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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 153 102
Rank change year-on-year +42 -51 +49
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,009 676 1,927
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 2.25% 2.43%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.22% 27.41% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 820 545 1,570
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 £53,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.92% +0.59% -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 2,509 2,466 6,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.71% 8.21% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,914 1,599 4,548
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,063 £31,549 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -12.51%
75th Percentile £61,198 £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% -9.13%

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 19 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 19 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 +59 281 £42,500 +21.43% 57
South East -17 189 £50,000 +33.33% 125
Midlands +14 181 £38,500 - 50
East of England +37 177 £42,500 +20.57% 30
North West +56 152 £50,000 +16.28% 29
West Midlands +19 120 £42,500 -4.79% 23
Yorkshire +11 109 £38,772 +36.04% 23
South West -33 85 £30,000 -33.33% 45
East Midlands -23 61 £37,500 +3.45% 27
Scotland +25 47 £33,500 +1.52% 11
Wales -16 36 £40,000 -2.44% 3
North East -31 20 £47,500 +48.44% 7
Northern Ireland -25 9 £62,500 +19.05% 10
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
1 357 (35.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.87%) Confluence
3 10 (0.99%) CMS
3 10 (0.99%) IIS
4 6 (0.59%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.30%) govService
5 3 (0.30%) SAS
5 3 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.20%) WordPress
7 1 (0.099%) Apache
Applications
1 78 (7.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.59%) CorelDRAW
4 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.099%) InDesign
8 1 (0.099%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.099%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.09%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.89%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.30%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.20%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.099%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.099%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.099%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 799 (79.19%) Microsoft 365
2 468 (46.38%) Azure
3 325 (32.21%) Entra ID
4 234 (23.19%) OneDrive
5 218 (21.61%) Power Platform
6 127 (12.59%) PowerApps
7 125 (12.39%) Power Automate
8 57 (5.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 57 (5.65%) SaaS
9 41 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
10 40 (3.96%) Mimecast
11 37 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
12 35 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (3.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 28 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (2.38%) AWS
16 19 (1.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 16 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
18 15 (1.49%) PaaS
19 13 (1.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 215 (21.31%) Firewall
2 203 (20.12%) DNS
3 175 (17.34%) DHCP
4 143 (14.17%) VPN
5 90 (8.92%) Wi-Fi
6 89 (8.82%) VLAN
7 72 (7.14%) VoIP
8 66 (6.54%) LAN
9 64 (6.34%) WAN
10 49 (4.86%) TCP/IP
11 37 (3.67%) Wireless
12 14 (1.39%) Internet
13 13 (1.29%) Network Security
14 11 (1.09%) Intranet
15 10 (0.99%) SAN
16 8 (0.79%) Broadband
16 8 (0.79%) WLAN
17 7 (0.69%) IPsec
17 7 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
18 6 (0.59%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (12.09%) Power BI
2 56 (5.55%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.19%) Metadata
5 11 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.40%) Power Query
9 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.20%) DataStage
9 2 (0.20%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.20%) MySQL
9 2 (0.20%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.20%) Tableau
10 1 (0.099%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.099%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.099%) EDMS
10 1 (0.099%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 63 (6.24%) JIRA
2 5 (0.50%) Postman
3 4 (0.40%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.40%) Git
4 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.20%) Selenium
6 1 (0.099%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.099%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 431 (42.72%) Social Skills
2 118 (11.69%) Finance
3 85 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (7.53%) Legal
5 72 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 46 (4.56%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.77%) Law
9 35 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.38%) Retail
12 21 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.29%) Local Government
15 12 (1.19%) Advertising
16 9 (0.89%) Marketing
17 6 (0.59%) Games
18 5 (0.50%) Banking
19 4 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
20 3 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 287 (28.44%) IT Support
2 171 (16.95%) Support Engineer
3 168 (16.65%) IT Engineer
4 145 (14.37%) Senior
5 143 (14.17%) IT Support Engineer
6 122 (12.09%) Analyst
7 105 (10.41%) Developer
8 82 (8.13%) Support Analyst
9 79 (7.83%) IT Technician
10 72 (7.14%) Support Technician
11 64 (6.34%) IT Analyst
12 62 (6.14%) 2nd Line Support
12 62 (6.14%) IT Support Technician
13 56 (5.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 54 (5.35%) IT Support Analyst
15 47 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
16 46 (4.56%) Lead
17 45 (4.46%) Senior Developer
18 42 (4.16%) Administrator
19 41 (4.06%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.16%) HTML
2 41 (4.06%) .NET
3 37 (3.67%) CSS
4 36 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (2.87%) SPFx
6 26 (2.58%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (2.28%) JSON
8 19 (1.88%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.19%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.19%) REST
10 11 (1.09%) React
11 9 (0.89%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.69%) Web Services
12 7 (0.69%) XML
13 6 (0.59%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.59%) Node.js
13 6 (0.59%) Razor View Engine
14 5 (0.50%) Entity Framework
14 5 (0.50%) Swagger
15 4 (0.40%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 113 (11.20%) Driving Licence
2 83 (8.23%) Onboarding
3 48 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.28%) Replication
6 21 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 17 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.19%) Clustering
8 12 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (0.89%) Data Centre
9 9 (0.89%) Low-Code
9 9 (0.89%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (0.79%) CMDB
10 8 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (0.79%) Social Media
11 7 (0.69%) FMCG
11 7 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 403 (39.94%) Windows
2 206 (20.42%) Windows Server
3 94 (9.32%) Windows 10
4 70 (6.94%) Mac OS
5 37 (3.67%) Android
6 27 (2.68%) Apple iOS
7 22 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (1.88%) Linux
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.20%) Unix
11 2 (0.20%) VMS
12 1 (0.099%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.099%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (31.02%) Problem-Solving
2 230 (22.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 173 (17.15%) ITIL
4 170 (16.85%) Customer Service
5 142 (14.07%) Cybersecurity
6 117 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
7 100 (9.91%) Service Delivery
8 99 (9.81%) User Experience
9 89 (8.82%) Agile
10 86 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 75 (7.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 75 (7.43%) Technical Leadership
12 74 (7.33%) Service Management
13 70 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 69 (6.84%) CRM
15 67 (6.64%) AI
16 66 (6.54%) Coaching
17 63 (6.24%) Mentoring
18 62 (6.14%) Project Management
19 61 (6.05%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 145 (14.37%) PowerShell
2 114 (11.30%) SQL
3 48 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 47 (4.66%) C#
5 24 (2.38%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.08%) R
7 18 (1.78%) Python
8 17 (1.68%) VBA
9 7 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.59%) C
11 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.40%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.30%) Java
13 2 (0.20%) C++
14 1 (0.099%) Bash
14 1 (0.099%) Bicep
14 1 (0.099%) Ruby
14 1 (0.099%) VB
Qualifications
1 147 (14.57%) Degree
2 83 (8.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (6.14%) Security Cleared
4 46 (4.56%) SC Cleared
5 20 (1.98%) Azure Certification
6 19 (1.88%) DBS Check
7 18 (1.78%) A+ Certification
8 16 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.99%) CCNA
10 10 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.89%) HND
12 8 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.69%) APMP
13 7 (0.69%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.69%) MBA
14 6 (0.59%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (5.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 36 (3.57%) GDPR
4 29 (2.87%) SLA
5 27 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 24 (2.38%) QA
7 18 (1.78%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.78%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.79%) PMO
9 7 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.40%) NIST
11 3 (0.30%) COSHH
11 3 (0.30%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.20%) NCSC
13 1 (0.099%) AQAP
13 1 (0.099%) GxP
13 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 395 (39.15%) Active Directory
2 94 (9.32%) Hyper-V
3 75 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.09%) vSphere
6 6 (0.59%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.59%) DFS Replication
6 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.20%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.099%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.099%) XenApp
8 1 (0.099%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 233 (23.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
3 23 (2.28%) SCCM
4 18 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.09%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.89%) Backup Exec
7 8 (0.79%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.59%) vRealize
9 3 (0.30%) cPanel
9 3 (0.30%) Plesk
9 3 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.30%) Terraform
10 1 (0.099%) Autotask
10 1 (0.099%) CASB
10 1 (0.099%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.099%) Nessus
Vendors
1 801 (79.39%) Microsoft
2 104 (10.31%) VMware
3 53 (5.25%) Apple
4 52 (5.15%) Veeam
5 51 (5.05%) Cisco
6 31 (3.07%) Meraki
7 26 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.28%) Adobe
8 23 (2.28%) CrowdStrike
9 21 (2.08%) SonicWALL
10 14 (1.39%) Datto
10 14 (1.39%) Ubiquiti
11 12 (1.19%) Sophos
12 11 (1.09%) Aruba
12 11 (1.09%) Google
12 11 (1.09%) Salesforce
12 11 (1.09%) WatchGuard
13 10 (0.99%) Computacenter
14 9 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 9 (0.89%) Palo Alto