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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 517 535
Rank change year-on-year -99 +18 +195
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 12 11 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.038% 0.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.28% 0.33% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 39
10th Percentile £319 £339 £460
25th Percentile - £359 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £463 £495
Median % change year-on-year -30.81% -6.57% +4.21%
75th Percentile - £600 £575
90th Percentile £575 £623 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £320 £463 £495
% change year-on-year -30.81% -6.57% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18

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 4,271 3,367 4,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.34% 11.52% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,949 2,249 2,863
10th Percentile £305 £268 £250
25th Percentile £404 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -3.41%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £452 £450
% change year-on-year +5.20% +0.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 78 170
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.58 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.85 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +47.83% +15.00%
75th Percentile £73.44 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.10 £75.75 £68.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £52.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -21.90% +118.75% +9.09%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -95 10 £320 -30.81% 2
Scotland +11 8 £320 -5.19%
England -117 4 £550 - 3
Work from Home -28 3 £428 +14.13% 1
South West -31 1 £550 -
North West -32 1 - -
North of England -63 1 - -
London -71 1 - - 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 11 (91.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Entra ID
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (75.00%) Azure
4 8 (66.67%) Power Automate
4 8 (66.67%) Power Platform
4 8 (66.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Skype
1 1 (8.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
1 8 (66.67%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) CSS
1 8 (66.67%) HTML
1 8 (66.67%) React
1 8 (66.67%) REST
1 8 (66.67%) SPFx
2 1 (8.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) PKI
1 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 8 (66.67%) Document Management
2 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) B2B
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) High Availability
3 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (8.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM
3 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (8.33%) User Experience
3 1 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 8 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
2 1 (8.33%) Perl
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (8.33%) vCenter Server
1 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Citrix
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam