The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Rank 11 25 23
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -2
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 15 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 10.64% 2.128% 3.175%
As % of the Application Platforms category 42.86% 15.38% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 5
Average daily rate £375 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £337 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £470 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £346 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
35 26 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 24.82% 13.83% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 21
Average daily rate £375 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £150 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £500 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Average hourly rate £15.83 - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint 2010
Scotland

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Aberdeen SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SharePoint 2010 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SharePoint 2010.

1 30 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 22 (73.33%) C#
3 19 (63.33%) .NET
4 15 (50.00%) CSS
5 14 (46.67%) JavaScript
6 12 (40.00%) HTML
7 11 (36.67%) Web Services
8 10 (33.33%) jQuery
9 9 (30.00%) OOP
9 9 (30.00%) OO
9 9 (30.00%) Document Management
9 9 (30.00%) Intranet
10 8 (26.67%) Lotus
10 8 (26.67%) Lotus Notes
10 8 (26.67%) XML
10 8 (26.67%) XSLT
10 8 (26.67%) CAML
11 7 (23.33%) SharePoint Server
11 7 (23.33%) Kindle
11 7 (23.33%) ISO 9001
11 7 (23.33%) Finance
12 4 (13.33%) Workflow
12 4 (13.33%) InfoPath
13 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
13 3 (10.00%) .NET Framework
13 3 (10.00%) Migration
13 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
14 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
14 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET
15 1 (3.333%) Information Management

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SharePoint 2010 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SharePoint 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (63.33%) .NET
2 15 (50.00%) CSS
3 12 (40.00%) HTML
4 11 (36.67%) Web Services
5 10 (33.33%) jQuery
6 8 (26.67%) XML
6 8 (26.67%) XSLT
6 8 (26.67%) CAML
7 3 (10.00%) .NET Framework
8 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 30 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (26.67%) Lotus Notes
3 7 (23.33%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) InfoPath
2 1 (3.333%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Advertising
2 1 (3.333%) French Language
2 1 (3.333%) Norwegian Language
2 1 (3.333%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 23 (76.67%) Developer
1 23 (76.67%) SharePoint Developer
2 3 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (3.333%) Trainer
3 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
3 1 (3.333%) Consultant
3 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
3 1 (3.333%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Kindle
2 1 (3.333%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) OOP
1 9 (30.00%) OO
1 9 (30.00%) Document Management
2 4 (13.33%) Workflow
3 3 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (3.333%) Information Management
4 1 (3.333%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.333%) ITIL
4 1 (3.333%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) C#
2 14 (46.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.333%) SQL
3 1 (3.333%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Lotus
2 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
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