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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 145 100
Rank change year-on-year +28 -45 +34
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,101 741 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.50% 2.17% 2.41%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.06% 28.26% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 894 587 1,231
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £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 £74,625 £63,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 2,819 2,622 5,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.85% 7.69% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,137 1,734 3,545
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £72,296
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -5.36%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +60 302 £42,500 +20.23% 79
South East -11 230 £50,000 +29.03% 105
East of England +45 196 £40,000 -1.23% 37
Midlands -17 157 £39,000 +1.30% 38
North West +43 153 £50,000 +25.00% 40
Yorkshire +25 125 £40,000 +40.35% 25
South West -45 100 £33,000 -24.57% 33
West Midlands -5 99 £43,750 -2.78% 21
Scotland +55 64 £28,500 -24.00% 22
East Midlands -37 58 £37,500 +3.45% 17
Wales -25 39 £39,250 -3.09% 6
North East -33 24 £47,500 +48.44% 15
Northern Ireland -58 9 £62,500 +19.05% 2
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
1 398 (36.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (2.72%) Confluence
3 13 (1.18%) IIS
4 11 (1.00%) CMS
5 10 (0.91%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.27%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Apache
8 2 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 79 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.91%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.91%) CorelDRAW
4 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.091%) InDesign
8 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.091%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
5 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.36%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.27%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.18%) Alphatax
8 2 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.091%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.091%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 885 (80.38%) Microsoft 365
2 513 (46.59%) Azure
3 381 (34.60%) Entra ID
4 254 (23.07%) OneDrive
5 253 (22.98%) Power Platform
6 155 (14.08%) Power Automate
7 150 (13.62%) PowerApps
8 87 (7.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 70 (6.36%) SaaS
10 52 (4.72%) Mimecast
11 49 (4.45%) Dynamics 365
12 48 (4.36%) Microsoft Purview
13 44 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
14 34 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
15 26 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (2.09%) AWS
16 23 (2.09%) Copilot Studio
17 20 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 15 (1.36%) PaaS
19 14 (1.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 230 (20.89%) Firewall
2 220 (19.98%) DNS
3 191 (17.35%) DHCP
4 151 (13.71%) VPN
5 103 (9.36%) VLAN
6 102 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
7 81 (7.36%) VoIP
8 72 (6.54%) LAN
9 68 (6.18%) TCP/IP
9 68 (6.18%) WAN
10 58 (5.27%) Wireless
11 20 (1.82%) Network Security
12 13 (1.18%) SAN
13 12 (1.09%) Internet
14 11 (1.00%) Broadband
14 11 (1.00%) Skype
15 10 (0.91%) SSL
16 9 (0.82%) Intranet
17 8 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
17 8 (0.73%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (11.81%) Power BI
2 49 (4.45%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.18%) Metadata
5 9 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.27%) Power Query
9 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.18%) DataStage
9 2 (0.18%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.18%) MySQL
9 2 (0.18%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.18%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.091%) EDMS
10 1 (0.091%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 74 (6.72%) JIRA
2 5 (0.45%) Git
2 5 (0.45%) Postman
3 4 (0.36%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.091%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.091%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 486 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 137 (12.44%) Finance
3 102 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (8.54%) Legal
5 79 (7.18%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (5.09%) Manufacturing
7 45 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.63%) Law
9 33 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.18%) Retail
12 24 (2.18%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.18%) Local Government
14 11 (1.00%) Advertising
15 8 (0.73%) Banking
15 8 (0.73%) Marketing
16 7 (0.64%) Games
17 5 (0.45%) Military
18 4 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 319 (28.97%) IT Support
2 190 (17.26%) Support Engineer
3 189 (17.17%) IT Engineer
4 167 (15.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 160 (14.53%) Senior
6 126 (11.44%) Analyst
7 122 (11.08%) Developer
8 89 (8.08%) IT Technician
9 85 (7.72%) Support Analyst
10 78 (7.08%) Support Technician
11 67 (6.09%) IT Analyst
11 67 (6.09%) IT Support Technician
12 61 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
13 58 (5.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 58 (5.27%) IT Support Analyst
14 50 (4.54%) Senior Developer
15 49 (4.45%) 3rd Line Support
15 49 (4.45%) Administrator
16 47 (4.27%) Consultant
16 47 (4.27%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (4.54%) HTML
2 41 (3.72%) CSS
2 41 (3.72%) Microsoft Graph
3 40 (3.63%) .NET
4 33 (3.00%) SPFx
5 31 (2.82%) HTML5 Canvas
6 24 (2.18%) JSON
7 19 (1.73%) .NET Core
8 13 (1.18%) REST
9 12 (1.09%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.00%) React
11 9 (0.82%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.82%) XML
12 7 (0.64%) Razor View Engine
13 6 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.54%) Node.js
13 6 (0.54%) Web Services
14 5 (0.45%) Entity Framework
14 5 (0.45%) Swagger
15 4 (0.36%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 130 (11.81%) Driving Licence
2 93 (8.45%) Onboarding
3 62 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.54%) Replication
8 16 (1.45%) Clustering
9 15 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.27%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.18%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.91%) CMDB
13 10 (0.91%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.82%) CCTV
14 9 (0.82%) Cyber Security Posture
14 9 (0.82%) IoT
14 9 (0.82%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.73%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 433 (39.33%) Windows
2 224 (20.35%) Windows Server
3 101 (9.17%) Windows 10
4 78 (7.08%) Mac OS
5 39 (3.54%) Android
6 29 (2.63%) Apple iOS
7 22 (2.00%) Linux
8 20 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.27%) VMS
11 3 (0.27%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (31.52%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (24.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 205 (18.62%) Customer Service
4 181 (16.44%) ITIL
5 165 (14.99%) Cybersecurity
6 130 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
7 113 (10.26%) Service Delivery
8 107 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 107 (9.72%) User Experience
9 97 (8.81%) AI
10 95 (8.63%) Agile
11 92 (8.36%) Service Management
12 88 (7.99%) Technical Leadership
13 87 (7.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 87 (7.90%) Project Delivery
13 87 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 83 (7.54%) CRM
15 76 (6.90%) Mentoring
16 75 (6.81%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (6.54%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (14.53%) PowerShell
2 116 (10.54%) SQL
3 61 (5.54%) JavaScript
4 56 (5.09%) C#
5 29 (2.63%) R
6 26 (2.36%) Python
7 25 (2.27%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.54%) VBA
9 7 (0.64%) C
9 7 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.45%) Ruby
11 4 (0.36%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.27%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.27%) Java
13 2 (0.18%) Bicep
14 1 (0.091%) Bash
14 1 (0.091%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 162 (14.71%) Degree
2 99 (8.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 58 (5.27%) Security Cleared
4 50 (4.54%) SC Cleared
5 29 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 23 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.00%) DBS Check
8 19 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 18 (1.63%) CCNA
10 14 (1.27%) HND
11 13 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (1.09%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.91%) HNC
14 8 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (0.54%) MCSA
17 5 (0.45%) DV Cleared
17 5 (0.45%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 50 (4.54%) GDPR
4 29 (2.63%) QA
5 28 (2.54%) SLA
6 20 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.73%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.73%) ISO 9001
8 11 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.73%) PMO
10 7 (0.64%) NIST
11 5 (0.45%) COSHH
11 5 (0.45%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.45%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.36%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.27%) NCSC
13 3 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.091%) IEC 61131
15 1 (0.091%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 441 (40.05%) Active Directory
2 107 (9.72%) Hyper-V
3 93 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.73%) vSphere
5 16 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.54%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.54%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.091%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.091%) XenApp
11 1 (0.091%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 263 (23.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
3 20 (1.82%) SCCM
4 18 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.00%) FortiGate
5 11 (1.00%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.45%) Backup Exec
7 4 (0.36%) Terraform
8 3 (0.27%) cPanel
8 3 (0.27%) Plesk
8 3 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.18%) Ansible
9 2 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.18%) vRealize
10 1 (0.091%) Autotask
10 1 (0.091%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.091%) Puppet
10 1 (0.091%) WSUS
Vendors
1 905 (82.20%) Microsoft
2 117 (10.63%) VMware
3 67 (6.09%) Cisco
4 58 (5.27%) Veeam
5 52 (4.72%) Apple
6 32 (2.91%) Meraki
7 31 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
7 31 (2.82%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.27%) SonicWALL
9 24 (2.18%) Adobe
10 16 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.45%) Ubiquiti
11 14 (1.27%) Aruba
11 14 (1.27%) Datto
11 14 (1.27%) Sophos
12 12 (1.09%) Google
12 12 (1.09%) Palo Alto
13 11 (1.00%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.91%) Foundry
14 10 (0.91%) Sage