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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 49 70
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +18
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 63 93 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.93% 3.45% 2.90%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.32% 41.89% 33.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 54 54
10th Percentile £190 £194 £208
25th Percentile £268 £268 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £408 £440
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -7.39% +29.41%
75th Percentile £488 £534 £512
90th Percentile £538 £648 £593
England median daily rate £450 £470 £463
% change year-on-year -4.26% +1.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 8
10th Percentile £37.80 £26.56 -
25th Percentile £37.91 £29.91 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.09 £45.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% +119.51% +2.50%
75th Percentile £47.12 £46.18 £22.53
90th Percentile £56.85 - £27.77
England median hourly rate £40.83 £30.08 £22.75
% change year-on-year +35.72% +32.22% -

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 310 222 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.40% 8.23% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 145 188
10th Percentile £263 £213 £211
25th Percentile £350 £325 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £553
90th Percentile £600 £641 £652
England median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 13
10th Percentile £35.16 £13.00 -
25th Percentile £37.80 £15.69 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.12 £33.56 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +52.53% -61.74%
75th Percentile £71.45 £46.18 £26.00
90th Percentile £77.00 - £37.75
England median hourly rate £47.12 £32.31 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.85% -31.98% +111.11%

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 16 July 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 16 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in the North West

SharePoint
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 16 July 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
Cheshire -7 16 £339 -9.60% 10
Manchester -28 16 £450 +5.88% 28
Lancashire +2 14 £388 -39.22% 18
Cumbria +19 10 £525 +191.67% 3
Merseyside +8 7 £400 -25.58% 2
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 22 (34.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.17%) Confluence
2 2 (3.17%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (47.62%) Azure
3 21 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 14 (22.22%) OneDrive
5 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (11.11%) ShareGate
7 6 (9.52%) Power Platform
8 5 (7.94%) SaaS
9 4 (6.35%) Power Automate
9 4 (6.35%) PowerApps
10 3 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) DHCP
1 9 (14.29%) DNS
2 4 (6.35%) Firewall
2 4 (6.35%) SAN
3 2 (3.17%) Intranet
3 2 (3.17%) Skype
3 2 (3.17%) VPN
4 1 (1.59%) LAN
4 1 (1.59%) NAS
4 1 (1.59%) SSH
4 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.59%) WAN
4 1 (1.59%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.59%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Hudson
1 3 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 26 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.70%) Finance
3 6 (9.52%) Banking
3 6 (9.52%) Legal
3 6 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.17%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.17%) Military
4 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.59%) Automotive
5 1 (1.59%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.59%) Retail
5 1 (1.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 11 (17.46%) Analyst
3 7 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Architect
4 6 (9.52%) SharePoint Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Service Analyst
5 5 (7.94%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Developer
6 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Security Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) SharePoint Developer
7 3 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Senior
8 2 (3.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) CSS
1 2 (3.17%) HTML
2 1 (1.59%) ADO
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.59%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Data Centre
1 4 (6.35%) Virtual Team
2 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.59%) Social Media
3 1 (1.59%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (39.68%) Windows
2 14 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.11%) VMS
4 5 (7.94%) Unix
4 5 (7.94%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (6.35%) Linux
5 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) ITIL
2 17 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.22%) Agile
3 14 (22.22%) ITSM
4 11 (17.46%) Data Loss Prevention
4 11 (17.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 8 (12.70%) Data Governance
6 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 7 (11.11%) DevOps
7 7 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.52%) Data Protection
8 6 (9.52%) Problem Management
9 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (7.94%) Information Security
9 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
9 5 (7.94%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (7.94%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.87%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.17%) C#
2 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) Degree
2 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.35%) MCSE
3 4 (6.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.17%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.59%) IIBA
5 1 (1.59%) ISEB
5 1 (1.59%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.59%) NIST
2 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 25 (39.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.94%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (19.05%) WSUS
3 5 (7.94%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (6.35%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.59%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (74.60%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.63%) VMware
3 7 (11.11%) Nintex
4 5 (7.94%) Citrix
5 4 (6.35%) Darktrace
5 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.35%) Zscaler
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco
6 2 (3.17%) Varonis
7 1 (1.59%) Ariba
7 1 (1.59%) Databricks
7 1 (1.59%) IBM
7 1 (1.59%) Meraki
7 1 (1.59%) Remedy
7 1 (1.59%) SAP