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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 160 112
Rank change year-on-year +60 -48 +13
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,356 708 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.57% 2.04% 2.16%
As % of the Application Platforms category 42.95% 29.95% 30.17%
Number of salaries quoted 997 545 670
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.61% +2.47%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,304
90th Percentile £68,000 £63,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -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 3,157 2,364 3,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.66% 6.81% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,189 1,581 1,940
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,299
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £57,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -5.81% +3.64%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +69 372 £42,500 +6.25% 127
South East +20 304 £40,000 -1.96% 148
East of England +56 225 £37,500 -10.71% 70
Midlands +3 191 £42,500 +10.39% 79
North West +46 177 £44,000 +10.00% 82
Yorkshire +50 155 £40,000 +37.93% 41
West Midlands -2 120 £47,500 +7.95% 47
South West -58 113 £36,625 +1.74% 74
Scotland +16 80 £30,500 -12.86% 51
East Midlands -25 71 £37,500 +7.14% 32
Wales -41 41 £32,000 -21.95% 10
North East -23 40 £46,250 -31.48% 6
Northern Ireland -48 31 £63,500 -9.29% 10
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
1 469 (34.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.43%) CMS
3 28 (2.06%) Confluence
4 27 (1.99%) Sitecore CMS
5 17 (1.25%) IIS
6 16 (1.18%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.59%) nginx
8 5 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.22%) SAS
9 3 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 137 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (8.41%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.88%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.74%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.37%) Trello
10 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.22%) Revit
12 2 (0.15%) Navisworks
12 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
12 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.074%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 57 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.25%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.37%) Shopify
5 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.074%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.074%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,020 (75.22%) Microsoft 365
2 572 (42.18%) Azure
3 471 (34.73%) Entra ID
4 351 (25.88%) Power Platform
5 321 (23.67%) OneDrive
6 211 (15.56%) PowerApps
7 203 (14.97%) Power Automate
8 149 (10.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 89 (6.56%) Dynamics 365
10 79 (5.83%) SaaS
11 71 (5.24%) Microsoft Purview
12 62 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
13 42 (3.10%) Mimecast
14 34 (2.51%) Copilot Studio
15 30 (2.21%) AWS
16 23 (1.70%) IaaS
17 22 (1.62%) Serverless
18 20 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
18 20 (1.47%) Google Workspace
19 15 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 269 (19.84%) Firewall
2 261 (19.25%) DNS
3 227 (16.74%) DHCP
4 187 (13.79%) VPN
5 139 (10.25%) VLAN
6 115 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
7 90 (6.64%) TCP/IP
7 90 (6.64%) Wireless
8 84 (6.19%) VoIP
9 70 (5.16%) WAN
10 69 (5.09%) LAN
11 30 (2.21%) Network Security
12 22 (1.62%) SSL
13 17 (1.25%) Skype
14 15 (1.11%) PBX
15 14 (1.03%) Cisco Wireless
16 11 (0.81%) Intranet
16 11 (0.81%) SAN
17 10 (0.74%) Broadband
17 10 (0.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (12.46%) Power BI
2 49 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.74%) Data Lake
4 10 (0.74%) Metadata
5 9 (0.66%) GIS
6 6 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.29%) Power Query
7 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.22%) EDMS
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.074%) MySQL
10 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.074%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 76 (5.60%) JIRA
2 28 (2.06%) Git
3 5 (0.37%) Postman
4 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.22%) JUnit
5 3 (0.22%) Mockito
5 3 (0.22%) Selenium
5 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.074%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.074%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.074%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 679 (50.07%) Social Skills
2 202 (14.90%) Finance
3 138 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (9.14%) Organisational Skills
5 88 (6.49%) Legal
6 77 (5.68%) Manufacturing
7 70 (5.16%) Public Sector
8 43 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.88%) Marketing
10 37 (2.73%) Law
11 33 (2.43%) Retail
12 29 (2.14%) Publishing
13 26 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (1.84%) Local Government
15 24 (1.77%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.81%) Games
17 11 (0.81%) Legal Technology
18 9 (0.66%) Advertising
18 9 (0.66%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 332 (24.48%) IT Support
2 223 (16.45%) Support Engineer
3 210 (15.49%) IT Engineer
4 193 (14.23%) Senior
5 186 (13.72%) IT Support Engineer
6 141 (10.40%) Developer
7 140 (10.32%) Analyst
8 99 (7.30%) Support Analyst
9 82 (6.05%) IT Technician
10 74 (5.46%) Administrator
11 66 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 63 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support
13 61 (4.50%) Lead
13 61 (4.50%) Support Technician
14 60 (4.42%) Consultant
14 60 (4.42%) IT Analyst
15 54 (3.98%) IT Support Technician
16 53 (3.91%) IT Support Analyst
17 48 (3.54%) 1st Line Support
18 46 (3.39%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.83%) HTML
2 36 (2.65%) CSS
3 34 (2.51%) Microsoft Graph
4 26 (1.92%) HTML5 Canvas
5 25 (1.84%) .NET
6 24 (1.77%) SPFx
7 22 (1.62%) JSON
8 14 (1.03%) REST
9 13 (0.96%) XML
10 10 (0.74%) React
10 10 (0.74%) Terraform
11 9 (0.66%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.66%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.59%) Middleware
12 8 (0.59%) XSLT
13 7 (0.52%) Playwright
13 7 (0.52%) Razor View Engine
14 5 (0.37%) Swagger
15 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 159 (11.73%) Driving Licence
2 150 (11.06%) Onboarding
3 133 (9.81%) Management Information System
4 76 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.51%) AI Agents
6 27 (1.99%) Blog
6 27 (1.99%) Marketing Technology
7 24 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 23 (1.70%) Product Ownership
9 21 (1.55%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.25%) Clustering
11 17 (1.25%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 16 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
13 15 (1.11%) CMDB
13 15 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.96%) CCTV
15 12 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
16 11 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 535 (39.45%) Windows
2 266 (19.62%) Windows Server
3 94 (6.93%) Windows 10
4 74 (5.46%) Mac OS
5 37 (2.73%) Apple iOS
6 29 (2.14%) Linux
6 29 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (1.84%) Android
8 21 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.59%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.29%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.22%) VMS
13 1 (0.074%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (34.73%) Problem-Solving
2 337 (24.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 274 (20.21%) Customer Service
4 224 (16.52%) Cybersecurity
5 185 (13.64%) ITIL
6 181 (13.35%) AI
7 151 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
8 145 (10.69%) Service Delivery
9 144 (10.62%) Project Delivery
10 136 (10.03%) Disaster Recovery
11 130 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 125 (9.22%) Service Management
13 123 (9.07%) CRM
13 123 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 108 (7.96%) Agile
15 101 (7.45%) Migration
16 99 (7.30%) Project Management
17 96 (7.08%) Mentoring
18 94 (6.93%) ERP
19 91 (6.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 186 (13.72%) PowerShell
2 109 (8.04%) SQL
3 72 (5.31%) JavaScript
4 68 (5.01%) C#
5 26 (1.92%) Python
6 19 (1.40%) R
7 15 (1.11%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.03%) Ruby
9 10 (0.74%) VBA
10 8 (0.59%) C
11 5 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.29%) Bicep
12 4 (0.29%) Java
13 3 (0.22%) C++
13 3 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.074%) Bash
15 1 (0.074%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.074%) PHP
Qualifications
1 188 (13.86%) Degree
2 135 (9.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 50 (3.69%) SC Cleared
5 44 (3.24%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.58%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
9 22 (1.62%) CCNA
10 21 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.47%) A+ Certification
12 14 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (0.96%) HND
14 10 (0.74%) HNC
15 9 (0.66%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.66%) MCSE
16 8 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.44%) CIPD
17 6 (0.44%) Master's Degree
17 6 (0.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (6.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 80 (5.90%) GDPR
3 53 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (3.91%) SLA
4 44 (3.24%) Accessibility
5 35 (2.58%) QA
6 24 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 22 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.25%) ISO 9001
9 11 (0.81%) WCAG
10 8 (0.59%) PMO
11 7 (0.52%) NIST
12 6 (0.44%) ISO 14001
13 5 (0.37%) COSHH
13 5 (0.37%) NCSC
13 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.29%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.15%) IEC 61131
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 509 (37.54%) Active Directory
2 145 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (9.66%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.33%) vSphere
6 16 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 12 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
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
1 310 (22.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.21%) SCCM
3 20 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
4 17 (1.25%) FortiGate
5 14 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.44%) Ansible
7 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.22%) Autotask
8 3 (0.22%) cPanel
8 3 (0.22%) Plesk
8 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.22%) Puppet
8 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.15%) vRealize
10 1 (0.074%) WMI
10 1 (0.074%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,156 (85.25%) Microsoft
2 165 (12.17%) VMware
3 84 (6.19%) Cisco
4 69 (5.09%) Veeam
5 59 (4.35%) Apple
6 47 (3.47%) SonicWALL
7 32 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 28 (2.06%) HP
8 28 (2.06%) Sitecore
9 27 (1.99%) Google
10 26 (1.92%) Meraki
11 22 (1.62%) Datto
12 21 (1.55%) Adobe
12 21 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
12 21 (1.55%) Fortinet
12 21 (1.55%) WatchGuard
13 20 (1.47%) Palo Alto
13 20 (1.47%) Salesforce
14 14 (1.03%) Aruba
14 14 (1.03%) Citrix