SharePoint Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft SharePoint
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 145 97
Rank change year-on-year +16 -48 +126
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 227 152 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.23% 2.01% 2.52%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.14% 24.52% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 183 120 357
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,338 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,500 £62,200
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 646 620 1,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.50% 8.18% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 530 409 1,167
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,675 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% - -5.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -11.50%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the North of England

SharePoint
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the North of England

SharePoint
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West +22 128 £50,000 +9.58% 21
Yorkshire -11 89 £37,500 +29.31% 28
North East -35 10 £57,038 +78.24% 8
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 89 (39.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.88%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 185 (81.50%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (41.85%) Azure
3 74 (32.60%) Entra ID
4 68 (29.96%) Power Platform
5 51 (22.47%) OneDrive
6 33 (14.54%) Power Automate
7 31 (13.66%) PowerApps
8 22 (9.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (7.49%) SaaS
10 15 (6.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (2.64%) AWS
15 5 (2.20%) Mimecast
15 5 (2.20%) Serverless
16 4 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.76%) Dropbox
17 3 (1.32%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 47 (20.70%) Firewall
2 40 (17.62%) DHCP
2 40 (17.62%) DNS
3 38 (16.74%) VLAN
4 33 (14.54%) VPN
5 30 (13.22%) WAN
6 27 (11.89%) LAN
7 17 (7.49%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (4.41%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.41%) VoIP
9 6 (2.64%) Intranet
9 6 (2.64%) Wireless
9 6 (2.64%) WLAN
10 4 (1.76%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.32%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.88%) Internet
12 2 (0.88%) LTE
12 2 (0.88%) Network Security
12 2 (0.88%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.88%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (16.30%) Power BI
2 24 (10.57%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.76%) Power Query
7 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.88%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.44%) DataStage
8 1 (0.44%) MySQL
8 1 (0.44%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.29%) JIRA
2 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.44%) Postman
General
1 105 (46.26%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.10%) Finance
3 28 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.61%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.29%) Legal
8 11 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.96%) Advertising
10 8 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.64%) Law
11 6 (2.64%) Retail
12 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.32%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.88%) Billing
13 2 (0.88%) Local Government
13 2 (0.88%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.44%) Automotive
14 1 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 68 (29.96%) IT Support
2 34 (14.98%) IT Engineer
3 33 (14.54%) Support Engineer
3 33 (14.54%) Support Technician
4 32 (14.10%) IT Support Technician
4 32 (14.10%) IT Technician
5 28 (12.33%) Senior
6 27 (11.89%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (8.37%) Developer
8 14 (6.17%) Analyst
9 13 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (5.29%) Senior IT Support
11 11 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.41%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.96%) Consultant
13 9 (3.96%) IT Support Analyst
13 9 (3.96%) Lead
13 9 (3.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 9 (3.96%) SharePoint Developer
14 8 (3.52%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.52%) .NET
1 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (2.64%) HTML
3 5 (2.20%) CSS
4 4 (1.76%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.76%) Middleware
5 3 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (1.32%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.88%) JSON
6 2 (0.88%) REST
6 2 (0.88%) Web Services
6 2 (0.88%) XML
7 1 (0.44%) ADO
7 1 (0.44%) MACH
7 1 (0.44%) OAuth
7 1 (0.44%) OpenID
7 1 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.69%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.05%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.29%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.20%) Replication
8 4 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.76%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.32%) CMDB
9 3 (1.32%) FMCG
9 3 (1.32%) Social Media
9 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.88%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 96 (42.29%) Windows
2 49 (21.59%) Windows Server
3 28 (12.33%) Windows 10
4 12 (5.29%) Mac OS
5 11 (4.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (2.64%) Android
7 6 (2.64%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.88%) Linux
9 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.44%) Unix
9 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (44.05%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (27.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (16.74%) Business Intelligence
4 36 (15.86%) ITIL
5 31 (13.66%) Customer Service
6 30 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (13.22%) Mentoring
7 25 (11.01%) Coaching
8 23 (10.13%) User Experience
9 21 (9.25%) Decision-Making
9 21 (9.25%) Roadmaps
10 20 (8.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (7.93%) Agile
11 18 (7.93%) DevOps
12 16 (7.05%) ERP
12 16 (7.05%) Time Management
13 15 (6.61%) AI
13 15 (6.61%) Process Improvement
14 14 (6.17%) Asset Management
14 14 (6.17%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.45%) SQL
2 24 (10.57%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.96%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.52%) C#
4 8 (3.52%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.88%) Python
6 2 (0.88%) VBA
7 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (11.89%) Degree
2 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (3.52%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.20%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.20%) CCNA
4 5 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.76%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (1.32%) MCSA
7 2 (0.88%) ACCA
7 2 (0.88%) CIMA
8 1 (0.44%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.44%) ACSP
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.41%) ISO 9001
3 8 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.52%) GDPR
4 5 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.20%) SLA
5 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.88%) QA
6 2 (0.88%) WCAG
7 1 (0.44%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 86 (37.89%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.05%) Hyper-V
2 16 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.76%) Terminal Services
4 4 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.76%) vSphere
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.44%) Docker
6 1 (0.44%) Firmware
6 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.44%) XenApp
6 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (29.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.52%) FortiGate
3 8 (3.52%) Terraform
4 7 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (3.08%) SCCM
5 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 176 (77.53%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.05%) VMware
3 10 (4.41%) Veeam
4 9 (3.96%) Apple
5 8 (3.52%) Cisco
5 8 (3.52%) Meraki
5 8 (3.52%) New Relic
5 8 (3.52%) Splunk
6 6 (2.64%) Citrix
7 4 (1.76%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.76%) HP
7 4 (1.76%) Oracle
8 3 (1.32%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.32%) Datto
8 3 (1.32%) IFS
8 3 (1.32%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (1.32%) WatchGuard
9 2 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.88%) Netskope
9 2 (0.88%) Xero