SharePoint Contracts in the South West

Microsoft SharePoint
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 48 44 59
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 +3
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 65 130 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.87% 4.06% 3.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.88% 43.05% 30.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 94 102
10th Percentile £210 £302 £264
25th Percentile £250 £425 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £493 £481
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +2.34% +4.62%
75th Percentile £500 £547 £590
90th Percentile £613 £604 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.63
25th Percentile - £27.26 £17.19
Median hourly rate £14.42 £27.52 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.59% +44.82% -72.48%
75th Percentile - £27.77 £20.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.15 £30.16 £22.63
% change year-on-year -13.31% +33.27% -5.71%

All Application Platform Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 163 302 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.71% 9.44% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 230 350
10th Percentile £223 £220 £206
25th Percentile £406 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £625
90th Percentile £673 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 23
10th Percentile £13.89 - £17.50
25th Percentile £14.42 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £38.71 £40.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -42.86% +30.84%
75th Percentile £75.15 £68.00 £79.13
90th Percentile £80.83 £74.44 £86.66
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the South West

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the South West

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the South West

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the South West

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Gloucestershire +12 20 £325 -23.53% 17
Wiltshire -9 18 £575 +16.75% 7
Dorset - 11 £419 - 7
Bristol +5 9 £356 -25.00% 15
Somerset -1 4 - - 6
Cornwall - 1 £220 -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 27 (41.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (12.31%) Skype for Business
3 5 (7.69%) Confluence
4 1 (1.54%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.54%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.54%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.08%) InfoPath
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 28 (43.08%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (33.85%) Azure
3 14 (21.54%) Power Platform
4 12 (18.46%) Entra ID
5 10 (15.38%) OneDrive
5 10 (15.38%) SaaS
6 8 (12.31%) Power Automate
7 7 (10.77%) PowerApps
8 6 (9.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (3.08%) Smartsheet
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.54%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.08%) Skype
2 12 (18.46%) DNS
3 11 (16.92%) DHCP
4 9 (13.85%) VPN
5 5 (7.69%) Unified Communications
6 4 (6.15%) LAN
6 4 (6.15%) WAN
7 3 (4.62%) VLAN
7 3 (4.62%) VoIP
7 3 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.08%) Firewall
9 1 (1.54%) SMTP
9 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.38%) Power BI
2 3 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.08%) Metadata
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) JIRA
2 3 (4.62%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 25 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.08%) Finance
3 10 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.23%) Legal
5 6 (9.23%) Local Government
6 4 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Marketing
8 2 (3.08%) Electronics
8 2 (3.08%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.54%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.54%) Military
9 1 (1.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (18.46%) Analyst
1 12 (18.46%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 10 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 6 (9.23%) Developer
4 5 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 5 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
4 5 (7.69%) SAP Data Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Architect
5 4 (6.15%) Desktop Support
5 4 (6.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Administrator
6 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Power Apps Developer
6 3 (4.62%) Programme Controller
6 3 (4.62%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
7 2 (3.08%) Senior
7 2 (3.08%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) .NET
2 1 (1.54%) CSS
2 1 (1.54%) HTML
2 1 (1.54%) jQuery
2 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.31%) PKI
2 4 (6.15%) iPad
2 4 (6.15%) iPhone
2 4 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.54%) Photography
4 1 (1.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.85%) Windows
2 16 (24.62%) Windows 10
3 11 (16.92%) Windows Server
4 9 (13.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.08%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.54%) Android
7 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.54%) Migration
3 13 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (16.92%) Agile
5 9 (13.85%) ITIL
6 8 (12.31%) Customer Service
6 8 (12.31%) Project Management
7 7 (10.77%) Data Analysis
7 7 (10.77%) Data Loss Prevention
7 7 (10.77%) ERP
8 6 (9.23%) B2B
8 6 (9.23%) Data Integration
8 6 (9.23%) Data Management
8 6 (9.23%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (9.23%) E-Discovery
8 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (9.23%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (9.23%) Time Management
8 6 (9.23%) Visualisation
9 5 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.15%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.85%) SQL
3 1 (1.54%) C#
3 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.54%) VB
3 1 (1.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (41.54%) Security Cleared
2 22 (33.85%) SC Cleared
3 11 (16.92%) Degree
4 9 (13.85%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.15%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (4.62%) MCSA
6 3 (4.62%) MCSE
6 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.08%) IIBA
8 1 (1.54%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) QA
3 1 (1.54%) NCSC
3 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (47.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.23%) Hyper-V
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 6 (9.23%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.54%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.31%) SCCM
3 5 (7.69%) WSUS
4 3 (4.62%) AppManager
4 3 (4.62%) PingFederate
4 3 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (3.08%) OPNET
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (1.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 47 (72.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.85%) SAP
3 6 (9.23%) VMware
4 5 (7.69%) Ariba
4 5 (7.69%) McAfee
4 5 (7.69%) Veeam
5 3 (4.62%) Atlassian
5 3 (4.62%) Ivanti
6 2 (3.08%) Oracle
6 2 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.54%) Apple
7 1 (1.54%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.54%) Remedy
7 1 (1.54%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.54%) Symantec