SharePoint Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft SharePoint
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 79 89
Rank change year-on-year +21 +10 -27
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 80 90 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.95% 2.70% 2.56%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.60% 21.90% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 63 103
10th Percentile £150 £223 £191
25th Percentile £263 £375 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £430 £427
Median % change year-on-year -12.79% +0.70% +6.09%
75th Percentile £556 £504 £519
90th Percentile £638 £655 £638
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.90 £21.38
25th Percentile £45.22 £19.24 £21.56
Median hourly rate £48.56 £26.48 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +83.38% +16.40% +15.19%
75th Percentile £51.91 - £23.69
90th Percentile - - £23.73
England median hourly rate £30.08 £26.00 £26.34
% change year-on-year +15.69% -1.29% +42.38%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 202 411 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.44% 12.32% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 302 444
10th Percentile £145 £176 £198
25th Percentile £298 £360 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £448
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +0.45% +12.00%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £625 £600
England median daily rate £500 £525 £511
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.65% +7.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 14
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.98 £16.08
25th Percentile £22.12 £17.35 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £19.25 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +58.44% +2.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £51.91 £26.48 £23.69
90th Percentile - £39.16 £33.75
England median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -33.75% +77.78% +12.50%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
West Midlands +33 60 £400 -5.88% 36
East Midlands +10 20 £169 -62.08% 28
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 35 (43.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.50%) IIS
2 2 (2.50%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (2.50%) WordPress
3 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.25%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (65.00%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (38.75%) Azure
3 24 (30.00%) OneDrive
4 14 (17.50%) Power Automate
5 12 (15.00%) Power Platform
6 11 (13.75%) Entra ID
7 10 (12.50%) PowerApps
8 5 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (5.00%) PaaS
10 3 (3.75%) ShareGate
11 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.50%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.50%) Yammer
12 1 (1.25%) Azure App Service
12 1 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (1.25%) Smartsheet
12 1 (1.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) DNS
2 6 (7.50%) Unified Communications
3 5 (6.25%) NetScaler
4 3 (3.75%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (3.75%) Firewall
4 3 (3.75%) Intranet
4 3 (3.75%) SAN
4 3 (3.75%) VPN
5 2 (2.50%) iSCSI
5 2 (2.50%) NAS
5 2 (2.50%) Wireless
6 1 (1.25%) Extranet
6 1 (1.25%) Network Security
6 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.25%) WebEx
6 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.50%) Power BI
3 2 (2.50%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.25%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.25%) Metadata
4 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 5 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.00%) Automotive
4 4 (5.00%) Finance
4 4 (5.00%) Legal
5 3 (3.75%) Advertising
5 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.50%) Local Government
7 1 (1.25%) Games
7 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (20.00%) Administrator
2 10 (12.50%) SharePoint Administrator
3 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 7 (8.75%) IT Engineer
4 7 (8.75%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.50%) Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Azure Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) IT Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Citrix Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Developer
6 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) IT Support
6 5 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Expert
7 4 (5.00%) SharePoint Specialist
7 4 (5.00%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) HTML
2 2 (2.50%) CSS
2 2 (2.50%) LAMP
3 1 (1.25%) .NET
3 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.25%) Flash
3 1 (1.25%) HTML5
3 1 (1.25%) SPFx
3 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Digital Signage
1 6 (7.50%) Onboarding
1 6 (7.50%) PKI
2 5 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.75%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.50%) Replication
5 1 (1.25%) e-Health
5 1 (1.25%) LIMS
5 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) PACS
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Social Media
5 1 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 32 (40.00%) Windows
2 20 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (15.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (8.75%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.75%) Linux
8 2 (2.50%) Ubuntu
8 2 (2.50%) VMS
9 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (13.75%) Customer Service
2 10 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (12.50%) Change Management
2 10 (12.50%) Migration
2 10 (12.50%) Proactive Management
2 10 (12.50%) Web SSO
3 9 (11.25%) ITIL
4 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 6 (7.50%) Identity Management
5 6 (7.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 5 (6.25%) Application Packaging
6 5 (6.25%) Data Protection
6 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (6.25%) Patch Management
6 5 (6.25%) Time Management
7 4 (5.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (3.75%) DevOps
8 3 (3.75%) Records Management
8 3 (3.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.50%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.25%) Bicep
4 1 (1.25%) C#
4 1 (1.25%) Java
4 1 (1.25%) Python
4 1 (1.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.00%) Degree
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.50%) MCSE
5 1 (1.25%) APMG
5 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.25%) GDPR
1 1 (1.25%) HL7
1 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (6.25%) XenApp
2 5 (6.25%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.50%) vSphere
4 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (15.00%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (10.00%) SCCM
4 2 (2.50%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.25%) Ansible
5 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (52.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) Oracle
2 7 (8.75%) VMware
3 5 (6.25%) Citrix
3 5 (6.25%) NetApp
4 2 (2.50%) Aruba
4 2 (2.50%) Google
4 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.50%) ProCurve
4 2 (2.50%) Rapid7
4 2 (2.50%) Sophos
4 2 (2.50%) Synology
4 2 (2.50%) Veeam
4 2 (2.50%) Zerto
5 1 (1.25%) Apple
5 1 (1.25%) SAP