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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 161 113
Rank change year-on-year +60 -48 +13
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,371 698 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.59% 2.04% 2.16%
As % of the Application Platforms category 43.91% 29.80% 29.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 551 698
10th Percentile £27,130 £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% +1.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £42,879 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.89% -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 3,122 2,342 3,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.62% 6.84% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,194 1,569 2,018
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -1.79%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +70 371 £42,500 +6.25% 114
South East +28 306 £42,500 +3.66% 133
East of England +57 237 £37,500 -10.71% 67
Midlands -11 193 £42,500 +10.39% 72
North West +49 176 £44,224 +10.56% 77
Yorkshire +49 155 £39,386 +35.81% 34
West Midlands -10 123 £47,292 +7.48% 41
South West -65 112 £37,500 +4.17% 63
Scotland +45 79 £31,500 -10.00% 43
East Midlands -38 70 £37,500 +7.14% 31
Wales -35 43 £32,000 -21.95% 9
North East -29 40 £46,250 -31.48% 3
Northern Ireland -55 31 £63,500 -9.29% 13
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
1 482 (35.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.41%) CMS
3 31 (2.26%) Confluence
4 27 (1.97%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (1.31%) IIS
6 16 (1.17%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.58%) Apache
7 8 (0.58%) nginx
8 5 (0.36%) 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
1 135 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.88%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.73%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.29%) Trello
10 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.22%) Revit
11 2 (0.15%) Navisworks
11 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
11 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.073%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 58 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.36%) 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 (0.073%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,032 (75.27%) Microsoft 365
2 579 (42.23%) Azure
3 479 (34.94%) Entra ID
4 353 (25.75%) Power Platform
5 315 (22.98%) OneDrive
6 209 (15.24%) PowerApps
7 202 (14.73%) Power Automate
8 141 (10.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 88 (6.42%) Dynamics 365
10 81 (5.91%) SaaS
11 71 (5.18%) Microsoft Purview
12 62 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
13 42 (3.06%) Mimecast
14 30 (2.19%) AWS
14 30 (2.19%) Copilot Studio
15 24 (1.75%) IaaS
16 22 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
17 21 (1.53%) Serverless
18 20 (1.46%) Google Workspace
19 15 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 273 (19.91%) Firewall
2 263 (19.18%) DNS
3 226 (16.48%) DHCP
4 189 (13.79%) VPN
5 134 (9.77%) VLAN
6 123 (8.97%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (6.49%) TCP/IP
7 89 (6.49%) VoIP
8 88 (6.42%) Wireless
9 71 (5.18%) WAN
10 70 (5.11%) LAN
11 29 (2.12%) Network Security
12 22 (1.60%) SSL
13 17 (1.24%) Skype
14 15 (1.09%) PBX
15 13 (0.95%) Cisco Wireless
15 13 (0.95%) Intranet
16 12 (0.88%) Internet
17 11 (0.80%) Broadband
17 11 (0.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (12.62%) Power BI
2 50 (3.65%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (0.80%) Metadata
5 10 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.66%) GIS
7 6 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.29%) Power Query
8 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.22%) EDMS
9 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.073%) MySQL
11 1 (0.073%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 79 (5.76%) JIRA
2 28 (2.04%) Git
3 5 (0.36%) 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 (0.073%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.073%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.073%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 687 (50.11%) Social Skills
2 205 (14.95%) Finance
3 142 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
5 87 (6.35%) Legal
6 76 (5.54%) Manufacturing
7 72 (5.25%) Public Sector
8 43 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (2.92%) Marketing
10 37 (2.70%) Law
11 35 (2.55%) Retail
12 29 (2.12%) Publishing
13 27 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.68%) Local Government
16 12 (0.88%) Games
17 11 (0.80%) Advertising
17 11 (0.80%) Legal Technology
18 10 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 341 (24.87%) IT Support
2 230 (16.78%) Support Engineer
3 217 (15.83%) IT Engineer
4 207 (15.10%) Senior
5 194 (14.15%) IT Support Engineer
6 142 (10.36%) Analyst
6 142 (10.36%) Developer
7 100 (7.29%) Support Analyst
8 86 (6.27%) IT Technician
9 68 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
10 67 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 66 (4.81%) Support Technician
12 64 (4.67%) Administrator
13 63 (4.60%) Consultant
14 61 (4.45%) Lead
15 57 (4.16%) IT Analyst
15 57 (4.16%) IT Support Technician
16 50 (3.65%) IT Support Analyst
17 49 (3.57%) 1st Line Support
18 46 (3.36%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.87%) HTML
2 40 (2.92%) CSS
3 37 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
4 28 (2.04%) .NET
4 28 (2.04%) HTML5 Canvas
5 27 (1.97%) SPFx
6 25 (1.82%) JSON
7 13 (0.95%) REST
7 13 (0.95%) XML
8 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.88%) React
9 10 (0.73%) ASP.NET
9 10 (0.73%) Terraform
10 8 (0.58%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.58%) XSLT
11 7 (0.51%) Middleware
11 7 (0.51%) Playwright
11 7 (0.51%) Razor View Engine
12 5 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (0.36%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 159 (11.60%) Driving Licence
2 148 (10.80%) Onboarding
3 133 (9.70%) Management Information System
4 75 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.48%) AI Agents
6 27 (1.97%) Blog
6 27 (1.97%) Marketing Technology
7 24 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.46%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.24%) Clustering
11 16 (1.17%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 16 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
12 15 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (1.02%) CMDB
14 13 (0.95%) CCTV
15 11 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.80%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 545 (39.75%) Windows
2 269 (19.62%) Windows Server
3 97 (7.08%) Windows 10
4 77 (5.62%) Mac OS
5 38 (2.77%) Apple iOS
6 31 (2.26%) Linux
7 29 (2.12%) Android
8 28 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.58%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) VMS
13 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.073%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
2 338 (24.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 278 (20.28%) Customer Service
4 226 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
5 187 (13.64%) ITIL
6 180 (13.13%) AI
7 154 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
8 148 (10.80%) Service Delivery
9 141 (10.28%) Project Delivery
10 136 (9.92%) Disaster Recovery
11 130 (9.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 125 (9.12%) CRM
12 125 (9.12%) Service Management
13 123 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 110 (8.02%) Agile
15 102 (7.44%) Project Management
16 99 (7.22%) Migration
17 97 (7.08%) Mentoring
18 96 (7.00%) ERP
19 94 (6.86%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 192 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 116 (8.46%) SQL
3 73 (5.32%) JavaScript
4 71 (5.18%) C#
5 27 (1.97%) Python
6 20 (1.46%) R
7 19 (1.39%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.95%) Ruby
9 11 (0.80%) VBA
10 8 (0.58%) C
11 5 (0.36%) 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 (0.073%) Bash
15 1 (0.073%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.073%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 194 (14.15%) Degree
2 140 (10.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (4.52%) Security Cleared
4 52 (3.79%) SC Cleared
5 44 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.48%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
9 22 (1.60%) CCNA
10 21 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.46%) A+ Certification
12 14 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (0.95%) HND
14 10 (0.73%) HNC
15 9 (0.66%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (0.66%) MCSE
16 7 (0.51%) Master's Degree
17 6 (0.44%) CIPD
17 6 (0.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 81 (5.91%) GDPR
3 55 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (3.87%) SLA
5 40 (2.92%) Accessibility
6 35 (2.55%) QA
7 24 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 20 (1.46%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.24%) ISO 9001
10 11 (0.80%) WCAG
11 9 (0.66%) PMO
12 7 (0.51%) NIST
13 6 (0.44%) ISO 14001
14 5 (0.36%) COSHH
14 5 (0.36%) NCSC
14 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.29%) Def Stans
16 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.15%) IEC 61131
17 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 515 (37.56%) Active Directory
2 146 (10.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (9.99%) Hyper-V
4 30 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.31%) vSphere
6 17 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.073%) Docker
10 1 (0.073%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 313 (22.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.12%) SCCM
3 20 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
4 17 (1.24%) FortiGate
5 15 (1.09%) 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%) 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%) Autotask
9 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.15%) vRealize
10 1 (0.073%) Nessus
10 1 (0.073%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,160 (84.61%) Microsoft
2 167 (12.18%) VMware
3 83 (6.05%) Cisco
4 70 (5.11%) Veeam
5 58 (4.23%) Apple
6 45 (3.28%) SonicWALL
7 33 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 28 (2.04%) Sitecore
9 27 (1.97%) Google
10 26 (1.90%) HP
10 26 (1.90%) Meraki
11 24 (1.75%) Adobe
12 22 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
13 21 (1.53%) Datto
14 20 (1.46%) Fortinet
15 19 (1.39%) Palo Alto
15 19 (1.39%) Salesforce
15 19 (1.39%) WatchGuard
16 14 (1.02%) Aruba
16 14 (1.02%) Citrix