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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 104 91
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +69
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 862 715 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.35% 2.69% 2.90%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.04% 31.72% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 685 564 1,601
10th Percentile £26,600 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,250 £40,221
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% +0.07% -3.21%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £65,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,879 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% +4.65% -14.00%

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 2,208 2,254 6,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.47% 8.47% 10.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,653 1,576 4,690
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,189 £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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -29 200 £42,039 +2.53% 51
Midlands -16 189 £40,000 -5.88% 40
South East -32 177 £50,000 +14.29% 83
East of England -15 132 £41,000 +26.03% 33
West Midlands -2 125 £42,500 -15.00% 23
North West -18 116 £50,000 +9.58% 22
South West -23 95 £31,000 -34.74% 46
Yorkshire -28 78 £35,500 +18.33% 19
East Midlands -54 64 £37,500 +7.14% 17
Scotland -22 36 £33,750 +3.85% 21
Wales -10 24 £40,000 +6.67% 14
Northern Ireland -42 7 £46,000 -12.38% 9
Isle of Man +3 6 £45,000 +30.43%
North East -41 6 £63,076 +97.11% 11
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
1 309 (35.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.02%) Confluence
3 11 (1.28%) CMS
4 7 (0.81%) IIS
5 5 (0.58%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.46%) WordPress
7 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.35%) govService
8 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 74 (8.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 74 (8.58%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) InDesign
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.04%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.23%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.12%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 657 (76.22%) Microsoft 365
2 368 (42.69%) Azure
3 273 (31.67%) Entra ID
4 192 (22.27%) OneDrive
5 170 (19.72%) Power Platform
6 96 (11.14%) PowerApps
7 92 (10.67%) Power Automate
8 43 (4.99%) SaaS
9 34 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
10 31 (3.60%) Microsoft Copilot
10 31 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 30 (3.48%) Mimecast
12 24 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (1.74%) AWS
16 14 (1.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 14 (1.62%) Serverless
17 12 (1.39%) Azure Functions
18 10 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 179 (20.77%) DNS
2 159 (18.45%) DHCP
2 159 (18.45%) Firewall
3 121 (14.04%) VPN
4 80 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
5 76 (8.82%) VLAN
6 74 (8.58%) LAN
7 73 (8.47%) WAN
8 53 (6.15%) VoIP
9 45 (5.22%) TCP/IP
10 19 (2.20%) Network Security
10 19 (2.20%) Wireless
11 13 (1.51%) Internet
11 13 (1.51%) IPsec
12 12 (1.39%) Intranet
12 12 (1.39%) WLAN
13 10 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (0.93%) Ethernet
15 7 (0.81%) Broadband
15 7 (0.81%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (12.18%) Power BI
2 49 (5.68%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.04%) Metadata
6 8 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.46%) MySQL
9 4 (0.46%) Power Query
10 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.12%) GIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.12%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (5.80%) JIRA
2 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.23%) Selenium
3 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 357 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 85 (9.86%) Finance
3 62 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (5.68%) Legal
6 47 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 45 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 37 (4.29%) Law
10 20 (2.32%) Retail
11 18 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.74%) Advertising
12 15 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.62%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.28%) Marketing
15 5 (0.58%) Banking
15 5 (0.58%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.46%) Local Government
17 3 (0.35%) Games
17 3 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 254 (29.47%) IT Support
2 155 (17.98%) Support Engineer
3 141 (16.36%) IT Engineer
4 120 (13.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 93 (10.79%) Analyst
6 92 (10.67%) Senior
7 91 (10.56%) Developer
8 76 (8.82%) Support Technician
9 73 (8.47%) 2nd Line Support
10 68 (7.89%) IT Technician
11 61 (7.08%) IT Support Technician
11 61 (7.08%) Support Analyst
12 47 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 44 (5.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 44 (5.10%) IT Analyst
14 42 (4.87%) Consultant
15 40 (4.64%) IT Support Analyst
15 40 (4.64%) Lead
16 39 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 39 (4.52%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.06%) .NET
2 27 (3.13%) CSS
2 27 (3.13%) HTML
3 25 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
4 20 (2.32%) SPFx
5 19 (2.20%) JSON
6 18 (2.09%) HTML5 Canvas
7 14 (1.62%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.16%) ASP.NET
8 10 (1.16%) REST
9 8 (0.93%) Web Services
10 6 (0.70%) .NET Framework
10 6 (0.70%) React
11 5 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
12 4 (0.46%) Entity Framework
12 4 (0.46%) Middleware
12 4 (0.46%) Node.js
12 4 (0.46%) XML
13 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
14 2 (0.23%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 121 (14.04%) Driving Licence
2 65 (7.54%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.78%) Replication
6 17 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.51%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.16%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.04%) IoT
11 8 (0.93%) Social Media
12 7 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (0.81%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.70%) FMCG
14 5 (0.58%) Clustering
14 5 (0.58%) CMDB
14 5 (0.58%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.58%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.46%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 350 (40.60%) Windows
2 172 (19.95%) Windows Server
3 104 (12.06%) Windows 10
4 49 (5.68%) Mac OS
5 39 (4.52%) Android
6 27 (3.13%) Apple iOS
7 20 (2.32%) Linux
8 18 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.12%) Unix
11 1 (0.12%) VMS
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (28.54%) Problem-Solving
2 152 (17.63%) ITIL
3 148 (17.17%) Customer Service
4 129 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
6 90 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
7 82 (9.51%) Agile
8 73 (8.47%) Service Delivery
8 73 (8.47%) User Experience
9 65 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 60 (6.96%) Project Management
11 58 (6.73%) CRM
11 58 (6.73%) Technical Leadership
12 54 (6.26%) Mentoring
13 53 (6.15%) AI
13 53 (6.15%) Disaster Recovery
14 52 (6.03%) Decision-Making
14 52 (6.03%) ERP
15 47 (5.45%) Project Delivery
16 46 (5.34%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 109 (12.65%) PowerShell
2 82 (9.51%) SQL
3 31 (3.60%) C#
4 29 (3.36%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.55%) Python
6 21 (2.44%) VBA
7 17 (1.97%) R
8 16 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.28%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.46%) Java
12 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.23%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 122 (14.15%) Degree
2 68 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 68 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 48 (5.57%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (1.97%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 13 (1.51%) A+ Certification
8 12 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.39%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.28%) APMP
9 11 (1.28%) MBA
10 9 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.70%) HND
13 6 (0.70%) MCITP
14 5 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (3.25%) SLA
4 26 (3.02%) GDPR
5 23 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 16 (1.86%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.62%) QA
8 9 (1.04%) ISO 9001
8 9 (1.04%) PMO
9 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.58%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.58%) NIST
11 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 353 (40.95%) Active Directory
2 72 (8.35%) Hyper-V
3 51 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.16%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.70%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.70%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.46%) vSphere
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) Docker
9 1 (0.12%) Firmware
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
9 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 211 (24.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (1.86%) SCCM
4 15 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 10 (1.16%) Terraform
6 10 (1.16%) vRealize
7 9 (1.04%) Backup Exec
8 7 (0.81%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) CASB
9 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.12%) MOM
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
9 1 (0.12%) SCSM
Vendors
1 648 (75.17%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.28%) VMware
3 52 (6.03%) Apple
4 35 (4.06%) Veeam
5 26 (3.02%) Cisco
6 21 (2.44%) Adobe
6 21 (2.44%) Meraki
7 20 (2.32%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (1.62%) Sophos
10 12 (1.39%) Citrix
11 10 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
12 8 (0.93%) ConnectWise
12 8 (0.93%) Logitech
12 8 (0.93%) New Relic
12 8 (0.93%) Oracle
12 8 (0.93%) Splunk
12 8 (0.93%) WatchGuard
12 8 (0.93%) Yealink
13 7 (0.81%) SonicWALL