SharePoint Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 90 98
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 273 355 613
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.76% 2.34% 2.40%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.03% 22.80% 21.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 261 447
10th Percentile £226 £263 £286
25th Percentile £325 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £495
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.21%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £720
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 10
10th Percentile - £16.50 £15.82
25th Percentile £32.05 £20.13 £17.50
Median hourly rate £43.65 £30.16 £38.88
Median % change year-on-year +44.73% -22.42% +72.78%
75th Percentile £56.59 £42.88 £63.63
90th Percentile £59.01 £80.56 £83.00
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £28.84 £22.63
% change year-on-year -16.46% +27.43% -5.71%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

SharePoint falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,136 1,557 2,899
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.48% 10.28% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 1,097 2,027
10th Percentile £313 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.15% -0.78%
75th Percentile £630 £608 £638
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 39 74
10th Percentile £27.03 £16.28 £19.48
25th Percentile £38.39 £22.55 £22.16
Median hourly rate £57.00 £30.16 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.99% -45.16% +57.14%
75th Percentile £64.50 £47.94 £66.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £71.50 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £42.05 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +52.89% -31.25% +77.78%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SharePoint trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SharePoint.

SharePoint daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

SharePoint daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SharePoint.

SharePoint hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

SharePoint hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 60 (21.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.49%) Confluence
3 5 (1.83%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.10%) CMS
4 3 (1.10%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.37%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.37%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.37%) SAS
5 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 46 (16.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (6.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.66%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.10%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.37%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.73%) Workfront
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.37%) iTrent
3 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (54.58%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (37.00%) Azure
3 89 (32.60%) Power Platform
4 55 (20.15%) PowerApps
5 54 (19.78%) Power Automate
6 42 (15.38%) OneDrive
7 40 (14.65%) Entra ID
8 20 (7.33%) SaaS
9 15 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (5.13%) Yammer
11 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (2.56%) AWS
13 6 (2.20%) IaaS
13 6 (2.20%) PaaS
14 5 (1.83%) Google Workspace
14 5 (1.83%) Mimecast
15 4 (1.47%) Asana
15 4 (1.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.76%) DNS
2 11 (4.03%) DHCP
2 11 (4.03%) Firewall
2 11 (4.03%) Intranet
3 9 (3.30%) Skype
4 8 (2.93%) VPN
5 6 (2.20%) Internet
5 6 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.10%) NAS
6 3 (1.10%) Network Security
6 3 (1.10%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.10%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.73%) HTTP
7 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.37%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) Softphone
8 1 (0.37%) VoIP
8 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (17.22%) Power BI
2 20 (7.33%) SQL Server
3 16 (5.86%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.20%) Power Query
5 6 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.83%) MS Access
6 5 (1.83%) Tableau
7 3 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.10%) Big Data
7 3 (1.10%) EDRMS
7 3 (1.10%) IBM InfoSphere
7 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.73%) Metadata
9 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.37%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 35 (12.82%) JIRA
2 11 (4.03%) Git
3 3 (1.10%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.37%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Hudson
4 1 (0.37%) Moq
4 1 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 93 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.91%) Finance
3 42 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.86%) Banking
6 15 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.76%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.66%) Marketing
9 9 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.93%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.83%) Electronics
11 5 (1.83%) Legal
11 5 (1.83%) Retail
12 3 (1.10%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.10%) Law
12 3 (1.10%) Local Government
13 2 (0.73%) French Language
13 2 (0.73%) Military
13 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (23.08%) Developer
2 48 (17.58%) Analyst
3 29 (10.62%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 24 (8.79%) Power Platform Developer
5 19 (6.96%) Senior
6 16 (5.86%) Support Engineer
7 15 (5.49%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 14 (5.13%) Consultant
9 13 (4.76%) Architect
10 10 (3.66%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.30%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.30%) Service Analyst
11 9 (3.30%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (3.30%) SharePoint Developer
11 9 (3.30%) Support Officer
12 8 (2.93%) IT Manager
12 8 (2.93%) IT Support
12 8 (2.93%) Power Apps Developer
12 8 (2.93%) Project Officer
12 8 (2.93%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.69%) REST
2 15 (5.49%) HTML
3 13 (4.76%) SOAP
4 12 (4.40%) CSS
5 9 (3.30%) .NET
5 9 (3.30%) SPFx
6 7 (2.56%) React
6 7 (2.56%) Web Services
7 4 (1.47%) SailPoint
8 3 (1.10%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.10%) Kafka
9 2 (0.73%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.37%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.37%) JSON
10 1 (0.37%) MDX
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.23%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.83%) PKI
6 5 (1.83%) Social Media
7 4 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.73%) BYOD
9 2 (0.73%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.73%) Life Science
9 2 (0.73%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.37%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.22%) Windows
2 20 (7.33%) Windows 10
3 16 (5.86%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.56%) Android
5 6 (2.20%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.83%) Linux
6 5 (1.83%) VMS
7 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (19.78%) Migration
2 50 (18.32%) Agile
2 50 (18.32%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (10.62%) DevOps
5 28 (10.26%) Project Management
6 25 (9.16%) ITIL
7 22 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (6.23%) Customer Service
9 16 (5.86%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (5.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (5.13%) Project Delivery
11 13 (4.76%) Data Protection
11 13 (4.76%) Roadmaps
11 13 (4.76%) Translating Business Requirements
12 12 (4.40%) Data Modelling
12 12 (4.40%) Task Automation
13 11 (4.03%) Identity Management
13 11 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 11 (4.03%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.02%) PowerShell
2 30 (10.99%) SQL
3 19 (6.96%) C#
4 18 (6.59%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.30%) VBA
6 7 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.10%) Java
7 3 (1.10%) Python
8 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.73%) VB
9 1 (0.37%) Bash
9 1 (0.37%) R
9 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 25 (9.16%) Degree
4 15 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.10%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.10%) PMP
6 2 (0.73%) APMP
6 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.73%) MCSA
6 2 (0.73%) MCSE
7 1 (0.37%) ACCA
7 1 (0.37%) CCAB
7 1 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.37%) CIMA
7 1 (0.37%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.37%) CISSP
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.23%) PMO
2 10 (3.66%) SLA
3 6 (2.20%) QA
4 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.73%) P3O
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.37%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 64 (23.44%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (12.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.93%) SCCM
2 8 (2.93%) WSUS
3 6 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.10%) Terraform
5 2 (0.73%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.73%) OPNET
6 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.37%) Ansible
6 1 (0.37%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.37%) OfficeScan
6 1 (0.37%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.37%) Puppet
6 1 (0.37%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.37%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 158 (57.88%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.96%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.59%) VMware
4 11 (4.03%) Oracle
5 8 (2.93%) Adobe
6 7 (2.56%) SAP
7 5 (1.83%) Cisco
8 4 (1.47%) Citrix
8 4 (1.47%) Google
9 3 (1.10%) IBM
9 3 (1.10%) Informatica
9 3 (1.10%) NetApp
9 3 (1.10%) Veeam
10 2 (0.73%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.73%) Apple
10 2 (0.73%) IFS
10 2 (0.73%) Proofpoint
10 2 (0.73%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.73%) Remedy
10 2 (0.73%) Veritas