SharePoint Contracts in England

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SharePoint skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SharePoint over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 103 120
Rank change year-on-year +5 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 864 1,153 1,644
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.36% 2.35% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.13% 21.88% 18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 610 826 1,135
10th Percentile £212 £213 £208
25th Percentile £305 £339 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £653
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 28 53
10th Percentile £12.19 £16.10 £13.81
25th Percentile £15.63 £16.25 £19.78
Median hourly rate £28.84 £22.63 £26.34
Median % change year-on-year +27.43% -14.09% +42.38%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.69 £41.50
90th Percentile £51.91 £79.19 £66.99
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £22.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year +21.59% -5.71% +20.00%

All Application Platform Skills
England

SharePoint is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,438 5,269 8,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.40% 10.73% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,463 3,769 6,097
10th Percentile £250 £263 £263
25th Percentile £360 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £625
90th Percentile £765 £763 £719
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 130 187
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £13.72
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.31 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £35.00 £20.89
Median % change year-on-year -27.14% +67.54% +4.94%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £47.11
90th Percentile £68.30 £79.30 £67.92
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% +100.00% +5.14%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +21 415 £500 - 198
South West +10 122 £483 -1.03% 69
North of England -1 101 £390 -9.30% 131
South East -26 83 £450 -5.76% 117
Midlands +24 80 £372 -16.42% 73
North West +11 72 £400 -14.67% 76
West Midlands +38 60 £400 -9.60% 44
East of England -11 32 £413 -13.16% 69
Yorkshire -1 26 £325 -9.17% 43
East Midlands +11 20 £169 -62.08% 29
North East +15 3 £150 -64.07% 12
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
1 170 (19.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (6.37%) Confluence
3 45 (5.21%) SharePoint Server
4 15 (1.74%) CMS
5 13 (1.50%) SharePoint 2013
6 11 (1.27%) IIS
6 11 (1.27%) Skype for Business
7 10 (1.16%) SAS
8 8 (0.93%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (0.93%) Site Server
9 5 (0.58%) Documentum
10 3 (0.35%) Apache
10 3 (0.35%) WordPress
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.23%) Jadu
12 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
12 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 105 (12.15%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (6.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (3.24%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.23%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.23%) Windchill
10 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (1.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 14 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.35%) Workfront
4 2 (0.23%) Primavera
4 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 386 (44.68%) Microsoft 365
2 316 (36.57%) Azure
3 161 (18.63%) Power Platform
4 121 (14.00%) OneDrive
5 88 (10.19%) PowerApps
6 87 (10.07%) Power Automate
7 72 (8.33%) Entra ID
8 43 (4.98%) AWS
9 42 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (4.17%) Azure Stack
11 30 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.85%) GitHub
14 15 (1.74%) ShareGate
15 13 (1.50%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.50%) Azure Storage
15 13 (1.50%) IaaS
15 13 (1.50%) Serverless
16 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
17 8 (0.93%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.99%) Firewall
2 51 (5.90%) Intranet
3 35 (4.05%) BGP
3 35 (4.05%) DNS
4 33 (3.82%) VPN
5 19 (2.20%) DHCP
6 16 (1.85%) LAN
7 15 (1.74%) Skype
8 14 (1.62%) SAN
8 14 (1.62%) WAN
9 13 (1.50%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.16%) Unified Communications
10 10 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.93%) Wireless
12 7 (0.81%) Internet
13 6 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (0.69%) NAS
14 5 (0.58%) NetScaler
14 5 (0.58%) VLAN
14 5 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (11.11%) Power BI
2 64 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.59%) Metadata
4 27 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (2.66%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.62%) Data Vault
7 9 (1.04%) QlikView
7 9 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.93%) GIS
8 8 (0.93%) Pentaho
8 8 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
8 8 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.81%) EDMS
9 7 (0.81%) PowerPivot
10 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Power View
10 6 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.58%) Tableau
12 4 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.46%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 71 (8.22%) JIRA
2 12 (1.39%) GitLab
3 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.81%) Git
5 4 (0.46%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.12%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 318 (36.81%) Social Skills
2 142 (16.44%) Finance
3 124 (14.35%) Public Sector
4 69 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.18%) Banking
6 40 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (4.40%) Marketing
8 35 (4.05%) Telecoms
9 33 (3.82%) Legal
9 33 (3.82%) Manufacturing
10 23 (2.66%) Publishing
11 22 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.08%) Electronics
13 16 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.27%) Military
15 11 (1.27%) Retail
16 10 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.16%) Law
17 9 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (13.43%) Developer
2 99 (11.46%) Analyst
3 92 (10.65%) Architect
4 65 (7.52%) Administrator
5 57 (6.60%) Project Manager
6 47 (5.44%) SharePoint Developer
7 41 (4.75%) IT Support
7 41 (4.75%) Senior
8 35 (4.05%) Support Engineer
9 34 (3.94%) Consultant
10 33 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 31 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (3.36%) SharePoint Administrator
12 29 (3.36%) SharePoint Architect
13 27 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
14 26 (3.01%) Lead
14 26 (3.01%) Microsoft Engineer
15 24 (2.78%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 24 (2.78%) Support Officer
16 23 (2.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.70%) .NET
2 25 (2.89%) CSS
3 21 (2.43%) HTML
4 19 (2.20%) SPFx
5 15 (1.74%) .NET Framework
5 15 (1.74%) REST
6 13 (1.50%) SailPoint
7 10 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.04%) jQuery
9 7 (0.81%) RESTful
10 6 (0.69%) JSON
10 6 (0.69%) SOAP
10 6 (0.69%) XML
11 5 (0.58%) LAMP
11 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.46%) React
12 4 (0.46%) SAML
12 4 (0.46%) Web Services
12 4 (0.46%) XMPP
13 3 (0.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.17%) Management Information System
1 36 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.05%) Private Cloud
3 21 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.31%) PKI
5 18 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.08%) Taxonomies
6 16 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 15 (1.74%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.62%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.62%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.27%) iPhone
11 8 (0.93%) iPad
11 8 (0.93%) NHS
11 8 (0.93%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.69%) Digital Signage
13 6 (0.69%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 214 (24.77%) Windows
2 74 (8.56%) Windows 10
3 68 (7.87%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.85%) Android
6 14 (1.62%) Linux
6 14 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.50%) Apple iOS
8 12 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.27%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.69%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.58%) VMS
12 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.23%) Unix
14 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (17.48%) Migration
2 130 (15.05%) Project Management
3 128 (14.81%) Agile
4 113 (13.08%) ITIL
5 102 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
6 93 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 69 (7.99%) Change Management
9 63 (7.29%) Service Management
10 60 (6.94%) Project Delivery
11 56 (6.48%) DevOps
12 54 (6.25%) Customer Service
13 50 (5.79%) Data Migration
14 47 (5.44%) Analytics
14 47 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 47 (5.44%) PRINCE2
15 43 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (4.63%) ITSM
17 39 (4.51%) Capacity Management
18 38 (4.40%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 130 (15.05%) PowerShell
2 67 (7.75%) SQL
3 44 (5.09%) JavaScript
4 35 (4.05%) C#
5 27 (3.13%) Python
6 10 (1.16%) T-SQL
7 8 (0.93%) Korn
8 6 (0.69%) C
8 6 (0.69%) R
9 3 (0.35%) Java
10 2 (0.23%) Bicep
10 2 (0.23%) C++
10 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.23%) PHP
10 2 (0.23%) VB
10 2 (0.23%) VBA
11 1 (0.12%) Bash
11 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 226 (26.16%) Security Cleared
2 161 (18.63%) SC Cleared
3 106 (12.27%) Degree
4 70 (8.10%) DV Cleared
5 38 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.62%) MCSE
9 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.50%) CCNA
9 13 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.27%) PMP
11 6 (0.69%) APMG
11 6 (0.69%) MCSA
11 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.46%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.86%) QA
2 35 (4.05%) Government Security Classifications
3 34 (3.94%) PMO
4 24 (2.78%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.43%) SLA
6 15 (1.74%) GDPR
7 11 (1.27%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.69%) GRC
9 6 (0.69%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.58%) NIST
11 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.23%) P3O
13 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 181 (20.95%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.62%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 5 (0.58%) vSphere
6 5 (0.58%) XenApp
6 5 (0.58%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.35%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.12%) Docker
10 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 67 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (4.98%) SCCM
3 34 (3.94%) SCOM
4 24 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.39%) Terraform
6 8 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.93%) PingFederate
7 4 (0.46%) Ansible
7 4 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.46%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.35%) AppManager
8 3 (0.35%) OPNET
8 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.35%) WSUS
9 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.23%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.23%) Puppet
9 2 (0.23%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 495 (57.29%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.02%) VMware
3 40 (4.63%) SAP
4 39 (4.51%) Oracle
5 38 (4.40%) Atlassian
6 26 (3.01%) Cisco
7 24 (2.78%) Citrix
8 23 (2.66%) NetApp
9 20 (2.31%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.97%) Sparx
11 16 (1.85%) Apple
12 14 (1.62%) Adobe
13 12 (1.39%) CyberArk
14 11 (1.27%) Veeam
15 10 (1.16%) Google
16 8 (0.93%) ESRI
16 8 (0.93%) Informatica
16 8 (0.93%) Mitel
16 8 (0.93%) Salesforce
16 8 (0.93%) SolarWinds