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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 82 81
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 106 100 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.21% 2.16% 2.62%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.13% 26.60% 29.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 61 99
10th Percentile £172 £191 £194
25th Percentile £256 £270 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -17.65% +5.92%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £506
90th Percentile £538 £750 £619
England median daily rate £438 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.89% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 6
10th Percentile £37.80 £13.38 -
25th Percentile £38.73 £26.49 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.11 £42.63 £20.02
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +112.97% +8.19%
75th Percentile £53.22 £46.18 £30.95
90th Percentile £56.42 - £36.88
England median hourly rate £44.64 £30.16 £26.24
% change year-on-year +47.99% +14.94% -0.59%

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 479 376 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.52% 8.12% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 254 335
10th Percentile £207 £208 £200
25th Percentile £355 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £550
90th Percentile £604 £675 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 36 13
10th Percentile £37.80 £13.00 -
25th Percentile £41.55 £13.19 £16.25
Median hourly rate £53.61 £15.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +257.40% -31.82% -10.01%
75th Percentile £75.00 £45.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £77.75 £46.18 £38.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% -25.00% +77.78%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +12 73 £410 +17.14% 172
Yorkshire +16 29 £450 +14.29% 107
North East +1 4 £600 +247.83% 53
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 35 (33.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.77%) Confluence
3 3 (2.83%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.89%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.89%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.94%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (26.42%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (14.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (10.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.94%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 67 (63.21%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (46.23%) Azure
3 30 (28.30%) Entra ID
4 19 (17.92%) Power Platform
5 17 (16.04%) OneDrive
6 15 (14.15%) PowerApps
7 12 (11.32%) Power Automate
8 11 (10.38%) SaaS
9 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (5.66%) ShareGate
11 4 (3.77%) IaaS
11 4 (3.77%) PaaS
12 3 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.89%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.94%) Azure Storage
14 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.21%) Intranet
2 13 (12.26%) DNS
3 12 (11.32%) DHCP
4 5 (4.72%) Skype
5 4 (3.77%) Firewall
5 4 (3.77%) SAN
5 4 (3.77%) VPN
6 3 (2.83%) Network Security
6 3 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.94%) LAN
7 1 (0.94%) NAS
7 1 (0.94%) VLAN
7 1 (0.94%) VoIP
7 1 (0.94%) WAN
7 1 (0.94%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.43%) Power BI
2 4 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.89%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.89%) GIS
4 2 (1.89%) Metadata
4 2 (1.89%) MSDE
4 2 (1.89%) MySQL
4 2 (1.89%) Power Query
4 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.89%) Tableau
5 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.94%) DTS
5 1 (0.94%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.94%) QlikView
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.60%) JIRA
2 3 (2.83%) Hudson
3 2 (1.89%) Git
4 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 42 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.21%) Local Government
3 13 (12.26%) Public Sector
4 12 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (10.38%) Public Speaking
6 7 (6.60%) Finance
7 5 (4.72%) Legal
7 5 (4.72%) Military
8 4 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.77%) Banking
8 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.83%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.94%) Automotive
11 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.94%) Law
11 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (17.92%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 12 (11.32%) Developer
3 11 (10.38%) Analyst
3 11 (10.38%) Communications Officer
3 11 (10.38%) Support Engineer
4 8 (7.55%) Service Analyst
4 8 (7.55%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (6.60%) Architect
6 6 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (5.66%) IT Engineer
6 6 (5.66%) SharePoint Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Consultant
7 5 (4.72%) Senior
7 5 (4.72%) SharePoint Developer
8 4 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Administrator
9 3 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Developer
9 3 (2.83%) Service Desk Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.77%) .NET
2 2 (1.89%) ADO
2 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.89%) CSS
2 2 (1.89%) HTML
2 2 (1.89%) PySpark
3 1 (0.94%) JSON
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.60%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.72%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.83%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.83%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.89%) Clustering
4 2 (1.89%) FMCG
4 2 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.94%) Replication
5 1 (0.94%) Social Media
5 1 (0.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (31.13%) Windows
2 18 (16.98%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.32%) Windows 10
4 9 (8.49%) VMS
5 6 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.77%) Linux
7 4 (3.77%) Unix
7 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.94%) Android
8 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.19%) ITIL
2 25 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (17.92%) Agile
3 19 (17.92%) ITSM
4 15 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (13.21%) Customer Service
6 12 (11.32%) DevOps
6 12 (11.32%) Migration
7 11 (10.38%) Business Continuity
7 11 (10.38%) Business Development
8 10 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (9.43%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (8.49%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (7.55%) Mentoring
11 7 (6.60%) Problem Management
12 6 (5.66%) Data Protection
12 6 (5.66%) High Availability
12 6 (5.66%) Incident Management
12 6 (5.66%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.98%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.55%) SQL
3 3 (2.83%) Python
4 2 (1.89%) C#
4 2 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.89%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.94%) ANSI SQL
5 1 (0.94%) VB
5 1 (0.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (20.75%) Degree
2 20 (18.87%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 12 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.72%) MCSE
6 4 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.83%) CCNA
7 3 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.89%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.89%) ISEB
9 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.94%) IIBA
9 1 (0.94%) MCP
9 1 (0.94%) MCSA
9 1 (0.94%) MCT
9 1 (0.94%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) SLA
2 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.94%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.94%) NCSC
3 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 44 (41.51%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (3.77%) vSphere
5 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.94%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 22 (20.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (13.21%) WSUS
3 9 (8.49%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (5.66%) SCCM
5 4 (3.77%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.94%) AppManager
7 1 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.94%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.94%) SCOM
7 1 (0.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 70 (66.04%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.81%) VMware
3 7 (6.60%) Cisco
3 7 (6.60%) Citrix
4 6 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.72%) Nintex
6 4 (3.77%) Meraki
7 3 (2.83%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.83%) Remedy
7 3 (2.83%) Veeam
8 2 (1.89%) Databricks
9 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.94%) Cognos
9 1 (0.94%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.94%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.94%) McAfee
9 1 (0.94%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.94%) SAP
9 1 (0.94%) Symantec
9 1 (0.94%) Zscaler