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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 106 107
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -14
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 118 66 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.31% 2.06% 2.03%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.73% 25.29% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 88 54 59
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,475 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,688 £58,472
90th Percentile £70,750 £66,000 £74,000
England median annual salary £43,000 £44,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% -12.00% +3.09%

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 297 261 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.30% 8.16% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 195 174 186
10th Percentile £32,200 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,994 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% -6.09% +4.45%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -11 44 £60,000 +37.93% 20
Staffordshire +7 14 £32,500 -39.47% 3
Shropshire -12 14 £39,000 +36.84% 2
Coventry -6 11 £62,500 +89.39% 3
Warwickshire -12 11 £45,000 -25.93% 5
Worcestershire -26 11 £34,000 +9.68% 3
Dudley -15 1 - -
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 41 (34.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (9.32%) IIS
3 8 (6.78%) Apache
3 8 (6.78%) nginx
4 5 (4.24%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.93%) Chatbot
2 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (11.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (66.10%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (52.54%) Azure
3 45 (38.14%) Entra ID
4 29 (24.58%) Power Platform
5 27 (22.88%) Power Automate
6 22 (18.64%) OneDrive
7 18 (15.25%) Microsoft Copilot
8 15 (12.71%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (10.17%) PowerApps
10 8 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (6.78%) Azure Functions
10 8 (6.78%) Serverless
11 6 (5.08%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (4.24%) PaaS
13 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (3.39%) SaaS
14 2 (1.69%) AWS
14 2 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
15 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
15 1 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.73%) DNS
2 27 (22.88%) Firewall
3 20 (16.95%) DHCP
4 19 (16.10%) VPN
5 9 (7.63%) TCP/IP
5 9 (7.63%) WAN
5 9 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (6.78%) LAN
6 8 (6.78%) Wireless
7 7 (5.93%) VLAN
8 5 (4.24%) VoIP
9 3 (2.54%) Broadband
9 3 (2.54%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.69%) Intranet
11 1 (0.85%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.85%) Network Security
11 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.85%) Skype
11 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.10%) SQL Server
2 15 (12.71%) Power BI
3 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.85%) EDMS
4 1 (0.85%) Metadata
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Git
2 2 (1.69%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.85%) Carbide.c++
General
1 65 (55.08%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.42%) Finance
3 25 (21.19%) Legal
4 14 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.32%) Law
5 11 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.63%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.24%) Local Government
8 5 (4.24%) Retail
9 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.69%) Advertising
11 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.85%) Automotive
11 1 (0.85%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 24 (20.34%) Senior
2 23 (19.49%) IT Engineer
2 23 (19.49%) Support Engineer
3 22 (18.64%) IT Support
4 18 (15.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 16 (13.56%) Developer
6 13 (11.02%) Lead
7 10 (8.47%) Senior Support Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Senior Technical Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 8 (6.78%) SharePoint Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Technical Support
10 7 (5.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.78%) JSON
1 8 (6.78%) XML
1 8 (6.78%) XSLT
2 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.03%) Management Information System
2 25 (21.19%) Onboarding
3 15 (12.71%) Driving Licence
4 8 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.78%) Taxonomies
5 7 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (5.08%) BYOD
7 4 (3.39%) Clustering
7 4 (3.39%) Replication
7 4 (3.39%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.39%) Virtual Team
8 3 (2.54%) CMDB
8 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.69%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 48 (40.68%) Windows
2 34 (28.81%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.47%) Linux
3 10 (8.47%) Windows 10
4 8 (6.78%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.54%) Android
5 3 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (44.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (36.44%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (32.20%) AI
4 23 (19.49%) Service Delivery
5 19 (16.10%) CRM
5 19 (16.10%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (15.25%) Customer Service
6 18 (15.25%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (14.41%) Agile
7 17 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (14.41%) Platform Engineering
8 15 (12.71%) Mentoring
8 15 (12.71%) Migration
9 14 (11.86%) Analytics
9 14 (11.86%) Load Balancing
10 13 (11.02%) ITIL
10 13 (11.02%) Service Management
10 13 (11.02%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (10.17%) Information Security
11 12 (10.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.03%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.02%) SQL
3 8 (6.78%) C#
3 8 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.69%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.85%) Bicep
5 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (22.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (11.86%) Degree
3 9 (7.63%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.63%) Security Cleared
4 6 (5.08%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.24%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.69%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.69%) MCSE
8 1 (0.85%) CCNA
8 1 (0.85%) CIPD
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.02%) SLA
2 10 (8.47%) Accessibility
3 9 (7.63%) GDPR
4 8 (6.78%) ISO 9001
4 8 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (6.78%) WCAG
5 7 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (4.24%) COSHH
6 5 (4.24%) ISO 14001
6 5 (4.24%) NEBOSH
7 3 (2.54%) QA
8 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.85%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (24.58%) Active Directory
2 23 (19.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.78%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (21.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.93%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 101 (85.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.34%) VMware
3 14 (11.86%) SonicWALL
4 8 (6.78%) Citrix
5 4 (3.39%) Apple
5 4 (3.39%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.39%) Sophos
6 3 (2.54%) Cisco
6 3 (2.54%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (2.54%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.69%) Oracle
7 2 (1.69%) Samsung
7 2 (1.69%) SAP
7 2 (1.69%) Veeam
8 1 (0.85%) Dell
8 1 (0.85%) F5
8 1 (0.85%) Google
8 1 (0.85%) HP
8 1 (0.85%) McAfee