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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 105 89
Rank change year-on-year -23 -16 +14
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 157 146 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.12% 2.55% 2.52%
As % of the Application Platforms category 37.74% 30.93% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 129 126 216
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -7.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £50,750 £52,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,750 £58,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%

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 416 472 815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.97% 8.24% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 334 331 587
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,900
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,000 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +3.53% -11.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,101 £54,143 £53,500
% change year-on-year -7.46% +1.20% -6.96%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -7 97 £42,500 -4.01% 27
East Midlands -27 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 52 (33.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.46%) IIS
3 5 (3.18%) SharePoint 2013
3 5 (3.18%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.91%) Apache
4 3 (1.91%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.91%) Confluence
4 3 (1.91%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.64%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 106 (67.52%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (50.96%) Azure
3 62 (39.49%) Entra ID
4 32 (20.38%) Power Platform
5 24 (15.29%) OneDrive
6 20 (12.74%) Power Automate
7 17 (10.83%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (6.37%) Mimecast
8 10 (6.37%) PowerApps
9 9 (5.73%) Copilot Studio
10 8 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.18%) PaaS
12 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (1.27%) Azure AI
14 2 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
14 2 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.93%) Firewall
2 28 (17.83%) DNS
3 27 (17.20%) VPN
4 23 (14.65%) DHCP
5 19 (12.10%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (9.55%) LAN
7 14 (8.92%) WAN
8 13 (8.28%) VoIP
9 12 (7.64%) VLAN
10 11 (7.01%) TCP/IP
11 10 (6.37%) SAN
12 9 (5.73%) Network Security
13 8 (5.10%) Internet
13 8 (5.10%) Wireless
14 5 (3.18%) Skype
15 3 (1.91%) PBX
16 2 (1.27%) Broadband
16 2 (1.27%) Ethernet
16 2 (1.27%) Unified Communications
17 1 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.10%) Power BI
3 3 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.64%) EDMS
5 1 (0.64%) Metadata
5 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.82%) JIRA
2 2 (1.27%) Selenium
2 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.64%) Carbide.c++
General
1 79 (50.32%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.38%) Legal
3 23 (14.65%) Finance
4 15 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.92%) Law
6 11 (7.01%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.46%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.18%) Local Government
10 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.64%) Games
12 1 (0.64%) iGaming
12 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.02%) IT Support
2 24 (15.29%) IT Engineer
3 20 (12.74%) Analyst
4 19 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (12.10%) Support Engineer
5 17 (10.83%) Senior
6 15 (9.55%) IT Support Engineer
6 15 (9.55%) Support Analyst
7 14 (8.92%) Administrator
8 13 (8.28%) Developer
8 13 (8.28%) IT Analyst
9 10 (6.37%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (6.37%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (5.10%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.10%) SharePoint Engineer
10 8 (5.10%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (4.46%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 7 (4.46%) Power Platform Developer
12 6 (3.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.10%) Management Information System
2 17 (10.83%) Onboarding
3 15 (9.55%) Driving Licence
4 14 (8.92%) Clustering
5 6 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.55%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.55%) BYOD
7 4 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.55%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.55%) Replication
8 3 (1.91%) CMDB
9 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.64%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 58 (36.94%) Windows
2 31 (19.75%) Windows Server
3 22 (14.01%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.10%) Linux
5 7 (4.46%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.18%) Android
6 5 (3.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.91%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (33.76%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (17.83%) ITIL
4 24 (15.29%) Service Delivery
5 23 (14.65%) AI
6 22 (14.01%) Project Delivery
7 20 (12.74%) CRM
8 19 (12.10%) Identity Management
9 18 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (9.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (8.92%) Customer Service
11 14 (8.92%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (8.92%) Mobile Device Management
11 14 (8.92%) Patch Management
12 13 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (8.28%) DevOps
12 13 (8.28%) ITSM
13 12 (7.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (7.01%) ERP
14 11 (7.01%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 28 (17.83%) SQL
3 2 (1.27%) Java
3 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (17.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (15.29%) Degree
3 14 (8.92%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.28%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.46%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.55%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.55%) MCITP
6 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.27%) MCSE
8 1 (0.64%) CBAP
8 1 (0.64%) CCNA
8 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.64%) PMP
8 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.73%) GDPR
3 6 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.18%) COSHH
4 5 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.18%) ISO 14001
4 5 (3.18%) ISO 9001
4 5 (3.18%) NEBOSH
4 5 (3.18%) QA
4 5 (3.18%) SLA
5 3 (1.91%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.27%) NIST
6 2 (1.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.64%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 64 (40.76%) Active Directory
2 21 (13.38%) Hyper-V
3 14 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.91%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.91%) vSphere
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (21.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.10%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (3.82%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.91%) SCCM
5 2 (1.27%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.64%) Nessus
Vendors
1 117 (74.52%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.10%) VMware
3 13 (8.28%) Veeam
4 12 (7.64%) ServiceNow
5 11 (7.01%) SonicWALL
6 9 (5.73%) Apple
7 8 (5.10%) Foundry
8 7 (4.46%) Salesforce
9 6 (3.82%) Dell
9 6 (3.82%) Logitech
9 6 (3.82%) McAfee
9 6 (3.82%) Sophos
9 6 (3.82%) Yealink
10 5 (3.18%) Cisco
11 4 (2.55%) SAP
12 3 (1.91%) Citrix
12 3 (1.91%) ESRI
12 3 (1.91%) HighQ
13 2 (1.27%) ConnectWise
13 2 (1.27%) Samsung