SharePoint Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 145 101
Rank change year-on-year +33 -44 +33
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,175 756 1,386
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.54% 2.19% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.05% 28.33% 29.17%
Number of salaries quoted 942 594 1,081
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,156 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -9.41% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £43,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% -5.56% -10.00%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,934 2,669 4,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.84% 7.75% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,191 1,775 3,028
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £71,991
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% -5.11%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England +55 324 £42,500 +21.43% 81
South East +6 256 £50,000 +25.00% 115
East of England +40 218 £40,000 -1.23% 45
North West +43 159 £50,500 +26.25% 39
Midlands -15 154 £37,750 -1.95% 46
Yorkshire +38 136 £38,772 +36.04% 32
South West -49 104 £35,000 -16.67% 39
West Midlands -18 91 £42,500 -3.71% 28
Scotland +49 68 £29,250 -22.00% 25
East Midlands -25 63 £37,500 -2.60% 18
Wales -24 42 £38,500 -4.94% 8
North East -30 29 £47,500 +48.44% 11
Northern Ireland - 6 £63,500 - 8
Isle of Man +1 4 £45,000 +30.43%
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 444 (37.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.81%) Confluence
3 15 (1.28%) IIS
4 11 (0.94%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.85%) CMS
6 5 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.26%) Apache
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) WordPress
9 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.85%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.85%) CorelDRAW
6 9 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.085%) InDesign
10 1 (0.085%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.51%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.34%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.085%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.085%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.085%) Shopify
7 1 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 935 (79.57%) Microsoft 365
2 533 (45.36%) Azure
3 412 (35.06%) Entra ID
4 275 (23.40%) Power Platform
5 267 (22.72%) OneDrive
6 168 (14.30%) Power Automate
7 158 (13.45%) PowerApps
8 96 (8.17%) Microsoft Copilot
9 81 (6.89%) SaaS
10 54 (4.60%) Mimecast
11 51 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (4.34%) Microsoft Purview
12 46 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (2.04%) AWS
15 23 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
17 21 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 16 (1.36%) Google Workspace
18 16 (1.36%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 238 (20.26%) Firewall
2 230 (19.57%) DNS
3 199 (16.94%) DHCP
4 156 (13.28%) VPN
5 110 (9.36%) VLAN
6 107 (9.11%) Wi-Fi
7 84 (7.15%) VoIP
8 72 (6.13%) TCP/IP
9 69 (5.87%) LAN
10 64 (5.45%) WAN
11 63 (5.36%) Wireless
12 21 (1.79%) Network Security
13 16 (1.36%) SSL
14 14 (1.19%) Internet
14 14 (1.19%) SAN
15 12 (1.02%) Skype
16 11 (0.94%) Broadband
17 9 (0.77%) Intranet
18 8 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
18 8 (0.68%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (11.32%) Power BI
2 45 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (0.94%) Metadata
5 9 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.34%) Power Query
9 3 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.26%) GIS
10 2 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.17%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.17%) DataStage
10 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.085%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.085%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.085%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 81 (6.89%) JIRA
2 6 (0.51%) Git
3 5 (0.43%) Postman
4 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.26%) Selenium
5 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.085%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.085%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.085%) JUnit
7 1 (0.085%) Mockito
7 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 531 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 150 (12.77%) Finance
3 118 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (8.60%) Legal
5 84 (7.15%) Organisational Skills
6 65 (5.53%) Manufacturing
7 53 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.32%) Law
9 34 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (2.55%) Retail
11 28 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.13%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.36%) Local Government
14 12 (1.02%) Advertising
15 9 (0.77%) Banking
15 9 (0.77%) Marketing
16 8 (0.68%) Legal Technology
17 7 (0.60%) Military
18 5 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 327 (27.83%) IT Support
2 197 (16.77%) Support Engineer
3 193 (16.43%) IT Engineer
4 180 (15.32%) Senior
5 172 (14.64%) IT Support Engineer
6 126 (10.72%) Developer
7 122 (10.38%) Analyst
8 95 (8.09%) IT Technician
9 80 (6.81%) Support Technician
10 79 (6.72%) Support Analyst
11 69 (5.87%) IT Support Technician
12 65 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 61 (5.19%) IT Analyst
14 60 (5.11%) 2nd Line Support
15 58 (4.94%) Administrator
16 54 (4.60%) Consultant
17 53 (4.51%) IT Support Analyst
18 52 (4.43%) Lead
19 51 (4.34%) 3rd Line Support
19 51 (4.34%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (4.43%) HTML
2 43 (3.66%) CSS
2 43 (3.66%) Microsoft Graph
3 39 (3.32%) .NET
4 34 (2.89%) SPFx
5 33 (2.81%) HTML5 Canvas
6 25 (2.13%) JSON
7 19 (1.62%) .NET Core
8 14 (1.19%) REST
9 12 (1.02%) React
10 11 (0.94%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.77%) XML
12 8 (0.68%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.60%) Razor View Engine
14 6 (0.51%) Node.js
15 5 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (0.43%) Playwright
15 5 (0.43%) Swagger
16 4 (0.34%) Entity Framework
16 4 (0.34%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 135 (11.49%) Driving Licence
2 103 (8.77%) Onboarding
3 74 (6.30%) Management Information System
4 50 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.04%) AI Agents
7 22 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.62%) Clustering
10 16 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (1.28%) Low-Code
11 15 (1.28%) Replication
12 14 (1.19%) CMDB
13 11 (0.94%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.77%) CCTV
15 9 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
15 9 (0.77%) IoT
16 8 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 462 (39.32%) Windows
2 239 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 107 (9.11%) Windows 10
4 85 (7.23%) Mac OS
5 37 (3.15%) Android
6 29 (2.47%) Apple iOS
7 27 (2.30%) Linux
8 22 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.26%) VMS
12 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (30.21%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 215 (18.30%) Customer Service
4 186 (15.83%) ITIL
5 176 (14.98%) Cybersecurity
6 136 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
7 120 (10.21%) Service Delivery
8 119 (10.13%) AI
9 116 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 111 (9.45%) User Experience
11 101 (8.60%) Service Management
12 99 (8.43%) Disaster Recovery
12 99 (8.43%) Project Delivery
13 96 (8.17%) Agile
14 94 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
15 89 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 89 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 88 (7.49%) CRM
17 84 (7.15%) Mentoring
18 79 (6.72%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 180 (15.32%) PowerShell
2 118 (10.04%) SQL
3 63 (5.36%) JavaScript
4 57 (4.85%) C#
5 30 (2.55%) R
6 25 (2.13%) Python
6 25 (2.13%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.36%) VBA
8 7 (0.60%) C
8 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.51%) Ruby
10 4 (0.34%) Java
11 3 (0.26%) Bicep
11 3 (0.26%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.085%) Bash
12 1 (0.085%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.085%) VB
Qualifications
1 175 (14.89%) Degree
2 119 (10.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 63 (5.36%) Security Cleared
4 55 (4.68%) SC Cleared
5 34 (2.89%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.21%) DBS Check
7 25 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (1.62%) CCNA
9 17 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (1.19%) A+ Certification
11 13 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.11%) HND
12 11 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (0.85%) HNC
13 10 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.68%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.51%) MCSA
17 5 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 67 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (4.60%) GDPR
3 33 (2.81%) SLA
4 32 (2.72%) QA
5 20 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 19 (1.62%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.36%) ISO 9001
8 15 (1.28%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.68%) PMO
10 7 (0.60%) NIST
11 5 (0.43%) COSHH
11 5 (0.43%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.43%) NCSC
11 5 (0.43%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.34%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.085%) AQAP
15 1 (0.085%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 462 (39.32%) Active Directory
2 116 (9.87%) Hyper-V
3 102 (8.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.62%) vSphere
5 16 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.34%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.26%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.085%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 295 (25.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
3 23 (1.96%) SCCM
4 15 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.02%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.60%) Terraform
8 4 (0.34%) Ansible
9 3 (0.26%) cPanel
9 3 (0.26%) Plesk
9 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.17%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.17%) vRealize
11 1 (0.085%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.085%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.085%) Puppet
11 1 (0.085%) WSUS
Vendors
1 979 (83.32%) Microsoft
2 126 (10.72%) VMware
3 74 (6.30%) Cisco
4 65 (5.53%) Veeam
5 57 (4.85%) Apple
6 34 (2.89%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.81%) CrowdStrike
8 31 (2.64%) Meraki
9 29 (2.47%) SonicWALL
10 25 (2.13%) Adobe
11 19 (1.62%) Salesforce
12 16 (1.36%) Datto
12 16 (1.36%) Google
12 16 (1.36%) Ubiquiti
13 14 (1.19%) Aruba
13 14 (1.19%) Sophos
14 13 (1.11%) Palo Alto
15 11 (0.94%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.94%) Sage
16 10 (0.85%) HP