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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 153 96
Rank change year-on-year +37 -57 +53
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 963 670 1,977
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.45% 2.28% 2.56%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.89% 27.47% 29.64%
Number of salaries quoted 778 538 1,596
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,740 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.41% -3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £43,000 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.15% +2.35% -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 2,414 2,439 6,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.64% 8.28% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,848 1,571 4,564
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -12.37%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £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 11 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 11 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 +55 266 £42,500 +21.43% 74
South East -24 177 £50,000 +26.58% 121
East of England +38 172 £42,500 +26.87% 32
Midlands +2 171 £37,500 -2.60% 47
North West +61 147 £50,000 +17.65% 40
West Midlands +12 113 £42,500 -4.01% 23
Yorkshire +4 102 £38,500 +35.09% 28
South West -24 85 £29,000 -35.56% 43
East Midlands -22 58 £37,500 +3.45% 24
Scotland +25 44 £36,000 +9.09% 8
Wales -11 36 £40,000 -2.44% 5
North East -35 17 £38,772 +21.16% 9
Northern Ireland -30 8 £61,250 +16.67% 6
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
1 336 (34.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.32%) Confluence
3 9 (0.93%) CMS
3 9 (0.93%) IIS
4 5 (0.52%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.31%) govService
5 3 (0.31%) SAS
6 2 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.21%) WordPress
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
Applications
1 78 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.42%) CorelDRAW
7 3 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.10%) InDesign
9 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.31%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.21%) Alphatax
8 2 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.10%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) Q-Pulse
9 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.10%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 764 (79.34%) Microsoft 365
2 441 (45.79%) Azure
3 308 (31.98%) Entra ID
4 226 (23.47%) OneDrive
5 210 (21.81%) Power Platform
6 118 (12.25%) PowerApps
7 117 (12.15%) Power Automate
8 52 (5.40%) SaaS
9 50 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 36 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (3.53%) Mimecast
13 32 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
14 31 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
15 28 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (2.18%) AWS
17 19 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 13 (1.35%) PaaS
18 13 (1.35%) Serverless
19 12 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 203 (21.08%) Firewall
2 195 (20.25%) DNS
3 167 (17.34%) DHCP
4 137 (14.23%) VPN
5 89 (9.24%) Wi-Fi
6 82 (8.52%) VLAN
7 66 (6.85%) VoIP
8 63 (6.54%) LAN
8 63 (6.54%) WAN
9 46 (4.78%) TCP/IP
10 33 (3.43%) Wireless
11 14 (1.45%) Internet
12 11 (1.14%) Intranet
13 10 (1.04%) Network Security
13 10 (1.04%) SAN
14 8 (0.83%) IPsec
14 8 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (0.83%) WLAN
15 7 (0.73%) Broadband
16 5 (0.52%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (12.56%) Power BI
2 58 (6.02%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.25%) Metadata
4 12 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.42%) Power Query
9 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) DataStage
10 2 (0.21%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.21%) MySQL
10 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.21%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.10%) EDMS
11 1 (0.10%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.10%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 62 (6.44%) JIRA
2 5 (0.52%) Postman
3 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.42%) Git
4 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.21%) Selenium
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 406 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 112 (11.63%) Finance
3 84 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (7.27%) Legal
5 68 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (4.67%) Public Sector
7 42 (4.36%) Manufacturing
8 40 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (3.84%) Law
10 29 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.28%) Retail
12 18 (1.87%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.35%) Advertising
15 10 (1.04%) Local Government
16 8 (0.83%) Marketing
17 6 (0.62%) Games
18 5 (0.52%) Banking
19 4 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
20 3 (0.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 273 (28.35%) IT Support
2 163 (16.93%) Support Engineer
3 157 (16.30%) IT Engineer
4 139 (14.43%) Senior
5 132 (13.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 114 (11.84%) Analyst
7 99 (10.28%) Developer
8 78 (8.10%) IT Technician
8 78 (8.10%) Support Analyst
9 75 (7.79%) Support Technician
10 64 (6.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 64 (6.65%) IT Support Technician
11 61 (6.33%) IT Analyst
12 52 (5.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 51 (5.30%) IT Support Analyst
14 44 (4.57%) Senior Developer
15 43 (4.47%) 3rd Line Support
15 43 (4.47%) Lead
16 41 (4.26%) Consultant
17 39 (4.05%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.15%) .NET
2 38 (3.95%) HTML
3 36 (3.74%) CSS
4 35 (3.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 27 (2.80%) SPFx
6 25 (2.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (2.39%) JSON
8 19 (1.97%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.25%) REST
10 11 (1.14%) ASP.NET
11 10 (1.04%) React
12 9 (0.93%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.73%) Web Services
14 6 (0.62%) Node.js
14 6 (0.62%) XML
15 5 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (0.52%) Entity Framework
15 5 (0.52%) Razor View Engine
15 5 (0.52%) Swagger
16 4 (0.42%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 110 (11.42%) Driving Licence
2 79 (8.20%) Onboarding
3 47 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.49%) Replication
6 20 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 15 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (1.14%) Clustering
8 11 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (0.93%) Low-Code
9 9 (0.93%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (0.83%) CMDB
10 8 (0.83%) Social Media
11 7 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (0.73%) FMCG
12 5 (0.52%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 385 (39.98%) Windows
2 194 (20.15%) Windows Server
3 89 (9.24%) Windows 10
4 63 (6.54%) Mac OS
5 39 (4.05%) Android
6 28 (2.91%) Apple iOS
7 21 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (1.87%) Linux
10 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.21%) Unix
11 2 (0.21%) VMS
12 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (31.26%) Problem-Solving
2 212 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 170 (17.65%) ITIL
4 163 (16.93%) Customer Service
5 131 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
6 115 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
7 97 (10.07%) User Experience
8 92 (9.55%) Service Delivery
9 86 (8.93%) Agile
10 77 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 71 (7.37%) Disaster Recovery
11 71 (7.37%) Service Management
12 68 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 68 (7.06%) Technical Leadership
13 67 (6.96%) CRM
14 65 (6.75%) AI
15 64 (6.65%) Coaching
16 63 (6.54%) Project Management
17 60 (6.23%) Mentoring
18 57 (5.92%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 135 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 108 (11.21%) SQL
3 44 (4.57%) C#
4 41 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.39%) TypeScript
6 17 (1.77%) R
7 16 (1.66%) VBA
8 15 (1.56%) Python
9 9 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.42%) C
11 4 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.31%) Java
13 1 (0.10%) Bash
13 1 (0.10%) Bicep
13 1 (0.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 141 (14.64%) Degree
2 80 (8.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 44 (4.57%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.87%) A+ Certification
5 18 (1.87%) Azure Certification
5 18 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.77%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (0.93%) CCNA
9 9 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (0.73%) APMP
11 7 (0.73%) MBA
12 6 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.52%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (5.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (3.22%) GDPR
4 27 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 27 (2.80%) SLA
5 23 (2.39%) QA
6 19 (1.97%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.66%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.73%) PMO
9 5 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.52%) NIST
10 4 (0.42%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.31%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.21%) COSHH
12 2 (0.21%) NCSC
12 2 (0.21%) NEBOSH
12 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.10%) AQAP
13 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
System Software
1 380 (39.46%) Active Directory
2 91 (9.45%) Hyper-V
3 69 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.93%) vSphere
7 7 (0.73%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.62%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.62%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.10%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
10 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 224 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (2.39%) Jamf Pro
3 22 (2.28%) SCCM
4 20 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.93%) Backup Exec
7 7 (0.73%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.73%) vRealize
8 6 (0.62%) Terraform
9 2 (0.21%) cPanel
9 2 (0.21%) Plesk
10 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.10%) Autotask
10 1 (0.10%) CASB
10 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.10%) Nessus
10 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 759 (78.82%) Microsoft
2 99 (10.28%) VMware
3 56 (5.82%) Apple
4 50 (5.19%) Veeam
5 44 (4.57%) Cisco
6 29 (3.01%) Meraki
7 27 (2.80%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.60%) Adobe
9 20 (2.08%) SonicWALL
10 19 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (1.35%) Datto
11 13 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
12 11 (1.14%) Sophos
13 10 (1.04%) Computacenter
13 10 (1.04%) Google
13 10 (1.04%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.04%) WatchGuard
14 9 (0.93%) Aruba
15 8 (0.83%) ConnectWise
15 8 (0.83%) Yealink