SharePoint Contracts

Microsoft SharePoint
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 104 115
Rank change year-on-year +16 +11 -16
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 1,056 1,336 2,032
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.45% 2.38% 2.32%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.84% 21.92% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 951 1,403
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £326 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £713 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £445 £425
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 39 57
10th Percentile £12.25 £16.13 £14.42
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.63 £26.34
Median % change year-on-year +32.57% -14.09% +36.21%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.25 £52.70
90th Percentile £54.46 £62.84 £65.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.64 £20.00
% change year-on-year +32.51% +13.20% +8.58%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,252 6,095 10,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 10.87% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,271 7,550
10th Percentile £258 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 148 208
10th Percentile £13.28 £16.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.08 £51.25 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% +125.27% +10.98%
75th Percentile £50.47 £66.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +116.22% -2.63%

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 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
England +21 894 £475 +0.26% 535
UK excluding London +7 534 £425 -4.49% 406
London +34 427 £500 - 155
Work from Home +14 358 £495 -1.00% 246
South West +14 119 £493 +3.68% 68
North of England 0 115 £373 -12.35% 94
North West +22 89 £373 -17.22% 60
South East -29 83 £450 -6.25% 95
Midlands +14 82 £400 -6.98% 77
Scotland +22 73 £375 -9.11% 37
West Midlands +28 61 £400 -5.88% 44
East of England +3 41 £420 -6.67% 28
Yorkshire -17 23 £444 +17.85% 24
East Midlands +5 21 £169 -63.39% 32
Wales +9 16 £600 +17.07% 6
Northern Ireland -8 6 £525 +50.00% 8
North East +12 3 £173 -58.68% 11

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
1 183 (17.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.64%) Confluence
3 42 (3.98%) SharePoint Server
4 16 (1.52%) CMS
5 14 (1.33%) IIS
5 14 (1.33%) SharePoint 2013
6 12 (1.14%) Skype for Business
7 10 (0.95%) SAS
8 8 (0.76%) Documentum
8 8 (0.76%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (0.76%) Site Server
9 5 (0.47%) Apache
10 4 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.28%) nginx
12 2 (0.19%) Drupal
12 2 (0.19%) Jadu
12 2 (0.19%) WordPress
13 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 146 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
3 86 (8.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.94%) MS Visio
5 23 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (1.33%) Acrobat
7 13 (1.23%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.28%) InfoPath
12 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.19%) FileZilla
12 2 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.47%) Workfront
4 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.19%) Primavera
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.19%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 474 (44.89%) Microsoft 365
2 361 (34.19%) Azure
3 224 (21.21%) Power Platform
4 145 (13.73%) OneDrive
5 128 (12.12%) PowerApps
6 116 (10.98%) Power Automate
7 84 (7.95%) Entra ID
8 55 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (4.64%) AWS
9 49 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (2.84%) Azure Stack
11 21 (1.99%) GitHub
11 21 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.99%) ShareGate
12 20 (1.89%) Yammer
13 18 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (1.33%) IaaS
15 13 (1.23%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.23%) Serverless
16 12 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 63 (5.97%) Intranet
2 59 (5.59%) Firewall
3 35 (3.31%) DNS
4 29 (2.75%) BGP
4 29 (2.75%) VPN
5 18 (1.70%) SAN
5 18 (1.70%) Skype
6 16 (1.52%) DHCP
6 16 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.42%) LAN
8 13 (1.23%) WAN
9 12 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.85%) Internet
10 9 (0.85%) Unified Communications
11 8 (0.76%) NAS
12 7 (0.66%) Wireless
13 6 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (0.57%) VoIP
14 5 (0.47%) VLAN
14 5 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (11.84%) Power BI
2 72 (6.82%) SQL Server
3 31 (2.94%) Metadata
4 27 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.99%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.23%) Data Vault
7 11 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.95%) EDMS
9 9 (0.85%) QlikView
10 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.76%) GIS
10 8 (0.76%) Pentaho
10 8 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
11 7 (0.66%) PowerPivot
12 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Power View
13 5 (0.47%) Tableau
14 4 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 77 (7.29%) JIRA
2 12 (1.14%) GitLab
3 8 (0.76%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.47%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.19%) Selenium
5 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.095%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.095%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.095%) Postman
6 1 (0.095%) Snyk
6 1 (0.095%) Subversion
General
1 382 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 179 (16.95%) Finance
3 156 (14.77%) Public Sector
4 96 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (6.72%) Banking
6 54 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
7 53 (5.02%) Marketing
8 47 (4.45%) Legal
9 37 (3.50%) Publishing
10 36 (3.41%) Telecoms
11 35 (3.31%) Manufacturing
12 26 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.99%) Local Government
15 16 (1.52%) Electronics
16 13 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.14%) Law
18 11 (1.04%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 143 (13.54%) Developer
2 140 (13.26%) Analyst
3 114 (10.80%) Architect
4 72 (6.82%) Administrator
5 59 (5.59%) Project Manager
6 58 (5.49%) Senior
7 57 (5.40%) SharePoint Developer
8 51 (4.83%) Consultant
9 38 (3.60%) SharePoint Architect
10 37 (3.50%) Support Engineer
11 36 (3.41%) IT Support
12 35 (3.31%) Power Platform Developer
13 33 (3.13%) Business Analyst
14 32 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 32 (3.03%) SharePoint Administrator
15 31 (2.94%) Lead
16 28 (2.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 27 (2.56%) Applications Developer
18 26 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
18 26 (2.46%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.17%) .NET
2 34 (3.22%) CSS
3 30 (2.84%) HTML
4 21 (1.99%) REST
5 20 (1.89%) SailPoint
6 17 (1.61%) .NET Framework
7 16 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
8 14 (1.33%) SPFx
9 10 (0.95%) RESTful
10 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (0.76%) React
10 8 (0.76%) XML
11 7 (0.66%) jQuery
12 6 (0.57%) SOAP
13 5 (0.47%) JSON
13 5 (0.47%) SAML
14 4 (0.38%) HTML5
14 4 (0.38%) J2EE
14 4 (0.38%) LAMP
14 4 (0.38%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.98%) Management Information System
2 35 (3.31%) Onboarding
3 29 (2.75%) Private Cloud
4 25 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.99%) PKI
6 19 (1.80%) Cloud Native
7 18 (1.70%) Data Centre
7 18 (1.70%) Data Structures
7 18 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 17 (1.61%) Taxonomies
9 13 (1.23%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
10 12 (1.14%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.04%) iPhone
11 11 (1.04%) Video Editing
12 10 (0.95%) iPad
13 9 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.76%) NHS
15 7 (0.66%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 233 (22.06%) Windows
2 77 (7.29%) Windows 10
3 76 (7.20%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.42%) Linux
7 14 (1.33%) Android
7 14 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (1.04%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.76%) Mac OS
11 7 (0.66%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.47%) VMS
12 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.28%) Unix
14 1 (0.095%) AIX
14 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (17.80%) Migration
2 174 (16.48%) Project Management
3 157 (14.87%) Agile
4 127 (12.03%) Business Intelligence
5 121 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 108 (10.23%) ITIL
8 91 (8.62%) Change Management
9 73 (6.91%) DevOps
10 64 (6.06%) PRINCE2
11 63 (5.97%) Project Delivery
12 57 (5.40%) Service Management
13 55 (5.21%) Analytics
13 55 (5.21%) Customer Service
14 54 (5.11%) Data Migration
15 53 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 50 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
17 46 (4.36%) Cybersecurity
18 42 (3.98%) Risk Management
19 40 (3.79%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 142 (13.45%) PowerShell
2 84 (7.95%) SQL
3 56 (5.30%) JavaScript
4 34 (3.22%) C#
5 33 (3.13%) Python
6 12 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 8 (0.76%) Korn
8 7 (0.66%) C
8 7 (0.66%) R
9 6 (0.57%) Java
9 6 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.47%) VBA
11 4 (0.38%) VB
12 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.28%) Perl
13 2 (0.19%) Bicep
13 2 (0.19%) C++
13 2 (0.19%) PHP
14 1 (0.095%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 255 (24.15%) Security Cleared
2 184 (17.42%) SC Cleared
3 135 (12.78%) Degree
4 66 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 43 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (2.27%) PMP
8 20 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (1.89%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.23%) MCSE
11 12 (1.14%) CCNA
11 12 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.76%) APMG
14 7 (0.66%) CISM
14 7 (0.66%) MCSA
14 7 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 6 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.45%) QA
2 41 (3.88%) PMO
3 29 (2.75%) Government Security Classifications
4 22 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.08%) SLA
5 15 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.33%) GDPR
7 8 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.76%) NIST
8 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.38%) GRC
9 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.19%) GMP
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.19%) P3O
11 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.095%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 196 (18.56%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.57%) vSphere
5 6 (0.57%) XenApp
5 6 (0.57%) XenDesktop
6 5 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 5 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.095%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.095%) Docker
10 1 (0.095%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.095%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 74 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (4.73%) SCCM
3 33 (3.13%) SCOM
4 25 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.23%) Terraform
6 11 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (0.76%) PingFederate
8 5 (0.47%) Ansible
8 5 (0.47%) SCVMM
9 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.38%) WSUS
10 3 (0.28%) AppManager
10 3 (0.28%) CASB
10 3 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.28%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.28%) OPNET
10 3 (0.28%) Puppet
10 3 (0.28%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 601 (56.91%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.83%) VMware
3 42 (3.98%) Oracle
3 42 (3.98%) SAP
4 32 (3.03%) Atlassian
5 28 (2.65%) Adobe
5 28 (2.65%) Citrix
6 27 (2.56%) NetApp
7 25 (2.37%) Cisco
8 19 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.61%) Apple
10 16 (1.52%) CyberArk
11 15 (1.42%) Sparx
12 12 (1.14%) Google
13 10 (0.95%) Salesforce
14 9 (0.85%) Informatica
14 9 (0.85%) Mitel
15 8 (0.76%) ESRI
15 8 (0.76%) F5
15 8 (0.76%) HP
612 SharePoint jobs Nationwide