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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 102 89
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 +73
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 878 703 1,880
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.56% 2.70% 2.98%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.07% 31.60% 29.16%
Number of salaries quoted 651 563 1,560
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,275
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.68% -0.56%
75th Percentile £54,178 £54,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,383 £43,000
% change year-on-year -6.35% +5.54% -11.79%

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 2,247 2,225 6,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.99% 8.53% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,556 4,604
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £58,413
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,500
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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -33 192 £41,770 -1.72% 56
Midlands -4 185 £42,039 -1.08% 46
South East -21 175 £45,000 - 76
West Midlands +16 115 £45,000 -10.00% 29
East of England -24 109 £34,000 +4.62% 32
North West -29 109 £50,000 +9.58% 33
South West -4 98 £31,000 -35.42% 55
Scotland +14 96 £31,500 -3.08% 18
Yorkshire -23 76 £32,750 +9.17% 19
East Midlands -29 70 £37,500 +10.29% 17
Wales -16 13 £41,740 +11.31% 8
Northern Ireland -36 8 £60,000 +14.29% 2
North East -23 7 £67,500 +110.94% 6
Isle of Man +3 6 £45,000 +30.43% 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
1 300 (34.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (2.51%) Confluence
3 11 (1.25%) CMS
4 5 (0.57%) IIS
5 4 (0.46%) WordPress
6 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.34%) govService
6 3 (0.34%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 146 (16.63%) Microsoft Office
2 126 (14.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 76 (8.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.23%) InDesign
6 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.23%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.11%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 618 (70.39%) Microsoft 365
2 361 (41.12%) Azure
3 270 (30.75%) Entra ID
4 176 (20.05%) OneDrive
5 149 (16.97%) Power Platform
6 79 (9.00%) PowerApps
7 72 (8.20%) Power Automate
8 44 (5.01%) SaaS
9 32 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 28 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
10 28 (3.19%) Mimecast
11 27 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (1.71%) Serverless
15 14 (1.59%) AWS
15 14 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.48%) Azure Functions
17 11 (1.25%) IaaS
17 11 (1.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 179 (20.39%) DNS
2 161 (18.34%) DHCP
3 146 (16.63%) Firewall
4 124 (14.12%) VPN
5 84 (9.57%) VLAN
6 75 (8.54%) LAN
7 73 (8.31%) WAN
8 69 (7.86%) Wi-Fi
9 55 (6.26%) TCP/IP
10 47 (5.35%) VoIP
11 35 (3.99%) Network Security
12 18 (2.05%) Wireless
13 13 (1.48%) IPsec
14 12 (1.37%) Internet
14 12 (1.37%) WLAN
15 10 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (1.03%) Intranet
17 8 (0.91%) Broadband
17 8 (0.91%) Ethernet
18 7 (0.80%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (9.79%) Power BI
2 42 (4.78%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.68%) Metadata
5 6 (0.68%) MySQL
5 6 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.34%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.23%) DataStage
8 2 (0.23%) Power Query
8 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.11%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 46 (5.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.23%) Selenium
2 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.11%) Git
3 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 407 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.79%) Finance
3 56 (6.38%) Legal
4 54 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (4.78%) Manufacturing
7 41 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (4.44%) Law
9 36 (4.10%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.73%) Retail
11 15 (1.71%) Advertising
12 14 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.25%) Marketing
16 5 (0.57%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.46%) Banking
17 4 (0.46%) German Language
17 4 (0.46%) Local Government
18 2 (0.23%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 252 (28.70%) IT Support
2 157 (17.88%) Support Engineer
3 136 (15.49%) Senior
4 135 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 115 (13.10%) IT Support Engineer
6 84 (9.57%) Support Technician
7 80 (9.11%) Analyst
8 73 (8.31%) 2nd Line Support
8 73 (8.31%) IT Technician
9 68 (7.74%) IT Support Technician
10 67 (7.63%) Developer
11 65 (7.40%) Senior Manager
12 64 (7.29%) QA Manager
12 64 (7.29%) Quality Manager
12 64 (7.29%) Senior QA Manager
12 64 (7.29%) Senior Quality Manager
13 53 (6.04%) Support Analyst
14 46 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 46 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 41 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.85%) .NET
2 17 (1.94%) CSS
2 17 (1.94%) HTML
3 16 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
4 11 (1.25%) JSON
4 11 (1.25%) SPFx
5 10 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
6 9 (1.03%) REST
7 8 (0.91%) Web Services
8 7 (0.80%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.57%) ASP.NET
9 5 (0.57%) XML
10 4 (0.46%) Middleware
11 3 (0.34%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.34%) Node.js
11 3 (0.34%) React
12 2 (0.23%) Razor View Engine
12 2 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (14.46%) Driving Licence
2 66 (7.52%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (2.85%) Replication
5 24 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.62%) IoT
6 23 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.25%) Low-Code
10 8 (0.91%) FMCG
10 8 (0.91%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.57%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.57%) CMDB
12 5 (0.57%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.57%) Digital Signage
12 5 (0.57%) iPad
12 5 (0.57%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 352 (40.09%) Windows
2 178 (20.27%) Windows Server
3 111 (12.64%) Windows 10
4 49 (5.58%) Mac OS
5 41 (4.67%) Android
6 29 (3.30%) Apple iOS
7 21 (2.39%) Linux
8 19 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
2 170 (19.36%) Customer Service
3 169 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (17.31%) ITIL
5 114 (12.98%) Project Management
6 110 (12.53%) Cybersecurity
7 98 (11.16%) Coaching
8 77 (8.77%) Service Delivery
9 74 (8.43%) Agile
10 72 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
10 72 (8.20%) Customer Experience
11 66 (7.52%) Performance Improvement
12 65 (7.40%) Due Diligence
13 64 (7.29%) Lean Six Sigma
13 64 (7.29%) Quality Management
13 64 (7.29%) Six Sigma
14 60 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 51 (5.81%) AI
15 51 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
15 51 (5.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 96 (10.93%) PowerShell
2 68 (7.74%) SQL
3 24 (2.73%) Python
4 20 (2.28%) VBA
5 18 (2.05%) C#
5 18 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.94%) R
7 9 (1.03%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.91%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.46%) Java
10 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.23%) Bash
11 2 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.23%) VB
12 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 111 (12.64%) Degree
2 68 (7.74%) Security Cleared
3 64 (7.29%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 63 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (5.01%) SC Cleared
6 22 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 13 (1.48%) APMP
9 13 (1.48%) MBA
10 12 (1.37%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.25%) A+ Certification
11 11 (1.25%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.14%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.03%) HND
13 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.77%) QA
2 56 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 33 (3.76%) SLA
5 26 (2.96%) GDPR
6 23 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (1.37%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 9 (1.03%) PMO
9 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.68%) NIST
10 5 (0.57%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 344 (39.18%) Active Directory
2 69 (7.86%) Hyper-V
3 45 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.68%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.68%) DFS Replication
6 6 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.68%) vSphere
7 4 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.23%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) Docker
10 1 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 231 (26.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.94%) SCCM
3 16 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (1.37%) Terraform
6 9 (1.03%) Backup Exec
6 9 (1.03%) vRealize
7 7 (0.80%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.80%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.23%) Plesk
8 2 (0.23%) SCOM
8 2 (0.23%) SCSM
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) Autotask
9 1 (0.11%) CASB
9 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.11%) MOM
Vendors
1 682 (77.68%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.20%) VMware
3 57 (6.49%) Apple
4 38 (4.33%) Veeam
5 27 (3.08%) Cisco
6 22 (2.51%) Meraki
7 19 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
9 15 (1.71%) Adobe
10 12 (1.37%) Citrix
10 12 (1.37%) Sophos
11 10 (1.14%) ConnectWise
12 9 (1.03%) Datto
13 8 (0.91%) Logitech
13 8 (0.91%) New Relic
13 8 (0.91%) Oracle
13 8 (0.91%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.91%) SAP
13 8 (0.91%) Splunk
13 8 (0.91%) Yealink