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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 533 594
Rank change year-on-year -18 +61 +180
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 23 16 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.044% 0.060%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.60% 0.39% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 9
10th Percentile £450 £321 £443
25th Percentile £525 £363 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -29.63% +35.00%
75th Percentile - £550 £700
90th Percentile £638 £675 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £375 £688
% change year-on-year +60.00% -45.45% +41.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.02
25th Percentile - - £46.05
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.09
75th Percentile - - £46.14
90th Percentile - - £46.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £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 3,848 4,052 4,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.71% 11.03% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,590 2,491 3,154
10th Percentile £283 £260 £250
25th Percentile £400 £391 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £625
90th Percentile £713 £788 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.26% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 95 139
10th Percentile £17.33 £17.03 £14.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.63 £17.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - +29.63% +38.46%
75th Percentile £69.25 £64.61 £65.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £70.75 £75.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £41.75 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.17% +73.96% +37.14%

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 -12 23 £600 +20.00% 4
UK excluding London -29 19 £600 +60.00% 5
South East +8 13 £600 +26.32% 1
Work from Home 0 6 £575 +53.33% 2
South West - 4 £550 -
London 0 3 £600 +20.00%
North West -24 1 - -
North of England -36 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £525 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 2

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 19 (82.61%) SharePoint
2 15 (65.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (43.48%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (43.48%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (43.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (43.48%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (43.48%) Office Communications Server
3 10 (43.48%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SAP HR
1 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (4.35%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (60.87%) DNS
2 10 (43.48%) DDNS
2 10 (43.48%) DHCP
2 10 (43.48%) SAN
2 10 (43.48%) VPN
3 4 (17.39%) Skype
4 1 (4.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Legal
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Support Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Exchange Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Exchange Support
3 4 (17.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (17.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Administrator
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) HR Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Payroll Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP HR Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) CSS
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (8.70%) SPFx
2 1 (4.35%) EDI
2 1 (4.35%) REST
2 1 (4.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Replication
2 4 (17.39%) PKI
3 1 (4.35%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (21.74%) Linux
4 4 (17.39%) Windows 10
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Architectural Design
1 10 (43.48%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (43.48%) Content Management
1 10 (43.48%) Enterprise Content Management
1 10 (43.48%) Enterprise Search
1 10 (43.48%) High Availability
1 10 (43.48%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Service Management
3 3 (13.04%) ERP
3 3 (13.04%) Logistics
3 3 (13.04%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (13.04%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Server Management
3 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Agile
4 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (8.70%) Time Management
4 2 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) C#
2 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) Bash
3 1 (4.35%) Perl
3 1 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 15 (65.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) DV Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
System Software
1 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 10 (43.48%) Brightmail
2 10 (43.48%) ISA Server
3 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (17.39%) VMware NSX
5 3 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (17.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (17.39%) vCenter Server
3 3 (13.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
3 4 (17.39%) Veeam
4 2 (8.70%) SAP
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix
5 1 (4.35%) MuleSoft
5 1 (4.35%) Red Hat