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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 144 104
Rank change year-on-year +31 -40 +30
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 1,162 751 1,394
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 2.18% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.11% 28.21% 29.05%
Number of salaries quoted 936 591 1,087
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,219 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -9.41% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £73,125 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% -10.00%

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 2,897 2,662 4,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.82% 7.74% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,177 1,768 3,073
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,438 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £71,991
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% -4.81%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +58 317 £42,500 +21.43% 80
South East -9 252 £50,000 +25.00% 126
East of England +46 216 £40,000 -1.23% 44
North West +40 156 £51,000 +27.50% 39
Midlands -18 154 £38,500 - 48
Yorkshire +39 133 £38,772 +36.04% 31
South West -41 103 £34,500 -21.14% 34
West Midlands -17 93 £42,500 -4.01% 29
Scotland +60 68 £28,500 -24.00% 29
East Midlands -19 61 £37,500 -1.32% 19
Wales -20 42 £38,500 -4.94% 7
North East -32 28 £47,500 +48.44% 11
Northern Ireland - 6 £63,500 - 6
Isle of Man +1 4 £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
1 439 (37.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (2.84%) Confluence
3 15 (1.29%) IIS
4 11 (0.95%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.86%) CMS
6 5 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.26%) Apache
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.86%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.86%) CorelDRAW
6 9 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.086%) InDesign
10 1 (0.086%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.086%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.34%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.086%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.086%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.086%) Shopify
7 1 (0.086%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 930 (80.03%) Microsoft 365
2 532 (45.78%) Azure
3 409 (35.20%) Entra ID
4 269 (23.15%) Power Platform
5 267 (22.98%) OneDrive
6 164 (14.11%) Power Automate
7 155 (13.34%) PowerApps
8 96 (8.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 79 (6.80%) SaaS
10 54 (4.65%) Mimecast
11 51 (4.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 49 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 25 (2.15%) AWS
16 23 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
18 21 (1.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 16 (1.38%) Google Workspace
19 16 (1.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 240 (20.65%) Firewall
2 231 (19.88%) DNS
3 200 (17.21%) DHCP
4 156 (13.43%) VPN
5 109 (9.38%) VLAN
6 106 (9.12%) Wi-Fi
7 84 (7.23%) VoIP
8 73 (6.28%) TCP/IP
9 71 (6.11%) LAN
10 66 (5.68%) WAN
11 62 (5.34%) Wireless
12 21 (1.81%) Network Security
13 16 (1.38%) SSL
14 14 (1.20%) SAN
15 13 (1.12%) Internet
16 12 (1.03%) Skype
17 11 (0.95%) Broadband
18 9 (0.77%) Intranet
19 8 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
19 8 (0.69%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (11.36%) Power BI
2 45 (3.87%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (0.95%) Metadata
5 9 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.34%) Power Query
9 3 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.17%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.17%) DataStage
10 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.17%) GIS
10 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.086%) EDMS
11 1 (0.086%) MySQL
11 1 (0.086%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 81 (6.97%) JIRA
2 5 (0.43%) Git
2 5 (0.43%) Postman
3 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.17%) Selenium
5 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.086%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.086%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 518 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 144 (12.39%) Finance
3 113 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.43%) Legal
5 85 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
6 60 (5.16%) Manufacturing
7 51 (4.39%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.44%) Law
9 34 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 28 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.41%) Retail
11 25 (2.15%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.29%) Local Government
13 12 (1.03%) Advertising
14 9 (0.77%) Banking
14 9 (0.77%) Marketing
15 7 (0.60%) Legal Technology
15 7 (0.60%) Military
16 5 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 328 (28.23%) IT Support
2 198 (17.04%) Support Engineer
3 195 (16.78%) IT Engineer
4 177 (15.23%) Senior
5 174 (14.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 124 (10.67%) Analyst
6 124 (10.67%) Developer
7 93 (8.00%) IT Technician
8 81 (6.97%) Support Analyst
9 80 (6.88%) Support Technician
10 69 (5.94%) IT Support Technician
11 65 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 63 (5.42%) IT Analyst
13 60 (5.16%) 2nd Line Support
14 55 (4.73%) Administrator
14 55 (4.73%) IT Support Analyst
15 54 (4.65%) Consultant
16 52 (4.48%) Lead
17 51 (4.39%) 3rd Line Support
17 51 (4.39%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (4.48%) HTML
2 43 (3.70%) CSS
2 43 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
3 39 (3.36%) .NET
4 34 (2.93%) SPFx
5 33 (2.84%) HTML5 Canvas
6 25 (2.15%) JSON
7 19 (1.64%) .NET Core
8 14 (1.20%) REST
9 11 (0.95%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.95%) React
10 9 (0.77%) XML
11 8 (0.69%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.60%) Razor View Engine
13 6 (0.52%) Node.js
14 5 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.43%) Swagger
15 4 (0.34%) Entity Framework
15 4 (0.34%) Gherkin
15 4 (0.34%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 135 (11.62%) Driving Licence
2 102 (8.78%) Onboarding
3 71 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 50 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 22 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (1.81%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.64%) Clustering
9 18 (1.55%) Security Posture
10 16 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 16 (1.38%) Replication
11 14 (1.20%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.03%) CMDB
13 10 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.86%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.77%) CCTV
14 9 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
14 9 (0.77%) IoT
15 8 (0.69%) Social Media
16 7 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 459 (39.50%) Windows
2 240 (20.65%) Windows Server
3 108 (9.29%) Windows 10
4 85 (7.31%) Mac OS
5 38 (3.27%) Android
6 30 (2.58%) Apple iOS
7 27 (2.32%) Linux
8 21 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.26%) VMS
12 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 211 (18.16%) Customer Service
4 185 (15.92%) ITIL
5 174 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
6 133 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
7 120 (10.33%) Service Delivery
8 117 (10.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 114 (9.81%) AI
10 111 (9.55%) User Experience
11 99 (8.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 97 (8.35%) Project Delivery
12 97 (8.35%) Service Management
13 95 (8.18%) Agile
14 94 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
15 88 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 87 (7.49%) CRM
16 87 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
17 84 (7.23%) Mentoring
18 75 (6.45%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 177 (15.23%) PowerShell
2 117 (10.07%) SQL
3 62 (5.34%) JavaScript
4 57 (4.91%) C#
5 30 (2.58%) R
6 26 (2.24%) Python
7 25 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.46%) VBA
9 7 (0.60%) C
9 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.52%) Ruby
11 3 (0.26%) Bicep
11 3 (0.26%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.26%) Java
11 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.086%) Bash
12 1 (0.086%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.086%) VB
Qualifications
1 173 (14.89%) Degree
2 117 (10.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (5.25%) Security Cleared
4 53 (4.56%) SC Cleared
5 34 (2.93%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 25 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (1.64%) CCNA
9 16 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
10 15 (1.29%) A+ Certification
11 13 (1.12%) HND
12 12 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.86%) HNC
15 9 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (0.69%) DV Cleared
17 6 (0.52%) MCSA
18 5 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
1 67 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (4.56%) GDPR
3 33 (2.84%) SLA
4 30 (2.58%) QA
5 20 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 18 (1.55%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.29%) ISO 9001
8 14 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.69%) PMO
10 7 (0.60%) NIST
11 5 (0.43%) COSHH
11 5 (0.43%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.43%) NCSC
11 5 (0.43%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.34%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.086%) AQAP
15 1 (0.086%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 462 (39.76%) Active Directory
2 116 (9.98%) Hyper-V
3 100 (8.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.64%) vSphere
5 16 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 8 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.34%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.26%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.086%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 290 (24.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
3 21 (1.81%) SCCM
4 15 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.60%) Terraform
8 4 (0.34%) Ansible
9 3 (0.26%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.26%) cPanel
9 3 (0.26%) Plesk
9 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.17%) vRealize
11 1 (0.086%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.086%) Nessus
11 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.086%) Puppet
11 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 966 (83.13%) Microsoft
2 123 (10.59%) VMware
3 75 (6.45%) Cisco
4 65 (5.59%) Veeam
5 57 (4.91%) Apple
6 33 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
7 32 (2.75%) Meraki
7 32 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.50%) SonicWALL
9 25 (2.15%) Adobe
10 18 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 16 (1.38%) Datto
11 16 (1.38%) Google
11 16 (1.38%) Ubiquiti
12 14 (1.20%) Aruba
12 14 (1.20%) Sophos
13 13 (1.12%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.95%) Fortinet
14 11 (0.95%) Sage
15 10 (0.86%) HP