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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 150 103
Rank change year-on-year +35 -47 +34
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,086 733 1,817
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 2.17% 2.48%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.59% 28.14% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 881 583 1,493
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.53% - -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 2,743 2,605 6,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.83% 7.71% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,089 1,714 4,300
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -11.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £71,991
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 15 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 15 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 +59 295 £42,500 +19.06% 97
South East -5 222 £50,000 +33.33% 151
East of England +37 190 £42,500 +5.59% 47
Midlands -5 168 £38,000 -1.30% 55
North West +41 152 £50,000 +25.00% 46
Yorkshire +24 122 £40,000 +40.35% 34
West Midlands -5 106 £42,500 -4.01% 24
South West -47 97 £32,500 -27.37% 52
East Midlands -26 62 £37,500 +3.45% 30
Scotland +45 59 £28,500 -18.57% 32
Wales -18 42 £40,000 -2.44% 8
North East -45 21 £43,136 +34.80% 18
Northern Ireland -52 9 £62,500 +19.05% 12
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
1 397 (36.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.67%) Confluence
3 12 (1.10%) CMS
4 9 (0.83%) IIS
4 9 (0.83%) Skype for Business
5 5 (0.46%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.28%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 77 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.92%) CorelDRAW
5 9 (0.83%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.55%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.092%) InDesign
9 1 (0.092%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.092%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
5 5 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.37%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.28%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.18%) Alphatax
8 2 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.092%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.092%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.092%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 866 (79.74%) Microsoft 365
2 516 (47.51%) Azure
3 373 (34.35%) Entra ID
4 249 (22.93%) OneDrive
5 241 (22.19%) Power Platform
6 145 (13.35%) Power Automate
7 144 (13.26%) PowerApps
8 73 (6.72%) Microsoft Copilot
9 66 (6.08%) SaaS
10 52 (4.79%) Mimecast
11 46 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
12 42 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
13 41 (3.78%) Microsoft Purview
14 38 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 28 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
16 24 (2.21%) AWS
16 24 (2.21%) Copilot Studio
17 20 (1.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 14 (1.29%) PaaS
19 13 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 229 (21.09%) Firewall
2 224 (20.63%) DNS
3 197 (18.14%) DHCP
4 157 (14.46%) VPN
5 105 (9.67%) VLAN
6 100 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
7 81 (7.46%) VoIP
8 73 (6.72%) LAN
9 70 (6.45%) TCP/IP
9 70 (6.45%) WAN
10 58 (5.34%) Wireless
11 19 (1.75%) Network Security
12 13 (1.20%) Internet
13 12 (1.10%) SAN
14 10 (0.92%) Broadband
14 10 (0.92%) Intranet
15 9 (0.83%) Skype
16 8 (0.74%) PBX
16 8 (0.74%) WLAN
17 7 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (11.69%) Power BI
2 52 (4.79%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.20%) Metadata
5 9 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.28%) Power Query
8 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.18%) DataStage
8 2 (0.18%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.18%) MySQL
8 2 (0.18%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.18%) Tableau
9 1 (0.092%) EDMS
9 1 (0.092%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 70 (6.45%) JIRA
2 5 (0.46%) Postman
3 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.37%) Git
3 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.18%) Selenium
4 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.092%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 477 (43.92%) Social Skills
2 133 (12.25%) Finance
3 99 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (8.20%) Legal
5 81 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (4.97%) Manufacturing
7 45 (4.14%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.68%) Law
9 33 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.21%) Retail
12 24 (2.21%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.20%) Local Government
14 10 (0.92%) Advertising
15 8 (0.74%) Banking
15 8 (0.74%) Marketing
16 7 (0.64%) Games
17 4 (0.37%) Military
17 4 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 325 (29.93%) IT Support
2 193 (17.77%) IT Engineer
2 193 (17.77%) Support Engineer
3 168 (15.47%) IT Support Engineer
4 152 (14.00%) Senior
5 131 (12.06%) Analyst
6 120 (11.05%) Developer
7 89 (8.20%) Support Analyst
8 86 (7.92%) IT Technician
9 75 (6.91%) Support Technician
10 72 (6.63%) IT Analyst
11 65 (5.99%) IT Support Technician
12 63 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support
13 62 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
14 58 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 55 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
16 48 (4.42%) Senior Developer
17 47 (4.33%) Administrator
18 45 (4.14%) Lead
19 43 (3.96%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.24%) HTML
2 40 (3.68%) .NET
3 39 (3.59%) Microsoft Graph
4 37 (3.41%) CSS
5 31 (2.85%) SPFx
6 28 (2.58%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (2.12%) JSON
8 19 (1.75%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.10%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.10%) REST
10 11 (1.01%) React
11 9 (0.83%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.83%) XML
12 7 (0.64%) Razor View Engine
13 6 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.55%) Node.js
13 6 (0.55%) Web Services
14 5 (0.46%) Entity Framework
14 5 (0.46%) Swagger
15 4 (0.37%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 130 (11.97%) Driving Licence
2 92 (8.47%) Onboarding
3 58 (5.34%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.93%) Replication
7 20 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.29%) Clustering
9 13 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.01%) CMDB
12 10 (0.92%) Security Posture
13 9 (0.83%) CCTV
13 9 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
13 9 (0.83%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.83%) IoT
13 9 (0.83%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.74%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 442 (40.70%) Windows
2 228 (20.99%) Windows Server
3 106 (9.76%) Windows 10
4 75 (6.91%) Mac OS
5 38 (3.50%) Android
6 27 (2.49%) Apple iOS
7 21 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (1.75%) Linux
9 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.18%) Unix
11 2 (0.18%) VMS
12 1 (0.092%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (31.77%) Problem-Solving
2 260 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 202 (18.60%) Customer Service
4 187 (17.22%) ITIL
5 159 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
6 125 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
7 112 (10.31%) Service Delivery
8 104 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 102 (9.39%) User Experience
10 97 (8.93%) Agile
11 90 (8.29%) Service Management
12 86 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 85 (7.83%) AI
13 85 (7.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 83 (7.64%) CRM
14 83 (7.64%) Technical Leadership
15 78 (7.18%) Project Delivery
16 72 (6.63%) Mentoring
17 70 (6.45%) Identity Management
18 69 (6.35%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 157 (14.46%) PowerShell
2 117 (10.77%) SQL
3 56 (5.16%) JavaScript
4 51 (4.70%) C#
5 28 (2.58%) R
6 27 (2.49%) Python
7 25 (2.30%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.66%) VBA
9 7 (0.64%) C
9 7 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.37%) Ruby
10 4 (0.37%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.28%) C++
11 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.28%) Java
12 1 (0.092%) Bash
12 1 (0.092%) Bicep
12 1 (0.092%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.092%) VB
Qualifications
1 165 (15.19%) Degree
2 93 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 51 (4.70%) SC Cleared
5 26 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 22 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (1.84%) DBS Check
8 19 (1.75%) A+ Certification
9 17 (1.57%) CCNA
10 14 (1.29%) HND
11 13 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.20%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (0.92%) HNC
14 7 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.55%) APMP
15 6 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (0.55%) MBA
15 6 (0.55%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 50 (4.60%) GDPR
4 27 (2.49%) QA
5 26 (2.39%) SLA
6 24 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (1.84%) ISO 9001
8 19 (1.75%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.64%) NIST
10 7 (0.64%) PMO
11 5 (0.46%) COSHH
11 5 (0.46%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.46%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.37%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.28%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.18%) NCSC
15 1 (0.092%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 442 (40.70%) Active Directory
2 107 (9.85%) Hyper-V
3 90 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.75%) vSphere
5 16 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.55%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.55%) DFS Replication
10 5 (0.46%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.092%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.092%) XenApp
12 1 (0.092%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 257 (23.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.39%) Jamf Pro
3 21 (1.93%) SCCM
4 17 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 10 (0.92%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.74%) Backup Exec
8 5 (0.46%) vRealize
9 3 (0.28%) cPanel
9 3 (0.28%) Plesk
9 3 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.092%) Autotask
11 1 (0.092%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.092%) Nessus
11 1 (0.092%) Terraform
11 1 (0.092%) WSUS
Vendors
1 882 (81.22%) Microsoft
2 115 (10.59%) VMware
3 65 (5.99%) Cisco
4 58 (5.34%) Veeam
5 51 (4.70%) Apple
6 35 (3.22%) Meraki
7 30 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
7 30 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.21%) Adobe
9 22 (2.03%) SonicWALL
10 16 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
11 14 (1.29%) Aruba
11 14 (1.29%) Sophos
12 13 (1.20%) Datto
12 13 (1.20%) Salesforce
13 12 (1.10%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.10%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.92%) Foundry
14 10 (0.92%) Google
14 10 (0.92%) Sage