SharePoint Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 97 117
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 -23
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 355 605 979
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.35% 2.41% 2.21%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.74% 21.24% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 443 706
10th Percentile £263 £279 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £495 £471
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% +5.21% +4.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £579
90th Percentile £699 £727 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 25
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.42 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.13 £17.13 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.16 £20.88 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.48% -7.22% +14.36%
75th Percentile £42.88 £56.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £80.56 £64.30 £63.10
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £22.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year +21.59% -5.71% +20.00%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,561 2,849 5,456
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.34% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,999 3,948
10th Percentile £296 £313 £314
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.65%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £618
90th Percentile £800 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 71 73
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £14.65
25th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £19.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +57.14% +32.08%
75th Percentile £50.47 £66.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £72.25 £81.50 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £27.51 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -38.87% +100.00% +5.14%

SharePoint
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SharePoint trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SharePoint.

SharePoint daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

SharePoint daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SharePoint.

SharePoint hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

SharePoint hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 43 (12.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (6.20%) Confluence
2 22 (6.20%) SharePoint Server
3 13 (3.66%) SharePoint 2013
4 9 (2.54%) SAS
5 3 (0.85%) CMS
5 3 (0.85%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.56%) Drupal
6 2 (0.56%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.28%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.28%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 42 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (10.99%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (8.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.25%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.41%) Photoshop
6 4 (1.13%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.28%) InVision
9 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.56%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 166 (46.76%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (35.77%) Azure
3 79 (22.25%) Power Platform
4 52 (14.65%) PowerApps
5 45 (12.68%) OneDrive
6 43 (12.11%) Power Automate
7 19 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (4.79%) Azure Stack
9 17 (4.79%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.82%) GitHub
11 8 (2.25%) AWS
12 6 (1.69%) ShareGate
13 5 (1.41%) Canva
13 5 (1.41%) Slack
14 4 (1.13%) PaaS
14 4 (1.13%) SaaS
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.85%) Yammer
16 2 (0.56%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.92%) Firewall
2 17 (4.79%) BGP
3 16 (4.51%) Intranet
4 6 (1.69%) VPN
5 3 (0.85%) DNS
5 3 (0.85%) HTTP
5 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.56%) Skype
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) Extranet
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) SNMP
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.11%) Power BI
2 27 (7.61%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.54%) Metadata
4 8 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.13%) Power Query
5 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.85%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.85%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.56%) EDMS
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Power View
7 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.28%) MS Access
8 1 (0.28%) MySQL
8 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.28%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (10.42%) JIRA
2 6 (1.69%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) GitLab
3 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.56%) Selenium
3 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.28%) Snyk
General
1 104 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.03%) Finance
3 48 (13.52%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.63%) Banking
6 14 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.66%) Legal
8 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.97%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.69%) Local Government
10 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.41%) Marketing
12 4 (1.13%) Law
12 4 (1.13%) Military
12 4 (1.13%) Publishing
13 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (12.39%) Architect
1 44 (12.39%) Developer
2 34 (9.58%) Analyst
3 29 (8.17%) Project Manager
4 26 (7.32%) Administrator
5 24 (6.76%) Consultant
6 21 (5.92%) Senior
7 18 (5.07%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.07%) Microsoft Engineer
7 18 (5.07%) SharePoint Architect
7 18 (5.07%) Technical Architect
8 16 (4.51%) Power Platform Developer
9 15 (4.23%) SharePoint Administrator
9 15 (4.23%) SharePoint Support
10 12 (3.38%) SharePoint Specialist
11 11 (3.10%) IT Manager
11 11 (3.10%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
11 11 (3.10%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 11 (3.10%) SharePoint Project Manager
11 11 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.82%) CSS
2 7 (1.97%) HTML
3 6 (1.69%) .NET
3 6 (1.69%) SPFx
3 6 (1.69%) XML
4 5 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
4 5 (1.41%) RESTful
5 4 (1.13%) JSON
5 4 (1.13%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.13%) SOAP
6 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.85%) REST
7 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.56%) React
7 2 (0.56%) Web Services
8 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.28%) LDAP
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.79%) Cloud Native
1 17 (4.79%) Data Structures
1 17 (4.79%) Private Cloud
2 15 (4.23%) Taxonomies
3 13 (3.66%) Low-Code
3 13 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.41%) Video Editing
7 4 (1.13%) Biopharmaceutical
7 4 (1.13%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.13%) NHS
8 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.85%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.85%) Wiki
9 2 (0.56%) IVR
9 2 (0.56%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.28%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.59%) Windows
2 16 (4.51%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.94%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.85%) Android
5 3 (0.85%) Linux
5 3 (0.85%) VMS
5 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (22.82%) Migration
2 55 (15.49%) Project Management
3 40 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
5 38 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (10.42%) Agile
7 33 (9.30%) Change Management
8 32 (9.01%) Data Migration
9 27 (7.61%) Data Security
9 27 (7.61%) ITIL
10 26 (7.32%) DevOps
11 25 (7.04%) Project Delivery
12 24 (6.76%) Service Management
13 20 (5.63%) ITSM
14 18 (5.07%) Network Management
14 18 (5.07%) Security Monitoring
14 18 (5.07%) User Acceptance Testing
15 17 (4.79%) Capacity Management
16 16 (4.51%) Analytics
16 16 (4.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 43 (12.11%) PowerShell
2 31 (8.73%) SQL
3 18 (5.07%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.94%) C#
5 11 (3.10%) Python
6 5 (1.41%) R
7 4 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.28%) Bicep
9 1 (0.28%) C++
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
9 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 94 (26.48%) Security Cleared
2 71 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 43 (12.11%) Degree
4 29 (8.17%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.97%) PMP
8 6 (1.69%) CISM
8 6 (1.69%) CISSP
8 6 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.13%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (1.13%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.56%) CCNA
11 2 (0.56%) CCNP
11 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.56%) MCSA
11 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.79%) Government Security Classifications
2 15 (4.23%) PMO
3 14 (3.94%) QA
4 11 (3.10%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.25%) GDPR
6 6 (1.69%) NIST
7 5 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.41%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.56%) GRC
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.56%) P3O
10 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.56%) SLA
11 1 (0.28%) CDISC
11 1 (0.28%) COBIT
11 1 (0.28%) HL7
System Software
1 29 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (5.63%) SCOM
2 12 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.69%) SCCM
4 6 (1.69%) Terraform
5 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.56%) Ansible
5 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.56%) Puppet
6 1 (0.28%) CASB
6 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.28%) Salt
6 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 194 (54.65%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.35%) Atlassian
3 17 (4.79%) NetApp
4 11 (3.10%) SAP
5 10 (2.82%) Adobe
5 10 (2.82%) VMware
6 7 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.13%) IFS
7 4 (1.13%) Nintex
8 3 (0.85%) Apple
8 3 (0.85%) Cisco
8 3 (0.85%) Citrix
9 2 (0.56%) Ariba
9 2 (0.56%) Google
9 2 (0.56%) HP
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle
9 2 (0.56%) Sparx
9 2 (0.56%) UiPath
9 2 (0.56%) Veeam
10 1 (0.28%) BiZZdesign