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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 104 101
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +45
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 846 858 1,454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.73% 2.70% 2.87%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.99% 31.80% 28.37%
Number of salaries quoted 603 524 1,264
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £41,389 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +3.47% -0.28%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%

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 2,170 2,698 5,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.43% 8.50% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,500 1,437 3,916
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% +8.24% -10.53%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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
Midlands 0 184 £40,000 -5.88% 44
North of England -24 183 £40,000 -12.33% 65
South East -30 158 £42,500 -5.56% 107
Scotland +23 112 £35,000 +7.69% 23
South West +32 109 £32,500 -27.37% 40
West Midlands -7 109 £45,000 -15.57% 25
North West -12 103 £43,500 -14.40% 44
East of England -22 83 £34,000 +6.25% 40
East Midlands -22 75 £36,250 +18.85% 19
Yorkshire -16 73 £33,000 -17.50% 17
Wales -10 11 £41,740 -12.13% 9
North East -17 7 £67,500 +88.81% 7
Northern Ireland -37 6 £47,250 -10.00% 5
Isle of Man - 4 £45,000 - 1
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
1 277 (32.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.77%) Confluence
3 8 (0.95%) CMS
4 6 (0.71%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.71%) WordPress
5 4 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.35%) govService
7 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 150 (17.73%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (15.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 78 (9.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 31 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.24%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.12%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 584 (69.03%) Microsoft 365
2 354 (41.84%) Azure
3 264 (31.21%) Entra ID
4 163 (19.27%) OneDrive
5 140 (16.55%) Power Platform
6 81 (9.57%) PowerApps
7 74 (8.75%) Power Automate
8 40 (4.73%) SaaS
9 34 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
10 29 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (3.31%) Mimecast
12 23 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 18 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (1.65%) AWS
14 14 (1.65%) Serverless
15 13 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (1.42%) IaaS
17 11 (1.30%) Azure Functions
17 11 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 166 (19.62%) DNS
2 149 (17.61%) DHCP
3 146 (17.26%) Firewall
4 122 (14.42%) VPN
5 79 (9.34%) VLAN
6 66 (7.80%) LAN
7 64 (7.57%) WAN
8 53 (6.26%) Wi-Fi
9 52 (6.15%) TCP/IP
10 35 (4.14%) VoIP
11 33 (3.90%) Network Security
12 19 (2.25%) Wireless
13 13 (1.54%) IPsec
14 11 (1.30%) Internet
15 9 (1.06%) DKIM
15 9 (1.06%) DMARC
15 9 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (1.06%) WLAN
16 7 (0.83%) Ethernet
16 7 (0.83%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.46%) Power BI
2 33 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.71%) Metadata
4 6 (0.71%) MySQL
4 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.47%) DTS
7 3 (0.35%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.35%) Power Query
8 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.24%) DataStage
8 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.24%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.12%) EDMS
9 1 (0.12%) PowerCenter
9 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (3.43%) JIRA
2 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.12%) Git
3 1 (0.12%) Selenium
3 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 395 (46.69%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.06%) Finance
3 52 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 45 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.32%) Law
6 44 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.96%) Public Sector
8 41 (4.85%) Legal
9 22 (2.60%) Retail
10 18 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.77%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.65%) Marketing
13 12 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.06%) Advertising
15 7 (0.83%) Electronics
16 5 (0.59%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.47%) German Language
18 3 (0.35%) Banking
18 3 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 219 (25.89%) IT Support
2 154 (18.20%) Support Engineer
3 128 (15.13%) IT Engineer
4 114 (13.48%) Senior
5 106 (12.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 94 (11.11%) Analyst
7 66 (7.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 65 (7.68%) Senior Manager
9 64 (7.57%) QA Manager
9 64 (7.57%) Quality Manager
9 64 (7.57%) Senior QA Manager
9 64 (7.57%) Senior Quality Manager
10 63 (7.45%) Support Technician
11 58 (6.86%) Support Analyst
12 47 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 47 (5.56%) Developer
12 47 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 47 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
12 47 (5.56%) IT Technician
13 41 (4.85%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.89%) .NET
2 11 (1.30%) HTML
3 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.95%) Web Services
5 7 (0.83%) CSS
6 6 (0.71%) REST
7 4 (0.47%) JSON
7 4 (0.47%) Middleware
7 4 (0.47%) SPFx
8 3 (0.35%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (0.35%) OAuth
8 3 (0.35%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.35%) OpenID
8 3 (0.35%) SAML
8 3 (0.35%) XML
9 2 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (0.24%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.24%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (15.01%) Driving Licence
2 65 (7.68%) Onboarding
3 35 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.84%) IoT
6 23 (2.72%) Replication
7 22 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.54%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.18%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.18%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (1.06%) CMDB
11 9 (1.06%) FMCG
11 9 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.83%) Clustering
12 7 (0.83%) iPad
13 6 (0.71%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.71%) PDA
14 5 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 327 (38.65%) Windows
2 176 (20.80%) Windows Server
3 99 (11.70%) Windows 10
4 40 (4.73%) Mac OS
5 34 (4.02%) Android
6 27 (3.19%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.89%) Linux
8 15 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (20.33%) Customer Service
3 153 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 146 (17.26%) ITIL
5 112 (13.24%) Coaching
6 108 (12.77%) Project Management
7 104 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
8 85 (10.05%) Service Delivery
9 82 (9.69%) Agile
10 71 (8.39%) Customer Experience
11 69 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
12 66 (7.80%) Performance Improvement
12 66 (7.80%) Six Sigma
13 65 (7.68%) Due Diligence
14 64 (7.57%) Lean Six Sigma
14 64 (7.57%) Quality Management
15 58 (6.86%) Disaster Recovery
15 58 (6.86%) Mentoring
16 55 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 49 (5.79%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 93 (10.99%) PowerShell
2 61 (7.21%) SQL
3 28 (3.31%) Python
4 22 (2.60%) VBA
5 8 (0.95%) C#
5 8 (0.95%) R
5 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
6 7 (0.83%) Bash
6 7 (0.83%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.35%) Java
8 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.12%) VB
9 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 107 (12.65%) Degree
2 69 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 64 (7.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 60 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (5.20%) SC Cleared
6 25 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.25%) Master's Degree
8 17 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.54%) A+ Certification
10 12 (1.42%) APMP
10 12 (1.42%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.42%) MBA
11 11 (1.30%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 9 (1.06%) HND
14 6 (0.71%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (9.10%) QA
2 52 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 48 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (3.90%) SLA
5 32 (3.78%) GDPR
6 27 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (1.42%) NIST
8 10 (1.18%) PMO
9 9 (1.06%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.83%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.71%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.59%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.24%) P3O
13 2 (0.24%) WCAG
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 333 (39.36%) Active Directory
2 64 (7.57%) Hyper-V
3 51 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.06%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.59%) vSphere
8 4 (0.47%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.35%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.24%) Firmware
10 2 (0.24%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.12%) Docker
11 1 (0.12%) XenApp
11 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 218 (25.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (2.60%) Terraform
3 19 (2.25%) SCCM
4 16 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.06%) Backup Exec
5 9 (1.06%) vRealize
6 8 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.59%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.47%) Nagios
10 4 (0.47%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.24%) Autotask
11 2 (0.24%) Plesk
11 2 (0.24%) SCOM
11 2 (0.24%) SCSM
12 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.12%) CASB
12 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 660 (78.01%) Microsoft
2 74 (8.75%) VMware
3 52 (6.15%) Apple
4 35 (4.14%) Veeam
5 23 (2.72%) Cisco
6 20 (2.36%) Meraki
6 20 (2.36%) Sophos
7 19 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.01%) Citrix
9 15 (1.77%) ConnectWise
10 13 (1.54%) SAP
11 11 (1.30%) Google
12 10 (1.18%) Datto
12 10 (1.18%) Progress
13 9 (1.06%) Infor
14 8 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.95%) New Relic
14 8 (0.95%) Oracle
14 8 (0.95%) SolarWinds
14 8 (0.95%) Splunk