SharePoint Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft SharePoint
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring SharePoint skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 43 33
Rank change year-on-year -18 -10 +18
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 12 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.94% 2.26% 3.77%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.08% 23.40% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £337 £235 £205
25th Percentile £410 £306 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £363 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.97% +3.57% +5.66%
75th Percentile £477 £428 £438
90th Percentile £588 £533 £595
North West median daily rate £443 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -1.67% +5.88% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £22.16
25th Percentile - - £22.40
Median hourly rate - - £22.53
75th Percentile - - £26.90
90th Percentile - - £34.76
North West median hourly rate £47.12 £28.15 £20.50
% change year-on-year +67.39% +37.32% -6.60%

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 119 47 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.22% 9.67% 8.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 39 19
10th Percentile £303 £325 £212
25th Percentile £338 £388 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +5.26% +17.72%
75th Percentile £438 £552 £638
90th Percentile £523 £616 £650
North West median daily rate £410 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -13.68% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £22.16
25th Percentile - - £22.40
Median hourly rate - - £22.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.54%
75th Percentile - - £26.90
90th Percentile - - £34.76
North West median hourly rate £55.26 £33.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +67.45% +73.68% -67.21%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in Cheshire over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in Cheshire

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing SharePoint

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 4 September 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
Chester -5 7 £675 +200.00% 5
Knutsford - 3 £425 -
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 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Skype for Business
3 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (41.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Skype
2 2 (16.67%) SSH
3 1 (8.33%) NAS
3 1 (8.33%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Appium
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Operational Support Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Operations Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Operations Support Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Tandem
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Unix
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
2 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Six Sigma
4 5 (41.67%) Migration
4 5 (41.67%) Problem Management
4 5 (41.67%) Validation
5 3 (25.00%) Change Management
5 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Attestation
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (16.67%) Cryptography
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Release Management
6 2 (16.67%) Service Management
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) IIBA
3 1 (8.33%) ISEB
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (41.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (8.33%) UiPath