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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 517 540
Rank change year-on-year -93 +23 +188
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 9 10 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.033% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.22% 0.28% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 29
10th Percentile £313 £335 £460
25th Percentile £371 £356 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -25.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £575
90th Percentile - £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +57.14% -30.00% +5.26%
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 4,092 3,511 4,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.65% 11.68% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,834 2,225 2,844
10th Percentile £304 £256 £250
25th Percentile £404 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -4.39%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +4.51% +1.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 71 179
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £13.98
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 £15.58
Median hourly rate £27.36 £40.59 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.61% +59.18% +15.07%
75th Percentile £69.38 £63.13 £45.59
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.00 £68.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.06 £42.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -8.09% +83.07% +5.52%

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 March 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 9 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 March 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 -80 7 £550 +57.14% 6
England -81 7 £550 -4.35% 6
South West -14 3 £550 -
Work from Home -29 3 £428 +14.13% 2
Scotland +8 2 £313 -7.26% 1
North West -34 1 - -
London -49 1 - - 2
North of England -60 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 4

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 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Entra ID
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
5 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) Skype
2 1 (11.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (11.11%) ERP Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
1 2 (22.22%) React
1 2 (22.22%) REST
1 2 (22.22%) SPFx
2 1 (11.11%) EDI
2 1 (11.11%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) Logistics
2 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Server Management
2 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Document Management
3 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (11.11%) B2B
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
2 1 (11.11%) Perl
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (33.33%) vCenter Server
1 3 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 3 (33.33%) Veeam
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) MuleSoft
4 1 (11.11%) Red Hat