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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 157 111
Rank change year-on-year +55 -46 +19
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,345 718 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.62% 2.08% 2.06%
As % of the Application Platforms category 43.65% 29.51% 27.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 559 758
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -9.41% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £63,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.19% -11.58% -5.00%

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 3,081 2,433 4,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.71% 7.03% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,236 1,644 2,276
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,437 £73,750 £71,991
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -2.70%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +71 357 £42,500 +16.92% 69
South East +12 301 £45,000 +11.11% 132
East of England +60 242 £37,500 -7.41% 46
Midlands -8 189 £40,000 +3.90% 64
North West +42 168 £50,000 +25.00% 39
Yorkshire +40 154 £38,772 +33.70% 23
West Midlands -10 117 £47,292 +7.48% 41
South West -54 108 £36,250 -3.33% 44
Scotland +44 74 £30,750 -12.14% 16
East Midlands -29 72 £37,500 -2.60% 23
Wales -32 44 £32,000 -20.99% 7
North East -26 35 £47,500 +43.08% 8
Northern Ireland - 31 £63,500 - 3
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
1 486 (36.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (2.53%) CMS
3 29 (2.16%) Confluence
4 27 (2.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (1.34%) IIS
6 15 (1.12%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.59%) nginx
8 5 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.22%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.074%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 125 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.04%) Chatbot
5 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.74%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.22%) Revit
10 2 (0.15%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.074%) InDesign
11 1 (0.074%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 56 (4.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) Shopify
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.074%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,026 (76.28%) Microsoft 365
2 581 (43.20%) Azure
3 466 (34.65%) Entra ID
4 347 (25.80%) Power Platform
5 297 (22.08%) OneDrive
6 205 (15.24%) PowerApps
7 196 (14.57%) Power Automate
8 127 (9.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 88 (6.54%) SaaS
10 83 (6.17%) Dynamics 365
11 67 (4.98%) Microsoft Purview
12 60 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (3.57%) Mimecast
14 32 (2.38%) AWS
15 27 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (1.93%) Copilot Studio
16 26 (1.93%) IaaS
17 20 (1.49%) Google Workspace
18 19 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 269 (20.00%) Firewall
2 250 (18.59%) DNS
3 213 (15.84%) DHCP
4 176 (13.09%) VPN
5 128 (9.52%) VLAN
6 122 (9.07%) Wi-Fi
7 91 (6.77%) VoIP
8 85 (6.32%) TCP/IP
9 79 (5.87%) Wireless
10 69 (5.13%) LAN
11 66 (4.91%) WAN
12 27 (2.01%) Network Security
13 19 (1.41%) SSL
14 16 (1.19%) Skype
15 15 (1.12%) PBX
16 14 (1.04%) Internet
17 13 (0.97%) Broadband
17 13 (0.97%) Intranet
18 12 (0.89%) SAN
19 10 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (12.86%) Power BI
2 53 (3.94%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.89%) Metadata
5 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.67%) GIS
6 6 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.30%) Power Query
7 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.22%) EDMS
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
10 1 (0.074%) MySQL
10 1 (0.074%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.074%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (5.72%) JIRA
2 22 (1.64%) Git
3 5 (0.37%) Postman
4 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.22%) Selenium
5 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.15%) JUnit
6 2 (0.15%) Mockito
6 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.074%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 664 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 197 (14.65%) Finance
3 137 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
5 96 (7.14%) Legal
6 67 (4.98%) Manufacturing
7 64 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 41 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.90%) Marketing
10 38 (2.83%) Law
11 31 (2.30%) Retail
12 28 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.01%) Publishing
14 26 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.64%) Local Government
16 11 (0.82%) Advertising
16 11 (0.82%) Legal Technology
17 10 (0.74%) Games
18 9 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 342 (25.43%) IT Support
2 227 (16.88%) Support Engineer
3 224 (16.65%) Senior
4 215 (15.99%) IT Engineer
5 193 (14.35%) IT Support Engineer
6 144 (10.71%) Developer
7 137 (10.19%) Analyst
8 93 (6.91%) Support Analyst
9 91 (6.77%) IT Technician
10 72 (5.35%) Support Technician
11 71 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support
11 71 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 67 (4.98%) Administrator
13 64 (4.76%) Lead
14 62 (4.61%) IT Support Technician
15 61 (4.54%) Consultant
16 57 (4.24%) IT Analyst
17 51 (3.79%) Senior Developer
18 50 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
19 48 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.09%) HTML
2 45 (3.35%) CSS
3 39 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
4 35 (2.60%) .NET
5 33 (2.45%) HTML5 Canvas
6 32 (2.38%) SPFx
7 28 (2.08%) JSON
8 17 (1.26%) .NET Core
9 15 (1.12%) REST
10 13 (0.97%) React
10 13 (0.97%) XML
11 11 (0.82%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.59%) Terraform
13 7 (0.52%) Middleware
13 7 (0.52%) Razor View Engine
14 6 (0.45%) Node.js
14 6 (0.45%) Playwright
14 6 (0.45%) XSLT
15 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.38%) Driving Licence
2 132 (9.81%) Onboarding
3 121 (9.00%) Management Information System
4 73 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 27 (2.01%) Blog
6 27 (2.01%) Marketing Technology
7 26 (1.93%) Product Ownership
8 23 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.41%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.34%) Clustering
10 18 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 16 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.04%) CMDB
14 13 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
15 12 (0.89%) Social Media
15 12 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
16 11 (0.82%) Replication
17 10 (0.74%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 526 (39.11%) Windows
2 268 (19.93%) Windows Server
3 105 (7.81%) Windows 10
4 78 (5.80%) Mac OS
5 36 (2.68%) Apple iOS
6 33 (2.45%) Android
6 33 (2.45%) Linux
7 26 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.30%) VMS
12 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.074%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (32.64%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (19.11%) Customer Service
4 212 (15.76%) Cybersecurity
5 195 (14.50%) ITIL
6 172 (12.79%) AI
7 152 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
8 147 (10.93%) Service Delivery
9 136 (10.11%) Project Delivery
10 133 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 133 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 123 (9.14%) CRM
12 116 (8.62%) Service Management
13 114 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 108 (8.03%) Technical Leadership
15 106 (7.88%) User Experience
16 105 (7.81%) Workflow
17 104 (7.73%) Agile
17 104 (7.73%) Project Management
18 95 (7.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 195 (14.50%) PowerShell
2 118 (8.77%) SQL
3 72 (5.35%) JavaScript
4 71 (5.28%) C#
5 26 (1.93%) R
6 25 (1.86%) Python
7 23 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.97%) VBA
9 10 (0.74%) Ruby
10 7 (0.52%) C
10 7 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.22%) Bicep
11 3 (0.22%) C++
11 3 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.22%) Java
11 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.074%) Bash
13 1 (0.074%) VB
Qualifications
1 185 (13.75%) Degree
2 137 (10.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 65 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 58 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.12%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.60%) DBS Check
7 32 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
9 22 (1.64%) CCNA
10 18 (1.34%) A+ Certification
11 17 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (0.97%) HND
13 13 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 10 (0.74%) HNC
15 9 (0.67%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.67%) MCSE
16 8 (0.59%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.52%) MCSA
18 5 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 73 (5.43%) GDPR
3 63 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (3.49%) SLA
5 34 (2.53%) QA
6 29 (2.16%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 21 (1.56%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.26%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.59%) WCAG
11 7 (0.52%) NIST
12 6 (0.45%) ISO 14001
12 6 (0.45%) PMO
13 5 (0.37%) COSHH
13 5 (0.37%) NCSC
13 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.30%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.15%) IEC 61131
16 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 507 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 140 (10.41%) Hyper-V
3 136 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.41%) vSphere
6 16 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.074%) Docker
10 1 (0.074%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 325 (24.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.08%) SCCM
3 22 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (1.19%) FortiGate
4 16 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.37%) Ansible
5 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.22%) cPanel
6 3 (0.22%) Plesk
6 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.15%) Puppet
7 2 (0.15%) vRealize
8 1 (0.074%) Nessus
8 1 (0.074%) VxRail
8 1 (0.074%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,133 (84.24%) Microsoft
2 157 (11.67%) VMware
3 82 (6.10%) Cisco
4 72 (5.35%) Veeam
5 56 (4.16%) Apple
6 43 (3.20%) SonicWALL
7 37 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 30 (2.23%) Adobe
9 29 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
10 28 (2.08%) Meraki
11 27 (2.01%) Google
11 27 (2.01%) Sitecore
12 22 (1.64%) HP
13 21 (1.56%) Salesforce
14 20 (1.49%) Datto
15 17 (1.26%) Fortinet
15 17 (1.26%) Palo Alto
16 16 (1.19%) Ubiquiti
17 15 (1.12%) Aruba
17 15 (1.12%) Citrix