SharePoint Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft SharePoint
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 51 89 108
Rank change year-on-year +38 +19 -26
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 136 102 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.13% 2.14% 2.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.31% 28.73% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 63 93
10th Percentile £170 £201 £194
25th Percentile £230 £275 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £390 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -8.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £506
90th Percentile £538 £750 £615
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 4
10th Percentile £16.18 £14.21 -
25th Percentile £27.02 £16.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.59 £40.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +123.61% -6.49%
75th Percentile £49.94 £45.89 £22.88
90th Percentile £56.19 £46.18 £29.40
England median hourly rate £26.15 £30.16 £22.63
% change year-on-year -13.31% +33.27% -5.71%

All Application Platform Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 498 355 493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.11% 7.45% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 235 355
10th Percentile £188 £203 £200
25th Percentile £333 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -2.63% +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £610 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 38 10
10th Percentile £16.85 £13.00 £15.89
25th Percentile £24.76 £13.31 £16.63
Median hourly rate £41.00 £15.23 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +169.21% -31.55% +20.27%
75th Percentile £57.59 £44.47 £28.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £46.18 £36.98
England median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +90.91% -12.00% +49.59%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the North of England

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the North of England

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the North of England

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the North of England

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in the North of England

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +28 95 £425 +6.25% 71
Yorkshire +16 34 £444 +36.54% 41
North East +8 11 £465 +210.00% 15
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 48 (35.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.94%) Confluence
3 2 (1.47%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.47%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 34 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (8.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 101 (74.26%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (41.18%) Azure
3 35 (25.74%) Entra ID
4 34 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 31 (22.79%) PowerApps
6 25 (18.38%) Power Automate
7 24 (17.65%) OneDrive
8 13 (9.56%) SaaS
9 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (4.41%) IaaS
10 6 (4.41%) PaaS
11 3 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (2.21%) ShareGate
12 2 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.47%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.74%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.97%) DNS
2 18 (13.24%) DHCP
3 13 (9.56%) Intranet
4 9 (6.62%) VPN
4 9 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.68%) LAN
5 5 (3.68%) Skype
5 5 (3.68%) VLAN
5 5 (3.68%) VoIP
5 5 (3.68%) WAN
6 4 (2.94%) SAN
7 3 (2.21%) Firewall
7 3 (2.21%) Network Security
8 1 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.62%) Power BI
2 6 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.47%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.47%) GIS
4 2 (1.47%) Metadata
4 2 (1.47%) MSDE
4 2 (1.47%) MySQL
4 2 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.74%) DTS
5 1 (0.74%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) JIRA
2 3 (2.21%) Hudson
3 2 (1.47%) Git
4 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 53 (38.97%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.91%) Public Sector
3 14 (10.29%) Local Government
4 13 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.09%) Public Speaking
6 7 (5.15%) Military
7 6 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.68%) Legal
9 4 (2.94%) Banking
9 4 (2.94%) Finance
10 3 (2.21%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Automotive
12 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Law
12 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (17.65%) Developer
2 23 (16.91%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 18 (13.24%) Support Engineer
4 16 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Developer
5 15 (11.03%) Analyst
6 12 (8.82%) Software Developer
7 11 (8.09%) Communications Officer
7 11 (8.09%) Service Analyst
7 11 (8.09%) Service Desk Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) Architect
9 6 (4.41%) Administrator
9 6 (4.41%) Desktop Support
9 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (4.41%) Senior
10 5 (3.68%) Consultant
10 5 (3.68%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) SharePoint Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.56%) CSS
1 13 (9.56%) HTML
2 10 (7.35%) React
3 9 (6.62%) SPFx
4 4 (2.94%) .NET
5 2 (1.47%) ADO
5 2 (1.47%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.47%) PySpark
6 1 (0.74%) LDAP
6 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.68%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.21%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.47%) Clustering
4 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.47%) FMCG
4 2 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.47%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.74%) Blog
5 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.74%) Replication
5 1 (0.74%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 48 (35.29%) Windows
2 22 (16.18%) Windows 10
3 20 (14.71%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.35%) VMS
5 6 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.94%) Linux
7 4 (2.94%) Unix
7 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.74%) Android
8 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.00%) ITIL
2 26 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (17.65%) ITSM
4 20 (14.71%) Agile
4 20 (14.71%) Customer Service
5 17 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (11.76%) Migration
7 15 (11.03%) DevOps
8 13 (9.56%) Web Development
9 12 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (8.09%) Business Continuity
10 11 (8.09%) Business Development
11 10 (7.35%) Incident Management
12 9 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (6.62%) Data Loss Prevention
13 8 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (5.88%) Mentoring
14 7 (5.15%) Data Protection
15 6 (4.41%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (22.79%) PowerShell
2 13 (9.56%) JavaScript
3 10 (7.35%) TypeScript
4 7 (5.15%) SQL
5 2 (1.47%) Python
5 2 (1.47%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.74%) VB
6 1 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (16.91%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.44%) Degree
3 16 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.68%) MCSE
6 4 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.21%) CCNA
7 3 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.47%) ISEB
9 1 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.74%) IIBA
9 1 (0.74%) MCP
9 1 (0.74%) MCSA
9 1 (0.74%) MCT
9 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.15%) SLA
2 5 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.21%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.74%) NCSC
4 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 57 (41.91%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.94%) vSphere
5 2 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.74%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 26 (19.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (11.76%) WSUS
3 11 (8.09%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (7.35%) SCCM
5 5 (3.68%) AppManager
6 4 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.94%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.74%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.74%) SCOM
7 1 (0.74%) VxRail
Vendors
1 98 (72.06%) Microsoft
2 26 (19.12%) VMware
3 10 (7.35%) Citrix
4 9 (6.62%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.15%) Cisco
6 5 (3.68%) Ivanti
7 4 (2.94%) Remedy
8 3 (2.21%) Meraki
8 3 (2.21%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.21%) Veeam
9 2 (1.47%) Databricks
9 2 (1.47%) Nintex
10 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.74%) McAfee
10 1 (0.74%) Pega
10 1 (0.74%) Symantec