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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 102 94
Rank change year-on-year -18 -8 +2
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 162 153 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.11% 2.64% 2.44%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.94% 31.74% 35.33%
Number of salaries quoted 128 129 188
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,600 £26,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £51,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,875 £58,750 £70,750
England median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.53% -10.53% -5.00%

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 416 482 736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.85% 8.32% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 319 335 509
10th Percentile £29,600 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,625 £31,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +3.53% -14.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -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 22 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 22 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 -14 98 £43,371 -2.04% 48
East Midlands -21 64 £37,500 -2.60% 17
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 49 (30.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.56%) IIS
3 6 (3.70%) Apache
3 6 (3.70%) nginx
4 5 (3.09%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (3.09%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.85%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (6.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.62%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 101 (62.35%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (47.53%) Azure
3 57 (35.19%) Entra ID
4 39 (24.07%) Power Platform
5 30 (18.52%) Power Automate
6 20 (12.35%) OneDrive
7 18 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (10.49%) PowerApps
9 12 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (5.56%) Mimecast
11 8 (4.94%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (3.09%) PaaS
13 3 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (1.23%) Azure AI
14 2 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
14 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (1.23%) SaaS
15 1 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.60%) Firewall
2 26 (16.05%) DNS
3 17 (10.49%) DHCP
4 16 (9.88%) VPN
4 16 (9.88%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (6.17%) LAN
6 9 (5.56%) SAN
6 9 (5.56%) VLAN
6 9 (5.56%) WAN
6 9 (5.56%) Wireless
7 8 (4.94%) Network Security
8 7 (4.32%) Internet
8 7 (4.32%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.32%) VoIP
9 5 (3.09%) Skype
10 2 (1.23%) Broadband
10 2 (1.23%) PBX
10 2 (1.23%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.88%) Power BI
2 11 (6.79%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.62%) EDMS
5 1 (0.62%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (3.09%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.62%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.62%) Git
3 1 (0.62%) Selenium
General
1 86 (53.09%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.90%) Finance
3 28 (17.28%) Legal
4 20 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.64%) Law
6 10 (6.17%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Local Government
8 5 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
9 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.62%) Games
10 1 (0.62%) iGaming
10 1 (0.62%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (17.28%) IT Support
2 21 (12.96%) Senior
3 20 (12.35%) Developer
3 20 (12.35%) IT Engineer
4 19 (11.73%) Support Engineer
5 17 (10.49%) Analyst
6 16 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (8.64%) Administrator
8 13 (8.02%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Support Analyst
9 11 (6.79%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (6.17%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (6.17%) IT Analyst
11 9 (5.56%) Senior Technical Engineer
11 9 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) SharePoint Engineer
13 7 (4.32%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (4.32%) IT Technician
13 7 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (4.32%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.85%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 20 (12.35%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.64%) Driving Licence
4 13 (8.02%) Clustering
5 9 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.70%) BYOD
7 5 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.47%) Replication
8 4 (2.47%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.85%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.85%) CMDB
9 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.85%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.62%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.62%) iPad
11 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (36.42%) Windows
2 34 (20.99%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.49%) Windows 10
4 12 (7.41%) Linux
5 6 (3.70%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.09%) Android
6 5 (3.09%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.95%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (30.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (18.52%) ITIL
4 28 (17.28%) AI
5 24 (14.81%) Service Delivery
6 21 (12.96%) Project Delivery
7 20 (12.35%) CRM
8 17 (10.49%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (10.49%) Customer Service
9 16 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (9.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (8.64%) Patch Management
12 13 (8.02%) Agile
12 13 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (7.41%) Analytics
13 12 (7.41%) DevOps
13 12 (7.41%) Load Balancing
13 12 (7.41%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (17.90%) PowerShell
1 29 (17.90%) SQL
2 2 (1.23%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.62%) C#
3 1 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (11.73%) Degree
1 19 (11.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.47%) A+ Certification
4 4 (2.47%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.23%) MCSE
6 1 (0.62%) CCNA
6 1 (0.62%) CIPD
6 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.62%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) SLA
2 7 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.70%) ISO 9001
4 5 (3.09%) COSHH
4 5 (3.09%) ISO 14001
4 5 (3.09%) NEBOSH
4 5 (3.09%) QA
5 4 (2.47%) GDPR
6 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.23%) NIST
7 2 (1.23%) PMO
8 1 (0.62%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 57 (35.19%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.58%) Hyper-V
3 18 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.85%) vSphere
5 2 (1.23%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (19.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.85%) SCCM
4 2 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.62%) Nessus
Vendors
1 123 (75.93%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.20%) VMware
3 14 (8.64%) SonicWALL
4 13 (8.02%) Veeam
5 11 (6.79%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.94%) Foundry
7 6 (3.70%) Apple
7 6 (3.70%) Citrix
7 6 (3.70%) Dell
7 6 (3.70%) McAfee
7 6 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 6 (3.70%) Sophos
8 4 (2.47%) HighQ
8 4 (2.47%) SAP
9 3 (1.85%) Cisco
9 3 (1.85%) ESRI
10 2 (1.23%) Acronis
10 2 (1.23%) Google
10 2 (1.23%) Oracle
10 2 (1.23%) Samsung