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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 155 102
Rank change year-on-year +51 -53 +40
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,048 681 1,896
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 2.24% 2.42%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.65% 27.39% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 851 548 1,551
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% -5.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,556 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £63,750
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 2,578 2,486 6,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.76% 8.18% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,971 1,619 4,498
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -12.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £70,000
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 24 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 24 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 +59 286 £42,500 +21.43% 69
South East -18 201 £50,000 +33.33% 136
East of England +38 184 £42,500 +26.87% 33
Midlands +14 184 £39,000 +1.30% 47
North West +50 153 £50,000 +17.65% 31
West Midlands +15 120 £42,500 -2.05% 23
Yorkshire +13 113 £39,386 +38.20% 29
South West -39 89 £30,522 -32.17% 40
East Midlands -24 64 £37,500 +3.45% 24
Scotland +29 51 £30,500 -7.58% 11
Wales -11 40 £40,000 -2.44% 2
North East -31 20 £47,500 +48.44% 12
Northern Ireland -29 9 £62,500 +19.05% 7
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
1 376 (35.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (2.86%) Confluence
3 10 (0.95%) CMS
4 9 (0.86%) IIS
5 7 (0.67%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.29%) govService
7 3 (0.29%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 79 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.67%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.67%) CorelDRAW
6 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.095%) InDesign
9 1 (0.095%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.095%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.29%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.19%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.095%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.095%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 827 (78.91%) Microsoft 365
2 491 (46.85%) Azure
3 342 (32.63%) Entra ID
4 244 (23.28%) OneDrive
5 227 (21.66%) Power Platform
6 134 (12.79%) PowerApps
7 132 (12.60%) Power Automate
8 61 (5.82%) SaaS
9 60 (5.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 45 (4.29%) Mimecast
11 42 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
12 39 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 38 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
15 28 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
16 25 (2.39%) AWS
17 20 (1.91%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 20 (1.91%) Copilot Studio
18 15 (1.43%) Serverless
19 14 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 225 (21.47%) Firewall
2 215 (20.52%) DNS
3 188 (17.94%) DHCP
4 152 (14.50%) VPN
5 99 (9.45%) VLAN
6 93 (8.87%) Wi-Fi
7 77 (7.35%) VoIP
8 70 (6.68%) LAN
9 67 (6.39%) WAN
10 55 (5.25%) TCP/IP
11 43 (4.10%) Wireless
12 15 (1.43%) Network Security
13 14 (1.34%) Internet
14 11 (1.05%) Intranet
14 11 (1.05%) SAN
15 9 (0.86%) Broadband
16 8 (0.76%) WLAN
17 7 (0.67%) IPsec
17 7 (0.67%) PBX
17 7 (0.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.83%) Power BI
2 55 (5.25%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.15%) Metadata
5 9 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.29%) Power Query
8 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.19%) DataStage
8 2 (0.19%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.19%) MySQL
8 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.19%) Tableau
9 1 (0.095%) EDMS
9 1 (0.095%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 66 (6.30%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Postman
3 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.38%) Git
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.19%) Selenium
6 1 (0.095%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.095%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 449 (42.84%) Social Skills
2 124 (11.83%) Finance
3 89 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (7.82%) Legal
5 79 (7.54%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (4.68%) Manufacturing
7 47 (4.48%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.72%) Law
9 36 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.29%) Retail
13 23 (2.19%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.43%) Local Government
15 11 (1.05%) Advertising
16 9 (0.86%) Marketing
17 7 (0.67%) Games
18 6 (0.57%) Banking
19 4 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
20 3 (0.29%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 297 (28.34%) IT Support
2 177 (16.89%) IT Engineer
2 177 (16.89%) Support Engineer
3 150 (14.31%) IT Support Engineer
4 149 (14.22%) Senior
5 127 (12.12%) Analyst
6 109 (10.40%) Developer
7 85 (8.11%) Support Analyst
8 82 (7.82%) IT Technician
9 71 (6.77%) Support Technician
10 67 (6.39%) IT Analyst
11 63 (6.01%) 2nd Line Support
12 62 (5.92%) IT Support Technician
13 58 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 56 (5.34%) IT Support Analyst
15 50 (4.77%) 3rd Line Support
16 47 (4.48%) Lead
17 46 (4.39%) Administrator
18 45 (4.29%) Senior Developer
19 43 (4.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.20%) HTML
2 40 (3.82%) .NET
3 37 (3.53%) CSS
4 36 (3.44%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (2.77%) SPFx
6 26 (2.48%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (2.19%) JSON
8 19 (1.81%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.15%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.15%) REST
10 11 (1.05%) React
11 9 (0.86%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.67%) Razor View Engine
12 7 (0.67%) Web Services
12 7 (0.67%) XML
13 6 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.57%) Node.js
14 5 (0.48%) Entity Framework
14 5 (0.48%) Swagger
15 4 (0.38%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 120 (11.45%) Driving Licence
2 90 (8.59%) Onboarding
3 51 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.29%) Replication
6 22 (2.10%) Product Ownership
7 19 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.24%) Clustering
9 12 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.86%) CMDB
10 9 (0.86%) Data Centre
10 9 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (0.86%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 9 (0.86%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
11 8 (0.76%) FMCG
11 8 (0.76%) IoT
11 8 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 421 (40.17%) Windows
2 220 (20.99%) Windows Server
3 101 (9.64%) Windows 10
4 73 (6.97%) Mac OS
5 37 (3.53%) Android
6 26 (2.48%) Apple iOS
7 23 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (1.81%) Linux
10 8 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.19%) Unix
11 2 (0.19%) VMS
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.095%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (30.92%) Problem-Solving
2 247 (23.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 180 (17.18%) Customer Service
4 178 (16.98%) ITIL
5 150 (14.31%) Cybersecurity
6 118 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
7 105 (10.02%) Service Delivery
8 102 (9.73%) User Experience
9 97 (9.26%) Agile
10 90 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 81 (7.73%) Service Management
12 80 (7.63%) Disaster Recovery
13 77 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
14 75 (7.16%) CRM
15 74 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 69 (6.58%) AI
17 67 (6.39%) Coaching
18 66 (6.30%) Mentoring
19 65 (6.20%) Project Management
20 64 (6.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 153 (14.60%) PowerShell
2 118 (11.26%) SQL
3 50 (4.77%) JavaScript
4 48 (4.58%) C#
5 24 (2.29%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.19%) R
7 22 (2.10%) Python
8 18 (1.72%) VBA
9 7 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.57%) C
11 4 (0.38%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.29%) Java
13 2 (0.19%) C++
13 2 (0.19%) Ruby
14 1 (0.095%) Bash
14 1 (0.095%) Bicep
14 1 (0.095%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.095%) VB
Qualifications
1 151 (14.41%) Degree
2 86 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 65 (6.20%) Security Cleared
4 49 (4.68%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 19 (1.81%) DBS Check
7 18 (1.72%) A+ Certification
8 15 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.15%) CCNA
11 10 (0.95%) HND
11 10 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.76%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.67%) APMP
13 7 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.67%) HNC
13 7 (0.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (4.01%) GDPR
4 29 (2.77%) SLA
5 27 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 26 (2.48%) QA
7 20 (1.91%) ISO 9001
8 18 (1.72%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.76%) PMO
11 5 (0.48%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.48%) NIST
12 4 (0.38%) COSHH
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.38%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.19%) NCSC
15 1 (0.095%) IEC 61131
15 1 (0.095%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 415 (39.60%) Active Directory
2 103 (9.83%) Hyper-V
3 80 (7.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (1.34%) vSphere
5 13 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.57%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.57%) DFS Replication
7 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.095%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.095%) XenApp
9 1 (0.095%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 243 (23.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
3 23 (2.19%) SCCM
4 18 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.15%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.86%) Backup Exec
6 9 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.57%) vRealize
8 3 (0.29%) cPanel
8 3 (0.29%) Plesk
8 3 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.19%) Terraform
10 1 (0.095%) Autotask
10 1 (0.095%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.095%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.095%) Nessus
Vendors
1 833 (79.48%) Microsoft
2 109 (10.40%) VMware
3 55 (5.25%) Cisco
3 55 (5.25%) Veeam
4 52 (4.96%) Apple
5 31 (2.96%) Meraki
6 29 (2.77%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.39%) CrowdStrike
8 24 (2.29%) Adobe
9 21 (2.00%) SonicWALL
10 15 (1.43%) Ubiquiti
11 14 (1.34%) Datto
12 13 (1.24%) Sophos
13 12 (1.15%) Aruba
13 12 (1.15%) Salesforce
14 11 (1.05%) Google
14 11 (1.05%) WatchGuard
15 10 (0.95%) Computacenter
15 10 (0.95%) Fortinet
15 10 (0.95%) Palo Alto