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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 533 638
Rank change year-on-year -11 +105 +157
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 24 26 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.068% 0.026%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.67% 0.63% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 6
10th Percentile £450 £398 £378
25th Percentile £503 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £481
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -1.30% -19.79%
75th Percentile - £488 £528
90th Percentile £634 £515 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.02
25th Percentile - - £46.05
Median hourly rate - - £46.09
75th Percentile - - £46.14
90th Percentile - - £46.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £46.09

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 3,557 4,145 5,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.80% 10.76% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,307 2,728 3,455
10th Percentile £275 £263 £256
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £525 £501
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% +4.90% -4.67%
75th Percentile £595 £649 £643
90th Percentile £701 £825 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 86 159
10th Percentile £17.40 £17.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.25 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £38.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% -27.62% +138.64%
75th Percentile £65.06 £70.00 £66.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.03 £48.56 £47.04
% change year-on-year -21.68% +3.24% +143.03%

SharePoint Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SharePoint Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint Server 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 18 September 2025.

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 10 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 18 September 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
England +19 24 £600 +26.32% 1
UK excluding London -4 20 £600 +26.32% 1
South East +32 15 £600 +26.32%
Work from Home +27 4 £600 +33.33% 3
London +20 4 £600 +26.32%
South West +17 2 £550 +15.79% 1
North of England - 2 £438 -
North West - 2 £438 -
West Midlands - 1 £525 -
Midlands - 1 £525 -

SharePoint Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 15 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (54.17%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (54.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (54.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (54.17%) Exchange Server 2013
3 13 (54.17%) Office Communications Server
3 13 (54.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) SAP HR
1 2 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (4.17%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
2 2 (8.33%) ShareGate
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (62.50%) DNS
2 13 (54.17%) DDNS
2 13 (54.17%) DHCP
2 13 (54.17%) SAN
2 13 (54.17%) VPN
3 2 (8.33%) Intranet
3 2 (8.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Legal
3 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Support Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) Exchange Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) Exchange Support
3 6 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Developer
4 4 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) HR Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) Payroll Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) SAP HR Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Payroll Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 1 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Technical Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) CSS
1 4 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (8.33%) SPFx
3 1 (4.17%) EDI
3 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Replication
2 2 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 15 (62.50%) Windows
2 13 (54.17%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Architectural Design
1 13 (54.17%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (54.17%) Content Management
1 13 (54.17%) Enterprise Content Management
1 13 (54.17%) Enterprise Search
1 13 (54.17%) High Availability
1 13 (54.17%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) ERP
2 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 3 (12.50%) Workflow
3 2 (8.33%) Agile
3 2 (8.33%) Database Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Performance Engineering
3 2 (8.33%) Project Management
3 2 (8.33%) Service Management
3 2 (8.33%) Time Management
4 1 (4.17%) Data Management
4 1 (4.17%) Document Management
4 1 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) C#
1 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (54.17%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
System Software
1 16 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 13 (54.17%) Brightmail
2 13 (54.17%) ISA Server
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.33%) VMware NSX
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (8.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) Nintex
2 2 (8.33%) SAP
2 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (8.33%) Veeam
2 2 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft