNow
10 62 (2.31%) Google
10 62 (2.31%) Sophos
11 52 (1.94%) HP
12 47 (1.75%) Meraki
13 44 (1.64%) Dell
14 33 (1.23%) Bloomberg
15 31 (1.16%) Acronis
16 28 (1.04%) iManage
16 28 (1.04%) Salesforce
17 26 (0.97%) Juniper
18 25 (0.93%) Sage