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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 97 101
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +37
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 821 914 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.78% 2.71% 2.81%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.57% 32.52% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 573 549 1,186
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,748 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% +1.87% -1.23%
75th Percentile £50,000 £54,793 £51,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%

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 2,075 2,811 4,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.50% 8.32% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,394 1,484 3,785
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +8.24% -9.19%
75th Percentile £59,688 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,318 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.22% +12.64% -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 6 February 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 6 February 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
Midlands +1 183 £38,750 -8.82% 47
North of England -32 165 £40,000 -11.11% 68
South East -12 162 £42,500 -5.56% 119
Scotland +21 117 £35,000 +7.69% 19
South West +39 110 £33,000 -26.26% 38
West Midlands +6 106 £45,000 -15.57% 31
North West -9 95 £43,500 -13.71% 34
East Midlands -16 77 £37,500 +20.00% 16
East of England -27 72 £34,000 +6.25% 50
Yorkshire -18 66 £30,750 -15.75% 29
Wales -12 8 £41,740 -12.13% 11
Northern Ireland -27 6 £47,250 -10.00% 1
North East -18 4 £82,966 +95.21% 7
Isle of Man - 2 £45,000 - 1
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
1 266 (32.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.83%) Confluence
3 7 (0.85%) Skype for Business
3 7 (0.85%) WordPress
4 6 (0.73%) CMS
5 4 (0.49%) IIS
6 3 (0.37%) govService
7 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 142 (17.30%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (16.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 79 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.37%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 2 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.12%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 557 (67.84%) Microsoft 365
2 336 (40.93%) Azure
3 253 (30.82%) Entra ID
4 143 (17.42%) OneDrive
5 141 (17.17%) Power Platform
6 83 (10.11%) PowerApps
7 80 (9.74%) Power Automate
8 39 (4.75%) SaaS
9 36 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 32 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (3.17%) Mimecast
12 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (1.83%) Serverless
15 14 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.58%) Copilot Studio
17 12 (1.46%) AWS
17 12 (1.46%) IaaS
18 11 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 150 (18.27%) DNS
2 144 (17.54%) Firewall
3 134 (16.32%) DHCP
4 114 (13.89%) VPN
5 75 (9.14%) VLAN
6 61 (7.43%) LAN
7 57 (6.94%) WAN
8 50 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
9 49 (5.97%) TCP/IP
10 33 (4.02%) VoIP
11 32 (3.90%) Network Security
12 23 (2.80%) Wireless
13 12 (1.46%) Internet
14 11 (1.34%) IPsec
15 9 (1.10%) DKIM
15 9 (1.10%) DMARC
15 9 (1.10%) WLAN
16 8 (0.97%) Intranet
16 8 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.97%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.50%) Power BI
2 32 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.97%) Metadata
3 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.73%) MySQL
4 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.61%) DTS
6 4 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.37%) Power Query
8 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.24%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.12%) EDMS
9 1 (0.12%) GIS
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (3.17%) JIRA
2 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.12%) Git
3 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 394 (47.99%) Social Skills
2 94 (11.45%) Finance
3 48 (5.85%) Manufacturing
4 47 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (5.48%) Law
6 43 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (4.51%) Legal
8 33 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.68%) Retail
10 17 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.71%) Marketing
11 14 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 8 (0.97%) Advertising
13 7 (0.85%) Electronics
14 5 (0.61%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.49%) Automotive
15 4 (0.49%) German Language
16 3 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (24.12%) IT Support
2 150 (18.27%) Support Engineer
3 122 (14.86%) IT Engineer
4 114 (13.89%) Senior
5 101 (12.30%) IT Support Engineer
6 86 (10.48%) Analyst
7 70 (8.53%) 2nd Line Support
8 65 (7.92%) Senior Manager
9 64 (7.80%) QA Manager
9 64 (7.80%) Quality Manager
9 64 (7.80%) Senior QA Manager
9 64 (7.80%) Senior Quality Manager
10 54 (6.58%) Support Technician
11 50 (6.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 49 (5.97%) Support Analyst
13 45 (5.48%) Developer
14 43 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 41 (4.99%) 1st Line Support
16 40 (4.87%) Consultant
16 40 (4.87%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.95%) .NET
2 13 (1.58%) HTML
3 11 (1.34%) Web Services
4 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.97%) CSS
6 4 (0.49%) Middleware
6 4 (0.49%) OAuth
6 4 (0.49%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.49%) OpenID
6 4 (0.49%) REST
6 4 (0.49%) SAML
6 4 (0.49%) SPFx
7 3 (0.37%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.37%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
8 2 (0.24%) JSON
8 2 (0.24%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 128 (15.59%) Driving Licence
2 67 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.51%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.17%) IoT
4 26 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.44%) Replication
7 17 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.58%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.34%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.34%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
10 10 (1.22%) CMDB
11 9 (1.10%) FMCG
11 9 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.85%) Clustering
12 7 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (0.85%) iPad
13 6 (0.73%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.73%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 308 (37.52%) Windows
2 168 (20.46%) Windows Server
3 98 (11.94%) Windows 10
4 35 (4.26%) Mac OS
5 29 (3.53%) Android
6 24 (2.92%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.95%) Linux
8 15 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (19.61%) Customer Service
3 141 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 139 (16.93%) ITIL
5 113 (13.76%) Project Management
6 107 (13.03%) Coaching
7 100 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
8 88 (10.72%) Agile
9 85 (10.35%) Service Delivery
10 71 (8.65%) Customer Experience
11 69 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
12 66 (8.04%) Performance Improvement
12 66 (8.04%) Six Sigma
13 65 (7.92%) Due Diligence
14 64 (7.80%) Lean Six Sigma
14 64 (7.80%) Quality Management
15 57 (6.94%) Mentoring
16 53 (6.46%) Disaster Recovery
17 52 (6.33%) AI
17 52 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 98 (11.94%) PowerShell
2 63 (7.67%) SQL
3 28 (3.41%) Python
4 19 (2.31%) VBA
5 9 (1.10%) Bash
6 8 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.85%) C#
8 5 (0.61%) R
9 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.12%) Java
11 1 (0.12%) VB
11 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 100 (12.18%) Degree
2 64 (7.80%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.80%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 55 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (4.75%) SC Cleared
5 26 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.34%) A+ Certification
8 11 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.22%) APMP
9 10 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (1.22%) MBA
9 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 9 (1.10%) HND
11 8 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.97%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.62%) QA
2 51 (6.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 41 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (4.38%) SLA
5 33 (4.02%) GDPR
6 26 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (1.71%) NIST
8 12 (1.46%) PMO
9 7 (0.85%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.73%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.73%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.24%) P3O
13 2 (0.24%) WCAG
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 316 (38.49%) Active Directory
2 61 (7.43%) Hyper-V
3 51 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.10%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.61%) vSphere
8 4 (0.49%) Firmware
8 4 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.37%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.24%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.24%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.12%) Docker
11 1 (0.12%) XenApp
11 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 211 (25.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (3.17%) Terraform
3 19 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (2.07%) SCCM
5 9 (1.10%) vRealize
6 6 (0.73%) Backup Exec
6 6 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.61%) Nagios
7 5 (0.61%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.61%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.49%) Autotask
9 2 (0.24%) Plesk
9 2 (0.24%) SCOM
9 2 (0.24%) SCSM
10 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.12%) MOM
10 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 643 (78.32%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.65%) VMware
3 50 (6.09%) Apple
4 29 (3.53%) Veeam
5 28 (3.41%) Cisco
6 24 (2.92%) Meraki
7 23 (2.80%) Sophos
8 20 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 18 (2.19%) Citrix
10 16 (1.95%) ConnectWise
11 15 (1.83%) Progress
12 13 (1.58%) SAP
13 12 (1.46%) Google
14 11 (1.34%) Datto
15 9 (1.10%) Infor
16 8 (0.97%) Freshdesk
16 8 (0.97%) New Relic
16 8 (0.97%) Oracle
16 8 (0.97%) Splunk
16 8 (0.97%) Trend Micro