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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 56 81
Rank change year-on-year -18 +25 -5
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 43 41 29
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.26% 3.47% 1.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 38.39% 31.30% 26.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 14
10th Percentile £330 £400 £398
25th Percentile £450 £430 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £538 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% +4.57% +2.80%
75th Percentile £700 £598 £588
90th Percentile £852 £650 £634
South East median daily rate £487 £500 £473
% change year-on-year -2.55% +5.82% +17.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 2
10th Percentile £20.95 - £34.62
25th Percentile £29.69 - £40.93
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.05 £52.91
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -39.43% -33.18%
75th Percentile £34.12 - £65.93
90th Percentile £35.22 - £72.87
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 112 131 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.88% 11.09% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 60 59
10th Percentile £358 £348 £360
25th Percentile £408 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -4.29% +15.07%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £608
90th Percentile £717 £645 £628
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 2
10th Percentile £21.63 - £34.62
25th Percentile £26.56 £32.05 £40.93
Median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £52.91
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +18.12% -21.61%
75th Percentile £34.85 £71.50 £65.93
90th Percentile £69.10 £76.60 £72.87
South East median hourly rate £38.11 £32.77 £67.02
% change year-on-year +16.30% -51.10% +16.56%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -22 31 £538 -2.27% 10
Wokingham -18 3 - -
Bracknell -7 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 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.33%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (48.84%) Azure
3 11 (25.58%) OneDrive
4 10 (23.26%) AWS
5 8 (18.60%) Power Platform
6 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (4.65%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.65%) Rubrik
8 2 (4.65%) SaaS
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.33%) Serverless
9 1 (2.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) DHCP
1 10 (23.26%) DNS
1 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.33%) Network Security
2 1 (2.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Power BI
2 3 (6.98%) Metadata
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.33%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.98%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.65%) Finance
6 2 (4.65%) Local Government
7 1 (2.33%) Aviation
7 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) IT Support
3 5 (11.63%) Service Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Information Management Specialist
4 3 (6.98%) Information Specialist
4 3 (6.98%) IT Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) Knowledge Specialist
4 3 (6.98%) Lead
4 3 (6.98%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Project Officer
5 2 (4.65%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) ADO
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.33%) iPad
6 1 (2.33%) iPhone
6 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.23%) Windows
2 11 (25.58%) Apple iOS
3 10 (23.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (41.86%) ITIL
3 16 (37.21%) ITSM
4 13 (30.23%) Customer Service
4 13 (30.23%) Data Protection
5 12 (27.91%) AI
6 11 (25.58%) User Experience
7 10 (23.26%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (23.26%) Time Management
8 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (18.60%) Service Management
8 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
10 6 (13.95%) Migration
10 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (11.63%) Change Management
11 5 (11.63%) DevOps
11 5 (11.63%) Project Management
11 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery Management
12 4 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) Degree
2 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
3 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.33%) CISA
6 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.33%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) GRC
2 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.65%) PMO
3 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (23.26%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (4.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (44.19%) ServiceNow
3 5 (11.63%) SAP
4 3 (6.98%) Oracle
5 2 (4.65%) Cisco
5 2 (4.65%) VMware
6 1 (2.33%) Apple
6 1 (2.33%) Google
6 1 (2.33%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.33%) McAfee
6 1 (2.33%) Planview
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.33%) Starlink
6 1 (2.33%) Workday