SharePoint Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft SharePoint
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SharePoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 90 97
Rank change year-on-year -21 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 91 86 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.07% 2.50% 2.52%
As % of the Application Platforms category 34.87% 29.45% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 67 77 127
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,100 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £44,275 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% -1.61% +5.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,688 £59,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £82,000
England median annual salary £44,621 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.99% -10.53% -5.00%

All Application Platform Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 261 292 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.06% 8.48% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 194 202 339
10th Percentile £30,575 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,792 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +11.11% -9.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £73,750 £75,772
England median annual salary £51,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.01% -2.39% -4.35%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SharePoint
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SharePoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SharePoint in the West Midlands

SharePoint
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Birmingham -10 38 £60,500 +34.44% 26
Staffordshire -1 13 £35,000 -34.81% 4
Shropshire -17 12 £39,000 +36.84% 2
Warwickshire -6 7 £34,500 -38.94% 5
Worcestershire -25 5 £27,000 -12.90% 6
Willenhall - 4 £27,000 -
Coventry -18 3 £50,000 +51.52%
Herefordshire -18 1 £52,500 -30.00% 1
West Bromwich - 1 £47,500 -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 24 (26.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.69%) IIS
3 5 (5.49%) SharePoint 2013
3 5 (5.49%) Skype for Business
4 4 (4.40%) Apache
4 4 (4.40%) nginx
5 3 (3.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.10%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (63.74%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (48.35%) Azure
3 28 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 15 (16.48%) Power Platform
5 11 (12.09%) Power Automate
6 10 (10.99%) OneDrive
7 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (8.79%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.49%) PaaS
9 4 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.20%) SaaS
11 1 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.10%) IaaS
11 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.58%) Firewall
2 12 (13.19%) DNS
3 9 (9.89%) VPN
4 8 (8.79%) DHCP
5 6 (6.59%) LAN
5 6 (6.59%) WAN
6 5 (5.49%) Skype
7 4 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.40%) Wireless
8 2 (2.20%) VLAN
9 1 (1.10%) BIG-IP
9 1 (1.10%) Broadband
9 1 (1.10%) Ethernet
9 1 (1.10%) PBX
9 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.10%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.59%) Power BI
3 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.10%) EDMS
5 1 (1.10%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Selenium
2 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.10%) Carbide.c++
General
1 53 (58.24%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.18%) Finance
3 20 (21.98%) Legal
4 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Law
5 7 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Local Government
7 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.20%) Retail
9 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.10%) Games
9 1 (1.10%) iGaming
9 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) IT Support
2 16 (17.58%) IT Engineer
3 15 (16.48%) Support Engineer
4 14 (15.38%) Senior
5 11 (12.09%) Analyst
5 11 (12.09%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (10.99%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (8.79%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 8 (8.79%) SharePoint Engineer
7 8 (8.79%) Support Analyst
7 8 (8.79%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) Developer
9 6 (6.59%) IT Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
10 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 4 (4.40%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.88%) Management Information System
2 15 (16.48%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.59%) BYOD
3 6 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.49%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.40%) Clustering
5 4 (4.40%) Replication
5 4 (4.40%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.30%) CMDB
6 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.20%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.10%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.10%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.10%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 38 (41.76%) Windows
2 21 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.49%) Android
4 5 (5.49%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.40%) Linux
5 4 (4.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.66%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (37.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (18.68%) ITIL
4 14 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 13 (14.29%) AI
6 12 (13.19%) Problem Management
7 11 (12.09%) Customer Service
8 10 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (10.99%) Load Balancing
9 9 (9.89%) CRM
9 9 (9.89%) Platform Engineering
9 9 (9.89%) User Experience
10 8 (8.79%) Agile
10 8 (8.79%) Identity Management
10 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (8.79%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (8.79%) Web SSO
11 7 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (6.59%) Information Security
12 6 (6.59%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.98%) PowerShell
2 14 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (2.20%) Java
3 2 (2.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (13.19%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.09%) Degree
3 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.49%) A+ Certification
5 4 (4.40%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.40%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.20%) MCITP
6 2 (2.20%) MCSE
7 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.10%) CCNA
7 1 (1.10%) CIPD
7 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.59%) SLA
2 5 (5.49%) COSHH
2 5 (5.49%) ISO 14001
2 5 (5.49%) ISO 9001
2 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.49%) NEBOSH
2 5 (5.49%) QA
3 3 (3.30%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.20%) PMO
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.10%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 26 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 14 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.49%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.30%) vSphere
5 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.49%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.30%) SCCM
4 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 60 (65.93%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.88%) VMware
3 9 (9.89%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.59%) Dell
4 6 (6.59%) McAfee
4 6 (6.59%) Sophos
5 4 (4.40%) Citrix
5 4 (4.40%) SonicWALL
6 3 (3.30%) Cisco
7 2 (2.20%) Apple
7 2 (2.20%) Oracle
7 2 (2.20%) Samsung
7 2 (2.20%) SAP
7 2 (2.20%) Veeam
8 1 (1.10%) F5
8 1 (1.10%) Google
8 1 (1.10%) Kaseya
8 1 (1.10%) Meraki