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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 107 89
Rank change year-on-year -14 -18 +13
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 151 147 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.07% 2.57% 2.48%
As % of the Application Platforms category 36.74% 30.82% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 125 127 203
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £50,750 £51,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,250 £58,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,958
% change year-on-year +5.88% -9.49% -6.09%

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 411 477 767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.92% 8.33% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 329 333 548
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £31,000 £31,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +3.53% -11.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,597
England median annual salary £50,101 £54,285 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.71% -1.30% -4.35%

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 3 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 3 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 -18 91 £42,500 -3.71% 27
East Midlands -23 60 £37,500 -2.60% 22
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 48 (31.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.97%) IIS
3 5 (3.31%) SharePoint 2013
3 5 (3.31%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.99%) Apache
4 3 (1.99%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.99%) Confluence
4 3 (1.99%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.99%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 101 (66.89%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (49.67%) Azure
3 57 (37.75%) Entra ID
4 32 (21.19%) Power Platform
5 22 (14.57%) OneDrive
6 21 (13.91%) Power Automate
7 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (7.28%) PowerApps
9 10 (6.62%) Mimecast
10 8 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (5.30%) Copilot Studio
11 7 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.31%) PaaS
13 3 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (1.32%) Azure AI
14 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (1.32%) SaaS
15 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 35 (23.18%) Firewall
2 26 (17.22%) DNS
3 24 (15.89%) VPN
4 21 (13.91%) DHCP
5 18 (11.92%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (8.61%) LAN
7 12 (7.95%) VoIP
7 12 (7.95%) WAN
8 11 (7.28%) VLAN
9 10 (6.62%) SAN
9 10 (6.62%) TCP/IP
10 9 (5.96%) Network Security
11 8 (5.30%) Internet
11 8 (5.30%) Wireless
12 5 (3.31%) Skype
13 3 (1.99%) PBX
14 2 (1.32%) Broadband
14 2 (1.32%) Ethernet
14 2 (1.32%) Unified Communications
15 1 (0.66%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.96%) Power BI
3 3 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.32%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.66%) EDMS
5 1 (0.66%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (3.97%) JIRA
2 2 (1.32%) Selenium
2 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.66%) Carbide.c++
General
1 75 (49.67%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.21%) Legal
3 23 (15.23%) Finance
4 14 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.61%) Law
6 11 (7.28%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.64%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.31%) Local Government
10 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.32%) Retail
10 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.66%) Games
11 1 (0.66%) iGaming
11 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (21.19%) IT Support
2 22 (14.57%) IT Engineer
3 19 (12.58%) Analyst
4 18 (11.92%) Support Engineer
5 16 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (9.93%) Support Analyst
7 14 (9.27%) Administrator
7 14 (9.27%) Developer
7 14 (9.27%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (9.27%) Senior
8 13 (8.61%) IT Analyst
9 10 (6.62%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (6.62%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (5.30%) SharePoint Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (4.64%) 3rd Line Support
11 7 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Power Platform Developer
12 6 (3.97%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 6 (3.97%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.92%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.26%) Onboarding
3 15 (9.93%) Driving Licence
4 14 (9.27%) Clustering
5 7 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.65%) BYOD
7 4 (2.65%) Replication
8 3 (1.99%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.99%) CMDB
8 3 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.99%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.66%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (37.75%) Windows
2 31 (20.53%) Windows Server
3 21 (13.91%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.30%) Linux
5 6 (3.97%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.31%) Android
6 5 (3.31%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.99%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (33.77%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (28.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (17.88%) ITIL
4 22 (14.57%) AI
4 22 (14.57%) Service Delivery
5 21 (13.91%) Project Delivery
6 19 (12.58%) CRM
7 15 (9.93%) Identity Management
7 15 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (9.27%) Customer Service
8 14 (9.27%) Patch Management
9 13 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (8.61%) Mobile Device Management
9 13 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (7.95%) DevOps
10 12 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (7.95%) ITSM
10 12 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (7.28%) ERP
11 11 (7.28%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.21%) PowerShell
1 29 (19.21%) SQL
2 2 (1.32%) Java
2 2 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (16.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (14.57%) Degree
3 12 (7.95%) Security Cleared
4 11 (7.28%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.97%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.65%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.99%) MCITP
8 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.32%) MCSE
9 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.66%) CCNA
9 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.64%) GDPR
3 5 (3.31%) COSHH
3 5 (3.31%) ISO 14001
3 5 (3.31%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.31%) NEBOSH
3 5 (3.31%) QA
3 5 (3.31%) SLA
4 4 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.99%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.32%) NIST
6 2 (1.32%) PMO
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.66%) NCSC
System Software
1 61 (40.40%) Active Directory
2 21 (13.91%) Hyper-V
3 14 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.99%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.99%) vSphere
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (21.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.99%) SCCM
4 2 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.66%) Nessus
Vendors
1 111 (73.51%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.58%) VMware
3 13 (8.61%) Veeam
4 11 (7.28%) ServiceNow
4 11 (7.28%) SonicWALL
5 8 (5.30%) Apple
5 8 (5.30%) Foundry
6 6 (3.97%) Dell
6 6 (3.97%) McAfee
6 6 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.97%) Sophos
7 5 (3.31%) Logitech
7 5 (3.31%) Yealink
8 4 (2.65%) Cisco
8 4 (2.65%) SAP
9 3 (1.99%) Citrix
9 3 (1.99%) ESRI
9 3 (1.99%) HighQ
10 2 (1.32%) ConnectWise
10 2 (1.32%) Samsung