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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 157 113
Rank change year-on-year +58 -44 +14
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,362 705 1,161
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.62% 2.05% 2.10%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.22% 29.50% 28.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 554 739
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -5.00%

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 3,080 2,390 4,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.66% 6.96% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,192 1,609 2,198
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £28,011
25th Percentile £33,188 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,418 £73,750 £71,991
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -1.79%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +74 368 £42,500 +11.84% 130
South East +18 298 £45,000 +10.29% 177
East of England +66 242 £37,500 -7.41% 56
Midlands -5 195 £40,000 - 94
North West +50 175 £47,500 +18.75% 76
Yorkshire +47 155 £38,772 +33.70% 44
West Midlands -6 123 £45,000 +2.27% 50
South West -59 109 £36,250 -9.38% 67
Scotland +38 75 £31,500 -10.00% 41
East Midlands -41 72 £37,500 -2.60% 44
Wales -37 44 £32,000 -20.99% 15
North East -30 38 £47,500 +43.08% 11
Northern Ireland - 32 £63,000 - 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
1 488 (35.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.42%) CMS
3 30 (2.20%) Confluence
4 27 (1.98%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (1.32%) IIS
6 16 (1.17%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.59%) Apache
7 8 (0.59%) nginx
8 5 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.22%) SAS
9 3 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.073%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 127 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 99 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.95%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.73%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.22%) Revit
11 2 (0.15%) Navisworks
11 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
11 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.073%) InDesign
12 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.29%) Shopify
5 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.073%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,035 (75.99%) Microsoft 365
2 583 (42.80%) Azure
3 473 (34.73%) Entra ID
4 354 (25.99%) Power Platform
5 302 (22.17%) OneDrive
6 210 (15.42%) PowerApps
7 201 (14.76%) Power Automate
8 133 (9.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 84 (6.17%) Dynamics 365
9 84 (6.17%) SaaS
10 69 (5.07%) Microsoft Purview
11 61 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
12 45 (3.30%) Mimecast
13 31 (2.28%) AWS
14 27 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
15 26 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
16 25 (1.84%) IaaS
17 20 (1.47%) Google Workspace
18 19 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (1.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 270 (19.82%) Firewall
2 252 (18.50%) DNS
3 214 (15.71%) DHCP
4 180 (13.22%) VPN
5 127 (9.32%) VLAN
6 122 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
7 90 (6.61%) VoIP
8 84 (6.17%) TCP/IP
9 82 (6.02%) Wireless
10 69 (5.07%) LAN
11 67 (4.92%) WAN
12 28 (2.06%) Network Security
13 21 (1.54%) SSL
14 17 (1.25%) Skype
15 16 (1.17%) Intranet
16 15 (1.10%) PBX
17 14 (1.03%) Internet
18 12 (0.88%) Broadband
19 11 (0.81%) Cisco Wireless
19 11 (0.81%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (13.14%) Power BI
2 50 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.88%) Metadata
5 10 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.66%) GIS
7 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.29%) Power Query
9 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.22%) EDMS
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.073%) MySQL
11 1 (0.073%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.073%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (5.65%) JIRA
2 23 (1.69%) Git
3 5 (0.37%) Postman
4 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.22%) Selenium
5 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.15%) JUnit
6 2 (0.15%) Mockito
6 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.073%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 678 (49.78%) Social Skills
2 202 (14.83%) Finance
3 140 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
5 91 (6.68%) Legal
6 71 (5.21%) Manufacturing
7 68 (4.99%) Public Sector
8 41 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.86%) Marketing
10 36 (2.64%) Law
11 34 (2.50%) Retail
12 28 (2.06%) Publishing
12 28 (2.06%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
15 22 (1.62%) Local Government
16 12 (0.88%) Advertising
16 12 (0.88%) Games
17 10 (0.73%) Legal Technology
18 9 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 344 (25.26%) IT Support
2 228 (16.74%) Support Engineer
3 218 (16.01%) Senior
4 217 (15.93%) IT Engineer
5 195 (14.32%) IT Support Engineer
6 147 (10.79%) Developer
7 140 (10.28%) Analyst
8 97 (7.12%) Support Analyst
9 90 (6.61%) IT Technician
10 73 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
11 71 (5.21%) Support Technician
12 66 (4.85%) Administrator
12 66 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 64 (4.70%) Lead
14 61 (4.48%) Consultant
14 61 (4.48%) IT Support Technician
15 57 (4.19%) IT Analyst
16 50 (3.67%) 1st Line Support
16 50 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
17 48 (3.52%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.19%) HTML
2 46 (3.38%) CSS
3 41 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
4 33 (2.42%) .NET
5 32 (2.35%) HTML5 Canvas
5 32 (2.35%) SPFx
6 27 (1.98%) JSON
7 16 (1.17%) .NET Core
8 15 (1.10%) REST
9 13 (0.95%) React
10 12 (0.88%) XML
11 10 (0.73%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.59%) Terraform
13 7 (0.51%) Middleware
13 7 (0.51%) Razor View Engine
14 6 (0.44%) Playwright
14 6 (0.44%) XSLT
15 5 (0.37%) Node.js
15 5 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 155 (11.38%) Driving Licence
2 137 (10.06%) Onboarding
3 124 (9.10%) Management Information System
4 73 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (2.35%) AI Agents
6 27 (1.98%) Blog
6 27 (1.98%) Marketing Technology
7 25 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 18 (1.32%) Clustering
10 18 (1.32%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.25%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 15 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.03%) CMDB
14 13 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
15 11 (0.81%) iPad
15 11 (0.81%) Social Media
16 10 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 536 (39.35%) Windows
2 269 (19.75%) Windows Server
3 105 (7.71%) Windows 10
4 77 (5.65%) Mac OS
5 37 (2.72%) Apple iOS
6 33 (2.42%) Linux
7 32 (2.35%) Android
8 25 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.66%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) VMS
13 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.073%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (32.89%) Problem-Solving
2 329 (24.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 264 (19.38%) Customer Service
4 216 (15.86%) Cybersecurity
5 194 (14.24%) ITIL
6 174 (12.78%) AI
7 159 (11.67%) Business Intelligence
8 149 (10.94%) Service Delivery
9 137 (10.06%) Project Delivery
10 132 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
11 129 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 124 (9.10%) CRM
13 120 (8.81%) Service Management
14 118 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
15 106 (7.78%) Agile
16 104 (7.64%) Project Management
16 104 (7.64%) Technical Leadership
17 103 (7.56%) User Experience
18 98 (7.20%) Workflow
19 97 (7.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 198 (14.54%) PowerShell
2 118 (8.66%) SQL
3 75 (5.51%) JavaScript
4 73 (5.36%) C#
5 25 (1.84%) Python
6 23 (1.69%) R
6 23 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 12 (0.88%) VBA
8 11 (0.81%) Ruby
9 8 (0.59%) C
10 6 (0.44%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.29%) Java
12 3 (0.22%) Bicep
12 3 (0.22%) C++
12 3 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.073%) Bash
14 1 (0.073%) PHP
14 1 (0.073%) VB
Qualifications
1 190 (13.95%) Degree
2 138 (10.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 65 (4.77%) Security Cleared
4 57 (4.19%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.08%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.50%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
9 22 (1.62%) CCNA
10 20 (1.47%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (0.95%) HND
14 12 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (0.73%) HNC
16 9 (0.66%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.66%) MCSE
17 8 (0.59%) Master's Degree
18 6 (0.44%) MCSA
19 5 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 74 (5.43%) GDPR
3 59 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (3.52%) SLA
5 36 (2.64%) Accessibility
6 34 (2.50%) QA
7 22 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 21 (1.54%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.25%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.59%) PMO
10 8 (0.59%) WCAG
11 7 (0.51%) NIST
12 6 (0.44%) ISO 14001
13 5 (0.37%) COSHH
13 5 (0.37%) NCSC
13 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.29%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.15%) IEC 61131
16 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 512 (37.59%) Active Directory
2 140 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (10.13%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.40%) vSphere
6 16 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.073%) Docker
10 1 (0.073%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 321 (23.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.06%) SCCM
3 20 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.10%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.37%) Ansible
6 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.22%) cPanel
7 3 (0.22%) Plesk
7 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) vRealize
9 1 (0.073%) Nessus
9 1 (0.073%) VxRail
9 1 (0.073%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,147 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 162 (11.89%) VMware
3 81 (5.95%) Cisco
4 70 (5.14%) Veeam
5 57 (4.19%) Apple
6 43 (3.16%) SonicWALL
7 37 (2.72%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.13%) Adobe
9 27 (1.98%) Google
9 27 (1.98%) Sitecore
10 26 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
10 26 (1.91%) Meraki
11 24 (1.76%) HP
12 19 (1.40%) Datto
12 19 (1.40%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.25%) Palo Alto
14 14 (1.03%) Aruba
14 14 (1.03%) Ubiquiti
14 14 (1.03%) WatchGuard