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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 101 87
Rank change year-on-year -28 -14 +76
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 854 716 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.39% 2.75% 2.93%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.64% 31.92% 29.15%
Number of salaries quoted 669 565 1,599
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,925 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.61% +2.47%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £43,586
% change year-on-year -5.56% +3.24% -12.62%

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 2,210 2,243 6,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.60% 8.62% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,635 1,569 4,692
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £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 14 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 14 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 -30 195 £42,039 +2.53% 65
Midlands -14 188 £40,000 -5.88% 46
South East -35 177 £47,500 +5.56% 76
West Midlands +5 125 £42,500 -10.53% 31
East of England -24 122 £37,980 +16.74% 34
North West -17 114 £50,000 +8.54% 35
South West -15 95 £30,522 -34.01% 44
Yorkshire -33 76 £33,000 +10.00% 22
East Midlands -44 63 £37,500 +10.29% 15
Scotland -7 49 £31,500 -3.08% 20
Wales -13 18 £40,000 +6.67% 10
Northern Ireland -43 8 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Isle of Man +3 6 £45,000 +30.43%
North East -38 5 £63,076 +97.11% 9
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
1 303 (35.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.04%) Confluence
3 11 (1.29%) CMS
4 7 (0.82%) IIS
5 4 (0.47%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.47%) WordPress
6 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.35%) govService
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 94 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.47%) 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 28 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.47%) 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
1 633 (74.12%) Microsoft 365
2 360 (42.15%) Azure
3 271 (31.73%) Entra ID
4 179 (20.96%) OneDrive
5 156 (18.27%) Power Platform
6 87 (10.19%) PowerApps
7 80 (9.37%) Power Automate
8 41 (4.80%) SaaS
9 31 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 30 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 28 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 27 (3.16%) Mimecast
13 23 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
16 16 (1.87%) AWS
17 15 (1.76%) Serverless
18 13 (1.52%) Azure Functions
19 10 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 10 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 174 (20.37%) DNS
2 156 (18.27%) DHCP
3 151 (17.68%) Firewall
4 121 (14.17%) VPN
5 77 (9.02%) VLAN
6 76 (8.90%) LAN
7 74 (8.67%) WAN
7 74 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
8 50 (5.85%) VoIP
9 48 (5.62%) TCP/IP
10 26 (3.04%) Network Security
11 18 (2.11%) Wireless
12 13 (1.52%) IPsec
13 12 (1.41%) Intranet
13 12 (1.41%) WLAN
14 11 (1.29%) Internet
15 10 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.94%) Broadband
16 8 (0.94%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (11.12%) Power BI
2 45 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (0.94%) Metadata
6 7 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.59%) MySQL
8 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.35%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.35%) Power Query
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%) GIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.12%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (5.74%) JIRA
2 2 (0.23%) Selenium
2 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 367 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.19%) Finance
3 60 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (5.85%) Legal
6 44 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 42 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (4.80%) Manufacturing
9 37 (4.33%) Law
10 20 (2.34%) Retail
11 15 (1.76%) Advertising
11 15 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.52%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.41%) Marketing
15 5 (0.59%) Banking
15 5 (0.59%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.47%) Local Government
17 3 (0.35%) Games
17 3 (0.35%) German Language
Job Titles
1 251 (29.39%) IT Support
2 153 (17.92%) Support Engineer
3 138 (16.16%) IT Engineer
4 117 (13.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 97 (11.36%) Senior
6 88 (10.30%) Analyst
7 80 (9.37%) Developer
8 79 (9.25%) Support Technician
9 77 (9.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 69 (8.08%) IT Technician
11 63 (7.38%) IT Support Technician
12 57 (6.67%) Support Analyst
13 49 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 46 (5.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 42 (4.92%) IT Analyst
16 41 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 40 (4.68%) Consultant
17 40 (4.68%) Lead
18 38 (4.45%) 3rd Line Support
18 38 (4.45%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.40%) .NET
2 22 (2.58%) CSS
2 22 (2.58%) HTML
3 20 (2.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 15 (1.76%) SPFx
5 14 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
5 14 (1.64%) JSON
6 10 (1.17%) .NET Core
6 10 (1.17%) REST
7 8 (0.94%) Web Services
8 7 (0.82%) ASP.NET
9 5 (0.59%) React
10 4 (0.47%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.47%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (0.47%) Middleware
10 4 (0.47%) Node.js
10 4 (0.47%) XML
11 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.23%) Entity Framework
12 2 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (14.87%) Driving Licence
2 66 (7.73%) Onboarding
3 33 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.04%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.93%) Replication
6 17 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.87%) IoT
8 15 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.64%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.17%) Low-Code
11 8 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (0.82%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.70%) FMCG
13 6 (0.70%) Social Media
14 5 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.59%) CMDB
14 5 (0.59%) Data Structures
15 4 (0.47%) Digital Signage
15 4 (0.47%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 353 (41.33%) Windows
2 176 (20.61%) Windows Server
3 108 (12.65%) Windows 10
4 49 (5.74%) Mac OS
5 40 (4.68%) Android
6 27 (3.16%) Apple iOS
7 23 (2.69%) Linux
8 19 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.05%) 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
1 239 (27.99%) Problem-Solving
2 157 (18.38%) Customer Service
3 153 (17.92%) ITIL
4 132 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 107 (12.53%) Cybersecurity
6 81 (9.48%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (9.25%) Agile
8 77 (9.02%) Service Delivery
9 71 (8.31%) Project Management
10 64 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 61 (7.14%) User Experience
12 53 (6.21%) Coaching
12 53 (6.21%) CRM
12 53 (6.21%) Technical Leadership
13 52 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
14 50 (5.85%) AI
15 49 (5.74%) Mentoring
16 48 (5.62%) Decision-Making
16 48 (5.62%) ERP
17 45 (5.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 103 (12.06%) PowerShell
2 76 (8.90%) SQL
3 24 (2.81%) C#
3 24 (2.81%) JavaScript
4 23 (2.69%) Python
5 21 (2.46%) VBA
6 17 (1.99%) R
7 12 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.17%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.47%) Java
10 2 (0.23%) VB
10 2 (0.23%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.12%) Bash
11 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 117 (13.70%) Degree
2 72 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 65 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (5.62%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (1.87%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 13 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.41%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.41%) APMP
9 12 (1.41%) MBA
10 11 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.05%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.94%) HND
13 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 7 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.70%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (5.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (3.51%) QA
4 29 (3.40%) SLA
5 26 (3.04%) GDPR
6 23 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (1.64%) Data Quality
8 10 (1.17%) PMO
9 9 (1.05%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.59%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.59%) NIST
12 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) WCAG
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 347 (40.63%) Active Directory
2 71 (8.31%) Hyper-V
3 51 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.17%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.70%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.70%) DFS Replication
7 6 (0.70%) vSphere
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.23%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.12%) Docker
10 1 (0.12%) Firmware
10 1 (0.12%) XenApp
10 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 219 (25.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.99%) SCCM
2 17 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (1.76%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.17%) FortiGate
4 10 (1.17%) Terraform
4 10 (1.17%) vRealize
5 9 (1.05%) Backup Exec
6 7 (0.82%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.23%) SCOM
7 2 (0.23%) SCSM
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) Autotask
8 1 (0.12%) CASB
8 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.12%) MOM
8 1 (0.12%) Plesk
Vendors
1 647 (75.76%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.37%) VMware
3 53 (6.21%) Apple
4 37 (4.33%) Veeam
5 27 (3.16%) Cisco
6 21 (2.46%) Meraki
7 20 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.99%) Adobe
8 17 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
9 13 (1.52%) Sophos
10 12 (1.41%) Citrix
11 10 (1.17%) Ubiquiti
12 9 (1.05%) ConnectWise
13 8 (0.94%) Logitech
13 8 (0.94%) New Relic
13 8 (0.94%) Oracle
13 8 (0.94%) SAP
13 8 (0.94%) Splunk
13 8 (0.94%) WatchGuard
13 8 (0.94%) Yealink