SharePoint Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 83 93
Rank change year-on-year +21 +10 -18
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 71 89 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.22% 3.12% 2.10%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.39% 28.16% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 64 58
10th Percentile £313 £304 £211
25th Percentile £350 £355 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £388
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% - -8.82%
75th Percentile £500 £505 £568
90th Percentile £700 £596 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £15.66 - £15.73
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £18.75 £20.59
90th Percentile - - £30.14
UK median hourly rate £28.84 £22.63 £23.00
% change year-on-year +27.43% -1.61% +9.79%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 332 316 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 15.04% 11.07% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 229 319
10th Percentile £219 £181 £213
25th Percentile £350 £325 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -3.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £573
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £15.36 £17.83 £14.84
25th Percentile £15.42 £17.99 £16.27
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +5.71% -72.29%
75th Percentile £17.50 £36.25 £28.55
90th Percentile £24.93 £46.75 £37.90
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.26% +93.18% -2.22%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in Scotland

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in Scotland

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in Scotland

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in Scotland

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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
Glasgow -5 35 £350 -9.68% 9
Edinburgh +30 13 £750 +50.23% 16
South Lanarkshire -2 3 £700 +145.61%
Fife -1 1 - - 2
Aberdeen - 1 £325 - 4
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.23%) Confluence
2 3 (4.23%) IIS
3 2 (2.82%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.41%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 28 (39.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (33.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (12.68%) Photoshop
4 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (61.97%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (26.76%) Power Platform
3 15 (21.13%) Yammer
4 11 (15.49%) Canva
4 11 (15.49%) Slack
5 10 (14.08%) Azure
6 8 (11.27%) PowerApps
7 7 (9.86%) Power Automate
8 5 (7.04%) Entra ID
8 5 (7.04%) OneDrive
9 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.41%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) Intranet
2 3 (4.23%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.27%) Power BI
2 1 (1.41%) DB2
2 1 (1.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) JIRA
2 3 (4.23%) Git
2 3 (4.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.76%) Finance
3 16 (22.54%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (18.31%) Publishing
5 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (11.27%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (9.86%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.63%) Banking
10 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (42.25%) Analyst
2 15 (21.13%) Change Analyst
3 10 (14.08%) Content Manager
4 6 (8.45%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Coordinator
5 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (5.63%) Developer
5 4 (5.63%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (5.63%) Security Analyst
6 3 (4.23%) Administrator
6 3 (4.23%) Communications Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Consultant
6 3 (4.23%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.23%) PowerShell Developer
6 3 (4.23%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (4.23%) Technical Manager
7 2 (2.82%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (2.82%) Support Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) SailPoint
2 3 (4.23%) .NET
2 3 (4.23%) CSS
2 3 (4.23%) HTML
3 2 (2.82%) .NET Remoting
3 2 (2.82%) JSON
3 2 (2.82%) REST
3 2 (2.82%) XML
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Video Editing
2 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.23%) Mainframe
3 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.58%) Project Management
2 19 (26.76%) Agile
2 19 (26.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (25.35%) Infographics
4 14 (19.72%) Change Management
5 12 (16.90%) Waterfall
6 10 (14.08%) Copywriting
7 9 (12.68%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (12.68%) Wireframes
8 8 (11.27%) Logistics
8 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.86%) Migration
9 7 (9.86%) Project Governance
10 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.04%) Channel Management
11 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (7.04%) DevOps
11 5 (7.04%) Identity Access Management
11 5 (7.04%) User Experience
12 4 (5.63%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.23%) Perl
2 3 (4.23%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) COBOL
3 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) PMO
2 4 (5.63%) QA
3 3 (4.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.41%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 10 (14.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (61.97%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) CyberArk
2 4 (5.63%) Nintex
3 2 (2.82%) Cadence
4 1 (1.41%) Citrix
4 1 (1.41%) IBM
4 1 (1.41%) Informatica
4 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.41%) SAP
4 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow