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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 156 114
Rank change year-on-year +53 -42 +14
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,361 714 1,179
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.61% 2.08% 2.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.13% 29.71% 28.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 564 746
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £69,375
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -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 3,084 2,403 4,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.65% 6.99% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,194 1,624 2,209
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,063 £32,094 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £71,991
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -2.70%

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 18 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 18 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 +60 369 £42,500 +11.84% 126
South East +27 302 £45,000 +10.29% 184
East of England +66 238 £36,500 -13.10% 51
Midlands -7 194 £40,000 - 89
North West +62 175 £47,500 +18.75% 74
Yorkshire +41 156 £38,772 +33.70% 43
West Midlands -10 123 £45,000 +1.95% 46
South West -68 109 £36,250 -3.33% 64
Scotland +39 75 £31,500 -10.00% 41
East Midlands -41 71 £37,500 -2.60% 43
Wales -33 44 £32,000 -20.99% 14
North East -34 38 £47,500 +43.08% 10
Northern Ireland - 31 £63,500 - 17
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
1 483 (35.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.42%) CMS
3 29 (2.13%) Confluence
4 27 (1.98%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (1.32%) IIS
6 16 (1.18%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.59%) nginx
8 5 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.22%) SAS
9 3 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.073%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 129 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.88%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.73%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
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%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.073%) InDesign
12 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 58 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.29%) Shopify
5 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.073%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,028 (75.53%) Microsoft 365
2 581 (42.69%) Azure
3 470 (34.53%) Entra ID
4 353 (25.94%) Power Platform
5 298 (21.90%) OneDrive
6 208 (15.28%) PowerApps
7 203 (14.92%) Power Automate
8 133 (9.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 87 (6.39%) Dynamics 365
10 84 (6.17%) SaaS
11 68 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
12 62 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
13 45 (3.31%) Mimecast
14 31 (2.28%) AWS
15 27 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
16 25 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
17 24 (1.76%) IaaS
18 21 (1.54%) Serverless
19 20 (1.47%) Google Workspace
20 18 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 269 (19.76%) Firewall
2 252 (18.52%) DNS
3 214 (15.72%) DHCP
4 178 (13.08%) VPN
5 127 (9.33%) VLAN
6 120 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
7 90 (6.61%) VoIP
8 84 (6.17%) TCP/IP
9 82 (6.02%) Wireless
10 68 (5.00%) LAN
11 66 (4.85%) WAN
12 28 (2.06%) Network Security
13 21 (1.54%) SSL
14 17 (1.25%) Skype
15 15 (1.10%) Intranet
15 15 (1.10%) PBX
16 14 (1.03%) Internet
17 12 (0.88%) Broadband
18 11 (0.81%) Cisco Wireless
18 11 (0.81%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (13.08%) Power BI
2 52 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.88%) Metadata
5 10 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.66%) GIS
7 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.29%) Power Query
9 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.22%) EDMS
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.073%) MySQL
11 1 (0.073%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.073%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 78 (5.73%) JIRA
2 26 (1.91%) Git
3 5 (0.37%) 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%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 680 (49.96%) Social Skills
2 202 (14.84%) Finance
3 140 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
5 90 (6.61%) Legal
6 73 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 71 (5.22%) Public Sector
8 43 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.87%) Marketing
10 36 (2.65%) Law
11 34 (2.50%) Retail
12 28 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (2.06%) Publishing
12 28 (2.06%) Telecoms
13 25 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
14 23 (1.69%) Local Government
15 12 (0.88%) Advertising
15 12 (0.88%) Games
16 10 (0.73%) Legal Technology
17 9 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 344 (25.28%) IT Support
2 228 (16.75%) Support Engineer
3 217 (15.94%) IT Engineer
3 217 (15.94%) Senior
4 195 (14.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 146 (10.73%) Developer
6 140 (10.29%) Analyst
7 98 (7.20%) Support Analyst
8 90 (6.61%) IT Technician
9 73 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
10 71 (5.22%) Support Technician
11 66 (4.85%) Administrator
11 66 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 63 (4.63%) Lead
13 61 (4.48%) Consultant
13 61 (4.48%) IT Support Technician
14 57 (4.19%) IT Analyst
15 50 (3.67%) 1st Line Support
15 50 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
16 48 (3.53%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.04%) HTML
2 44 (3.23%) CSS
3 39 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
4 32 (2.35%) .NET
5 31 (2.28%) HTML5 Canvas
6 30 (2.20%) SPFx
7 28 (2.06%) JSON
8 15 (1.10%) .NET Core
9 14 (1.03%) REST
9 14 (1.03%) XML
10 13 (0.96%) React
11 10 (0.73%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.59%) Terraform
12 8 (0.59%) XSLT
13 7 (0.51%) Middleware
13 7 (0.51%) Playwright
13 7 (0.51%) Razor View Engine
14 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 156 (11.46%) Driving Licence
2 138 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 129 (9.48%) Management Information System
4 74 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.42%) AI Agents
6 27 (1.98%) Blog
6 27 (1.98%) Marketing Technology
7 25 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 19 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.32%) Clustering
11 16 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 15 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.03%) CMDB
14 13 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
15 11 (0.81%) CCTV
15 11 (0.81%) iPad
15 11 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 535 (39.31%) Windows
2 267 (19.62%) Windows Server
3 103 (7.57%) Windows 10
4 77 (5.66%) Mac OS
5 37 (2.72%) Apple iOS
6 33 (2.42%) Linux
7 32 (2.35%) Android
8 25 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.66%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) VMS
13 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.073%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (33.21%) Problem-Solving
2 331 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 263 (19.32%) Customer Service
4 219 (16.09%) Cybersecurity
5 192 (14.11%) ITIL
6 175 (12.86%) AI
7 158 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
8 148 (10.87%) Service Delivery
9 138 (10.14%) Project Delivery
10 132 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 130 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 126 (9.26%) CRM
13 123 (9.04%) Service Management
14 120 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 107 (7.86%) Agile
16 104 (7.64%) Project Management
17 103 (7.57%) Technical Leadership
18 99 (7.27%) User Experience
19 98 (7.20%) Workflow
20 97 (7.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 196 (14.40%) PowerShell
2 117 (8.60%) SQL
3 76 (5.58%) JavaScript
4 74 (5.44%) C#
5 25 (1.84%) Python
6 23 (1.69%) R
7 22 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.88%) VBA
9 11 (0.81%) Ruby
10 8 (0.59%) C
11 6 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.29%) Java
13 3 (0.22%) Bicep
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%) PHP
15 1 (0.073%) VB
Qualifications
1 191 (14.03%) Degree
2 140 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 63 (4.63%) Security Cleared
4 56 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 43 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.50%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
9 22 (1.62%) CCNA
10 20 (1.47%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (0.96%) HND
14 12 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (0.73%) HNC
16 9 (0.66%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.66%) MCSE
17 8 (0.59%) Master's Degree
18 6 (0.44%) MCSA
19 4 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 76 (5.58%) GDPR
3 59 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (3.53%) SLA
5 39 (2.87%) Accessibility
6 33 (2.42%) QA
7 22 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 21 (1.54%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.25%) ISO 9001
10 11 (0.81%) WCAG
11 8 (0.59%) PMO
12 7 (0.51%) NIST
13 6 (0.44%) ISO 14001
14 5 (0.37%) COSHH
14 5 (0.37%) NCSC
14 5 (0.37%) 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
1 509 (37.40%) Active Directory
2 140 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (10.14%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.40%) vSphere
6 15 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.66%) 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
1 317 (23.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.91%) SCCM
3 20 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.10%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.37%) Ansible
6 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.22%) cPanel
7 3 (0.22%) Plesk
7 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) vRealize
9 1 (0.073%) Nessus
9 1 (0.073%) VxRail
9 1 (0.073%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,144 (84.06%) Microsoft
2 162 (11.90%) VMware
3 81 (5.95%) Cisco
4 70 (5.14%) Veeam
5 56 (4.11%) Apple
6 43 (3.16%) SonicWALL
7 34 (2.50%) ServiceNow
8 28 (2.06%) Adobe
9 27 (1.98%) Google
9 27 (1.98%) Sitecore
10 26 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
10 26 (1.91%) Meraki
11 24 (1.76%) HP
12 19 (1.40%) Datto
12 19 (1.40%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.25%) Palo Alto
14 14 (1.03%) Aruba
14 14 (1.03%) Ubiquiti
14 14 (1.03%) WatchGuard