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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 101 115
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +17
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 771 961 920
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.84% 2.66% 2.66%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.53% 32.24% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 537 581 772
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - +3.66%
75th Percentile £50,250 £56,000 £53,313
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £63,675
UK median annual salary £41,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -13.68% +3.26% -3.16%

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 2,001 2,981 3,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.77% 8.25% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 1,587 2,626
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,900 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,625 £33,000 £33,296
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £47,500 £45,539
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +4.31% -4.13%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 January 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 January 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 -15 161 £40,000 -12.33% 59
Midlands -9 155 £37,500 -11.76% 42
South East -10 154 £40,500 -10.00% 118
South West +36 113 £33,000 -33.33% 19
Scotland +13 109 £35,000 +7.69% 10
North West -9 94 £43,500 -14.40% 30
West Midlands +1 83 £44,000 -15.79% 25
East of England -17 75 £34,000 +6.25% 41
East Midlands -13 72 £37,500 +19.05% 17
Yorkshire -17 62 £30,000 -9.09% 25
North East -9 5 £77,500 +63.16% 5
Northern Ireland -20 3 £66,250 +26.19% 2
Wales -24 3 £41,740 -12.13% 6
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
1 253 (32.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.46%) Confluence
3 10 (1.30%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.91%) WordPress
5 5 (0.65%) IIS
6 4 (0.52%) CMS
7 3 (0.39%) govService
8 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache
9 1 (0.13%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 134 (17.38%) Microsoft Office
2 130 (16.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 78 (10.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) InDesign
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.39%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 519 (67.32%) Microsoft 365
2 300 (38.91%) Azure
3 236 (30.61%) Entra ID
4 133 (17.25%) OneDrive
5 126 (16.34%) Power Platform
6 72 (9.34%) PowerApps
7 69 (8.95%) Power Automate
8 42 (5.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 41 (5.32%) SaaS
10 29 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.33%) Mimecast
13 16 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.69%) AWS
14 13 (1.69%) IaaS
14 13 (1.69%) Serverless
15 12 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
15 12 (1.56%) PaaS
16 11 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 132 (17.12%) Firewall
2 128 (16.60%) DNS
3 114 (14.79%) DHCP
4 93 (12.06%) VPN
5 63 (8.17%) VLAN
6 54 (7.00%) TCP/IP
7 51 (6.61%) LAN
8 50 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (5.84%) WAN
10 33 (4.28%) VoIP
11 32 (4.15%) Network Security
12 28 (3.63%) Wireless
13 16 (2.08%) Internet
14 12 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (1.43%) Intranet
16 9 (1.17%) DKIM
16 9 (1.17%) DMARC
16 9 (1.17%) Skype
16 9 (1.17%) Unified Communications
17 8 (1.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.17%) Power BI
2 23 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.04%) DTS
4 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (0.78%) Metadata
6 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.65%) MySQL
7 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) Power Query
9 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.13%) EDMS
10 1 (0.13%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.13%) Git
General
1 370 (47.99%) Social Skills
2 86 (11.15%) Finance
3 49 (6.36%) Manufacturing
4 46 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.45%) Law
6 36 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (4.15%) Legal
8 31 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.85%) Retail
10 14 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.82%) Marketing
10 14 (1.82%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.17%) Advertising
12 8 (1.04%) Automotive
12 8 (1.04%) Local Government
13 7 (0.91%) Electronics
14 5 (0.65%) Police
15 4 (0.52%) German Language
15 4 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (23.99%) IT Support
2 146 (18.94%) Support Engineer
3 109 (14.14%) Senior
4 105 (13.62%) IT Engineer
5 91 (11.80%) IT Support Engineer
6 67 (8.69%) Analyst
7 66 (8.56%) 2nd Line Support
8 65 (8.43%) Senior Manager
9 64 (8.30%) QA Manager
9 64 (8.30%) Quality Manager
9 64 (8.30%) Senior QA Manager
9 64 (8.30%) Senior Quality Manager
10 57 (7.39%) Support Technician
11 44 (5.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 43 (5.58%) 1st Line Support
13 42 (5.45%) IT Technician
14 41 (5.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 39 (5.06%) IT Support Technician
16 37 (4.80%) Support Analyst
17 36 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.20%) .NET
2 12 (1.56%) HTML
3 10 (1.30%) Web Services
4 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (0.91%) CSS
6 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.52%) Middleware
6 4 (0.52%) OAuth
6 4 (0.52%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.52%) OpenID
6 4 (0.52%) REST
6 4 (0.52%) SAML
6 4 (0.52%) SPFx
7 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.26%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (0.26%) JSON
7 2 (0.26%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.26%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.26%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 116 (15.05%) Driving Licence
2 78 (10.12%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (3.89%) IoT
5 19 (2.46%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 15 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
9 13 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.69%) Replication
10 11 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.30%) CMDB
11 10 (1.30%) FMCG
11 10 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.17%) Security Posture
13 7 (0.91%) Clustering
13 7 (0.91%) iPad
14 6 (0.78%) NHS
14 6 (0.78%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 281 (36.45%) Windows
2 169 (21.92%) Windows Server
3 96 (12.45%) Windows 10
4 33 (4.28%) Mac OS
5 30 (3.89%) Android
6 24 (3.11%) Apple iOS
7 16 (2.08%) Linux
8 13 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (27.11%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (19.46%) Customer Service
3 138 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 125 (16.21%) ITIL
5 111 (14.40%) Project Management
6 103 (13.36%) Coaching
7 99 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
8 80 (10.38%) Service Delivery
9 76 (9.86%) Agile
10 70 (9.08%) Customer Experience
11 66 (8.56%) Quality Management
11 66 (8.56%) Six Sigma
12 65 (8.43%) Due Diligence
13 64 (8.30%) Lean Six Sigma
13 64 (8.30%) Performance Improvement
14 56 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
15 54 (7.00%) Mentoring
16 51 (6.61%) AI
17 47 (6.10%) Migration
18 46 (5.97%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (13.36%) PowerShell
2 59 (7.65%) SQL
3 25 (3.24%) Python
4 16 (2.08%) VBA
5 10 (1.30%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.17%) Bash
7 8 (1.04%) C#
8 7 (0.91%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.26%) C++
9 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.13%) Java
10 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (10.89%) Degree
2 64 (8.30%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 50 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (4.02%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.82%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
8 13 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.43%) MCP
10 10 (1.30%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.04%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.04%) HND
13 7 (0.91%) APMP
13 7 (0.91%) MBA
13 7 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (10.64%) QA
2 40 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 40 (5.19%) SLA
3 32 (4.15%) GDPR
4 26 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 14 (1.82%) NIST
7 11 (1.43%) PMO
8 6 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.52%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.26%) P3O
10 2 (0.26%) WCAG
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) IASME
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 297 (38.52%) Active Directory
2 55 (7.13%) Hyper-V
2 55 (7.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.78%) Firmware
6 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.39%) vSphere
8 2 (0.26%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) Docker
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 202 (26.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (3.63%) Terraform
3 15 (1.95%) SCCM
3 15 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.04%) Nagios
4 8 (1.04%) ZABBIX
5 6 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.65%) Autotask
6 5 (0.65%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.65%) vRealize
7 3 (0.39%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.26%) Plesk
8 2 (0.26%) SCOM
8 2 (0.26%) SCSM
8 2 (0.26%) WSUS
9 1 (0.13%) CASB
9 1 (0.13%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.13%) MOM
Vendors
1 620 (80.42%) Microsoft
2 68 (8.82%) VMware
3 51 (6.61%) Apple
4 31 (4.02%) Cisco
5 30 (3.89%) Sophos
6 27 (3.50%) Meraki
7 21 (2.72%) Veeam
8 20 (2.59%) Citrix
8 20 (2.59%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.46%) Progress
10 16 (2.08%) ConnectWise
11 14 (1.82%) Google
12 11 (1.43%) Trend Micro
13 10 (1.30%) Darktrace
13 10 (1.30%) SAP
13 10 (1.30%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.17%) Datto
14 9 (1.17%) Proofpoint
14 9 (1.17%) Red Hat
15 8 (1.04%) Splunk