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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 143 91
Rank change year-on-year +11 -52 +66
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 887 695 1,956
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.36% 2.42% 2.84%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.03% 28.97% 28.85%
Number of salaries quoted 694 557 1,608
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £58,522 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +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 2,216 2,399 6,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.39% 8.35% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 1,573 4,677
10th Percentile £27,343 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +16 227 £42,500 +6.25% 56
Midlands -19 177 £40,000 -3.61% 40
South East -11 170 £50,000 +17.65% 103
East of England +18 145 £43,939 +31.16% 36
North West +22 128 £50,000 +9.58% 21
West Midlands -5 119 £42,500 -5.56% 24
South West -12 91 £29,500 -37.89% 38
Yorkshire -11 89 £37,500 +29.31% 28
East Midlands -34 58 £37,500 +7.14% 14
Scotland +2 39 £36,000 +10.77% 14
Wales -3 29 £40,000 +6.67% 10
North East -35 10 £57,038 +78.24% 7
Northern Ireland -33 7 £46,000 -12.38% 3
Isle of Man +5 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
1 323 (36.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.38%) Confluence
3 9 (1.01%) CMS
4 7 (0.79%) IIS
5 5 (0.56%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.34%) govService
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 76 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (8.34%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.11%) InDesign
6 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.23%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.11%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 686 (77.34%) Microsoft 365
2 386 (43.52%) Azure
3 278 (31.34%) Entra ID
4 216 (24.35%) OneDrive
5 191 (21.53%) Power Platform
6 104 (11.72%) Power Automate
7 103 (11.61%) PowerApps
8 50 (5.64%) SaaS
9 38 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 34 (3.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 32 (3.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 31 (3.49%) Mimecast
13 29 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 17 (1.92%) AWS
18 14 (1.58%) Serverless
19 12 (1.35%) PaaS
20 11 (1.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 179 (20.18%) DNS
2 171 (19.28%) Firewall
3 153 (17.25%) DHCP
4 123 (13.87%) VPN
5 89 (10.03%) Wi-Fi
6 76 (8.57%) VLAN
7 75 (8.46%) LAN
8 74 (8.34%) WAN
9 57 (6.43%) VoIP
10 40 (4.51%) TCP/IP
11 21 (2.37%) Wireless
12 15 (1.69%) Internet
13 13 (1.47%) WLAN
14 12 (1.35%) Intranet
14 12 (1.35%) IPsec
15 9 (1.01%) Network Security
15 9 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.90%) SAN
17 7 (0.79%) Broadband
18 6 (0.68%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (12.97%) Power BI
2 53 (5.98%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.13%) Metadata
5 10 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.45%) Power Query
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) MySQL
10 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.11%) EDMS
11 1 (0.11%) GIS
11 1 (0.11%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 52 (5.86%) JIRA
2 3 (0.34%) Postman
2 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.23%) Git
3 2 (0.23%) Selenium
3 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 355 (40.02%) Social Skills
2 95 (10.71%) Finance
3 71 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (5.98%) Legal
6 47 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.96%) Public Sector
8 42 (4.74%) Manufacturing
9 35 (3.95%) Law
10 27 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.48%) Retail
12 18 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.69%) Advertising
14 11 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.90%) Marketing
16 6 (0.68%) Local Government
17 5 (0.56%) Banking
17 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.56%) Tech for Good
18 4 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 243 (27.40%) IT Support
2 142 (16.01%) Support Engineer
3 133 (14.99%) IT Engineer
4 119 (13.42%) Senior
5 111 (12.51%) IT Support Engineer
6 100 (11.27%) Analyst
7 94 (10.60%) Developer
8 74 (8.34%) Support Technician
9 72 (8.12%) IT Technician
10 65 (7.33%) Support Analyst
11 62 (6.99%) 2nd Line Support
12 60 (6.76%) IT Support Technician
13 48 (5.41%) IT Analyst
14 45 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 44 (4.96%) Consultant
16 41 (4.62%) IT Support Analyst
17 40 (4.51%) 3rd Line Support
17 40 (4.51%) Lead
18 38 (4.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 37 (4.17%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.62%) .NET
2 34 (3.83%) HTML
3 33 (3.72%) CSS
4 32 (3.61%) Microsoft Graph
5 24 (2.71%) JSON
5 24 (2.71%) SPFx
6 23 (2.59%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (2.14%) .NET Core
8 12 (1.35%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.24%) REST
10 9 (1.01%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.90%) React
12 6 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.68%) Web Services
13 5 (0.56%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.56%) Node.js
13 5 (0.56%) Razor View Engine
14 4 (0.45%) Middleware
14 4 (0.45%) XML
15 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 103 (11.61%) Driving Licence
2 63 (7.10%) Onboarding
3 35 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 35 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (2.93%) Replication
5 15 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (1.47%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.13%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.90%) Clustering
10 8 (0.90%) FMCG
10 8 (0.90%) Social Media
11 7 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.79%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.56%) CMDB
12 5 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
12 5 (0.56%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.45%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 346 (39.01%) Windows
2 172 (19.39%) Windows Server
3 81 (9.13%) Windows 10
4 49 (5.52%) Mac OS
5 42 (4.74%) Android
6 28 (3.16%) Apple iOS
7 18 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.80%) Linux
9 15 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.23%) VMS
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) Unix
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (30.55%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (17.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 153 (17.25%) ITIL
4 133 (14.99%) Customer Service
5 106 (11.95%) Business Intelligence
6 102 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
7 85 (9.58%) User Experience
8 82 (9.24%) Agile
9 67 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 66 (7.44%) Service Delivery
11 63 (7.10%) CRM
12 62 (6.99%) Project Management
13 61 (6.88%) Technical Leadership
14 59 (6.65%) ERP
15 58 (6.54%) AI
15 58 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 56 (6.31%) Coaching
16 56 (6.31%) Disaster Recovery
16 56 (6.31%) Mentoring
17 51 (5.75%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (13.30%) PowerShell
2 96 (10.82%) SQL
3 40 (4.51%) C#
4 37 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.48%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.03%) VBA
7 17 (1.92%) R
8 16 (1.80%) Python
9 9 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.45%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.34%) Java
13 2 (0.23%) C
14 1 (0.11%) Bash
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 126 (14.21%) Degree
2 70 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 43 (4.85%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.69%) A+ Certification
7 13 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.35%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (0.90%) APMP
11 8 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.90%) MBA
11 8 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.68%) MCITP
14 5 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (3.27%) GDPR
4 24 (2.71%) SLA
5 22 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 18 (2.03%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.92%) QA
8 10 (1.13%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.01%) PMO
10 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.56%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.45%) NIST
12 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.23%) WCAG
15 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 353 (39.80%) Active Directory
2 77 (8.68%) Hyper-V
3 54 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (1.01%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.79%) vSphere
7 6 (0.68%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.68%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.45%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) Docker
9 1 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) XenApp
9 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 202 (22.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (2.14%) SCCM
3 18 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (1.24%) FortiGate
6 10 (1.13%) Terraform
7 9 (1.01%) Backup Exec
7 9 (1.01%) vRealize
8 7 (0.79%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) Autotask
9 1 (0.11%) CASB
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.11%) MOM
Vendors
1 668 (75.31%) Microsoft
2 82 (9.24%) VMware
3 53 (5.98%) Apple
4 42 (4.74%) Veeam
5 29 (3.27%) Cisco
6 28 (3.16%) Adobe
7 24 (2.71%) Meraki
8 20 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (1.24%) Citrix
10 11 (1.24%) Sophos
11 10 (1.13%) SonicWALL
12 9 (1.01%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.01%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (0.90%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.90%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.90%) New Relic
13 8 (0.90%) Splunk
13 8 (0.90%) WatchGuard
13 8 (0.90%) Yealink