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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 57 76
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 +15
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 47 37 33
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.60% 3.13% 1.92%
As % of the Application Platforms category 41.59% 27.61% 29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 17
10th Percentile £325 £400 £381
25th Percentile £450 £409 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +9.69% -4.39%
75th Percentile £684 £631 £538
90th Percentile £817 £650 £630
South East median daily rate £494 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -1.25% +6.38% +13.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 4
10th Percentile £14.79 - £39.76
25th Percentile £25.00 - £53.78
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.05 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -49.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £33.75 - £67.92
90th Percentile £35.22 - £73.67
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year +1.40% +6.83% +10.09%

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 113 134 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.24% 11.34% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 55 63
10th Percentile £354 £335 £315
25th Percentile £400 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +13.89%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £711 £665 £622
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 4
10th Percentile £16.93 - £39.76
25th Percentile £24.81 £32.05 £53.78
Median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% -1.03% -6.44%
75th Percentile £35.22 £71.50 £67.92
90th Percentile £84.43 £76.60 £73.67
South East median hourly rate £38.72 £32.77 £65.09
% change year-on-year +18.16% -49.65% +13.19%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -15 33 £550 +2.33% 7
Wokingham -12 3 £500 - 1
Bracknell -6 1 £575 -11.54% 3
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 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.13%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (46.81%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (42.55%) Azure
3 11 (23.40%) OneDrive
4 10 (21.28%) AWS
5 7 (14.89%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (6.38%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (4.26%) Rubrik
8 2 (4.26%) SaaS
9 1 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.13%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) DHCP
1 10 (21.28%) DNS
1 10 (21.28%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Metadata
2 4 (8.51%) Power BI
3 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.13%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Aerospace
4 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 3 (6.38%) Local Government
6 1 (2.13%) Aviation
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) IT Support
3 5 (10.64%) Information Management Specialist
3 5 (10.64%) Information Specialist
3 5 (10.64%) Knowledge Specialist
3 5 (10.64%) Service Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Lead
4 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) Development Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Project Officer
5 2 (4.26%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (4.26%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) ADO
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.13%) iPad
6 1 (2.13%) iPhone
6 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.66%) Windows
2 11 (23.40%) Apple iOS
3 10 (21.28%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (38.30%) ITIL
3 16 (34.04%) ITSM
4 14 (29.79%) Customer Service
4 14 (29.79%) Data Protection
5 12 (25.53%) AI
6 11 (23.40%) Time Management
7 10 (21.28%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (21.28%) User Experience
8 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (17.02%) Service Management
10 7 (14.89%) Service Delivery
11 6 (12.77%) Migration
11 6 (12.77%) Project Management
11 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (10.64%) Change Management
12 5 (10.64%) Computer Science
12 5 (10.64%) Information Management
12 5 (10.64%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (40.43%) Degree
2 12 (25.53%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CISA
6 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.13%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) GRC
2 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.26%) PMO
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (21.28%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (4.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 19 (40.43%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.64%) SAP
4 3 (6.38%) Oracle
5 2 (4.26%) Cisco
5 2 (4.26%) VMware
6 1 (2.13%) Apple
6 1 (2.13%) Google
6 1 (2.13%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.13%) McAfee
6 1 (2.13%) Planview
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.13%) Starlink
6 1 (2.13%) Workday