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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 87 115
Rank change year-on-year -19 +28 +7
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 620 899 1,071
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.54% 2.42% 2.27%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.12% 24.60% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 619 757
10th Percentile £220 £212 £205
25th Percentile £313 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £475 £467
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +1.82% -1.79%
75th Percentile £538 £574 £610
90th Percentile £606 £681 £730
UK median daily rate £425 £473 £471
% change year-on-year -10.05% +0.27% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 50 37
10th Percentile £15.70 £12.24 £16.13
25th Percentile £32.05 £16.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £43.09 £30.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +43.63% +31.87% -7.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £45.89 £53.75
90th Percentile £74.50 £51.91 £66.93
UK median hourly rate £41.84 £30.00 £22.69
% change year-on-year +39.47% +32.22% -13.86%

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 2,803 3,655 4,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.50% 9.83% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,840 2,627 3,548
10th Percentile £281 £262 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £486 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.75% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 143 130
10th Percentile £16.63 £13.30 £16.24
25th Percentile £27.85 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.16 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.07% -37.17% +118.18%
75th Percentile £72.50 £46.18 £65.94
90th Percentile £80.75 £70.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £30.49 £52.50
% change year-on-year +72.17% -41.92% +128.26%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -37 264 £450 -10.00% 362
North of England +2 102 £425 +21.43% 214
South East +48 78 £450 - 322
North West -5 71 £425 +17.65% 125
South West -4 70 £419 -14.54% 75
Midlands -10 60 £363 -9.38% 99
West Midlands +12 55 £375 -6.25% 62
East of England +25 37 £250 -40.48% 87
Yorkshire +16 27 £475 +11.76% 55
North East +2 4 £600 +247.83% 34
East Midlands -8 4 £275 +62.42% 32
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
1 137 (22.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (5.81%) Confluence
3 13 (2.10%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.29%) CMS
5 7 (1.13%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.97%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (0.65%) IIS
7 4 (0.65%) Moodle
8 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.48%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.32%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.32%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.32%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 102 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.90%) MS Visio
5 16 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.45%) InfoPath
7 8 (1.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (1.29%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.97%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (0.97%) InDesign
8 6 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.32%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.32%) Trello
10 1 (0.16%) CATIA
10 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.94%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.16%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 305 (49.19%) Microsoft 365
2 220 (35.48%) Azure
3 165 (26.61%) Power Platform
4 118 (19.03%) OneDrive
5 101 (16.29%) Entra ID
6 94 (15.16%) PowerApps
7 92 (14.84%) Power Automate
8 33 (5.32%) SaaS
9 29 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (3.55%) AWS
11 21 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (2.74%) ShareGate
14 15 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.77%) Asana
15 11 (1.77%) Mimecast
16 10 (1.61%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.61%) PaaS
16 10 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.77%) VPN
2 41 (6.61%) Firewall
3 40 (6.45%) DNS
4 29 (4.68%) DHCP
5 24 (3.87%) Intranet
6 20 (3.23%) Skype
7 18 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (2.26%) Internet
9 12 (1.94%) Network Security
10 10 (1.61%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.45%) WAN
12 8 (1.29%) SAN
13 7 (1.13%) LAN
13 7 (1.13%) NAS
13 7 (1.13%) VLAN
14 6 (0.97%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.81%) VoIP
15 5 (0.81%) WebEx
16 4 (0.65%) SD-WAN
17 3 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (13.55%) Power BI
2 26 (4.19%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.39%) Metadata
4 11 (1.77%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.77%) Tableau
5 10 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (1.29%) Power Query
7 7 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.81%) MS Access
9 4 (0.65%) Big Data
10 3 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.48%) EDMS
10 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.32%) GIS
11 2 (0.32%) MSDE
11 2 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 49 (7.90%) JIRA
2 7 (1.13%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.97%) Git
4 5 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.48%) GitLab
6 3 (0.48%) Hudson
6 3 (0.48%) Subversion
6 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.16%) Serena SBM
General
1 267 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 142 (22.90%) Finance
3 54 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.16%) Banking
7 26 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.87%) Legal
8 24 (3.87%) Local Government
9 23 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.42%) Marketing
12 12 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.77%) Public Speaking
14 9 (1.45%) Military
15 7 (1.13%) Electronics
15 7 (1.13%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 100 (16.13%) Analyst
2 73 (11.77%) Developer
3 52 (8.39%) Support Engineer
4 49 (7.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 45 (7.26%) Senior
6 39 (6.29%) Architect
7 30 (4.84%) Consultant
8 25 (4.03%) IT Support
9 24 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (3.55%) Data Analyst
11 20 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 20 (3.23%) IT Engineer
11 20 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
11 20 (3.23%) SharePoint Engineer
12 19 (3.06%) Lead
12 19 (3.06%) SharePoint Developer
13 18 (2.90%) Administrator
13 18 (2.90%) Project Manager
14 16 (2.58%) IT Manager
15 15 (2.42%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.52%) REST
2 25 (4.03%) HTML
3 22 (3.55%) .NET
4 17 (2.74%) CSS
5 8 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
5 8 (1.29%) SPFx
6 7 (1.13%) ADO
6 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (1.13%) SOAP
7 6 (0.97%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.97%) Web Services
8 5 (0.81%) JSON
8 5 (0.81%) React
8 5 (0.81%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.65%) jQuery
10 3 (0.48%) Kafka
10 3 (0.48%) LDAP
11 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (0.32%) EDI
11 2 (0.32%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
5 14 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.10%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.10%) iPhone
7 12 (1.94%) iPad
8 10 (1.61%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.29%) PKI
9 8 (1.29%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.97%) Animation
11 6 (0.97%) Motion Graphics
11 6 (0.97%) Photography
11 6 (0.97%) Social Media
11 6 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.81%) Clustering
12 5 (0.81%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 151 (24.35%) Windows
2 67 (10.81%) Windows 10
3 41 (6.61%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (1.94%) Linux
6 11 (1.77%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.61%) VMS
7 10 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.29%) Android
8 8 (1.29%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.97%) Unix
11 3 (0.48%) Solaris
11 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (20.00%) Migration
3 91 (14.68%) Agile
3 91 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
4 88 (14.19%) ITIL
5 64 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 63 (10.16%) Project Management
7 50 (8.06%) Customer Service
8 48 (7.74%) DevOps
9 42 (6.77%) Document Management
10 40 (6.45%) Data Management
10 40 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 39 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (5.65%) Project Delivery
13 33 (5.32%) ITSM
14 32 (5.16%) Change Management
14 32 (5.16%) Collaborative Working
14 32 (5.16%) Data Loss Prevention
14 32 (5.16%) Roadmaps
15 30 (4.84%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 98 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 53 (8.55%) SQL
3 31 (5.00%) C#
3 31 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 21 (3.39%) Python
5 9 (1.45%) Java
6 6 (0.97%) VBA
7 5 (0.81%) Bash
7 5 (0.81%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.48%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.48%) Perl
8 3 (0.48%) Ruby
8 3 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.32%) R
9 2 (0.32%) VB
9 2 (0.32%) VBScript
10 1 (0.16%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.16%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 84 (13.55%) SC Cleared
3 83 (13.39%) Degree
4 42 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (1.77%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.77%) PMP
8 10 (1.61%) MCSE
9 6 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.81%) APMP
11 4 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.65%) FFIEC
11 4 (0.65%) MCSA
11 4 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.48%) CCNA
12 3 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.48%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.61%) PMO
2 16 (2.58%) GDPR
3 15 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.94%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.77%) QA
5 11 (1.77%) SLA
6 6 (0.97%) NIST
6 6 (0.97%) P3O
6 6 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.65%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.65%) WCAG
8 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.32%) NCSC
9 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.16%) EMIR
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 168 (27.10%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.29%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.81%) vSphere
7 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.48%) Brightmail
8 3 (0.48%) ISA Server
9 2 (0.32%) NFS
9 2 (0.32%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.32%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Docker
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 102 (16.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (4.68%) SCCM
3 18 (2.90%) WSUS
4 12 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.45%) Terraform
6 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.65%) AppManager
7 4 (0.65%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.48%) Ansible
8 3 (0.48%) Control-M
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.48%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.48%) QRadar
8 3 (0.48%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.32%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.32%) Netcool
9 2 (0.32%) OPNET
9 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.32%) SCOM
9 2 (0.32%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 366 (59.03%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.10%) VMware
3 30 (4.84%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.55%) Cisco
5 14 (2.26%) SAP
6 13 (2.10%) Adobe
6 13 (2.10%) McAfee
6 13 (2.10%) Oracle
7 12 (1.94%) Meraki
8 11 (1.77%) Citrix
9 9 (1.45%) Nintex
9 9 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.29%) Google
10 8 (1.29%) Veeam
11 7 (1.13%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.97%) Ariba
12 6 (0.97%) Databricks
12 6 (0.97%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.81%) IFS
13 5 (0.81%) Splunk