SharePoint Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft SharePoint
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring SharePoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 59 80
Rank change year-on-year -10 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 52 38 30
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.84% 3.06% 1.83%
As % of the Application Platforms category 45.22% 25.17% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 18 16
10th Percentile £270 £400 £313
25th Percentile £400 £484 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +17.02% -9.83%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £541
90th Percentile £783 £650 £631
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile £15.50 - £35.83
25th Percentile £26.56 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £52.83
75th Percentile £34.85 - £64.73
90th Percentile £76.19 - -
South East median hourly rate £28.75 £32.77 £30.83
% change year-on-year -12.27% +6.31% +14.17%

All Application Platform Skills
Berkshire

SharePoint falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 115 151 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.28% 12.18% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 71 54
10th Percentile £328 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £572 £600 £608
90th Percentile £744 £650 £634
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £458
% change year-on-year -3.75% +9.29% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 6
10th Percentile £17.64 £63.10 £35.83
25th Percentile £31.25 £65.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £71.00 £52.83
Median % change year-on-year -54.23% +34.41% -23.03%
75th Percentile £83.62 £75.75 £64.73
90th Percentile £90.75 £78.30 -
South East median hourly rate £37.50 £29.64 £63.15
% change year-on-year +26.54% -53.07% +7.41%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in Berkshire

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SharePoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in Berkshire

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SharePoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in Berkshire

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -17 38 £538 +2.38% 11
Wokingham -1 3 £500 - 1
SharePoint
South East

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.92%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 23 (44.23%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (36.54%) Azure
3 11 (21.15%) OneDrive
4 10 (19.23%) AWS
5 6 (11.54%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.85%) Rubrik
7 2 (3.85%) SaaS
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.92%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) DHCP
1 10 (19.23%) DNS
1 10 (19.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.92%) Network Security
2 1 (1.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) Metadata
2 3 (5.77%) Power BI
3 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.92%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (13.46%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Aerospace
5 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Finance
6 3 (5.77%) Local Government
7 1 (1.92%) Aviation
7 1 (1.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (19.23%) IT Support
2 9 (17.31%) Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Information Management Specialist
3 6 (11.54%) Information Specialist
3 6 (11.54%) Knowledge Specialist
3 6 (11.54%) Project Officer
3 6 (11.54%) Project Support Officer
3 6 (11.54%) Support Officer
4 5 (9.62%) Service Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Service Delivery Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) IT Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Lead
5 3 (5.77%) Support Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Development Manager
6 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.85%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) ADO
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.62%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.92%) iPad
5 1 (1.92%) iPhone
5 1 (1.92%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (25.00%) Windows
2 11 (21.15%) Apple iOS
3 10 (19.23%) macOS
4 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.69%) ITIL
3 16 (30.77%) ITSM
4 15 (28.85%) Data Protection
5 14 (26.92%) Customer Service
5 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (23.08%) AI
7 11 (21.15%) Time Management
8 10 (19.23%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (19.23%) Project Management
8 10 (19.23%) User Experience
9 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (15.38%) Project Governance
9 8 (15.38%) Service Management
10 7 (13.46%) Service Delivery
11 6 (11.54%) Computer Science
11 6 (11.54%) Information Governance
11 6 (11.54%) Information Management
11 6 (11.54%) Knowledge Management
11 6 (11.54%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (36.54%) Degree
2 12 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 8 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.92%) CISA
6 1 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.92%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) GRC
1 2 (3.85%) PMO
2 1 (1.92%) GDPR
2 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (19.23%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (36.54%) ServiceNow
3 5 (9.62%) SAP
4 3 (5.77%) Oracle
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco
5 2 (3.85%) VMware
6 1 (1.92%) Apple
6 1 (1.92%) Google
6 1 (1.92%) McAfee
6 1 (1.92%) Planview
6 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.92%) Starlink
6 1 (1.92%) Workday