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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 102 99
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +40
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 824 897 1,399
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.77% 2.72% 2.82%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.62% 32.34% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 576 533 1,211
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,075 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,980 £40,748 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +1.87% -1.23%
75th Percentile £50,250 £53,750 £50,375
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 2,080 2,774 4,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.46% 8.40% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 1,457 3,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £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% -10.53%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -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 10 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 10 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 -2 183 £40,000 -5.88% 42
North of England -24 168 £40,000 -11.11% 65
South East -15 163 £42,500 -5.56% 114
Scotland +19 117 £35,000 +7.69% 16
West Midlands +4 108 £45,000 -15.57% 27
South West +20 106 £32,500 -25.29% 34
North West -3 98 £43,500 -13.71% 33
East Midlands -12 75 £36,250 +13.28% 15
East of England -22 74 £34,000 +6.25% 48
Yorkshire -33 66 £32,000 -12.33% 26
Wales -12 9 £41,740 -12.13% 10
Northern Ireland -30 6 £47,250 -10.00% 2
North East -11 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
1 263 (31.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.70%) Confluence
3 7 (0.85%) WordPress
4 6 (0.73%) CMS
4 6 (0.73%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.49%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) govService
7 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 146 (17.72%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (16.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 79 (9.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.36%) 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 30 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.36%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 2 (0.24%) Alphatax
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
1 560 (67.96%) Microsoft 365
2 341 (41.38%) Azure
3 256 (31.07%) Entra ID
4 148 (17.96%) OneDrive
5 138 (16.75%) Power Platform
6 81 (9.83%) PowerApps
7 79 (9.59%) Power Automate
8 40 (4.85%) SaaS
9 37 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 31 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (3.28%) Mimecast
12 20 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (1.70%) Serverless
15 13 (1.58%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (1.46%) AWS
16 12 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (1.46%) IaaS
17 11 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 151 (18.33%) DNS
2 142 (17.23%) Firewall
3 135 (16.38%) DHCP
4 114 (13.83%) VPN
5 75 (9.10%) VLAN
6 62 (7.52%) LAN
7 59 (7.16%) WAN
8 49 (5.95%) TCP/IP
9 48 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (4.13%) VoIP
11 32 (3.88%) Network Security
12 22 (2.67%) Wireless
13 12 (1.46%) IPsec
14 11 (1.33%) Internet
15 9 (1.09%) DKIM
15 9 (1.09%) DMARC
15 9 (1.09%) WLAN
16 8 (0.97%) Intranet
16 8 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.97%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.47%) Power BI
2 33 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.73%) Metadata
4 6 (0.73%) MySQL
4 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.49%) DTS
7 3 (0.36%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.36%) 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%) DataStage
9 1 (0.12%) EDMS
9 1 (0.12%) GIS
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (3.16%) 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
1 396 (48.06%) Social Skills
2 94 (11.41%) Finance
3 50 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (5.70%) Manufacturing
5 46 (5.58%) Law
6 44 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.61%) Legal
9 33 (4.00%) Public Sector
10 21 (2.55%) Retail
11 18 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.82%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.70%) Marketing
14 8 (0.97%) Advertising
15 7 (0.85%) Electronics
16 5 (0.61%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.49%) German Language
18 3 (0.36%) Automotive
18 3 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 207 (25.12%) IT Support
2 151 (18.33%) Support Engineer
3 124 (15.05%) IT Engineer
4 116 (14.08%) Senior
5 103 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 89 (10.80%) Analyst
7 68 (8.25%) 2nd Line Support
8 65 (7.89%) Senior Manager
9 64 (7.77%) QA Manager
9 64 (7.77%) Quality Manager
9 64 (7.77%) Senior QA Manager
9 64 (7.77%) Senior Quality Manager
10 56 (6.80%) Support Technician
11 51 (6.19%) Support Analyst
12 47 (5.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 46 (5.58%) Developer
14 43 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 42 (5.10%) IT Support Technician
15 42 (5.10%) IT Technician
16 41 (4.98%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.82%) .NET
2 13 (1.58%) HTML
3 11 (1.33%) Web Services
4 9 (1.09%) 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 (0.36%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.36%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.36%) 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 Web Forms
9 1 (0.12%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 123 (14.93%) Driving Licence
2 68 (8.25%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.03%) IoT
6 24 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.55%) Replication
8 17 (2.06%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.33%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (1.09%) CMDB
12 9 (1.09%) FMCG
13 8 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.85%) Clustering
15 6 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.73%) Client/Server
15 6 (0.73%) iPad
15 6 (0.73%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 311 (37.74%) Windows
2 169 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 98 (11.89%) Windows 10
4 35 (4.25%) Mac OS
5 30 (3.64%) Android
6 25 (3.03%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.94%) Linux
8 15 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (27.31%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (19.54%) Customer Service
3 143 (17.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (17.35%) ITIL
4 112 (13.59%) Project Management
5 108 (13.11%) Coaching
6 103 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 88 (10.68%) Agile
8 85 (10.32%) Service Delivery
9 71 (8.62%) Customer Experience
10 68 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
11 66 (8.01%) Performance Improvement
11 66 (8.01%) Six Sigma
12 65 (7.89%) Due Diligence
13 64 (7.77%) Lean Six Sigma
13 64 (7.77%) Quality Management
14 57 (6.92%) Mentoring
15 56 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
16 53 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 52 (6.31%) AI
Programming Languages
1 97 (11.77%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.52%) SQL
3 29 (3.52%) Python
4 20 (2.43%) VBA
5 9 (1.09%) Bash
6 8 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.85%) C#
8 6 (0.73%) R
9 3 (0.36%) 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
1 102 (12.38%) Degree
2 66 (8.01%) Security Cleared
3 64 (7.77%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 56 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (4.98%) SC Cleared
6 23 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.18%) Master's Degree
8 17 (2.06%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.46%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.46%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.33%) APMP
10 11 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.33%) MBA
11 10 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 9 (1.09%) HND
13 7 (0.85%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.47%) QA
2 51 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (4.37%) SLA
5 32 (3.88%) GDPR
6 26 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (1.70%) NIST
8 11 (1.33%) PMO
9 7 (0.85%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.85%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.73%) Accessibility
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
1 320 (38.83%) Active Directory
2 62 (7.52%) Hyper-V
3 50 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.09%) 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 (0.36%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.36%) 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
1 212 (25.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (3.16%) Terraform
3 19 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (2.18%) SCCM
5 9 (1.09%) vRealize
6 8 (0.97%) Backup Exec
7 6 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.61%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.49%) Nagios
9 4 (0.49%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.36%) Autotask
11 2 (0.24%) Plesk
11 2 (0.24%) SCOM
11 2 (0.24%) SCSM
12 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.12%) MOM
12 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 643 (78.03%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.50%) VMware
3 48 (5.83%) Apple
4 31 (3.76%) Veeam
5 27 (3.28%) Cisco
6 22 (2.67%) Meraki
7 21 (2.55%) Sophos
8 20 (2.43%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.06%) Citrix
10 14 (1.70%) ConnectWise
11 13 (1.58%) Progress
11 13 (1.58%) SAP
12 11 (1.33%) Google
13 10 (1.21%) Datto
14 9 (1.09%) Infor
15 8 (0.97%) New Relic
15 8 (0.97%) Oracle
15 8 (0.97%) Splunk
16 7 (0.85%) Adobe
16 7 (0.85%) Freshdesk