SharePoint Contracts in England

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 92 89 107
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 +10
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 700 891 1,170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.87% 2.40% 2.32%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.85% 25.74% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 629 843
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £313 £313 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £613 £689 £713
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 47 27
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.20 £16.09
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.75 £16.88
Median hourly rate £26.15 £30.16 £22.63
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +33.27% -5.71%
75th Percentile £52.98 £46.18 £56.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £51.91 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £28.84 £22.63
% change year-on-year -16.46% +27.43% -1.61%

All Application Platform Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,817 3,461 5,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.57% 9.31% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,884 2,471 3,915
10th Percentile £283 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £754
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 139 128
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% -12.00% +49.59%
75th Percentile £64.50 £45.59 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the England 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
London -15 324 £450 -10.00% 246
North of England +38 136 £425 +8.97% 124
North West +28 95 £425 +6.25% 71
South East +29 71 £400 -11.11% 200
South West -4 65 £425 -13.71% 65
Midlands -7 54 £388 +3.33% 94
West Midlands +1 50 £429 +7.25% 61
East of England +35 38 £281 -44.44% 87
Yorkshire +16 34 £444 +36.54% 41
North East +8 11 £465 +210.00% 15
East Midlands -8 3 £275 +62.96% 28
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 176 (25.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (6.86%) Confluence
3 15 (2.14%) Skype for Business
4 10 (1.43%) CMS
5 6 (0.86%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (0.71%) IIS
6 5 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.43%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.29%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.29%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.29%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 110 (15.71%) Microsoft Office
2 90 (12.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (7.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.57%) MS Visio
5 14 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.86%) InfoPath
7 8 (1.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (1.14%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.86%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (0.86%) InDesign
9 5 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.29%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.29%) Trello
11 1 (0.14%) CATIA
11 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Workfront
5 1 (0.14%) Endur
5 1 (0.14%) FastStats
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 389 (55.57%) Microsoft 365
2 257 (36.71%) Azure
3 202 (28.86%) Power Platform
4 153 (21.86%) OneDrive
5 126 (18.00%) Entra ID
6 124 (17.71%) PowerApps
7 119 (17.00%) Power Automate
8 34 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (4.57%) SaaS
10 22 (3.14%) AWS
11 20 (2.86%) ShareGate
12 18 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (2.43%) Azure Functions
13 17 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (2.43%) Serverless
14 15 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (1.86%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.71%) Mimecast
16 12 (1.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.57%) VPN
2 51 (7.29%) DNS
2 51 (7.29%) Firewall
3 44 (6.29%) DHCP
4 35 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (3.71%) Skype
6 25 (3.57%) Intranet
6 25 (3.57%) Network Security
7 18 (2.57%) WAN
8 17 (2.43%) VLAN
9 15 (2.14%) LAN
9 15 (2.14%) VoIP
10 12 (1.71%) Internet
11 9 (1.29%) TCP/IP
12 8 (1.14%) SAN
13 7 (1.00%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (1.00%) NAS
13 7 (1.00%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (13.43%) Power BI
2 32 (4.57%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.43%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.86%) Metadata
5 12 (1.71%) Tableau
6 10 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.86%) MS Access
9 5 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.71%) Power Query
9 5 (0.71%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.57%) Big Data
10 4 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.43%) EDMS
11 3 (0.43%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 60 (8.57%) JIRA
2 5 (0.71%) Git
2 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.43%) GitLab
3 3 (0.43%) Hudson
3 3 (0.43%) Subversion
3 3 (0.43%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.14%) Serena SBM
5 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 286 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 145 (20.71%) Finance
3 80 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 58 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.57%) Banking
6 32 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.71%) Legal
8 26 (3.71%) Local Government
9 19 (2.71%) Marketing
9 19 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (2.29%) Military
11 15 (2.14%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.57%) Law
13 11 (1.57%) Public Speaking
14 7 (1.00%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.00%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 100 (14.29%) Developer
2 98 (14.00%) Analyst
3 72 (10.29%) Support Engineer
4 65 (9.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 63 (9.00%) Senior
6 49 (7.00%) Architect
7 30 (4.29%) Consultant
8 26 (3.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (3.71%) IT Support
8 26 (3.71%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 25 (3.57%) Power Platform Developer
10 24 (3.43%) Desktop Engineer
10 24 (3.43%) Desktop Support
11 22 (3.14%) SharePoint Engineer
12 20 (2.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 20 (2.86%) IT Analyst
12 20 (2.86%) IT Manager
12 20 (2.86%) Lead
12 20 (2.86%) SharePoint Developer
13 19 (2.71%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.14%) HTML
2 31 (4.43%) CSS
3 27 (3.86%) .NET
4 22 (3.14%) SPFx
5 19 (2.71%) REST
6 16 (2.29%) React
7 10 (1.43%) ASP.NET
7 10 (1.43%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (1.14%) Web Services
9 7 (1.00%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.00%) ADO
9 7 (1.00%) SOAP
10 6 (0.86%) JSON
10 6 (0.86%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.71%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (0.71%) Entity Framework
11 5 (0.71%) jQuery
11 5 (0.71%) LDAP
11 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (4.57%) Management Information System
3 31 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.14%) Video Conferencing
5 14 (2.00%) iPhone
6 13 (1.86%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.71%) iPad
8 11 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.57%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.29%) PKI
9 9 (1.29%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.14%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.00%) Photography
12 6 (0.86%) Animation
12 6 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.86%) Motion Graphics
12 6 (0.86%) Social Media
13 5 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 185 (26.43%) Windows
2 93 (13.29%) Windows 10
3 53 (7.57%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.14%) Linux
4 15 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (1.57%) Android
5 11 (1.57%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.57%) VMS
5 11 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (1.43%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.00%) Unix
9 3 (0.43%) Solaris
9 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (20.14%) Migration
3 100 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 93 (13.29%) ITIL
5 87 (12.43%) Agile
6 65 (9.29%) Customer Service
7 55 (7.86%) Project Management
8 53 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (6.86%) DevOps
10 46 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 45 (6.43%) ITSM
12 42 (6.00%) Document Management
13 38 (5.43%) Data Management
13 38 (5.43%) Roadmaps
14 37 (5.29%) Collaborative Working
14 37 (5.29%) Task Automation
15 33 (4.71%) Change Management
15 33 (4.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (4.57%) Data Protection
16 32 (4.57%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 132 (18.86%) PowerShell
2 63 (9.00%) SQL
3 46 (6.57%) JavaScript
4 29 (4.14%) C#
5 25 (3.57%) Python
6 14 (2.00%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.86%) VBA
8 9 (1.29%) Java
9 5 (0.71%) Bash
9 5 (0.71%) Bicep
9 5 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.57%) Formula Language
10 4 (0.57%) VB
11 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.43%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) R
11 3 (0.43%) Ruby
12 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.29%) VBScript
13 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 84 (12.00%) Degree
4 34 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (1.43%) MCSE
8 9 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.14%) PMP
10 6 (0.86%) FFIEC
11 5 (0.71%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.57%) MCSA
12 4 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.43%) CCNA
13 3 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.43%) IIBA
13 3 (0.43%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.71%) PMO
2 19 (2.71%) GDPR
3 17 (2.43%) SLA
4 14 (2.00%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.43%) QA
6 8 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) P3O
9 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.14%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 207 (29.57%) Active Directory
2 45 (6.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (0.71%) vSphere
8 4 (0.57%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.43%) Brightmail
9 3 (0.43%) ISA Server
10 2 (0.29%) NFS
10 2 (0.29%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.29%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.14%) Docker
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 120 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (5.57%) SCCM
3 21 (3.00%) WSUS
4 13 (1.86%) AppManager
5 11 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (1.14%) Terraform
8 4 (0.57%) Ansible
8 4 (0.57%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.43%) Control-M
9 3 (0.43%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.43%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.43%) QRadar
9 3 (0.43%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.29%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.29%) Netcool
10 2 (0.29%) OPNET
10 2 (0.29%) SCOM
10 2 (0.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 434 (62.00%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.14%) VMware
3 37 (5.29%) ServiceNow
4 28 (4.00%) Cisco
5 19 (2.71%) Oracle
6 17 (2.43%) Citrix
7 16 (2.29%) SAP
8 13 (1.86%) Google
8 13 (1.86%) Ivanti
8 13 (1.86%) McAfee
9 11 (1.57%) Adobe
10 10 (1.43%) Meraki
11 9 (1.29%) Veeam
12 8 (1.14%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.86%) Databricks
13 6 (0.86%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.86%) Remedy
14 5 (0.71%) Splunk
14 5 (0.71%) Symantec
14 5 (0.71%) Zscaler