SharePoint Contracts in England

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SharePoint skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SharePoint over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 109 118
Rank change year-on-year +17 +9 -14
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 883 1,171 1,663
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.39% 2.32% 2.34%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.72% 21.38% 18.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 844 1,137
10th Percentile £213 £213 £212
25th Percentile £319 £344 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £698 £713 £653
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 27 52
10th Percentile £12.20 £16.09 £16.03
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.88 £19.73
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.63 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.27% -1.61% +18.94%
75th Percentile £46.18 £56.50 £35.86
90th Percentile £51.91 £79.19 £58.38
UK median hourly rate £28.84 £22.63 £23.00
% change year-on-year +27.43% -1.61% +9.79%

All Application Platform Skills
England

SharePoint is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,433 5,476 8,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.29% 10.83% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,453 3,934 6,115
10th Percentile £250 £261 £263
25th Percentile £358 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £755 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 131 189
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.10 £13.97
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +54.76% -1.89%
75th Percentile £45.59 £66.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £65.90
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.26% +93.18% -2.22%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in England.

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in England.

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +22 416 £500 - 178
South West +17 130 £495 +4.21% 50
North of England +16 100 £390 -8.77% 113
South East -25 90 £460 -3.16% 100
Midlands +17 83 £375 -15.73% 61
North West +15 71 £400 -13.51% 66
West Midlands +45 62 £400 -11.11% 43
East of England -1 32 £506 +3.85% 60
Yorkshire -3 26 £300 -20.66% 37
East Midlands +7 20 £169 -62.08% 18
North East +20 3 £150 -64.07% 10
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 174 (19.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (6.80%) Confluence
3 44 (4.98%) SharePoint Server
4 16 (1.81%) CMS
5 14 (1.59%) Skype for Business
6 12 (1.36%) SharePoint 2013
7 11 (1.25%) IIS
7 11 (1.25%) Site Server
8 8 (0.91%) SAS
9 7 (0.79%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (0.57%) Documentum
11 4 (0.45%) Mendix
12 3 (0.34%) Apache
12 3 (0.34%) WordPress
13 2 (0.23%) Drupal
13 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.23%) Jadu
14 1 (0.11%) IBM Notes
14 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 108 (12.23%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (11.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.72%) MS Visio
5 18 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.57%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (1.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 14 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.34%) Workfront
4 2 (0.23%) Primavera
4 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 394 (44.62%) Microsoft 365
2 331 (37.49%) Azure
3 163 (18.46%) Power Platform
4 124 (14.04%) OneDrive
5 87 (9.85%) PowerApps
6 86 (9.74%) Power Automate
7 75 (8.49%) Entra ID
8 47 (5.32%) AWS
9 46 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (4.08%) Azure Stack
11 27 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (2.15%) GitHub
14 16 (1.81%) IaaS
15 14 (1.59%) Azure Storage
15 14 (1.59%) ShareGate
16 13 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.25%) Amazon S3
17 11 (1.25%) Azure Functions
17 11 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.81%) Firewall
2 52 (5.89%) Intranet
3 38 (4.30%) DNS
4 35 (3.96%) BGP
5 31 (3.51%) VPN
6 20 (2.27%) DHCP
7 19 (2.15%) Skype
8 17 (1.93%) LAN
9 16 (1.81%) WAN
10 15 (1.70%) TCP/IP
11 14 (1.59%) SAN
12 11 (1.25%) Unified Communications
13 10 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.91%) Wireless
15 7 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (0.79%) NAS
16 6 (0.68%) Internet
16 6 (0.68%) VLAN
17 5 (0.57%) NetScaler
17 5 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (10.53%) Power BI
2 66 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.62%) Metadata
4 30 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (2.60%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.59%) Data Vault
7 11 (1.25%) GIS
8 9 (1.02%) QlikView
8 9 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.91%) Pentaho
9 8 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.79%) EDMS
10 7 (0.79%) PowerPivot
11 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Power View
11 6 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.68%) Tableau
12 4 (0.45%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 72 (8.15%) JIRA
2 11 (1.25%) GitLab
3 7 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.68%) Git
5 4 (0.45%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.11%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
General
1 316 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 145 (16.42%) Finance
3 127 (14.38%) Public Sector
4 71 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (6.68%) Banking
6 40 (4.53%) Marketing
7 39 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.96%) Telecoms
9 33 (3.74%) Legal
10 23 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.49%) Publishing
12 18 (2.04%) Electronics
13 14 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.25%) Military
15 11 (1.25%) Retail
16 10 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.13%) Law
17 9 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (13.14%) Developer
2 100 (11.33%) Analyst
3 95 (10.76%) Architect
4 65 (7.36%) Administrator
5 57 (6.46%) Project Manager
6 49 (5.55%) SharePoint Developer
7 44 (4.98%) Senior
8 43 (4.87%) IT Support
9 37 (4.19%) Support Engineer
10 34 (3.85%) Consultant
11 33 (3.74%) Business Analyst
12 31 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (3.40%) SharePoint Administrator
14 28 (3.17%) SharePoint Architect
15 27 (3.06%) Microsoft Engineer
16 26 (2.94%) Power Platform Developer
17 25 (2.83%) Lead
17 25 (2.83%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 24 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
18 24 (2.72%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.85%) .NET
2 24 (2.72%) CSS
3 20 (2.27%) HTML
3 20 (2.27%) SPFx
4 18 (2.04%) REST
5 16 (1.81%) .NET Framework
6 13 (1.47%) SailPoint
7 9 (1.02%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (0.91%) jQuery
8 8 (0.91%) SOAP
8 8 (0.91%) XML
9 7 (0.79%) RESTful
10 6 (0.68%) JSON
10 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (0.57%) LAMP
12 4 (0.45%) SAML
12 4 (0.45%) Web Services
12 4 (0.45%) XMPP
13 3 (0.34%) .NET Core
13 3 (0.34%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 35 (3.96%) Private Cloud
3 34 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.49%) PKI
5 19 (2.15%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.04%) Taxonomies
7 15 (1.70%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.59%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
10 12 (1.36%) iPhone
11 11 (1.25%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.02%) iPad
12 9 (1.02%) NHS
13 8 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (0.68%) Digital Signage
15 6 (0.68%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 219 (24.80%) Windows
2 77 (8.72%) Windows 10
3 71 (8.04%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (1.93%) Android
6 15 (1.70%) Linux
7 14 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.47%) Windows 7
9 12 (1.36%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.79%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.57%) VMS
12 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.23%) Unix
14 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (17.21%) Migration
2 135 (15.29%) Project Management
3 133 (15.06%) Agile
4 120 (13.59%) ITIL
5 100 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
6 92 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (8.04%) Change Management
9 69 (7.81%) Service Management
10 61 (6.91%) Project Delivery
11 59 (6.68%) DevOps
12 54 (6.12%) Data Migration
13 53 (6.00%) Customer Service
14 48 (5.44%) Analytics
15 47 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 46 (5.21%) PRINCE2
17 44 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (4.76%) ITSM
19 39 (4.42%) Capacity Management
20 37 (4.19%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 136 (15.40%) PowerShell
2 70 (7.93%) SQL
3 43 (4.87%) JavaScript
4 37 (4.19%) C#
5 28 (3.17%) Python
6 11 (1.25%) Korn
7 10 (1.13%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.68%) C
8 6 (0.68%) R
9 3 (0.34%) Java
9 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.23%) Bicep
10 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.23%) PHP
10 2 (0.23%) VB
10 2 (0.23%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.23%) VBA
11 1 (0.11%) Bash
11 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 234 (26.50%) Security Cleared
2 168 (19.03%) SC Cleared
3 105 (11.89%) Degree
4 73 (8.27%) DV Cleared
5 38 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.49%) ITIL Certification
7 14 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.59%) MCSE
8 13 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.47%) CCNA
8 13 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.13%) PMP
11 6 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.68%) MCSA
12 5 (0.57%) APMG
12 5 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.57%) MCP
12 5 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.87%) QA
2 36 (4.08%) PMO
3 35 (3.96%) Government Security Classifications
4 26 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.60%) SLA
6 13 (1.47%) GDPR
7 11 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.79%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.68%) NIST
9 6 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.57%) GRC
11 4 (0.45%) GxP
11 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.34%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.23%) HL7
13 2 (0.23%) NCSC
13 2 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 188 (21.29%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.68%) vSphere
7 5 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.57%) XenApp
7 5 (0.57%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.11%) Docker
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 73 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (5.10%) SCCM
3 34 (3.85%) SCOM
4 24 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.36%) Terraform
6 8 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.91%) PingFederate
7 5 (0.57%) Ansible
7 5 (0.57%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.45%) WSUS
9 3 (0.34%) AppManager
9 3 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.34%) OPNET
9 3 (0.34%) Puppet
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.23%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 500 (56.63%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.12%) VMware
3 42 (4.76%) Oracle
4 39 (4.42%) Atlassian
5 38 (4.30%) SAP
6 28 (3.17%) Cisco
7 26 (2.94%) Citrix
8 23 (2.60%) NetApp
9 19 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.93%) Apple
10 17 (1.93%) Sparx
11 14 (1.59%) Adobe
12 12 (1.36%) CyberArk
12 12 (1.36%) Veeam
13 11 (1.25%) ESRI
14 10 (1.13%) Google
14 10 (1.13%) Mitel
15 9 (1.02%) SolarWinds
16 8 (0.91%) Informatica
16 8 (0.91%) Salesforce