SharePoint Server Contract Job Trends

Microsoft SharePoint Server (including MOSS & SPS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SharePoint Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 672 531 549
Rank change year-on-year -141 +18 +81
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 30 22 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.066% 0.053%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.64% 0.62% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 11
10th Percentile - £445 £356
25th Percentile £320 £500 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +26.32% -1.30%
75th Percentile £510 - £494
90th Percentile £600 £638 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -19.38% +26.32% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £66.66 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.66 - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

SharePoint Server 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,707 3,572 4,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 10.78% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,048 2,314 2,669
10th Percentile £286 £278 £265
25th Percentile £404 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £645
90th Percentile £686 £700 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £456
% change year-on-year +2.78% -1.37% -3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 86 79
10th Percentile £14.78 £15.60 £17.08
25th Percentile £16.60 £20.69 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.43 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% -6.95% -19.72%
75th Percentile £56.43 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £72.50 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £32.77 £48.56
% change year-on-year -11.50% -32.52% +6.73%

SharePoint Server
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SharePoint Server job vacancy trend in the UK

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SharePoint Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SharePoint Server

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint Server over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint Server in the UK

SharePoint Server
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SharePoint Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SharePoint Server

SharePoint Server
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server within the UK over the 6 months to 3 October 2026. 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
UK excluding London -116 23 £484 -19.38% 25
England -125 22 £510 -15.00% 24
North West -37 15 £505 +15.43% 3
North of England -61 15 £505 +15.43% 3
Scotland - 8 £320 -
London -72 5 £600 - 1
Work from Home -72 2 £425 -29.17% 8
Midlands -49 1 - -

SharePoint Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 29 (96.67%) SharePoint
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.33%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (86.67%) Azure
1 26 (86.67%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (83.33%) Power Platform
3 24 (80.00%) Power Automate
3 24 (80.00%) PowerApps
4 16 (53.33%) OneDrive
5 15 (50.00%) Azure AI
5 15 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 11 (36.67%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.33%) Azure API Management
7 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) Power BI
2 2 (6.67%) Metadata
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (26.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Billing
2 1 (3.33%) Legal
2 1 (3.33%) Marketing
2 1 (3.33%) Retail
2 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Developer
1 16 (53.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 6 (20.00%) SharePoint Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) SharePoint Specialist
5 1 (3.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) React
1 9 (30.00%) SPFx
2 8 (26.67%) CSS
2 8 (26.67%) HTML
2 8 (26.67%) REST
3 1 (3.33%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
1 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (30.00%) Document Management
2 7 (23.33%) Migration
3 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (6.67%) AI
4 2 (6.67%) Distributed Cache
4 2 (6.67%) Metadata Management
5 1 (3.33%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.33%) DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (3.33%) High Availability
5 1 (3.33%) Mobile Development
5 1 (3.33%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (3.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (3.33%) SIEM
5 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.33%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.33%) User Experience
5 1 (3.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
1 8 (26.67%) TypeScript
2 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco
2 1 (3.33%) Databricks
2 1 (3.33%) Meraki
2 1 (3.33%) Okta
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.33%) SAP
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) Splunk
2 1 (3.33%) Workday