SharePoint Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft SharePoint
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SharePoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 53 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 84 84 98
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.66% 3.79% 3.18%
As % of the Application Platforms category 36.05% 36.68% 36.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 49 71
10th Percentile £201 £198 £213
25th Percentile £220 £223 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £470
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% - -9.15%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £580
90th Percentile £725 £676 £675
England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile - - £26.51
25th Percentile £15.60 £46.25 £33.82
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.50 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% +3.26% +128.80%
75th Percentile £23.75 £48.75 £46.09
90th Percentile £60.00 - £46.14
England median hourly rate £22.00 £19.12 £20.75
% change year-on-year +15.06% -7.86% +15.28%

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 233 229 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.16% 10.34% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 137 201
10th Percentile £213 £223 £250
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% -11.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £718
England median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile £15.60 £55.40 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.79 £64.26 £18.49
Median hourly rate £22.50 £74.00 £33.82
Median % change year-on-year -69.59% +118.81% -50.50%
75th Percentile £63.38 - £51.11
90th Percentile £82.65 £74.18 £78.00
England median hourly rate £33.89 £42.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year -20.27% +61.05% +35.33%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SharePoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

SharePoint job vacancy trend in the South West

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SharePoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the South West over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the South West

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SharePoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SharePoint

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint in the South West over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 8 December 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
Wiltshire -15 25 £700 +33.33% 2
Bristol +2 20 £550 +22.22% 6
Somerset +6 17 £383 +87.73% 6
Gloucestershire -11 15 £220 -15.38% 11
Devon +7 5 £220 - 2
Dorset +3 3 £263 +16.67% 4
Avon - 1 £275 - 3
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 43 (51.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (23.81%) Skype for Business
3 4 (4.76%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 36 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (27.38%) Azure
3 19 (22.62%) Power Platform
4 10 (11.90%) Entra ID
5 9 (10.71%) Power Automate
6 8 (9.52%) OneDrive
6 8 (9.52%) PowerApps
6 8 (9.52%) ShareGate
7 3 (3.57%) AWS
7 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.57%) Google Drive
7 3 (3.57%) SaaS
8 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.19%) GitHub
8 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (28.57%) DNS
1 24 (28.57%) Skype
2 19 (22.62%) DHCP
3 15 (17.86%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.95%) Unified Communications
5 4 (4.76%) VPN
6 3 (3.57%) Kerberos
7 2 (2.38%) Firewall
8 1 (1.19%) DKIM
8 1 (1.19%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.05%) Power BI
2 8 (9.52%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.76%) Metadata
4 1 (1.19%) MySQL
4 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.19%) Git
2 1 (1.19%) GitLab
2 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.19%) Maven
2 1 (1.19%) SonarQube
General
1 46 (54.76%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 18 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (15.48%) Finance
5 8 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (8.33%) Legal
7 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Local Government
8 2 (2.38%) Military
9 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 13 (15.48%) Microsoft Engineer
3 9 (10.71%) Analyst
4 7 (8.33%) Administrator
4 7 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (8.33%) Developer
5 6 (7.14%) Consultant
5 6 (7.14%) Desktop Support
5 6 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) Migration Consultant
6 5 (5.95%) Senior
6 5 (5.95%) Wintel Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 4 (4.76%) Power Apps Developer
7 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 3 (3.57%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Consultant
8 3 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) PMO Officer
8 3 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.76%) CSS
1 4 (4.76%) HTML
2 3 (3.57%) LDAP
2 3 (3.57%) OAuth
2 3 (3.57%) OpenID
2 3 (3.57%) SAML
3 1 (1.19%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.19%) CSS3
3 1 (1.19%) HTML5
3 1 (1.19%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.19%) JAX-RS
3 1 (1.19%) LESS
3 1 (1.19%) REST
3 1 (1.19%) Sass
3 1 (1.19%) Spring
3 1 (1.19%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 10 (11.90%) PKI
3 6 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.57%) iPad
4 3 (3.57%) iPhone
4 3 (3.57%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.19%) CCTV
5 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.19%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.19%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.19%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 26 (30.95%) Windows
2 16 (19.05%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.14%) Linux
5 4 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (21.43%) ITIL
3 17 (20.24%) Agile
4 16 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (19.05%) Knowledge Transfer
5 15 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (15.48%) Customer Service
6 13 (15.48%) Migration
7 11 (13.10%) Project Management
8 10 (11.90%) Change Management
8 10 (11.90%) Service Management
9 8 (9.52%) Computer Science
10 7 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (8.33%) Time Management
11 6 (7.14%) Antivirus Management
11 6 (7.14%) Data Analysis
11 6 (7.14%) DevOps
11 6 (7.14%) Runbook
11 6 (7.14%) Validation
12 5 (5.95%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (34.52%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.71%) SQL
3 4 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.38%) Java
5 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 33 (39.29%) SC Cleared
3 17 (20.24%) DV Cleared
4 10 (11.90%) Degree
4 10 (11.90%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.95%) CCNA
6 5 (5.95%) CCNP
6 5 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
6 5 (5.95%) MCSE
7 1 (1.19%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.19%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.48%) PMO
2 8 (9.52%) GDPR
2 8 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.57%) QA
4 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (5.95%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (5.95%) VMware NSX
4 4 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (13.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (10.71%) SCCM
4 8 (9.52%) WSUS
5 5 (5.95%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.38%) NetBackup
8 1 (1.19%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.19%) HP ALM
8 1 (1.19%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 69 (82.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Cisco
3 10 (11.90%) SolarWinds
3 10 (11.90%) Veeam
3 10 (11.90%) VMware
4 5 (5.95%) SAP
4 5 (5.95%) Splunk
5 4 (4.76%) Starlink
6 3 (3.57%) Blue Prism
6 3 (3.57%) Google
6 3 (3.57%) McAfee
7 2 (2.38%) Commvault
7 2 (2.38%) IFS
7 2 (2.38%) Veritas
8 1 (1.19%) HP
8 1 (1.19%) Meraki
8 1 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow