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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 150 104
Rank change year-on-year +44 -46 +39
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,040 683 1,904
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 2.25% 2.40%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.61% 27.46% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 844 550 1,556
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,044 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -5.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,668 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.53% - -15.00%

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 2,561 2,487 6,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.75% 8.20% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,958 1,621 4,522
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,063 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -12.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +61 284 £42,500 +21.43% 63
South East -19 199 £50,000 +33.33% 132
East of England +38 184 £42,500 +26.87% 33
Midlands +4 184 £39,000 +1.30% 51
North West +60 151 £50,000 +17.65% 30
West Midlands +14 120 £42,500 -2.05% 23
Yorkshire +23 113 £39,386 +38.20% 27
South West -35 87 £30,000 -33.33% 43
East Midlands -21 64 £37,500 +3.45% 28
Scotland +32 50 £31,000 -6.06% 12
Wales -9 39 £40,000 -2.44% 3
North East -40 20 £47,500 +48.44% 9
Northern Ireland -31 9 £62,500 +19.05% 7
Isle of Man +4 6 £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
1 374 (35.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.79%) Confluence
3 10 (0.96%) CMS
4 9 (0.87%) IIS
5 7 (0.67%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.29%) govService
7 3 (0.29%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 79 (7.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.67%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.58%) CorelDRAW
6 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.096%) InDesign
9 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.096%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.29%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.19%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.096%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.096%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 823 (79.13%) Microsoft 365
2 486 (46.73%) Azure
3 338 (32.50%) Entra ID
4 241 (23.17%) OneDrive
5 226 (21.73%) Power Platform
6 133 (12.79%) PowerApps
7 132 (12.69%) Power Automate
8 60 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
8 60 (5.77%) SaaS
9 45 (4.33%) Mimecast
10 42 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
11 39 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 37 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
13 34 (3.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 28 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (2.40%) AWS
16 20 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 20 (1.92%) Copilot Studio
17 15 (1.44%) Serverless
18 14 (1.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 224 (21.54%) Firewall
2 212 (20.38%) DNS
3 185 (17.79%) DHCP
4 151 (14.52%) VPN
5 97 (9.33%) VLAN
6 92 (8.85%) Wi-Fi
7 75 (7.21%) VoIP
8 70 (6.73%) LAN
9 67 (6.44%) WAN
10 54 (5.19%) TCP/IP
11 42 (4.04%) Wireless
12 14 (1.35%) Internet
12 14 (1.35%) Network Security
13 11 (1.06%) Intranet
13 11 (1.06%) SAN
14 9 (0.87%) Broadband
15 8 (0.77%) WLAN
16 7 (0.67%) IPsec
16 7 (0.67%) PBX
16 7 (0.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.92%) Power BI
2 55 (5.29%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.15%) Metadata
5 9 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.29%) Power Query
8 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.19%) DataStage
8 2 (0.19%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.19%) MySQL
8 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.19%) Tableau
9 1 (0.096%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.096%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 65 (6.25%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Postman
3 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.38%) Git
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.19%) Selenium
6 1 (0.096%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.096%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.096%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 445 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 120 (11.54%) Finance
3 88 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (7.79%) Legal
5 76 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 46 (4.42%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.65%) Law
9 35 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.31%) Retail
12 23 (2.21%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.44%) Local Government
14 11 (1.06%) Advertising
15 9 (0.87%) Marketing
16 7 (0.67%) Games
17 6 (0.58%) Banking
18 4 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
19 3 (0.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 294 (28.27%) IT Support
2 176 (16.92%) Support Engineer
3 174 (16.73%) IT Engineer
4 148 (14.23%) IT Support Engineer
4 148 (14.23%) Senior
5 126 (12.12%) Analyst
6 109 (10.48%) Developer
7 84 (8.08%) Support Analyst
8 81 (7.79%) IT Technician
9 71 (6.83%) Support Technician
10 66 (6.35%) IT Analyst
11 63 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
12 62 (5.96%) IT Support Technician
13 57 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 55 (5.29%) IT Support Analyst
15 50 (4.81%) 3rd Line Support
16 47 (4.52%) Lead
17 46 (4.42%) Administrator
18 45 (4.33%) Senior Developer
19 42 (4.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.23%) HTML
2 40 (3.85%) .NET
3 37 (3.56%) CSS
4 36 (3.46%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (2.79%) SPFx
6 26 (2.50%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (2.21%) JSON
8 19 (1.83%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.15%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.15%) REST
10 11 (1.06%) React
11 9 (0.87%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.67%) Razor View Engine
12 7 (0.67%) Web Services
12 7 (0.67%) XML
13 6 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.58%) Node.js
14 5 (0.48%) Entity Framework
14 5 (0.48%) Swagger
15 4 (0.38%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 120 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 89 (8.56%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.81%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.31%) Replication
6 21 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 18 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.25%) Clustering
9 12 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.87%) Data Centre
10 9 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.87%) Security Posture
10 9 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.77%) CMDB
11 8 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
11 8 (0.77%) FMCG
11 8 (0.77%) IoT
11 8 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 417 (40.10%) Windows
2 217 (20.87%) Windows Server
3 100 (9.62%) Windows 10
4 72 (6.92%) Mac OS
5 37 (3.56%) Android
6 26 (2.50%) Apple iOS
7 23 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (1.83%) Linux
10 8 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.19%) Unix
11 2 (0.19%) VMS
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (30.87%) Problem-Solving
2 244 (23.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 177 (17.02%) Customer Service
4 176 (16.92%) ITIL
5 148 (14.23%) Cybersecurity
6 118 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
7 105 (10.10%) Service Delivery
8 101 (9.71%) User Experience
9 96 (9.23%) Agile
10 89 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 81 (7.79%) Service Management
12 79 (7.60%) Disaster Recovery
13 77 (7.40%) Technical Leadership
14 74 (7.12%) CRM
15 73 (7.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 69 (6.63%) AI
17 67 (6.44%) Coaching
18 64 (6.15%) Mentoring
19 63 (6.06%) ERP
19 63 (6.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 152 (14.62%) PowerShell
2 118 (11.35%) SQL
3 50 (4.81%) JavaScript
4 48 (4.62%) C#
5 24 (2.31%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.21%) R
7 21 (2.02%) Python
8 18 (1.73%) VBA
9 7 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.58%) C
11 4 (0.38%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.29%) Java
13 2 (0.19%) C++
13 2 (0.19%) Ruby
14 1 (0.096%) Bash
14 1 (0.096%) Bicep
14 1 (0.096%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.096%) VB
Qualifications
1 149 (14.33%) Degree
2 86 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (6.15%) Security Cleared
4 48 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.12%) Azure Certification
6 19 (1.83%) DBS Check
7 18 (1.73%) A+ Certification
8 15 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.15%) CCNA
11 10 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (0.87%) HND
13 8 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.67%) APMP
14 7 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.67%) MBA
15 6 (0.58%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (5.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 39 (3.75%) GDPR
4 29 (2.79%) SLA
5 27 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 26 (2.50%) QA
7 20 (1.92%) ISO 9001
8 18 (1.73%) Data Quality
9 8 (0.77%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.77%) PMO
10 5 (0.48%) ISO 14001
10 5 (0.48%) NIST
11 4 (0.38%) COSHH
11 4 (0.38%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.38%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.19%) NCSC
14 1 (0.096%) IEC 61131
14 1 (0.096%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 411 (39.52%) Active Directory
2 101 (9.71%) Hyper-V
3 79 (7.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (1.25%) vSphere
6 12 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.58%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.58%) DFS Replication
7 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.096%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.096%) XenApp
9 1 (0.096%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 240 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
3 23 (2.21%) SCCM
4 18 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.15%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.87%) Backup Exec
6 9 (0.87%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.58%) vRealize
8 3 (0.29%) cPanel
8 3 (0.29%) Plesk
8 3 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.19%) Terraform
10 1 (0.096%) Autotask
10 1 (0.096%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.096%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.096%) Nessus
Vendors
1 826 (79.42%) Microsoft
2 108 (10.38%) VMware
3 55 (5.29%) Cisco
4 54 (5.19%) Veeam
5 53 (5.10%) Apple
6 31 (2.98%) Meraki
7 29 (2.79%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (2.31%) Adobe
10 21 (2.02%) SonicWALL
11 15 (1.44%) Ubiquiti
12 14 (1.35%) Datto
13 13 (1.25%) Sophos
14 12 (1.15%) Aruba
14 12 (1.15%) Salesforce
15 11 (1.06%) Google
15 11 (1.06%) WatchGuard
16 10 (0.96%) Computacenter
16 10 (0.96%) Fortinet
16 10 (0.96%) Palo Alto