SharePoint Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft SharePoint
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 104 106
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 171 158 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.16% 2.71% 2.28%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.95% 32.58% 34.24%
Number of salaries quoted 134 133 166
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,350 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £54,688 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -13.27% -2.00%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

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 in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 428 485 698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.89% 8.32% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 323 339 467
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -14.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £69,700
England median annual salary £51,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.01% -2.39% -2.70%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SharePoint
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
West Midlands -10 105 £45,000 +2.27% 58
East Midlands -25 66 £37,500 -2.60% 29
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 54 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.26%) IIS
3 6 (3.51%) Apache
3 6 (3.51%) nginx
4 5 (2.92%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (2.92%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 14 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (7.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.58%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 105 (61.40%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (47.95%) Azure
3 61 (35.67%) Entra ID
4 43 (25.15%) Power Platform
5 34 (19.88%) Power Automate
6 21 (12.28%) OneDrive
7 19 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 19 (11.11%) PowerApps
8 16 (9.36%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (5.26%) Copilot Studio
10 9 (5.26%) Mimecast
11 5 (2.92%) PaaS
12 3 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.75%) SaaS
13 2 (1.17%) Azure AI
13 2 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (1.17%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (1.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (21.64%) Firewall
2 29 (16.96%) DNS
3 20 (11.70%) DHCP
4 19 (11.11%) VPN
5 18 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (6.43%) Wireless
7 10 (5.85%) LAN
7 10 (5.85%) VLAN
8 9 (5.26%) SAN
8 9 (5.26%) TCP/IP
8 9 (5.26%) VoIP
8 9 (5.26%) WAN
9 8 (4.68%) Network Security
10 7 (4.09%) Internet
11 5 (2.92%) Skype
12 3 (1.75%) Broadband
12 3 (1.75%) Unified Communications
13 2 (1.17%) PBX
14 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
14 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.53%) Power BI
2 13 (7.60%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.58%) EDMS
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) JIRA
2 4 (2.34%) Git
3 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.58%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 92 (53.80%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.30%) Finance
3 30 (17.54%) Legal
4 22 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.19%) Law
6 10 (5.85%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.92%) Local Government
8 5 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.75%) Retail
10 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.58%) Environmental Health
11 1 (0.58%) Games
11 1 (0.58%) iGaming
11 1 (0.58%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (16.96%) IT Support
2 24 (14.04%) Developer
3 23 (13.45%) Senior
4 21 (12.28%) IT Engineer
4 21 (12.28%) Support Engineer
5 17 (9.94%) Analyst
6 15 (8.77%) Administrator
6 15 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (8.19%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (7.60%) Support Analyst
9 12 (7.02%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (5.85%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (5.85%) IT Analyst
11 9 (5.26%) Senior Technical Engineer
11 9 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (4.68%) SharePoint Engineer
13 7 (4.09%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (4.09%) IT Technician
13 7 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (4.09%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.92%) JSON
2 2 (1.17%) XML
2 2 (1.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.04%) Management Information System
2 22 (12.87%) Onboarding
3 18 (10.53%) Driving Licence
4 13 (7.60%) Clustering
5 8 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.51%) BYOD
6 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.34%) Replication
7 4 (2.34%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.75%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.75%) CMDB
8 3 (1.75%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.17%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.17%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.58%) iPad
10 1 (0.58%) PDA
10 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (36.84%) Windows
2 36 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.94%) Windows 10
4 13 (7.60%) Linux
5 6 (3.51%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.92%) Android
6 5 (2.92%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (32.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (18.13%) AI
4 30 (17.54%) ITIL
5 26 (15.20%) Service Delivery
6 23 (13.45%) CRM
7 22 (12.87%) Project Delivery
8 21 (12.28%) Customer Service
9 19 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 19 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (9.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (8.77%) DevOps
14 14 (8.19%) Agile
14 14 (8.19%) ERP
14 14 (8.19%) Patch Management
15 13 (7.60%) Identity Management
15 13 (7.60%) Process Improvement
16 12 (7.02%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.54%) PowerShell
2 29 (16.96%) SQL
3 4 (2.34%) C#
4 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.17%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.58%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (12.87%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (11.70%) Degree
3 17 (9.94%) Security Cleared
4 16 (9.36%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.75%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.17%) MCSE
8 1 (0.58%) CCNA
8 1 (0.58%) CIPD
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) SLA
2 9 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.68%) ISO 9001
4 7 (4.09%) GDPR
5 6 (3.51%) ISO 14001
6 5 (2.92%) COSHH
6 5 (2.92%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.92%) QA
7 3 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.75%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.17%) NIST
8 2 (1.17%) PMO
8 2 (1.17%) WCAG
9 1 (0.58%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.58%) NCSC
System Software
1 59 (34.50%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.62%) Hyper-V
3 20 (11.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.75%) vSphere
5 2 (1.17%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (20.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.75%) SCCM
4 2 (1.17%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.58%) Nessus
Vendors
1 132 (77.19%) Microsoft
2 25 (14.62%) VMware
3 15 (8.77%) SonicWALL
4 13 (7.60%) ServiceNow
4 13 (7.60%) Veeam
5 8 (4.68%) Foundry
6 6 (3.51%) Apple
6 6 (3.51%) Citrix
6 6 (3.51%) Dell
6 6 (3.51%) McAfee
6 6 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.51%) Sophos
7 4 (2.34%) HighQ
7 4 (2.34%) SAP
8 3 (1.75%) Cisco
9 2 (1.17%) Google
9 2 (1.17%) HP
9 2 (1.17%) Logitech
9 2 (1.17%) Oracle
9 2 (1.17%) Ubiquiti