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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 100 108
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 +23
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 807 946 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.82% 2.68% 2.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.68% 32.41% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 562 570 1,023
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,980 £41,889 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% +4.72% -1.23%
75th Percentile £50,250 £55,000 £51,375
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £41,740 £47,500 £43,586
% change year-on-year -12.13% +8.98% -8.24%

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 2,034 2,919 4,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.58% 8.28% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,544 3,304
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,413
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £43,543
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +6.79% -6.84%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £73,750
UK median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +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 25 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 25 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
Midlands -4 174 £37,500 -10.71% 41
North of England -24 166 £41,500 -8.17% 71
South East -11 163 £42,500 -5.56% 122
Scotland +10 112 £35,000 +7.69% 11
South West +35 111 £33,000 -30.53% 22
North West -14 97 £45,000 -11.45% 33
West Midlands +2 94 £44,000 -16.82% 22
East Midlands -2 80 £36,250 +15.08% 19
East of England -27 72 £34,000 +6.25% 32
Yorkshire -17 64 £30,750 -6.82% 32
Wales -11 8 £41,740 -12.13% 9
North East -10 5 £77,500 +82.35% 8
Northern Ireland -23 3 £66,250 +26.19% 1
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
1 261 (32.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.98%) Confluence
3 9 (1.12%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.87%) WordPress
5 5 (0.62%) CMS
5 5 (0.62%) IIS
6 3 (0.37%) govService
7 2 (0.25%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 135 (16.73%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (16.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 79 (9.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 30 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.37%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 548 (67.91%) Microsoft 365
2 319 (39.53%) Azure
3 242 (29.99%) Entra ID
4 139 (17.22%) OneDrive
5 138 (17.10%) Power Platform
6 80 (9.91%) PowerApps
7 77 (9.54%) Power Automate
8 40 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 40 (4.96%) SaaS
9 29 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
11 23 (2.85%) Mimecast
12 16 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (1.86%) Serverless
14 14 (1.73%) AWS
15 13 (1.61%) IaaS
16 12 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (1.49%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 139 (17.22%) DNS
1 139 (17.22%) Firewall
2 125 (15.49%) DHCP
3 104 (12.89%) VPN
4 70 (8.67%) VLAN
5 57 (7.06%) LAN
6 52 (6.44%) WAN
7 50 (6.20%) TCP/IP
8 48 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (4.09%) VoIP
10 31 (3.84%) Network Security
11 28 (3.47%) Wireless
12 13 (1.61%) Internet
13 9 (1.12%) DKIM
13 9 (1.12%) DMARC
13 9 (1.12%) Intranet
13 9 (1.12%) IPsec
13 9 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (1.12%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.67%) Power BI
2 29 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.87%) DTS
3 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.74%) Metadata
5 5 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.62%) MySQL
5 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.37%) Power Query
7 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.12%) EDMS
8 1 (0.12%) GIS
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (2.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.12%) Git
2 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 384 (47.58%) Social Skills
2 88 (10.90%) Finance
3 49 (6.07%) Manufacturing
4 46 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.58%) Law
6 40 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (4.34%) Legal
9 32 (3.97%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.97%) Retail
11 16 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.73%) Marketing
12 14 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.99%) Advertising
14 7 (0.87%) Electronics
15 5 (0.62%) Automotive
15 5 (0.62%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.50%) German Language
16 4 (0.50%) Local Government
17 3 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (23.79%) IT Support
2 151 (18.71%) Support Engineer
3 118 (14.62%) IT Engineer
4 111 (13.75%) Senior
5 99 (12.27%) IT Support Engineer
6 77 (9.54%) Analyst
7 67 (8.30%) 2nd Line Support
8 65 (8.05%) Senior Manager
9 64 (7.93%) QA Manager
9 64 (7.93%) Quality Manager
9 64 (7.93%) Senior QA Manager
9 64 (7.93%) Senior Quality Manager
10 55 (6.82%) Support Technician
11 47 (5.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 42 (5.20%) 1st Line Support
12 42 (5.20%) Support Analyst
13 41 (5.08%) Developer
13 41 (5.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 40 (4.96%) Consultant
14 40 (4.96%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.11%) .NET
2 13 (1.61%) HTML
3 11 (1.36%) Web Services
4 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.99%) CSS
6 4 (0.50%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.50%) Middleware
6 4 (0.50%) OAuth
6 4 (0.50%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.50%) OpenID
6 4 (0.50%) REST
6 4 (0.50%) SAML
6 4 (0.50%) SPFx
7 2 (0.25%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (0.25%) JSON
7 2 (0.25%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.25%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 121 (14.99%) Driving Licence
2 74 (9.17%) Onboarding
3 39 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (3.35%) IoT
5 21 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.11%) Replication
9 13 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
10 12 (1.49%) CMDB
11 11 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.36%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.24%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.12%) FMCG
13 9 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (0.87%) Clustering
15 7 (0.87%) iPad
16 6 (0.74%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 298 (36.93%) Windows
2 169 (20.94%) Windows Server
3 98 (12.14%) Windows 10
4 34 (4.21%) Mac OS
5 29 (3.59%) Android
6 23 (2.85%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.98%) Linux
7 16 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (19.21%) Customer Service
3 142 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (17.10%) ITIL
5 113 (14.00%) Project Management
6 104 (12.89%) Coaching
7 103 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
8 86 (10.66%) Agile
9 85 (10.53%) Service Delivery
10 70 (8.67%) Customer Experience
11 66 (8.18%) Performance Improvement
11 66 (8.18%) Quality Management
11 66 (8.18%) Six Sigma
12 65 (8.05%) Due Diligence
13 64 (7.93%) Lean Six Sigma
14 61 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
15 56 (6.94%) Mentoring
16 51 (6.32%) AI
17 48 (5.95%) Asset Management
17 48 (5.95%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.64%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.68%) SQL
3 26 (3.22%) Python
4 18 (2.23%) VBA
5 10 (1.24%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.12%) Bash
7 8 (0.99%) C#
8 7 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.25%) C++
9 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.12%) Java
10 1 (0.12%) R
10 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 95 (11.77%) Degree
2 64 (7.93%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 62 (7.68%) Security Cleared
4 52 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (4.58%) SC Cleared
6 24 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.73%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.36%) MCP
11 10 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 9 (1.12%) APMP
12 9 (1.12%) MBA
13 8 (0.99%) HND
14 7 (0.87%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.87%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.04%) QA
2 49 (6.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 39 (4.83%) SLA
4 34 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (4.09%) GDPR
6 23 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (1.73%) NIST
8 12 (1.49%) PMO
9 6 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.50%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.25%) P3O
12 2 (0.25%) WCAG
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 304 (37.67%) Active Directory
2 58 (7.19%) Hyper-V
3 53 (6.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.12%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.74%) Firmware
8 5 (0.62%) vSphere
9 4 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.25%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 202 (25.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (3.22%) Terraform
3 16 (1.98%) SCCM
3 16 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (1.12%) vRealize
5 7 (0.87%) Nagios
5 7 (0.87%) ZABBIX
6 6 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.62%) Autotask
7 5 (0.62%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.50%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.25%) Plesk
10 2 (0.25%) SCOM
10 2 (0.25%) SCSM
11 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.12%) MOM
11 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 642 (79.55%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.80%) VMware
3 51 (6.32%) Apple
4 32 (3.97%) Cisco
5 27 (3.35%) Meraki
5 27 (3.35%) Veeam
6 26 (3.22%) Sophos
7 21 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.35%) Citrix
9 17 (2.11%) Progress
10 16 (1.98%) ConnectWise
11 13 (1.61%) Google
11 13 (1.61%) SAP
12 11 (1.36%) Datto
13 10 (1.24%) Oracle
13 10 (1.24%) Trend Micro
14 9 (1.12%) Darktrace
14 9 (1.12%) Infor
15 8 (0.99%) Freshdesk
15 8 (0.99%) New Relic