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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 115 90
Rank change year-on-year -13 -25 +67
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 862 718 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.32% 2.63% 2.87%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.78% 31.83% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 679 571 1,596
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 - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +5.88% -15.00%

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 2,167 2,256 6,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.33% 8.27% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,625 1,578 4,680
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,588
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 30 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 30 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 -21 208 £42,500 +3.66% 57
Midlands -28 183 £40,000 -5.88% 41
South East -35 171 £50,000 +11.11% 100
East of England -1 132 £44,689 +33.40% 36
West Midlands -5 123 £42,500 -5.56% 27
North West -12 120 £50,000 +9.58% 18
South West -11 94 £30,022 -37.46% 34
Yorkshire -27 81 £35,500 +20.34% 31
East Midlands -46 60 £37,500 +7.14% 14
Scotland -18 38 £36,000 +10.77% 10
Wales -8 27 £40,000 +6.67% 10
North East -34 7 £63,076 +97.11% 10
Northern Ireland -39 7 £46,000 -12.38% 5
Isle of Man +3 6 £45,000 +30.43%
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 28 (3.25%) Confluence
3 10 (1.16%) CMS
4 7 (0.81%) IIS
5 5 (0.58%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.35%) govService
6 3 (0.35%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
Applications
1 76 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (8.35%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (3.02%) 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
Cloud Services
1 664 (77.03%) Microsoft 365
2 369 (42.81%) Azure
3 267 (30.97%) Entra ID
4 202 (23.43%) OneDrive
5 178 (20.65%) Power Platform
6 100 (11.60%) PowerApps
7 98 (11.37%) Power Automate
8 44 (5.10%) SaaS
9 36 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 31 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 30 (3.48%) Microsoft Copilot
11 30 (3.48%) Mimecast
12 29 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 21 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (2.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 15 (1.74%) AWS
17 12 (1.39%) Serverless
18 11 (1.28%) Azure Functions
19 10 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 180 (20.88%) DNS
2 162 (18.79%) Firewall
3 158 (18.33%) DHCP
4 122 (14.15%) VPN
5 84 (9.74%) Wi-Fi
6 76 (8.82%) VLAN
7 74 (8.58%) LAN
8 73 (8.47%) WAN
9 56 (6.50%) VoIP
10 42 (4.87%) TCP/IP
11 20 (2.32%) Wireless
12 13 (1.51%) Internet
12 13 (1.51%) IPsec
13 12 (1.39%) WLAN
14 11 (1.28%) Intranet
15 10 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (1.04%) Network Security
17 7 (0.81%) Broadband
17 7 (0.81%) Ethernet
18 6 (0.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (12.99%) Power BI
2 52 (6.03%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.55%) 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%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.46%) Power Query
9 3 (0.35%) MySQL
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%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
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 51 (5.92%) 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
1 356 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.98%) Finance
3 63 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (5.68%) Legal
6 46 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.34%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.64%) Manufacturing
8 37 (4.29%) Law
9 22 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.44%) Retail
11 16 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.74%) Advertising
13 13 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.04%) Marketing
15 5 (0.58%) Banking
15 5 (0.58%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.46%) Local Government
16 4 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 249 (28.89%) IT Support
2 150 (17.40%) Support Engineer
3 138 (16.01%) IT Engineer
4 116 (13.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 104 (12.06%) Senior
6 98 (11.37%) Analyst
7 93 (10.79%) Developer
8 74 (8.58%) Support Technician
9 68 (7.89%) IT Technician
10 65 (7.54%) 2nd Line Support
11 64 (7.42%) Support Analyst
12 60 (6.96%) IT Support Technician
13 46 (5.34%) Consultant
13 46 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 45 (5.22%) IT Analyst
15 41 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
16 40 (4.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 40 (4.64%) 3rd Line Support
16 40 (4.64%) Lead
17 35 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.64%) .NET
2 32 (3.71%) CSS
2 32 (3.71%) HTML
2 32 (3.71%) Microsoft Graph
3 25 (2.90%) SPFx
4 24 (2.78%) JSON
5 23 (2.67%) HTML5 Canvas
6 19 (2.20%) .NET Core
7 11 (1.28%) ASP.NET
8 9 (1.04%) REST
9 7 (0.81%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.81%) Web Services
10 6 (0.70%) React
11 5 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (0.58%) 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
1 117 (13.57%) Driving Licence
2 63 (7.31%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 26 (3.02%) Replication
6 16 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.51%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.16%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.04%) Social Media
11 7 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.81%) FMCG
11 7 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.81%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.70%) Clustering
13 5 (0.58%) CMDB
13 5 (0.58%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.58%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.46%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.46%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 340 (39.44%) Windows
2 167 (19.37%) Windows Server
3 95 (11.02%) Windows 10
4 49 (5.68%) Mac OS
5 39 (4.52%) Android
6 27 (3.13%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.97%) Linux
7 17 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.23%) VMS
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.12%) Unix
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (17.05%) ITIL
3 136 (15.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 134 (15.55%) Customer Service
5 98 (11.37%) Business Intelligence
6 94 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
7 81 (9.40%) Agile
8 78 (9.05%) User Experience
9 66 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 66 (7.66%) Service Delivery
10 64 (7.42%) Project Management
11 61 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
12 58 (6.73%) CRM
13 56 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
14 53 (6.15%) AI
15 52 (6.03%) Mentoring
16 51 (5.92%) Decision-Making
16 51 (5.92%) ERP
17 48 (5.57%) Coaching
18 47 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 114 (13.23%) PowerShell
2 88 (10.21%) SQL
3 37 (4.29%) C#
4 34 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 21 (2.44%) Python
5 21 (2.44%) TypeScript
5 21 (2.44%) VBA
6 17 (1.97%) R
7 10 (1.16%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.46%) Java
9 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.23%) VB
11 1 (0.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 123 (14.27%) Degree
2 69 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 66 (7.66%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.34%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.51%) A+ Certification
7 13 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 11 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.16%) APMP
9 10 (1.16%) MBA
10 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.70%) MCITP
13 5 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (3.02%) GDPR
4 24 (2.78%) SLA
5 23 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 17 (1.97%) 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
11 4 (0.46%) 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
1 346 (40.14%) Active Directory
2 74 (8.58%) Hyper-V
3 49 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.16%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.70%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.70%) DFS Replication
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.35%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) Docker
9 1 (0.12%) Firmware
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
9 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 198 (22.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (1.74%) SCCM
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
Vendors
1 645 (74.83%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.05%) VMware
3 51 (5.92%) Apple
4 36 (4.18%) Veeam
5 26 (3.02%) Adobe
5 26 (3.02%) Cisco
6 22 (2.55%) Meraki
7 19 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
9 13 (1.51%) Sophos
10 12 (1.39%) Citrix
11 10 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
12 8 (0.93%) Logitech
12 8 (0.93%) New Relic
12 8 (0.93%) Splunk
12 8 (0.93%) WatchGuard
12 8 (0.93%) Yealink
13 7 (0.81%) Computacenter
13 7 (0.81%) Dell
13 7 (0.81%) SonicWALL