SharePoint Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft SharePoint
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring SharePoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 36 51
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 37 21 10
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 4.11% 3.65% 1.43%
As % of the Application Platforms category 37.76% 30.88% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 10
10th Percentile £269 £263 £345
25th Percentile £303 £269 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +78.33% -40.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £472 £613
90th Percentile £733 £583 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 £56.88 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £58.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.21% - -
75th Percentile £18.75 £60.63 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £34.98 -
% change year-on-year -49.97% - -

All Application Platform Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 98 68 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.89% 11.81% 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 42 27
10th Percentile £281 £275 £308
25th Percentile £350 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +26.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £581 £511 £506
90th Percentile £725 £593 £585
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £475 £420
% change year-on-year -1.26% +13.10% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.90
25th Percentile £16.25 £56.88 £25.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £58.75 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.21% +65.49% +86.84%
75th Percentile £18.75 £60.63 £45.25
90th Percentile - - £51.10
West Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 £34.98 £55.00
% change year-on-year +50.09% -36.40% +197.30%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

SharePoint job vacancy trend in Birmingham

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in Birmingham over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in Birmingham

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) Confluence
3 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Azure
2 16 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (29.73%) Entra ID
4 10 (27.03%) OneDrive
5 6 (16.22%) Power Platform
6 4 (10.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (10.81%) Power Automate
7 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.70%) AWS
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.70%) n8n
9 1 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (2.70%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) VPN
2 5 (13.51%) DHCP
2 5 (13.51%) DNS
3 3 (8.11%) HTTPS
4 2 (5.41%) LAN
4 2 (5.41%) WAN
5 1 (2.70%) Firewall
5 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.22%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.70%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.70%) PowerPivot
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Finance
2 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) SharePoint Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Administrator
4 4 (10.81%) IT Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) PowerShell Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Voice Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) IT Support
6 2 (5.41%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Trainer
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (13.51%) ITSM
3 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.11%) Analytics
4 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (8.11%) DevOps
4 3 (8.11%) RBAC
5 2 (5.41%) Agile
5 2 (5.41%) AI
5 2 (5.41%) Coaching
5 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.41%) Data Modelling
5 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.41%) Migration
5 2 (5.41%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.41%) Roadmaps
5 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (5.41%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Debt
6 1 (2.70%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) Bicep
3 1 (2.70%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) Kotlin
3 1 (2.70%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
1 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco
3 3 (8.11%) Ribbon
3 3 (8.11%) Splunk
3 3 (8.11%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe
4 1 (2.70%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) Proofpoint
4 1 (2.70%) Zscaler