SharePoint Contracts in England

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SharePoint skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SharePoint over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 105 120
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 -15
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 877 1,168 1,656
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.37% 2.34% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.25% 21.77% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 834 1,144
10th Percentile £212 £213 £208
25th Percentile £305 £339 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £653
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 29 53
10th Percentile £12.20 £16.11 £13.81
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.25 £19.78
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.63 £26.34
Median % change year-on-year +33.27% -14.09% +42.38%
75th Percentile £46.18 £56.50 £41.50
90th Percentile £51.91 £79.19 £66.99
UK median hourly rate £28.84 £22.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year +27.43% -5.71% +20.00%

All Application Platform Skills
England

SharePoint is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,473 5,366 8,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.37% 10.74% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,488 3,830 6,151
10th Percentile £250 £263 £263
25th Percentile £360 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £760 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 134 187
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £13.72
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.31 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £33.75 £20.89
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +61.56% +4.94%
75th Percentile £45.89 £66.00 £47.11
90th Percentile £65.90 £79.93 £67.92
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% +5.14%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SharePoint in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SharePoint in England

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
London +21 422 £500 - 203
South West +19 125 £483 -1.03% 66
North of England -1 102 £390 -9.30% 130
South East -26 86 £450 -5.76% 110
Midlands +22 80 £364 -18.11% 70
North West +15 73 £400 -14.67% 76
West Midlands +35 60 £400 -10.36% 43
East of England -7 31 £413 -13.16% 68
Yorkshire -7 26 £325 -9.17% 43
East Midlands +10 20 £169 -62.08% 27
North East +17 3 £150 -64.07% 11
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 171 (19.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (6.39%) Confluence
3 45 (5.13%) SharePoint Server
4 15 (1.71%) CMS
5 13 (1.48%) SharePoint 2013
6 11 (1.25%) IIS
6 11 (1.25%) Skype for Business
7 10 (1.14%) SAS
7 10 (1.14%) Site Server
8 8 (0.91%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.57%) Documentum
10 3 (0.34%) Apache
10 3 (0.34%) WordPress
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.23%) Jadu
12 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.11%) IBM Notes
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 107 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 101 (11.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (6.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (3.19%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.57%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.23%) Windchill
11 1 (0.11%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (1.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 14 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.34%) Workfront
4 2 (0.23%) Primavera
4 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 392 (44.70%) Microsoft 365
2 324 (36.94%) Azure
3 163 (18.59%) Power Platform
4 122 (13.91%) OneDrive
5 88 (10.03%) Power Automate
5 88 (10.03%) PowerApps
6 74 (8.44%) Entra ID
7 46 (5.25%) AWS
8 43 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (4.10%) Azure Stack
10 30 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (1.94%) GitHub
13 15 (1.71%) IaaS
13 15 (1.71%) ShareGate
14 14 (1.60%) Azure Storage
15 13 (1.48%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.48%) Serverless
16 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (1.14%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.87%) Firewall
2 53 (6.04%) Intranet
3 36 (4.10%) DNS
4 35 (3.99%) BGP
5 33 (3.76%) VPN
6 19 (2.17%) DHCP
7 17 (1.94%) Skype
8 16 (1.82%) LAN
8 16 (1.82%) SAN
9 14 (1.60%) TCP/IP
9 14 (1.60%) WAN
10 10 (1.14%) Unified Communications
10 10 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.91%) NAS
11 8 (0.91%) Wireless
12 7 (0.80%) Internet
13 6 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.57%) NetScaler
14 5 (0.57%) VLAN
14 5 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (10.95%) Power BI
2 65 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.53%) Metadata
4 29 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (2.62%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.60%) Data Vault
7 10 (1.14%) GIS
8 9 (1.03%) QlikView
8 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.91%) Pentaho
9 8 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.80%) EDMS
10 7 (0.80%) PowerPivot
11 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Power View
11 6 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.68%) Tableau
12 4 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.46%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 71 (8.10%) JIRA
2 12 (1.37%) GitLab
3 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.80%) Git
5 4 (0.46%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 318 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 147 (16.76%) Finance
3 128 (14.60%) Public Sector
4 69 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.07%) Banking
6 39 (4.45%) Marketing
6 39 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (3.99%) Telecoms
8 33 (3.76%) Legal
8 33 (3.76%) Manufacturing
9 23 (2.62%) Publishing
10 22 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.05%) Electronics
12 16 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.25%) Military
14 11 (1.25%) Retail
15 10 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.14%) Law
16 9 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (13.57%) Developer
2 99 (11.29%) Analyst
3 94 (10.72%) Architect
4 64 (7.30%) Administrator
5 58 (6.61%) Project Manager
6 49 (5.59%) SharePoint Developer
7 42 (4.79%) IT Support
7 42 (4.79%) Senior
8 36 (4.10%) Support Engineer
9 34 (3.88%) Consultant
10 33 (3.76%) Business Analyst
11 32 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (3.31%) SharePoint Administrator
12 29 (3.31%) SharePoint Architect
13 27 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
14 26 (2.96%) Lead
14 26 (2.96%) Microsoft Engineer
15 24 (2.74%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 24 (2.74%) Support Officer
16 23 (2.62%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.76%) .NET
2 25 (2.85%) CSS
3 21 (2.39%) HTML
4 20 (2.28%) SPFx
5 17 (1.94%) REST
6 15 (1.71%) .NET Framework
7 13 (1.48%) SailPoint
8 10 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (1.03%) jQuery
10 7 (0.80%) RESTful
10 7 (0.80%) SOAP
10 7 (0.80%) XML
11 6 (0.68%) JSON
12 5 (0.57%) LAMP
12 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.46%) React
13 4 (0.46%) SAML
13 4 (0.46%) Web Services
13 4 (0.46%) XMPP
14 3 (0.34%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.10%) Management Information System
1 36 (4.10%) Onboarding
2 35 (3.99%) Private Cloud
3 22 (2.51%) PKI
4 20 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.05%) Taxonomies
7 16 (1.82%) Low-Code
8 15 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.60%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.60%) Reference Data
10 13 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (1.25%) iPhone
12 9 (1.03%) iPad
13 8 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.91%) NHS
13 8 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (0.68%) Digital Signage
15 6 (0.68%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 218 (24.86%) Windows
2 75 (8.55%) Windows 10
3 71 (8.10%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.82%) Android
5 16 (1.82%) Linux
6 14 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.48%) Apple iOS
8 11 (1.25%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.68%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.57%) VMS
11 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.23%) Unix
13 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (17.33%) Migration
2 134 (15.28%) Project Management
3 131 (14.94%) Agile
4 113 (12.88%) ITIL
5 102 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
6 93 (10.60%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 68 (7.75%) Change Management
9 63 (7.18%) Service Management
10 60 (6.84%) Project Delivery
11 57 (6.50%) DevOps
12 54 (6.16%) Customer Service
13 51 (5.82%) Data Migration
14 48 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 47 (5.36%) Analytics
15 47 (5.36%) PRINCE2
16 44 (5.02%) Continuous Improvement
17 40 (4.56%) ITSM
18 39 (4.45%) Capacity Management
19 38 (4.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (15.39%) PowerShell
2 70 (7.98%) SQL
3 45 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 37 (4.22%) C#
5 29 (3.31%) Python
6 10 (1.14%) Korn
6 10 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.68%) C
7 6 (0.68%) R
8 3 (0.34%) Java
9 2 (0.23%) Bicep
9 2 (0.23%) C++
9 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.23%) PHP
9 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.23%) VB
9 2 (0.23%) VBA
10 1 (0.11%) Bash
10 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 231 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 165 (18.81%) SC Cleared
3 107 (12.20%) Degree
4 72 (8.21%) DV Cleared
5 38 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.60%) MCSE
9 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.48%) CCNA
9 13 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.25%) PMP
11 6 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.68%) MCSA
11 6 (0.68%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.57%) APMG
12 5 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.90%) QA
2 35 (3.99%) Government Security Classifications
2 35 (3.99%) PMO
3 25 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.39%) SLA
5 15 (1.71%) GDPR
6 11 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.80%) GRC
7 7 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.68%) NIST
9 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.34%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.23%) P3O
11 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 186 (21.21%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.80%) vSphere
6 6 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (0.57%) XenApp
7 5 (0.57%) XenDesktop
8 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.11%) Docker
11 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 68 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (5.13%) SCCM
3 34 (3.88%) SCOM
4 24 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.37%) Terraform
6 8 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.91%) PingFederate
7 5 (0.57%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.46%) Ansible
8 4 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.34%) AppManager
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 3 (0.34%) OPNET
9 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.34%) WSUS
10 2 (0.23%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.23%) Puppet
10 2 (0.23%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 501 (57.13%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.16%) VMware
3 41 (4.68%) Oracle
4 40 (4.56%) SAP
5 38 (4.33%) Atlassian
6 26 (2.96%) Cisco
7 24 (2.74%) Citrix
8 23 (2.62%) NetApp
9 20 (2.28%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.94%) Sparx
11 16 (1.82%) Apple
12 14 (1.60%) Adobe
13 12 (1.37%) CyberArk
14 11 (1.25%) Veeam
15 10 (1.14%) ESRI
15 10 (1.14%) Google
16 8 (0.91%) Informatica
16 8 (0.91%) Mitel
16 8 (0.91%) Salesforce
16 8 (0.91%) SolarWinds