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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 158 94
Rank change year-on-year +31 -64 +58
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 949 649 1,957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.41% 2.23% 2.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.03% 27.30% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 757 518 1,596
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,663 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% -3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,300 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 2,371 2,377 6,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.52% 8.16% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,823 1,534 4,582
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -11.46%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,633 £70,000
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 31 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 31 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 +39 252 £42,500 +21.43% 62
South East -11 182 £50,000 +17.65% 98
Midlands -2 173 £38,000 -1.30% 48
East of England +29 169 £42,879 +28.00% 33
North West +44 141 £50,000 +16.28% 29
West Midlands +1 116 £40,750 -6.08% 23
Yorkshire +2 95 £36,000 +26.32% 28
South West -21 86 £29,000 -35.56% 30
East Midlands -27 57 £37,500 +7.14% 24
Scotland +11 41 £36,000 +9.09% 11
Wales -10 33 £40,000 -2.44% 6
North East -39 16 £38,772 +21.16% 7
Northern Ireland -33 9 £61,250 +16.67% 2
Isle of Man +4 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
1 338 (35.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (3.48%) Confluence
3 9 (0.95%) IIS
4 7 (0.74%) CMS
5 5 (0.53%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.32%) govService
6 3 (0.32%) SAS
7 2 (0.21%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 80 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (8.32%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.11%) CorelDRAW
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
2 9 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.32%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.21%) Alphatax
7 2 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.11%) FIS Private Capital Suite
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
1 748 (78.82%) Microsoft 365
2 426 (44.89%) Azure
3 299 (31.51%) Entra ID
4 224 (23.60%) OneDrive
5 202 (21.29%) Power Platform
6 111 (11.70%) PowerApps
7 109 (11.49%) Power Automate
8 52 (5.48%) SaaS
9 43 (4.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
11 33 (3.48%) Microsoft Purview
11 33 (3.48%) Mimecast
12 29 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 28 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (2.11%) AWS
15 19 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 14 (1.48%) Serverless
17 12 (1.26%) IaaS
17 12 (1.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 196 (20.65%) Firewall
2 194 (20.44%) DNS
3 164 (17.28%) DHCP
4 135 (14.23%) VPN
5 96 (10.12%) Wi-Fi
6 84 (8.85%) VLAN
7 72 (7.59%) WAN
8 71 (7.48%) LAN
9 63 (6.64%) VoIP
10 48 (5.06%) TCP/IP
11 29 (3.06%) Wireless
12 14 (1.48%) Internet
13 11 (1.16%) Intranet
13 11 (1.16%) Network Security
13 11 (1.16%) WLAN
14 10 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (1.05%) SAN
15 9 (0.95%) IPsec
16 7 (0.74%) Broadband
17 6 (0.63%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (12.75%) Power BI
2 59 (6.22%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.16%) Metadata
6 9 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.42%) Power Query
9 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) DataStage
10 2 (0.21%) MySQL
10 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.21%) 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 60 (6.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.53%) Postman
3 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.42%) Git
4 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.21%) Selenium
5 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 396 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.38%) Finance
3 79 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.95%) Legal
5 64 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (4.74%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.21%) Manufacturing
8 38 (4.00%) Law
9 29 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.42%) Retail
11 18 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.58%) Advertising
13 13 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.84%) Local Government
15 7 (0.74%) Marketing
16 6 (0.63%) Games
17 5 (0.53%) Banking
17 5 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.32%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 269 (28.35%) IT Support
2 160 (16.86%) Support Engineer
3 152 (16.02%) IT Engineer
4 137 (14.44%) Senior
5 128 (13.49%) IT Support Engineer
6 109 (11.49%) Analyst
7 94 (9.91%) Developer
8 80 (8.43%) Support Technician
9 79 (8.32%) IT Technician
10 74 (7.80%) Support Analyst
11 67 (7.06%) 2nd Line Support
12 66 (6.95%) IT Support Technician
13 55 (5.80%) IT Analyst
14 54 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 47 (4.95%) IT Support Analyst
16 43 (4.53%) 3rd Line Support
16 43 (4.53%) Senior Developer
17 41 (4.32%) Consultant
18 40 (4.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 40 (4.21%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.21%) .NET
2 35 (3.69%) HTML
3 34 (3.58%) CSS
4 32 (3.37%) Microsoft Graph
5 23 (2.42%) JSON
5 23 (2.42%) SPFx
6 22 (2.32%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (2.00%) .NET Core
8 12 (1.26%) REST
9 10 (1.05%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.95%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.95%) React
11 7 (0.74%) Web Services
12 6 (0.63%) Node.js
13 5 (0.53%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.53%) Razor View Engine
13 5 (0.53%) Swagger
14 4 (0.42%) ASP.NET Core
14 4 (0.42%) Gherkin
14 4 (0.42%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 105 (11.06%) Driving Licence
2 79 (8.32%) Onboarding
3 46 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.74%) Replication
6 18 (1.90%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.16%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.05%) Clustering
10 10 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.95%) Security Posture
12 8 (0.84%) CMDB
12 8 (0.84%) Social Media
13 6 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (0.63%) FMCG
14 5 (0.53%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.42%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 379 (39.94%) Windows
2 190 (20.02%) Windows Server
3 85 (8.96%) Windows 10
4 57 (6.01%) Mac OS
5 45 (4.74%) Android
6 30 (3.16%) Apple iOS
7 20 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (1.69%) Linux
10 9 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.21%) 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
1 298 (31.40%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (20.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 169 (17.81%) ITIL
4 158 (16.65%) Customer Service
5 126 (13.28%) Cybersecurity
6 112 (11.80%) Business Intelligence
7 96 (10.12%) User Experience
8 85 (8.96%) Service Delivery
9 82 (8.64%) Agile
10 77 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 71 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
12 67 (7.06%) CRM
12 67 (7.06%) Project Management
13 66 (6.95%) Technical Leadership
14 65 (6.85%) AI
15 61 (6.43%) Coaching
16 60 (6.32%) ERP
16 60 (6.32%) Service Management
16 60 (6.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 59 (6.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (13.80%) PowerShell
2 103 (10.85%) SQL
3 41 (4.32%) C#
4 37 (3.90%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.32%) TypeScript
6 18 (1.90%) VBA
7 17 (1.79%) R
8 16 (1.69%) Python
9 9 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.42%) C
11 4 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.32%) Java
13 1 (0.11%) Bash
13 1 (0.11%) Bicep
13 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 140 (14.75%) Degree
2 78 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (6.43%) Security Cleared
4 44 (4.64%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.90%) A+ Certification
5 18 (1.90%) Azure Certification
6 16 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (0.84%) APMP
12 8 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.84%) MBA
13 7 (0.74%) CCNA
13 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 33 (3.48%) GDPR
4 27 (2.85%) SLA
5 26 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 20 (2.11%) QA
7 18 (1.90%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.16%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.84%) PMO
10 5 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.53%) NIST
11 4 (0.42%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.11%) COSHH
14 1 (0.11%) GxP
14 1 (0.11%) NCSC
14 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 379 (39.94%) Active Directory
2 90 (9.48%) Hyper-V
3 67 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.84%) vSphere
8 7 (0.74%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.63%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.63%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.32%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.11%) Docker
11 1 (0.11%) Firmware
11 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.11%) XenApp
11 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 222 (23.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (2.21%) Jamf Pro
2 21 (2.21%) SCCM
2 21 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (1.16%) FortiGate
4 9 (0.95%) Backup Exec
5 7 (0.74%) Terraform
5 7 (0.74%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.74%) vRealize
6 2 (0.21%) cPanel
6 2 (0.21%) Plesk
7 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.11%) Autotask
7 1 (0.11%) CASB
7 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.11%) MOM
Vendors
1 740 (77.98%) Microsoft
2 95 (10.01%) VMware
3 61 (6.43%) Apple
4 51 (5.37%) Veeam
5 42 (4.43%) Cisco
6 29 (3.06%) Adobe
7 28 (2.95%) Meraki
8 24 (2.53%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
9 19 (2.00%) SonicWALL
10 11 (1.16%) Sophos
10 11 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
11 10 (1.05%) Datto
11 10 (1.05%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.05%) WatchGuard
12 9 (0.95%) Computacenter
12 9 (0.95%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.95%) Google
13 8 (0.84%) Logitech
13 8 (0.84%) Yealink