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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 144 92
Rank change year-on-year +15 -52 +63
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 883 683 1,950
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.34% 2.38% 2.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.74% 29.00% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 695 549 1,605
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,740 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -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 2,222 2,355 6,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.38% 8.20% 9.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,690 1,546 4,649
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,094 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £72,500
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 May 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 May 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 +22 224 £42,500 +6.25% 63
Midlands -14 176 £40,000 -3.61% 46
South East -18 171 £50,000 +21.21% 98
East of England +21 148 £45,000 +34.33% 39
North West +31 127 £50,000 +9.58% 24
West Midlands -8 119 £42,500 -5.56% 29
Yorkshire -12 87 £35,500 +24.56% 34
South West -16 86 £29,000 -38.95% 47
East Midlands -24 57 £37,500 +7.14% 15
Scotland -1 40 £36,000 +9.92% 12
Wales -7 29 £40,000 +6.67% 14
North East -35 10 £57,038 +78.24% 6
Northern Ireland -31 7 £46,000 -12.38% 5
Isle of Man +5 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
1 321 (36.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.62%) Confluence
3 9 (1.02%) CMS
4 7 (0.79%) IIS
5 5 (0.57%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.34%) govService
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 76 (8.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (8.49%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.11%) InDesign
6 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 23 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.02%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.34%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.23%) Alphatax
8 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.11%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 683 (77.35%) Microsoft 365
2 383 (43.37%) Azure
3 273 (30.92%) Entra ID
4 209 (23.67%) OneDrive
5 188 (21.29%) Power Platform
6 102 (11.55%) Power Automate
7 101 (11.44%) PowerApps
8 49 (5.55%) SaaS
9 37 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 35 (3.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 32 (3.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 31 (3.51%) Mimecast
13 29 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.15%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 17 (1.93%) AWS
18 13 (1.47%) PaaS
18 13 (1.47%) Serverless
19 11 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 175 (19.82%) DNS
2 172 (19.48%) Firewall
3 149 (16.87%) DHCP
4 119 (13.48%) VPN
5 88 (9.97%) Wi-Fi
6 74 (8.38%) VLAN
7 73 (8.27%) LAN
8 72 (8.15%) WAN
9 57 (6.46%) VoIP
10 41 (4.64%) TCP/IP
11 22 (2.49%) Wireless
12 15 (1.70%) Internet
13 13 (1.47%) WLAN
14 12 (1.36%) Intranet
15 10 (1.13%) IPsec
16 9 (1.02%) Network Security
16 9 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (0.91%) SAN
18 7 (0.79%) Broadband
19 6 (0.68%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (12.91%) Power BI
2 54 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.13%) Metadata
5 10 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.45%) Power Query
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) MySQL
10 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.11%) EDMS
11 1 (0.11%) GIS
11 1 (0.11%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 54 (6.12%) JIRA
2 3 (0.34%) Postman
2 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.23%) Git
3 2 (0.23%) Selenium
3 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 355 (40.20%) Social Skills
2 96 (10.87%) Finance
3 71 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (6.23%) Legal
6 46 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.98%) Public Sector
8 39 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 36 (4.08%) Law
10 28 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.49%) Retail
12 18 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.70%) Advertising
14 11 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.91%) Marketing
16 6 (0.68%) Local Government
17 5 (0.57%) Banking
17 5 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
18 4 (0.45%) Games
18 4 (0.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 245 (27.75%) IT Support
2 143 (16.19%) Support Engineer
3 135 (15.29%) IT Engineer
4 122 (13.82%) Senior
5 113 (12.80%) IT Support Engineer
6 99 (11.21%) Analyst
7 94 (10.65%) Developer
8 74 (8.38%) Support Technician
9 72 (8.15%) IT Technician
10 64 (7.25%) Support Analyst
11 60 (6.80%) 2nd Line Support
11 60 (6.80%) IT Support Technician
12 48 (5.44%) IT Analyst
13 45 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 44 (4.98%) Consultant
15 41 (4.64%) IT Support Analyst
16 40 (4.53%) 3rd Line Support
16 40 (4.53%) Lead
17 39 (4.42%) Senior Developer
18 36 (4.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.53%) .NET
2 34 (3.85%) HTML
3 33 (3.74%) CSS
4 32 (3.62%) Microsoft Graph
5 24 (2.72%) JSON
5 24 (2.72%) SPFx
6 23 (2.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (2.15%) .NET Core
8 12 (1.36%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.25%) REST
10 9 (1.02%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.91%) React
12 6 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.68%) Web Services
13 5 (0.57%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.57%) Node.js
13 5 (0.57%) Razor View Engine
14 4 (0.45%) Middleware
14 4 (0.45%) XML
15 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 103 (11.66%) Driving Licence
2 63 (7.13%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.19%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.06%) Replication
6 14 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.13%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.02%) Clustering
10 9 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.91%) Social Media
12 7 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.79%) FMCG
12 7 (0.79%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.68%) CMDB
14 5 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
14 5 (0.57%) Data Structures
15 4 (0.45%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 342 (38.73%) Windows
2 168 (19.03%) Windows Server
3 79 (8.95%) Windows 10
4 50 (5.66%) Mac OS
5 43 (4.87%) Android
6 29 (3.28%) Apple iOS
7 18 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.81%) Linux
8 16 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.23%) VMS
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.11%) Unix
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (30.58%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 152 (17.21%) ITIL
4 132 (14.95%) Customer Service
5 105 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
6 103 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
7 88 (9.97%) User Experience
8 81 (9.17%) Agile
9 68 (7.70%) Service Delivery
10 67 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 62 (7.02%) Project Management
12 61 (6.91%) CRM
12 61 (6.91%) Technical Leadership
13 58 (6.57%) Disaster Recovery
14 57 (6.46%) AI
14 57 (6.46%) ERP
14 57 (6.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 56 (6.34%) Coaching
15 56 (6.34%) Mentoring
16 51 (5.78%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 119 (13.48%) PowerShell
2 96 (10.87%) SQL
3 40 (4.53%) C#
4 37 (4.19%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.49%) TypeScript
6 17 (1.93%) R
6 17 (1.93%) VBA
7 16 (1.81%) Python
8 8 (0.91%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.45%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.34%) Java
12 2 (0.23%) C
13 1 (0.11%) Bash
13 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 126 (14.27%) Degree
2 71 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (7.02%) Security Cleared
4 43 (4.87%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.70%) A+ Certification
7 13 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.36%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (0.91%) APMP
11 8 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.91%) MBA
11 8 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.68%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (3.28%) GDPR
4 24 (2.72%) SLA
5 23 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 18 (2.04%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.93%) QA
8 10 (1.13%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.02%) PMO
10 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.57%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.45%) NIST
12 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.23%) WCAG
15 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 347 (39.30%) Active Directory
2 77 (8.72%) Hyper-V
3 55 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (1.02%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.79%) vSphere
7 6 (0.68%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.68%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.34%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) Docker
10 1 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 200 (22.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (2.15%) SCCM
2 19 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (1.25%) FortiGate
5 9 (1.02%) Backup Exec
5 9 (1.02%) Terraform
5 9 (1.02%) vRealize
6 7 (0.79%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.11%) Autotask
7 1 (0.11%) CASB
7 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.11%) MOM
Vendors
1 666 (75.42%) Microsoft
2 82 (9.29%) VMware
3 55 (6.23%) Apple
4 43 (4.87%) Veeam
5 30 (3.40%) Cisco
6 28 (3.17%) Adobe
7 24 (2.72%) Meraki
8 20 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (1.25%) SonicWALL
10 11 (1.25%) Sophos
11 10 (1.13%) Citrix
12 9 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.02%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (0.91%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.91%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.91%) Logitech
13 8 (0.91%) WatchGuard
13 8 (0.91%) Yealink
14 7 (0.79%) Dell