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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 504 554
Rank change year-on-year -67 +50 +199
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 17 12 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.038% 0.086%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.46% 0.34% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 17
10th Percentile £469 £363 £460
25th Percentile £525 £384 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £575
90th Percentile £626 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +53.33% -25.00% +2.56%
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 3,693 3,511 4,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.15% 11.05% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,551 2,152 2,865
10th Percentile £290 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.81% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 73 135
10th Percentile £14.94 £17.08 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £16.96
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +54.17% +35.44%
75th Percentile £69.25 £63.75 £63.13
90th Percentile £81.40 £66.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.31 £45.00 £22.25
% change year-on-year -41.53% +102.25% +27.51%

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 11 January 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 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 11 January 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
England -36 17 £575 +15.00% 1
UK excluding London -44 15 £575 +53.33% 1
South East - 9 £600 - 1
Work from Home -8 5 £550 +46.67%
South West -12 4 £550 -
London -14 1 £600 +4.35%
North West -26 1 - -
North of England -40 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £525 -
West Midlands - 1 £525 -

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 14 (82.35%) SharePoint
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (35.29%) Office Communications Server
3 6 (35.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP HR
1 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (5.88%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) DNS
2 6 (35.29%) DDNS
2 6 (35.29%) DHCP
2 6 (35.29%) SAN
2 6 (35.29%) VPN
3 4 (23.53%) Skype
4 1 (5.88%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Legal
2 1 (5.88%) Retail
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Support Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Support
3 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) HR Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Payroll Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) SAP HR Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
1 2 (11.76%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (11.76%) SPFx
2 1 (5.88%) EDI
2 1 (5.88%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Replication
2 4 (23.53%) PKI
3 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (29.41%) Linux
4 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Architectural Design
1 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Content Management
1 6 (35.29%) Enterprise Content Management
1 6 (35.29%) Enterprise Search
1 6 (35.29%) High Availability
1 6 (35.29%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) ERP
3 3 (17.65%) Logistics
3 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Server Management
3 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) C#
2 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) Bash
3 1 (5.88%) Perl
3 1 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) X++
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (35.29%) Brightmail
2 6 (35.29%) ISA Server
3 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (23.53%) VMware NSX
5 3 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (23.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (23.53%) vCenter Server
3 3 (17.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) SolarWinds
3 4 (23.53%) Veeam
4 2 (11.76%) SAP
5 1 (5.88%) Citrix
5 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
5 1 (5.88%) Red Hat