SharePoint Contracts in the North West

Microsoft SharePoint
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 89 77
Rank change year-on-year +18 -12 -8
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 68 70 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.44% 2.17% 2.82%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.98% 26.12% 25.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 50 85
10th Percentile £228 £251 £159
25th Percentile £278 £350 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £469 £375
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £620 £516 £488
90th Percentile £719 £578 £545
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 7
10th Percentile £21.40 - £16.25
25th Percentile £31.84 £16.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.14% -12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £46.18 £19.00 £36.16
90th Percentile - £19.15 £45.55
England median hourly rate £30.16 £22.63 £22.75
% change year-on-year +33.27% -0.53% +19.74%

All Application Platform Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 189 268 435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 6.79% 8.32% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 194 316
10th Percentile £223 £225 £173
25th Percentile £312 £364 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £518 £565 £570
90th Percentile £615 £650 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 24
10th Percentile - £14.33 £16.25
25th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.12 £18.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +73.59% -1.33% -3.85%
75th Percentile £45.00 £26.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £46.18 £36.20 £53.39
England median hourly rate £27.51 £32.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -15.36% +54.76% -6.67%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 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
Manchester -1 33 £325 -31.58% 32
Lancashire +16 18 £556 +247.66% 5
Cheshire +6 7 £390 -17.89% 15
Merseyside +19 5 £525 +51.08% 9
Cumbria -23 3 £450 +5.88% 1
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 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.29%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (10.29%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (26.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 26 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (25.00%) Azure
3 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.35%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.88%) AWS
6 3 (4.41%) IaaS
7 2 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.94%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.47%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.47%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) Firewall
1 2 (2.94%) Intranet
1 2 (2.94%) VPN
2 1 (1.47%) DKIM
2 1 (1.47%) DNS
2 1 (1.47%) Internet
2 1 (1.47%) LAN
2 1 (1.47%) Skype
2 1 (1.47%) WAN
2 1 (1.47%) Wireless
2 1 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) Metadata
1 7 (10.29%) PowerPivot
1 7 (10.29%) SQL Server
1 7 (10.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Power View
3 3 (4.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.59%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.82%) Finance
3 6 (8.82%) Publishing
4 5 (7.35%) Banking
5 4 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.41%) Retail
6 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Local Government
7 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (17.65%) SharePoint Engineer
2 11 (16.18%) Analyst
3 6 (8.82%) Developer
3 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (8.82%) Senior
4 5 (7.35%) IT Support
4 5 (7.35%) SharePoint Developer
5 4 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Security Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Support Officer
6 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Senior IT Support
6 3 (4.41%) Service Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) CSS
1 7 (10.29%) HTML
2 4 (5.88%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.47%) .NET
3 1 (1.47%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.47%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.47%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (1.47%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.47%) Sass
3 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.88%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.41%) NHS
3 3 (4.41%) PKI
4 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.47%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.47%) iPad
5 1 (1.47%) Life Science
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.47%) Windows
2 9 (13.24%) Windows 10
3 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 7 (10.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.47%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.41%) ITIL
2 17 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (11.76%) Agile
4 8 (11.76%) Migration
4 8 (11.76%) Project Management
5 7 (10.29%) Change Management
5 7 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (10.29%) Metadata Management
5 7 (10.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (10.29%) PRINCE2
6 6 (8.82%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.82%) Information Architecture
6 6 (8.82%) Statistics
7 5 (7.35%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (7.35%) DevOps
7 5 (7.35%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (5.88%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.88%) Line Management
8 4 (5.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.18%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.76%) SQL
3 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.47%) Bash
4 1 (1.47%) Bicep
4 1 (1.47%) C#
4 1 (1.47%) Python
4 1 (1.47%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) Degree
2 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
2 13 (19.12%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (8.82%) MCSE
5 4 (5.88%) CCNA
5 4 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.94%) APMG
6 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.94%) MCP
6 2 (2.94%) MOS
7 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 22 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.35%) Terraform
3 3 (4.41%) SCCM
4 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (63.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.12%) VMware
3 7 (10.29%) SAP
4 4 (5.88%) CyberArk
5 3 (4.41%) Cadence
5 3 (4.41%) Cisco
5 3 (4.41%) Sophos
6 2 (2.94%) Adobe
6 2 (2.94%) CA
6 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.47%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.47%) Dell
7 1 (1.47%) Meraki
7 1 (1.47%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.47%) Novell
7 1 (1.47%) OpenText
7 1 (1.47%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.47%) Veeam
7 1 (1.47%) Wyse