SharePoint Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft SharePoint
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 99 125
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 -32
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 364 567 962
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.47% 2.37% 2.17%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.02% 21.21% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 416 688
10th Percentile £285 £297 £263
25th Percentile £371 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £585
90th Percentile £700 £743 £672
UK median daily rate £475 £474 £475
% change year-on-year +0.16% -0.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 29
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.17 £13.30
25th Percentile £20.13 £17.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.53 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year +33.87% -14.64% +43.92%
75th Percentile £42.88 £54.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.56 £56.50 £80.10
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.69 £26.34
% change year-on-year +32.22% -13.86% +38.63%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,653 2,673 5,523
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.23% 11.16% 12.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,211 1,883 4,026
10th Percentile £300 £325 £319
25th Percentile £400 £417 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £625
90th Percentile £850 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 71 87
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £15.77
25th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £20.75
Median hourly rate £31.14 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.39% +10.00% +88.68%
75th Percentile £45.41 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.13 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.55% +133.33% +9.76%

SharePoint
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SharePoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SharePoint trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing SharePoint over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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 38 (10.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.22%) SharePoint Server
3 18 (4.95%) Confluence
4 10 (2.75%) SharePoint 2013
5 9 (2.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.82%) CMS
6 3 (0.82%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.55%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.27%) Apache
8 1 (0.27%) Drupal
8 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.27%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.27%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
Applications
1 41 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (10.16%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (8.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.47%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.37%) Acrobat
5 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.37%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Primavera
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 168 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (34.34%) Azure
3 95 (26.10%) Power Platform
4 67 (18.41%) PowerApps
5 57 (15.66%) Power Automate
6 47 (12.91%) OneDrive
7 20 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (5.49%) Entra ID
8 16 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.85%) Azure Stack
10 9 (2.47%) GitHub
11 8 (2.20%) AWS
11 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.92%) ShareGate
13 5 (1.37%) Canva
13 5 (1.37%) Slack
14 4 (1.10%) PaaS
15 3 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.82%) SaaS
15 3 (0.82%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.67%) Firewall
2 14 (3.85%) BGP
2 14 (3.85%) Intranet
3 3 (0.82%) DNS
3 3 (0.82%) HTTP
4 2 (0.55%) SAN
4 2 (0.55%) Skype
4 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.55%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) Extranet
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) LAN
5 1 (0.27%) NAS
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.09%) Power BI
2 24 (6.59%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.47%) Metadata
3 9 (2.47%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (0.82%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.82%) Power Query
5 3 (0.82%) PowerPivot
5 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.55%) EDMS
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Power View
6 2 (0.55%) MS Access
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) KNIME
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.27%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (9.89%) JIRA
2 6 (1.65%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Snyk
General
1 109 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 63 (17.31%) Finance
3 57 (15.66%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.49%) Banking
6 14 (3.85%) Legal
7 13 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.20%) Marketing
8 8 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.92%) Local Government
9 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.65%) Publishing
11 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Law
12 3 (0.82%) Military
12 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (14.56%) Developer
2 51 (14.01%) Architect
3 39 (10.71%) Analyst
4 28 (7.69%) Administrator
5 27 (7.42%) Project Manager
6 26 (7.14%) Consultant
7 22 (6.04%) SharePoint Architect
8 21 (5.77%) Senior
9 20 (5.49%) Power Platform Developer
9 20 (5.49%) Technical Architect
10 19 (5.22%) Business Analyst
11 15 (4.12%) SharePoint Administrator
11 15 (4.12%) SharePoint Support
12 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Engineer
13 13 (3.57%) Power Apps Developer
13 13 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.30%) Applications Developer
14 12 (3.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 12 (3.30%) SharePoint Project Manager
14 12 (3.30%) SharePoint Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.95%) CSS
2 14 (3.85%) HTML
3 13 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (2.75%) REST
5 8 (2.20%) RESTful
6 7 (1.92%) XML
7 6 (1.65%) .NET
7 6 (1.65%) SPFx
8 5 (1.37%) JSON
9 4 (1.10%) React
9 4 (1.10%) SailPoint
9 4 (1.10%) SOAP
10 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.55%) Web Services
11 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET Web API
11 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 1 (0.27%) CAML
11 1 (0.27%) HTML5
11 1 (0.27%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.22%) Cloud Native
1 19 (5.22%) Data Structures
2 15 (4.12%) Taxonomies
3 14 (3.85%) Private Cloud
4 13 (3.57%) Low-Code
5 12 (3.30%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.20%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.37%) Video Editing
9 4 (1.10%) Biopharmaceutical
9 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.10%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.10%) Wiki
10 3 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.55%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.55%) IVR
11 2 (0.55%) NHS
11 2 (0.55%) PMI
11 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (14.56%) Windows
2 17 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.02%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.82%) Linux
4 3 (0.82%) VMS
4 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (24.73%) Migration
2 58 (15.93%) Project Management
3 40 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
4 39 (10.71%) Agile
4 39 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (9.89%) Change Management
5 36 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (8.24%) Data Migration
6 30 (8.24%) Data Security
7 26 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 23 (6.32%) DevOps
9 22 (6.04%) ITIL
10 21 (5.77%) Service Management
11 17 (4.67%) Risk Management
12 16 (4.40%) Data Management
12 16 (4.40%) ITSM
13 15 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (4.12%) Security Monitoring
13 15 (4.12%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (3.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.09%) PowerShell
2 29 (7.97%) SQL
3 26 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.57%) C#
5 11 (3.02%) Python
6 6 (1.65%) R
7 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.55%) VBA
9 1 (0.27%) Bicep
9 1 (0.27%) C++
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (26.65%) Security Cleared
2 77 (21.15%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.99%) Degree
4 25 (6.87%) DV Cleared
5 22 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.20%) PMP
7 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.65%) CISM
7 6 (1.65%) CISSP
7 6 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.10%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.55%) CCNA
10 2 (0.55%) CCNP
10 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.55%) MCSA
11 1 (0.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.12%) QA
2 14 (3.85%) Government Security Classifications
3 13 (3.57%) PMO
4 11 (3.02%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.65%) GDPR
5 6 (1.65%) NIST
6 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.37%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.55%) GRC
9 2 (0.55%) P3O
9 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.55%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) CDISC
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) PMBOK
System Software
1 31 (8.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.27%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.67%) SCOM
2 13 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.92%) SCCM
5 5 (1.37%) Terraform
6 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.55%) Ansible
6 2 (0.55%) CASB
6 2 (0.55%) Puppet
6 2 (0.55%) WSUS
7 1 (0.27%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.27%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.27%) Salt
7 1 (0.27%) SCDPM
7 1 (0.27%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.27%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 191 (52.47%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.22%) NetApp
3 16 (4.40%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.02%) SAP
5 10 (2.75%) Adobe
6 9 (2.47%) VMware
7 8 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.10%) Apple
8 4 (1.10%) IFS
8 4 (1.10%) Nintex
9 3 (0.82%) HP
10 2 (0.55%) Ariba
10 2 (0.55%) Cisco
10 2 (0.55%) Citrix
10 2 (0.55%) Google
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle
10 2 (0.55%) Sparx
10 2 (0.55%) UiPath
11 1 (0.27%) BiZZdesign
11 1 (0.27%) Netskope