SharePoint Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 67 74 87
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 +3
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 442 535 685
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.46% 2.58% 2.85%
As % of the Application Platforms category 29.59% 30.07% 25.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 352 504
10th Percentile £198 £207 £200
25th Percentile £230 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £456 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +1.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £575
90th Percentile £550 £656 £666
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 46 20
10th Percentile £15.32 £12.19 £16.03
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.50 £17.19
Median hourly rate £24.09 £29.82 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% +56.92% -6.00%
75th Percentile £44.32 £46.18 £39.44
90th Percentile £63.69 £64.70 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £28.84 £22.63
% change year-on-year -16.46% +27.43% -1.61%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,494 1,779 2,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.70% 8.56% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 1,187 1,925
10th Percentile £213 £213 £201
25th Percentile £350 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 123 98
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.30 £14.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £46.18 £23.75 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -9.49% +41.84%
75th Percentile £64.50 £46.18 £65.44
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SharePoint in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in the UK excluding London

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +38 136 £425 +8.97% 125
North West +28 95 £425 +6.25% 71
Scotland +20 86 £338 -10.00% 27
South East +29 71 £400 -11.11% 200
South West -4 65 £425 -13.71% 65
Midlands -7 54 £388 +3.33% 94
West Midlands +1 50 £429 +7.25% 61
East of England +35 38 £281 -44.44% 87
Yorkshire +16 34 £444 +36.54% 42
North East +8 11 £465 +210.00% 15
East Midlands -8 3 £275 +62.96% 28
Wales -14 3 £190 -68.33% 16
Northern Ireland -15 2 - - 8
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 109 (24.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.11%) Confluence
3 11 (2.49%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.58%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.68%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.45%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.45%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.23%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 78 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (16.97%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (10.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (2.49%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.81%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.45%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.23%) CATIA
8 1 (0.23%) Simulink
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.49%) Teamcenter
2 10 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.23%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 258 (58.37%) Microsoft 365
2 149 (33.71%) Azure
3 118 (26.70%) Power Platform
4 71 (16.06%) OneDrive
5 70 (15.84%) PowerApps
6 61 (13.80%) Power Automate
7 55 (12.44%) Entra ID
8 23 (5.20%) SaaS
9 22 (4.98%) Yammer
10 20 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (2.49%) ShareGate
13 9 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.58%) IaaS
14 7 (1.58%) PaaS
15 6 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (1.13%) Azure Functions
16 5 (1.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.50%) VPN
2 41 (9.28%) DNS
3 38 (8.60%) DHCP
4 22 (4.98%) Intranet
5 21 (4.75%) Skype
6 19 (4.30%) Firewall
7 17 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (2.94%) LAN
8 13 (2.94%) WAN
9 12 (2.71%) Network Security
9 12 (2.71%) VoIP
10 11 (2.49%) Internet
10 11 (2.49%) VLAN
11 9 (2.04%) TCP/IP
12 8 (1.81%) SAN
13 6 (1.36%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.68%) DDNS
14 3 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
15 2 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
16 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (15.38%) Power BI
2 16 (3.62%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.04%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.36%) Metadata
5 5 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.13%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.90%) EDRMS
6 4 (0.90%) Tableau
7 3 (0.68%) IBM InfoSphere
7 3 (0.68%) Power Query
7 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.45%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.45%) GIS
8 2 (0.45%) MSDE
8 2 (0.45%) MySQL
8 2 (0.45%) OLAP
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (8.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.68%) Hudson
3 2 (0.45%) Git
4 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 192 (43.44%) Social Skills
2 76 (17.19%) Public Sector
3 54 (12.22%) Finance
4 52 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (5.20%) Local Government
7 18 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (3.39%) Legal
10 11 (2.49%) Military
10 11 (2.49%) Public Speaking
10 11 (2.49%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.04%) Marketing
13 7 (1.58%) Banking
14 6 (1.36%) Publishing
15 5 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.13%) Electronics
15 5 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.90%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 78 (17.65%) Analyst
2 57 (12.90%) Support Engineer
3 53 (11.99%) Developer
4 43 (9.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 30 (6.79%) Senior
6 24 (5.43%) Architect
6 24 (5.43%) Desktop Engineer
7 21 (4.75%) Desktop Support
8 20 (4.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 17 (3.85%) Administrator
9 17 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 16 (3.62%) Change Analyst
10 16 (3.62%) Communications Officer
11 15 (3.39%) Consultant
11 15 (3.39%) Support Officer
12 14 (3.17%) Service Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Systems Engineer
13 13 (2.94%) IT Support
14 12 (2.71%) Exchange Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.20%) HTML
2 20 (4.52%) CSS
3 14 (3.17%) .NET
4 11 (2.49%) React
4 11 (2.49%) SPFx
5 8 (1.81%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.36%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.13%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (1.13%) Entity Framework
7 5 (1.13%) HTML5 Canvas
8 4 (0.90%) REST
9 3 (0.68%) ADO
10 2 (0.45%) PySpark
10 2 (0.45%) Web Services
11 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.23%) LDAP
11 1 (0.23%) Node.js
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.94%) iPhone
5 11 (2.49%) iPad
6 9 (2.04%) PKI
6 9 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.58%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.13%) Social Media
9 5 (1.13%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.90%) Replication
11 3 (0.68%) Blog
11 3 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 118 (26.70%) Windows
2 61 (13.80%) Windows 10
3 41 (9.28%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (2.26%) VMS
7 9 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.58%) Linux
9 5 (1.13%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.90%) Unix
11 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.45%) Android
12 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (16.06%) Migration
3 69 (15.61%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (15.61%) ITIL
4 67 (15.16%) Agile
5 53 (11.99%) Customer Service
6 47 (10.63%) Project Management
7 40 (9.05%) Collaborative Working
8 29 (6.56%) DevOps
9 28 (6.33%) Data Management
9 28 (6.33%) ITSM
10 27 (6.11%) Time Management
11 25 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (5.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (5.43%) Waterfall
13 22 (4.98%) Change Management
13 22 (4.98%) Task Automation
14 21 (4.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (4.30%) Root Cause Analysis
16 18 (4.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (13.35%) PowerShell
2 27 (6.11%) SQL
3 21 (4.75%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.26%) TypeScript
5 8 (1.81%) Python
6 7 (1.58%) C#
7 6 (1.36%) VBA
8 3 (0.68%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.45%) Groovy
9 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.45%) VB
9 2 (0.45%) VBScript
10 1 (0.23%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 80 (18.10%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.35%) SC Cleared
3 55 (12.44%) Degree
4 24 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.04%) MCSE
8 6 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.90%) MCSA
9 4 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.68%) CCNA
10 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.68%) IIBA
10 3 (0.68%) MCP
11 2 (0.45%) HNC
11 2 (0.45%) ISEB
11 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.43%) PMO
2 14 (3.17%) QA
2 14 (3.17%) SLA
3 13 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.81%) GDPR
5 6 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.36%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.68%) P3O
7 2 (0.45%) NCSC
7 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (27.38%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.13%) vSphere
6 3 (0.68%) Brightmail
6 3 (0.68%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.45%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.23%) Docker
8 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 77 (17.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (6.11%) SCCM
3 21 (4.75%) WSUS
4 11 (2.49%) AppManager
4 11 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.90%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (0.68%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.45%) OPNET
8 2 (0.45%) SCOM
9 1 (0.23%) Autotask
9 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.23%) Perfmon
9 1 (0.23%) Podman
9 1 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 289 (65.38%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.05%) VMware
3 19 (4.30%) Citrix
4 16 (3.62%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.94%) McAfee
6 11 (2.49%) Ivanti
6 11 (2.49%) SAP
7 9 (2.04%) Cisco
8 8 (1.81%) Veeam
9 7 (1.58%) Adobe
10 5 (1.13%) Ariba
10 5 (1.13%) Oracle
10 5 (1.13%) Remedy
11 4 (0.90%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.68%) IBM
12 3 (0.68%) Informatica
12 3 (0.68%) Meraki
12 3 (0.68%) Nintex
12 3 (0.68%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.45%) Databricks