ERP/CRM Specialist vs SharePoint Developer: Salary & Career Benchmarks in the UK

In the UK, ERP/CRM Specialist roles typically command a higher median salary than SharePoint Developer positions. According to our 2026 live benchmark data, a mid-level ERP/CRM Specialist earns a median salary of £65K, whereas a SharePoint Developer brings in roughly £53K (a gap of £12K at the median).

Seniority, tech stack, and location all move this gap. Senior practitioners in either discipline can exceed the upper range through specialist skills. See the skills premium section below for the specific certifications and tools that push offers to the top of the range.

While both positions are vital to a modern tech organisation, ERP/CRM Specialist and SharePoint Developer have fundamentally different daily workflows.

ERP/CRM Specialist focuses primarily on implementing, configuring, and supporting SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM platforms, translating business requirements into working system configurations and integrations. Day-to-day work revolves around gathering and documenting business requirements for ERP and CRM modules, configuring platform modules to match process designs, building and testing system integrations, conducting user acceptance testing, supporting data migration from legacy systems, delivering end-user training, troubleshooting post-go-live issues, and managing enhancements through the system lifecycle.

SharePoint Developer focuses on designing, building, and maintaining SharePoint Online and SPFx solutions for enterprise collaboration, document management, and intranet portals within Microsoft 365 and Azure ecosystems. Their time is spent developing SharePoint Framework SPFx web parts and extensions using React and TypeScript, designing and configuring SharePoint Online site collections and content types, building Power Automate workflows for document approvals, integrating SharePoint with Teams and Azure Active Directory, supporting migration projects from on-premises SharePoint to SharePoint Online, and providing technical documentation and user training.

Transitioning between these two paths is achievable but requires targeted upskilling.

Moving from ERP/CRM Specialist to SharePoint Developer: ASP.NET developers, IT administrators with SharePoint experience, and Power Platform developers commonly transition into SharePoint Developer roles by upskilling on SPFx and modern SharePoint development patterns.

Moving from SharePoint Developer to ERP/CRM Specialist: Business analysts with finance or operations process knowledge, application support engineers who build functional ERP expertise, and accountants or finance professionals who develop technology implementation skills.

Neither path requires starting from scratch. Professionals in both roles share underlying technology fluency; the gap is usually domain knowledge and specific tooling rather than core engineering fundamentals.

In the UK in 2026, both roles are seeing demand, but with different drivers.

ERP/CRM Specialist demand is high, particularly in Retail and e-commerce engineering teams, led by employers such as Accenture UK and IBM UK. SharePoint Developer demand is steady, concentrated in Public sector and NHS digital delivery teams, led by employers such as Avanade and Capgemini.

Workspace flexibility significantly impacts total compensation value in the UK.

ERP/CRM Specialist roles score 65% on our remote-friendliness index (Hybrid). This is because Configuration, testing, and documentation work is fully remote-compatible. Many ERP/CRM specialists work in hybrid arrangements with remote-first models during steady-state support phases, and most UK scale-ups and fintechs have kept this flexible even as larger employers pull back. Where in-office attendance is required, it is typically driven by Discovery workshops, business process design sessions, training delivery, and go-live support activities typically require on-site presence at client locations, a requirement that has hardened at UK financial services and public sector employers since 2025.

SharePoint Developer roles score 80% (Remote-Friendly). SharePoint development is highly amenable to remote working, with most development, testing, and deployment activities conducted through cloud environments accessible from anywhere, and UK employers outside financial services have generally left this flexibility in place through 2026 is the primary driver of flexibility. When office days are required, it is usually for Initial project discovery, stakeholder workshops, and user acceptance testing occasionally require on-site presence, particularly at public sector clients in Dublin and London, plus the three- or four-day office mandates now standard at the large UK banks and insurers.