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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 111 90
Rank change year-on-year -19 -21 +73
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 863 721 1,946
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.35% 2.70% 2.90%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.39% 31.85% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 687 572 1,601
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £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 2,191 2,264 6,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.44% 8.47% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,648 1,589 4,692
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 £76,602 £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 22 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 22 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 -21 203 £42,500 +3.66% 49
Midlands -32 187 £41,020 -3.48% 50
South East -35 177 £50,000 +17.65% 95
East of England -15 133 £41,000 +26.03% 31
West Midlands -8 125 £42,500 -15.00% 32
North West -9 116 £50,000 +8.54% 21
South West -22 94 £30,522 -35.74% 40
Yorkshire -25 81 £35,500 +18.33% 18
East Midlands -47 62 £37,500 +7.14% 18
Scotland -19 36 £33,750 +3.85% 19
Wales -2 24 £40,000 +6.67% 13
Northern Ireland -38 7 £46,000 -12.38% 10
Isle of Man +3 6 £45,000 +30.43%
North East -45 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 (35.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.01%) Confluence
3 11 (1.27%) 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 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 74 (8.57%) 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 (3.24%) 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
1 658 (76.25%) Microsoft 365
2 369 (42.76%) Azure
3 275 (31.87%) Entra ID
4 193 (22.36%) OneDrive
5 173 (20.05%) Power Platform
6 97 (11.24%) PowerApps
7 93 (10.78%) Power Automate
8 43 (4.98%) SaaS
9 34 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
10 31 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 30 (3.48%) Microsoft Copilot
11 30 (3.48%) Mimecast
12 25 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (1.74%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 15 (1.74%) AWS
16 14 (1.62%) Serverless
17 12 (1.39%) Azure Functions
18 10 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 179 (20.74%) DNS
2 160 (18.54%) Firewall
3 159 (18.42%) DHCP
4 122 (14.14%) VPN
5 81 (9.39%) Wi-Fi
6 76 (8.81%) VLAN
7 74 (8.57%) LAN
8 73 (8.46%) WAN
9 54 (6.26%) VoIP
10 44 (5.10%) TCP/IP
11 21 (2.43%) Wireless
12 18 (2.09%) Network Security
13 13 (1.51%) Internet
13 13 (1.51%) IPsec
14 12 (1.39%) Intranet
14 12 (1.39%) WLAN
15 10 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.93%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.81%) Broadband
17 7 (0.81%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.28%) Power BI
2 50 (5.79%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.97%) 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 5 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.46%) MySQL
8 4 (0.46%) Power Query
9 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.23%) DataStage
9 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.12%) GIS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.12%) PowerCenter
10 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (5.79%) 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
1 360 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.97%) Finance
3 64 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (5.56%) Legal
6 47 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 45 (5.21%) 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
12 15 (1.74%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.27%) Marketing
14 5 (0.58%) Banking
14 5 (0.58%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.46%) Local Government
16 3 (0.35%) Police
16 3 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 253 (29.32%) IT Support
2 155 (17.96%) Support Engineer
3 140 (16.22%) IT Engineer
4 119 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
5 94 (10.89%) Analyst
5 94 (10.89%) Senior
6 91 (10.54%) Developer
7 76 (8.81%) Support Technician
8 71 (8.23%) 2nd Line Support
9 68 (7.88%) IT Technician
10 62 (7.18%) Support Analyst
11 61 (7.07%) IT Support Technician
12 47 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 44 (5.10%) IT Analyst
14 42 (4.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 42 (4.87%) Consultant
15 41 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
16 40 (4.63%) IT Support Analyst
16 40 (4.63%) Lead
17 37 (4.29%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.17%) .NET
2 28 (3.24%) CSS
2 28 (3.24%) HTML
3 26 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
4 21 (2.43%) SPFx
5 20 (2.32%) JSON
6 19 (2.20%) HTML5 Canvas
7 15 (1.74%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.16%) ASP.NET
9 9 (1.04%) REST
10 8 (0.93%) Web Services
11 6 (0.70%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.70%) React
12 5 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
13 4 (0.46%) Entity Framework
13 4 (0.46%) Middleware
13 4 (0.46%) Node.js
13 4 (0.46%) XML
14 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
15 2 (0.23%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 121 (14.02%) Driving Licence
2 66 (7.65%) 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 8 (0.93%) IoT
10 8 (0.93%) Social Media
11 7 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.81%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.70%) FMCG
13 5 (0.58%) Clustering
13 5 (0.58%) CMDB
13 5 (0.58%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.58%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.46%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 350 (40.56%) Windows
2 173 (20.05%) Windows Server
3 104 (12.05%) 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
1 250 (28.97%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (17.73%) ITIL
3 148 (17.15%) Customer Service
4 132 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
6 91 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
7 81 (9.39%) Agile
8 73 (8.46%) User Experience
9 72 (8.34%) Service Delivery
10 65 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 62 (7.18%) Project Management
12 59 (6.84%) Technical Leadership
13 58 (6.72%) CRM
14 55 (6.37%) Disaster Recovery
15 54 (6.26%) Mentoring
16 53 (6.14%) AI
17 52 (6.03%) Decision-Making
17 52 (6.03%) ERP
18 47 (5.45%) Project Delivery
19 46 (5.33%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 110 (12.75%) PowerShell
2 85 (9.85%) SQL
3 32 (3.71%) C#
4 30 (3.48%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.55%) Python
6 21 (2.43%) VBA
7 17 (1.97%) R
7 17 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.46%) Java
11 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.23%) VB
13 1 (0.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 122 (14.14%) Degree
2 68 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 67 (7.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (1.51%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.27%) APMP
10 11 (1.27%) MBA
11 8 (0.93%) 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 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (3.24%) SLA
4 26 (3.01%) GDPR
5 23 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 16 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.62%) QA
8 10 (1.16%) PMO
9 9 (1.04%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.58%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.58%) NIST
12 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) WCAG
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 355 (41.14%) Active Directory
2 73 (8.46%) Hyper-V
3 50 (5.79%) 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
1 210 (24.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (1.85%) SCCM
4 15 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (1.27%) 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
1 649 (75.20%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.15%) VMware
3 52 (6.03%) Apple
4 37 (4.29%) Veeam
5 26 (3.01%) Cisco
6 22 (2.55%) Adobe
7 21 (2.43%) Meraki
8 20 (2.32%) ServiceNow
9 18 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
10 13 (1.51%) Sophos
11 12 (1.39%) Citrix
12 10 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (0.93%) Logitech
13 8 (0.93%) New Relic
13 8 (0.93%) Oracle
13 8 (0.93%) Splunk
13 8 (0.93%) WatchGuard
13 8 (0.93%) Yealink
14 7 (0.81%) Salesforce
14 7 (0.81%) SonicWALL