SharePoint Contracts in the North West

Microsoft SharePoint
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 37 65 88
Rank change year-on-year +28 +23 -12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 95 73 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.83% 2.65% 2.25%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.94% 37.24% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 39 50
10th Percentile £150 £241 £251
25th Percentile £230 £275 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £469
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -14.67% +37.87%
75th Percentile £500 £594 £516
90th Percentile £538 £700 £578
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 3
10th Percentile £16.16 £21.40 -
25th Percentile £21.64 £31.84 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.59 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +157.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £44.32 £46.18 £19.00
90th Percentile £49.94 - £19.15
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 307 196 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.60% 7.11% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 123 187
10th Percentile £187 £230 £231
25th Percentile £325 £312 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £510 £520 £550
90th Percentile £588 £613 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 8
10th Percentile £16.25 - £15.18
25th Percentile £22.01 £13.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.59 £32.12 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% +56.66% +9.33%
75th Percentile £65.13 £45.00 £26.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £46.18 £39.93
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the North West

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the North West

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the North West

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the North West

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +20 40 £450 +33.33% 38
Cheshire +18 27 £401 +25.16% 13
Cumbria +9 11 £525 +16.67% 3
Merseyside +7 9 £145 -73.02% 3
Lancashire -8 7 £375 -32.58% 21
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 40 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.21%) Confluence
3 2 (2.11%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.05%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (16.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.11%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 76 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (50.53%) Azure
3 31 (32.63%) Entra ID
4 20 (21.05%) Power Platform
5 19 (20.00%) PowerApps
6 17 (17.89%) OneDrive
7 14 (14.74%) Power Automate
8 13 (13.68%) SaaS
9 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.16%) IaaS
10 3 (3.16%) PaaS
11 2 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (2.11%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.68%) DNS
2 12 (12.63%) DHCP
3 5 (5.26%) Skype
4 4 (4.21%) SAN
4 4 (4.21%) VPN
5 3 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.05%) Intranet
6 1 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.21%) Power BI
1 4 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.11%) Delta Lake
3 2 (2.11%) GIS
3 2 (2.11%) Metadata
3 2 (2.11%) MSDE
3 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.05%) DTS
4 1 (1.05%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (7.37%) JIRA
2 3 (3.16%) Hudson
3 2 (2.11%) Git
General
1 38 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.26%) Legal
3 5 (5.26%) Military
4 4 (4.21%) Banking
5 3 (3.16%) Finance
5 3 (3.16%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.11%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.05%) Automotive
7 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.05%) Law
7 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (23.16%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 15 (15.79%) Analyst
3 12 (12.63%) Developer
3 12 (12.63%) Support Engineer
4 11 (11.58%) Microsoft 365 Developer
4 11 (11.58%) Service Analyst
4 11 (11.58%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) Software Developer
6 7 (7.37%) Architect
7 6 (6.32%) Administrator
8 4 (4.21%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Senior
8 4 (4.21%) SharePoint Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Applications Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Desktop Support
9 3 (3.16%) Power Platform Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.53%) CSS
1 10 (10.53%) HTML
2 6 (6.32%) React
2 6 (6.32%) SPFx
3 2 (2.11%) .NET
3 2 (2.11%) ADO
3 2 (2.11%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.11%) PySpark
4 1 (1.05%) LDAP
4 1 (1.05%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.42%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.11%) Clustering
3 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.05%) Blog
4 1 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.05%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 39 (41.05%) Windows
2 20 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 16 (16.84%) Windows 10
4 10 (10.53%) VMS
5 6 (6.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.21%) Linux
7 4 (4.21%) Unix
7 4 (4.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.05%) Android
8 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.05%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.63%) ITIL
2 23 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (23.16%) ITSM
4 15 (15.79%) Agile
4 15 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 14 (14.74%) DevOps
5 14 (14.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (14.74%) Task Automation
6 13 (13.68%) Migration
7 10 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (10.53%) Web Development
8 9 (9.47%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (8.42%) Incident Management
10 7 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (7.37%) Data Protection
11 6 (6.32%) E-Discovery
11 6 (6.32%) High Availability
11 6 (6.32%) Problem Management
12 5 (5.26%) Data Governance
12 5 (5.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 10 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.32%) TypeScript
4 5 (5.26%) SQL
5 2 (2.11%) Python
5 2 (2.11%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.05%) VB
6 1 (1.05%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.53%) Degree
4 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.26%) MCSE
6 4 (4.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (2.11%) ISEB
8 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.05%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.05%) IIBA
8 1 (1.05%) MCP
8 1 (1.05%) MCSA
8 1 (1.05%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) SLA
2 5 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.16%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.05%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 46 (48.42%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.05%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (24.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (16.84%) WSUS
3 11 (11.58%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (4.21%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.05%) Perfmon
5 1 (1.05%) SCCM
5 1 (1.05%) SCOM
5 1 (1.05%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (77.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.95%) VMware
3 9 (9.47%) ServiceNow
4 8 (8.42%) Citrix
5 4 (4.21%) Cisco
5 4 (4.21%) Remedy
6 2 (2.11%) Databricks
6 2 (2.11%) Nintex
7 1 (1.05%) McAfee
7 1 (1.05%) Symantec