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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 100 69
Rank change year-on-year -15 -31 +42
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 171 151 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.30% 2.94% 3.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.53% 33.93% 37.88%
Number of salaries quoted 138 132 336
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,888 £24,696
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% -2.35% -4.23%
75th Percentile £51,313 £52,855 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,103 £58,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%

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 384 445 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.91% 8.66% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 305 321 846
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,688
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -10.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -9 114 £42,500 -5.56% 27
East Midlands -32 57 £37,500 +7.14% 12
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 51 (29.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.92%) Skype for Business
3 3 (1.75%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.75%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.75%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 121 (70.76%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (45.03%) Azure
3 62 (36.26%) Entra ID
4 33 (19.30%) Power Platform
5 28 (16.37%) OneDrive
6 15 (8.77%) Power Automate
7 12 (7.02%) PowerApps
8 8 (4.68%) Mimecast
9 7 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.51%) PaaS
11 5 (2.92%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.34%) IaaS
12 4 (2.34%) SaaS
13 3 (1.75%) Copilot Studio
14 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.58%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 33 (19.30%) Firewall
2 32 (18.71%) VPN
3 24 (14.04%) LAN
4 23 (13.45%) WAN
5 22 (12.87%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (12.28%) DHCP
6 21 (12.28%) DNS
7 15 (8.77%) VoIP
8 8 (4.68%) Internet
8 8 (4.68%) Network Security
8 8 (4.68%) SAN
8 8 (4.68%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.68%) VLAN
9 5 (2.92%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (2.92%) Skype
10 3 (1.75%) Wireless
10 3 (1.75%) WLAN
11 2 (1.17%) Broadband
11 2 (1.17%) Ethernet
11 2 (1.17%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.60%) Power BI
3 7 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.17%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.58%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) JIRA
2 2 (1.17%) Selenium
2 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 66 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.20%) Legal
3 20 (11.70%) Finance
3 20 (11.70%) Law
4 15 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.19%) Manufacturing
6 12 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.34%) Retail
10 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Automotive
11 1 (0.58%) Games
11 1 (0.58%) iGaming
11 1 (0.58%) Marketing
11 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (22.22%) IT Support
2 34 (19.88%) IT Engineer
3 25 (14.62%) Support Engineer
4 24 (14.04%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (10.53%) Analyst
6 17 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (8.77%) Administrator
8 14 (8.19%) Support Analyst
9 12 (7.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 11 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 11 (6.43%) Developer
11 10 (5.85%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (5.85%) Senior
12 9 (5.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 9 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (5.26%) IT Analyst
12 9 (5.26%) IT Manager
13 8 (4.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (4.68%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.17%) REST
2 1 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.58%) JSON
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.58%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.77%) Management Information System
1 15 (8.77%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.60%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.85%) Clustering
4 8 (4.68%) Replication
5 4 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.75%) CMDB
6 3 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.75%) FMCG
6 3 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.17%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (31.58%) Windows
2 20 (11.70%) Windows Server
3 19 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.68%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.92%) Android
5 5 (2.92%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (18.71%) ITIL
3 29 (16.96%) Service Delivery
4 28 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (14.62%) CRM
6 18 (10.53%) Identity Management
6 18 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (9.94%) Mobile Device Management
8 15 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (8.19%) ITSM
9 14 (8.19%) Project Delivery
10 13 (7.60%) Agile
10 13 (7.60%) ERP
11 12 (7.02%) Analytics
11 12 (7.02%) Decision-Making
12 11 (6.43%) Migration
12 11 (6.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.71%) PowerShell
2 30 (17.54%) SQL
3 2 (1.17%) Java
4 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (17.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (16.96%) Degree
3 25 (14.62%) Security Cleared
4 24 (14.04%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.26%) A+ Certification
5 9 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.51%) MCITP
7 4 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.17%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.17%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.17%) MCSE
10 1 (0.58%) CBAP
10 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.58%) PMP
10 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (6.43%) GDPR
5 7 (4.09%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.34%) ISO 22301
6 4 (2.34%) NIST
7 3 (1.75%) QA
7 3 (1.75%) SLA
8 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (40.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.94%) Hyper-V
3 8 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.75%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.75%) vSphere
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (23.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.68%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (4.68%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.17%) SCCM
4 1 (0.58%) MOM
Vendors
1 123 (71.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.77%) VMware
3 10 (5.85%) Veeam
4 9 (5.26%) Cisco
4 9 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.68%) Apple
5 8 (4.68%) Logitech
5 8 (4.68%) SonicWALL
5 8 (4.68%) Yealink
6 7 (4.09%) Salesforce
7 6 (3.51%) Dell
7 6 (3.51%) McAfee
7 6 (3.51%) Meraki
7 6 (3.51%) Sophos
8 5 (2.92%) Google
9 4 (2.34%) Kaseya
10 3 (1.75%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.75%) ESRI
10 3 (1.75%) Infor
10 3 (1.75%) SAP