SharePoint Contracts

Microsoft SharePoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SharePoint skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SharePoint over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 88 101
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 +19
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 753 1,049 1,346
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.43% 2.42% 2.41%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.77% 23.81% 22.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 703 941
10th Percentile £220 £213 £219
25th Percentile £313 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £525 £563 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 62 41
10th Percentile £15.30 £13.68 £16.13
25th Percentile £29.19 £16.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £40.59 £30.00 £23.95
Median % change year-on-year +35.30% +25.26% -9.07%
75th Percentile £62.81 £46.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.50 £51.91 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.59 £30.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year +35.30% +18.98% +26.08%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

SharePoint 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 3,459 4,405 5,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.15% 10.15% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,244 3,068 4,088
10th Percentile £289 £263 £263
25th Percentile £400 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £645
90th Percentile £713 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 161 159
10th Percentile £17.33 £13.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £16.50 £21.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £32.12 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.48% -38.83% +128.26%
75th Percentile £67.00 £51.91 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £32.12 £46.75
% change year-on-year +63.48% -31.30% +133.75%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SharePoint.

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SharePoint.

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in the UK

SharePoint
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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 -18 634 £450 -5.26% 1,843
UK excluding London -2 401 £400 -5.88% 1,167
London -26 280 £450 -10.00% 847
Work from Home -18 250 £425 -14.14% 912
North of England -14 93 £438 +12.18% 228
South East +59 88 £496 +7.88% 374
Midlands -6 64 £350 -12.50% 154
West Midlands +10 60 £350 -12.50% 110
North West -22 58 £425 +3.03% 142
South West -6 57 £409 -13.89% 149
Scotland -9 54 £325 -8.45% 91
East of England +15 40 £338 -19.64% 105
Yorkshire +9 31 £450 +38.46% 68
Northern Ireland -7 8 £336 -7.24% 35
Wales -5 5 £308 -48.75% 45
North East +1 4 £600 +247.83% 20
East Midlands -14 3 £300 +30.83% 43

SharePoint
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
1 147 (19.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (5.71%) Confluence
3 14 (1.86%) Skype for Business
4 12 (1.59%) CMS
5 11 (1.46%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.80%) Moodle
6 6 (0.80%) Office Communications Server
6 6 (0.80%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (0.53%) IIS
8 3 (0.40%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.27%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.27%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.27%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.13%) Drupal
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 146 (19.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (14.48%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (9.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (3.45%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.33%) InfoPath
6 7 (0.93%) Acrobat
6 7 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.93%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.66%) InDesign
9 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.40%) Trello
11 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.27%) MicroStation
11 2 (0.27%) Revit
11 2 (0.27%) Windchill
12 1 (0.13%) CATIA
12 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.59%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.27%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.13%) FastStats
6 1 (0.13%) iTrent
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Primavera
6 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 357 (47.41%) Microsoft 365
2 249 (33.07%) Azure
3 207 (27.49%) Power Platform
4 127 (16.87%) OneDrive
5 113 (15.01%) Entra ID
5 113 (15.01%) PowerApps
6 105 (13.94%) Power Automate
7 41 (5.44%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (4.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 30 (3.98%) SaaS
11 25 (3.32%) AWS
12 20 (2.66%) ShareGate
13 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (1.86%) Asana
14 14 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (1.73%) PaaS
15 13 (1.73%) Yammer
16 11 (1.46%) GCP
16 11 (1.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 47 (6.24%) VPN
2 46 (6.11%) Firewall
3 45 (5.98%) DNS
4 34 (4.52%) DHCP
5 28 (3.72%) Intranet
6 17 (2.26%) Internet
6 17 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (1.99%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.86%) Skype
9 11 (1.46%) SAN
10 10 (1.33%) Network Security
10 10 (1.33%) WAN
11 8 (1.06%) LAN
12 7 (0.93%) NAS
12 7 (0.93%) VLAN
13 6 (0.80%) DDNS
13 6 (0.80%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.80%) VoIP
13 6 (0.80%) WebEx
14 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (14.87%) Power BI
2 28 (3.72%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.45%) Metadata
4 14 (1.86%) Tableau
5 11 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.33%) Power Query
7 7 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.53%) Big Data
10 4 (0.53%) MS Access
10 4 (0.53%) MySQL
11 3 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.40%) IBM InfoSphere
11 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.27%) EDMS
12 2 (0.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 63 (8.37%) JIRA
2 8 (1.06%) Git
3 7 (0.93%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.40%) GitLab
6 3 (0.40%) Hudson
7 2 (0.27%) Subversion
7 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.13%) Moq
8 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 314 (41.70%) Social Skills
2 177 (23.51%) Finance
3 76 (10.09%) Public Sector
4 73 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (4.91%) Banking
7 34 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (3.98%) Legal
10 25 (3.32%) Local Government
11 23 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
12 21 (2.79%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.52%) Marketing
14 12 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.46%) Public Speaking
15 11 (1.46%) Retail
16 8 (1.06%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.06%) Publishing
17 7 (0.93%) Law
17 7 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 143 (18.99%) Analyst
2 79 (10.49%) Developer
3 57 (7.57%) Support Engineer
4 53 (7.04%) Senior
5 47 (6.24%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 42 (5.58%) Consultant
7 41 (5.44%) Data Analyst
8 40 (5.31%) Architect
9 32 (4.25%) IT Support
10 25 (3.32%) Administrator
11 24 (3.19%) Lead
11 24 (3.19%) Project Manager
12 23 (3.05%) IT Engineer
12 23 (3.05%) Power Platform Developer
13 22 (2.92%) Business Analyst
14 21 (2.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (2.66%) PMO Analyst
15 20 (2.66%) Security Engineer
15 20 (2.66%) SharePoint Engineer
16 19 (2.52%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.91%) REST
2 27 (3.59%) HTML
3 24 (3.19%) .NET
4 18 (2.39%) CSS
5 11 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
5 11 (1.46%) SOAP
6 10 (1.33%) SPFx
7 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
7 9 (1.20%) Web Services
8 6 (0.80%) ADO
8 6 (0.80%) JSON
9 5 (0.66%) React
9 5 (0.66%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.53%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.53%) jQuery
11 3 (0.40%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.40%) EDI
11 3 (0.40%) Kafka
11 3 (0.40%) RESTful
11 3 (0.40%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (4.52%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 15 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 14 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (1.59%) iPhone
6 12 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.46%) iPad
7 11 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.06%) Social Media
10 8 (1.06%) Taxonomies
10 8 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.80%) PKI
12 6 (0.80%) Replication
13 5 (0.66%) Animation
13 5 (0.66%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 162 (21.51%) Windows
2 57 (7.57%) Windows 10
3 42 (5.58%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (1.73%) Linux
6 10 (1.33%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.20%) VMS
8 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.93%) Android
9 7 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.80%) Unix
10 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.27%) Solaris
13 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (19.39%) Migration
3 124 (16.47%) Business Intelligence
4 110 (14.61%) Agile
5 97 (12.88%) ITIL
6 92 (12.22%) Project Management
7 79 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (8.50%) DevOps
9 58 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (7.30%) Customer Service
11 45 (5.98%) Project Delivery
12 44 (5.84%) Change Management
12 44 (5.84%) Collaborative Working
13 43 (5.71%) Data Management
13 43 (5.71%) Document Management
13 43 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (5.18%) Data Migration
14 39 (5.18%) Roadmaps
15 38 (5.05%) Visualisation
16 37 (4.91%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 91 (12.08%) PowerShell
2 65 (8.63%) SQL
3 37 (4.91%) C#
4 34 (4.52%) JavaScript
5 27 (3.59%) Python
6 10 (1.33%) Java
7 6 (0.80%) VBA
8 3 (0.40%) Bash
8 3 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.27%) Groovy
9 2 (0.27%) Perl
9 2 (0.27%) R
9 2 (0.27%) Ruby
9 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 125 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 98 (13.01%) Degree
3 95 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 50 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (1.73%) PMP
8 12 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.80%) MCSE
11 5 (0.66%) APMP
11 5 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.66%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.53%) HNC
12 4 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.40%) CCNA
13 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.30%) PMO
2 21 (2.79%) Accessibility
2 21 (2.79%) QA
3 19 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.26%) GDPR
5 13 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.73%) NIST
6 9 (1.20%) P3O
7 8 (1.06%) SLA
8 6 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.80%) WCAG
9 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.40%) COBIT
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.27%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 177 (23.51%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.80%) Brightmail
6 6 (0.80%) ISA Server
6 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.66%) vSphere
8 3 (0.40%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.27%) Docker
9 2 (0.27%) NFS
9 2 (0.27%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.27%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 104 (13.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (3.45%) SCCM
3 17 (2.26%) WSUS
4 11 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.20%) Terraform
6 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (0.66%) QRadar
8 4 (0.53%) AppManager
8 4 (0.53%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.27%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.27%) Ansible
9 2 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.27%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.27%) Netcool
9 2 (0.27%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.27%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 2 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 445 (59.10%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.11%) VMware
3 31 (4.12%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.05%) Adobe
5 20 (2.66%) Cisco
6 17 (2.26%) Oracle
7 15 (1.99%) SAP
8 13 (1.73%) Citrix
8 13 (1.73%) Nintex
8 13 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.59%) Databricks
9 12 (1.59%) Meraki
10 11 (1.46%) Zscaler
11 10 (1.33%) McAfee
12 8 (1.06%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.06%) Google
12 8 (1.06%) Veeam
13 7 (0.93%) IFS
14 6 (0.80%) Ariba
14 6 (0.80%) Palo Alto