SharePoint Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft SharePoint
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 91 75
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 -12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 60 46 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.12% 1.95% 3.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 42.55% 15.59% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 40 88
10th Percentile £251 £363 £198
25th Percentile £303 £398 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £446 £470
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% -5.05% +4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £508 £528
90th Percentile - £576 £639
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.00 -
England median hourly rate £30.16 £22.63 £26.34
% change year-on-year +33.27% -14.09% +42.38%

All Application Platform Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 141 295 512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.32% 12.52% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 219 344
10th Percentile £213 £263 £275
25th Percentile £313 £409 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +11.11% +11.11%
75th Percentile £541 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £600 £600
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 11
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.62 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.21 £13.55 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.83 £15.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -6.06% -
75th Percentile £25.75 £17.80 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.30 £18.37 £25.00
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SharePoint in the West Midlands

SharePoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SharePoint in the West Midlands

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for SharePoint in the West Midlands

SharePoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SharePoint in the West Midlands

SharePoint
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +23 26 £525 +23.53% 15
Warwickshire +9 10 £400 -30.43% 9
Coventry +12 8 £563 +18.42% 4
Staffordshire +13 7 £369 -26.23% 1
Worcestershire - 3 £500 - 2
Wednesbury - 2 £260 -
Shropshire +23 1 £523 -9.13% 1
Walsall 0 1 £325 -35.64%
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 28 (46.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.33%) IIS
2 2 (3.33%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (3.33%) WordPress
3 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 42 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (45.00%) Azure
3 21 (35.00%) OneDrive
4 13 (21.67%) Power Automate
5 10 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 10 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 9 (15.00%) PowerApps
7 5 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (6.67%) PaaS
9 2 (3.33%) Mimecast
9 2 (3.33%) ShareGate
10 1 (1.67%) Azure App Service
10 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.67%) Google Analytics
10 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
10 1 (1.67%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.33%) DNS
2 6 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 5 (8.33%) NetScaler
4 3 (5.00%) Firewall
4 3 (5.00%) Intranet
4 3 (5.00%) SAN
4 3 (5.00%) VPN
5 2 (3.33%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (3.33%) iSCSI
5 2 (3.33%) NAS
5 2 (3.33%) Wireless
6 1 (1.67%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (21.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.00%) Power BI
3 2 (3.33%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.67%) Automotive
4 4 (6.67%) Finance
5 3 (5.00%) Advertising
5 3 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.33%) Legal
6 2 (3.33%) Local Government
7 1 (1.67%) Games
7 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (16.67%) Administrator
1 10 (16.67%) SharePoint Administrator
2 8 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (10.00%) Azure Administrator
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Citrix Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Analyst
5 4 (6.67%) Developer
5 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Expert
5 4 (6.67%) Subject Matter Expert
6 3 (5.00%) Architect
6 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Senior
6 3 (5.00%) SharePoint Support
6 3 (5.00%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) LAMP
2 1 (1.67%) .NET
2 1 (1.67%) SOAP
2 1 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Digital Signage
1 6 (10.00%) PKI
2 5 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.00%) Taxonomies
4 2 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.33%) Replication
5 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.67%) Social Media
5 1 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (35.00%) Windows
2 14 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.33%) Windows 10
3 8 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (5.00%) Linux
5 2 (3.33%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.33%) VMS
6 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.67%) Proactive Management
1 10 (16.67%) Web SSO
2 9 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (15.00%) ITIL
3 8 (13.33%) Change Management
3 8 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 7 (11.67%) Service Delivery
5 6 (10.00%) Identity Management
5 6 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 6 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.33%) Application Packaging
6 5 (8.33%) Data Protection
6 5 (8.33%) Migration
6 5 (8.33%) Patch Management
7 4 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (5.00%) Agile
8 3 (5.00%) Project Management
8 3 (5.00%) Time Management
8 3 (5.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (35.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Bicep
3 1 (1.67%) C#
3 1 (1.67%) Java
3 1 (1.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (8.33%) XenApp
2 5 (8.33%) XenDesktop
3 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.33%) vSphere
4 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.33%) SCCM
3 2 (3.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.67%) Ansible
4 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle
2 6 (10.00%) VMware
3 5 (8.33%) Citrix
3 5 (8.33%) NetApp
4 2 (3.33%) Aruba
4 2 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.33%) ProCurve
4 2 (3.33%) Rapid7
4 2 (3.33%) Sophos
4 2 (3.33%) Synology
4 2 (3.33%) Veeam
4 2 (3.33%) Zerto
5 1 (1.67%) Google
5 1 (1.67%) SAP
5 1 (1.67%) UiPath