SharePoint Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft SharePoint
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 77 79
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 -18
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 80 92 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.93% 2.69% 2.63%
As % of the Application Platforms category 39.60% 21.45% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 64 106
10th Percentile £150 £223 £193
25th Percentile £263 £393 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £445 £444
Median % change year-on-year -18.11% +0.28% +10.25%
75th Percentile £556 £508 £519
90th Percentile £638 £651 £638
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile - £14.90 £20.25
25th Percentile £45.22 £19.24 £20.63
Median hourly rate £48.56 £26.48 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.38% +17.69% +13.92%
75th Percentile £51.91 - £23.63
90th Percentile - - £23.70
England median hourly rate £30.16 £22.63 £26.34
% change year-on-year +33.27% -14.09% +42.38%

All Application Platform Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 202 429 665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.39% 12.54% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 316 452
10th Percentile £146 £188 £198
25th Percentile £290 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £450 £448
Median % change year-on-year -17.22% +0.45% +12.00%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £624 £593
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 15
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.48 £16.10
25th Percentile £22.12 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.86% -7.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £51.91 £26.48 £23.63
90th Percentile - £34.93 £32.50
England median hourly rate £25.50 £33.75 £20.95
% change year-on-year -24.44% +61.14% +4.73%

SharePoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SharePoint in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the Midlands

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +36 60 £400 -10.36% 42
East Midlands +10 20 £169 -62.08% 26
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 34 (42.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.50%) IIS
2 2 (2.50%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (2.50%) WordPress
3 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 53 (66.25%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (40.00%) Azure
3 23 (28.75%) OneDrive
4 14 (17.50%) Power Automate
5 11 (13.75%) Entra ID
5 11 (13.75%) Power Platform
6 10 (12.50%) PowerApps
7 5 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (5.00%) PaaS
9 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.50%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.50%) ShareGate
9 2 (2.50%) Yammer
10 1 (1.25%) Azure App Service
10 1 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.25%) Smartsheet
10 1 (1.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) DNS
2 6 (7.50%) Unified Communications
3 5 (6.25%) NetScaler
4 3 (3.75%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (3.75%) Firewall
4 3 (3.75%) Intranet
4 3 (3.75%) SAN
4 3 (3.75%) VPN
5 2 (2.50%) iSCSI
5 2 (2.50%) NAS
5 2 (2.50%) Wireless
6 1 (1.25%) Extranet
6 1 (1.25%) Network Security
6 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.25%) WebEx
6 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.25%) Power BI
3 2 (2.50%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.25%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.25%) Metadata
4 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Finance
4 4 (5.00%) Automotive
5 3 (3.75%) Advertising
5 3 (3.75%) Legal
5 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.50%) Local Government
7 1 (1.25%) Games
7 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (20.00%) Administrator
2 10 (12.50%) SharePoint Administrator
3 8 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 7 (8.75%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.50%) Azure Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) Developer
5 6 (7.50%) IT Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Citrix Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) IT Support
6 5 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Expert
7 4 (5.00%) SharePoint Specialist
7 4 (5.00%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) HTML
2 2 (2.50%) .NET
2 2 (2.50%) CSS
2 2 (2.50%) LAMP
2 2 (2.50%) XML
3 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.25%) Flash
3 1 (1.25%) HTML5
3 1 (1.25%) SOAP
3 1 (1.25%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Digital Signage
1 6 (7.50%) Onboarding
1 6 (7.50%) PKI
2 5 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.75%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.50%) Replication
5 1 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.25%) e-Health
5 1 (1.25%) LIMS
5 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) PACS
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Social Media
5 1 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 32 (40.00%) Windows
2 20 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (15.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (8.75%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.75%) Linux
8 2 (2.50%) Ubuntu
8 2 (2.50%) VMS
9 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (13.75%) Customer Service
2 10 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (12.50%) ITIL
2 10 (12.50%) Proactive Management
2 10 (12.50%) Web SSO
3 9 (11.25%) Change Management
4 8 (10.00%) Migration
4 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 6 (7.50%) Data Protection
5 6 (7.50%) Identity Management
5 6 (7.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 5 (6.25%) Application Packaging
6 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (6.25%) Patch Management
7 4 (5.00%) Agile
7 4 (5.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (5.00%) Time Management
8 3 (3.75%) Project Management
8 3 (3.75%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.75%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.75%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.50%) C#
5 1 (1.25%) Bicep
5 1 (1.25%) Java
5 1 (1.25%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.25%) Python
5 1 (1.25%) VB
5 1 (1.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.75%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.50%) MCSE
4 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.25%) GDPR
1 1 (1.25%) HL7
1 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (6.25%) XenApp
2 5 (6.25%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.50%) vSphere
4 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (15.00%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (10.00%) SCCM
4 2 (2.50%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.25%) Ansible
5 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (51.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) Oracle
2 7 (8.75%) VMware
3 5 (6.25%) Citrix
3 5 (6.25%) NetApp
4 2 (2.50%) Aruba
4 2 (2.50%) Google
4 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.50%) ProCurve
4 2 (2.50%) Rapid7
4 2 (2.50%) Sophos
4 2 (2.50%) Synology
4 2 (2.50%) Veeam
4 2 (2.50%) Zerto
5 1 (1.25%) Apple
5 1 (1.25%) SAP
5 1 (1.25%) UiPath