SharePoint Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft SharePoint
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring SharePoint skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SharePoint over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 50 56
Rank change year-on-year +18 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 27 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.01% 1.59% 1.32%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.34% 14.29% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 5
10th Percentile - £215 £426
25th Percentile £230 £238 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £320 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.16% -32.63% +54.47%
75th Percentile £444 £428 £556
90th Percentile £489 £486 £643
North West median daily rate £425 £400 £469
% change year-on-year +6.25% -14.67% +37.87%

All Application Platform Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 89 56 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.82% 11.11% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 43 44
10th Percentile £230 £301 £202
25th Percentile £322 £322 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -11.11% +8.96%
75th Percentile £425 £495 £565
90th Percentile £522 £515 £638
North West median daily rate £425 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
North West median hourly rate £40.59 £32.12 £20.50
% change year-on-year +26.39% +56.66% +9.33%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in Cheshire

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in Cheshire

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in Cheshire

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in Cheshire

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warrington +7 13 £315 -19.17% 8
Chester -4 4 - - 7
Knutsford - 3 £447 - 2
Crewe - 1 £410 -
SharePoint
North West

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 14 (51.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) Confluence
3 2 (7.41%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.70%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (85.19%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (77.78%) Azure
3 12 (44.44%) Entra ID
4 9 (33.33%) SaaS
5 7 (25.93%) OneDrive
6 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Skype
1 4 (14.81%) VPN
2 2 (7.41%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) GIS
1 2 (7.41%) MSDE
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.70%) DTS
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Automotive
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Military
5 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Service Desk Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Administrator
4 2 (7.41%) DBA
4 2 (7.41%) Service Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) SQL DBA
4 2 (7.41%) SQL Server DBA
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Wintel Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Clustering
1 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (29.63%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows 10
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.70%) Android
5 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.70%) VMS
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) ITSM
3 9 (33.33%) Agile
3 9 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 9 (33.33%) ITIL
4 5 (18.52%) Cloud Security
4 5 (18.52%) Data Governance
4 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
4 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
4 5 (18.52%) Migration
4 5 (18.52%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (18.52%) Problem Management
4 5 (18.52%) Task Automation
4 5 (18.52%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (18.52%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (18.52%) Zero Trust
5 4 (14.81%) Chat Support
5 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
6 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.70%) VB
3 1 (3.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Degree
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.70%) IIBA
5 1 (3.70%) ISEB
5 1 (3.70%) MCP
5 1 (3.70%) MCSA
5 1 (3.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (3.70%) Perfmon
4 1 (3.70%) SCCM
4 1 (3.70%) SCOM
4 1 (3.70%) VxRail
4 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (92.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco
2 4 (14.81%) Citrix
2 4 (14.81%) Remedy
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) McAfee
3 1 (3.70%) Symantec