Berkshire SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server 2007 over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	57	132
Rank change on same period last year	+75
Matching contract IT job ads	77	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.099 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	15.16 %	3.253 %
Daily rates quoted	30	2
Average minimum daily rate	£456	£400
Average daily rate	£475	£438
% change on same period last year	+8.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£495	£475
UK excluding London average daily rate	£442	£369
% change on same period last year	+19.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£48.57	-
Average hourly rate	£49.57	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.57	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	508	584
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.652 %	0.656 %
Daily rates quoted	126	108
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£308
Average daily rate	£390	£334
% change on same period last year	+16.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£412	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	67	68
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.22	£20.65
Average hourly rate	£34.84	£21.69
% change on same period last year	+60.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.45	£22.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
SharePoint Server 2007 South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SharePoint Server 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Berkshire region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Berkshire region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Reading	+37	45	£483	+10.48 %
2	Ascot	-	2	-	-
3	Bracknell	-	1	-	-
3	Slough	-	1	-	-
3	Windsor	-	1	-	-

SharePoint Server 2007 South East

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007.

1 144 (84.21 %) SharePoint 2 117 (68.42 %) .NET 3 101 (59.06 %) C# 4 80 (46.78 %) ASP.NET 5 77 (45.03 %) Microsoft 6 53 (30.99 %) Windows 7 42 (24.56 %) SQL Server 8 25 (14.62 %) MS Office 9 24 (14.04 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 24 (14.04 %) Windows SharePoint Services 10 23 (13.45 %) BizTalk Server 11 22 (12.87 %) SQL 11 22 (12.87 %) SQL Server 2005 12 20 (11.70 %) WebServices 13 19 (11.11 %) DNS

13 19 (11.11 %) Microsoft Certification 14 18 (10.53 %) IIS 15 17 (9.942 %) Content Management 16 16 (9.357 %) Workflow 16 16 (9.357 %) VB 16 16 (9.357 %) HTML 16 16 (9.357 %) .NET Framework 17 15 (8.772 %) XML 18 14 (8.187 %) HTTP 18 14 (8.187 %) Network Load Balancing 19 13 (7.602 %) MS Excel 19 13 (7.602 %) CRM 20 12 (7.018 %) Windows 2000 20 12 (7.018 %) Java 20 12 (7.018 %) SQL Server 7

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 117 (68.42 %) .NET 2 80 (46.78 %) ASP.NET 3 24 (14.04 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 20 (11.70 %) WebServices 5 16 (9.357 %) .NET Framework 5 16 (9.357 %) HTML 6 15 (8.772 %) XML 7 11 (6.433 %) XSLT 7 11 (6.433 %) CAML 8 9 (5.263 %) XHTML 8 9 (5.263 %) WF 9 8 (4.678 %) XSD 10 7 (4.094 %) CSS 11 6 (3.509 %) ASP.NET 2.0 12 3 (1.754 %) WinForms 13 2 (1.170 %) AJAX 13 2 (1.170 %) ASP 14 1 (0.585 %) XML Schema 14 1 (0.585 %) SVG 14 1 (0.585 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 144 (84.21 %) SharePoint 2 24 (14.04 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 23 (13.45 %) BizTalk Server 4 18 (10.53 %) IIS 5 5 (2.924 %) MS Exchange 6 2 (1.170 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 2 (1.170 %) Commerce Server 6 2 (1.170 %) Content Management Server 6 2 (1.170 %) Office Project Server 6 2 (1.170 %) Commerce Server 2007 7 1 (0.585 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.585 %) CMS
Applications 1 25 (14.62 %) MS Office 2 13 (7.602 %) MS Excel 3 7 (4.094 %) InfoPath 4 2 (1.170 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 10 (5.848 %) Microsoft CRM 2 3 (1.754 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 19 (11.11 %) DNS 2 14 (8.187 %) HTTP 3 9 (5.263 %) Intranet 4 5 (2.924 %) TCP/IP 4 5 (2.924 %) DHCP 4 5 (2.924 %) Firewall 5 2 (1.170 %) Internet 5 2 (1.170 %) SAN 6 1 (0.585 %) Extranet 6 1 (0.585 %) VPN 6 1 (0.585 %) WINS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (24.56 %) SQL Server 2 22 (12.87 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (7.018 %) SQL Server 7 3 12 (7.018 %) MSDE 4 11 (6.433 %) SQL Server 2000 5 3 (1.754 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 2 (1.170 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 1 (0.585 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 1 (0.585 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 3 (1.754 %) Visual Studio 1 3 (1.754 %) FrontPage 2 1 (0.585 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (0.585 %) WinRunner	General 1 12 (7.018 %) Finance 2 2 (1.170 %) Automotive 3 1 (0.585 %) Government 3 1 (0.585 %) Publishing 3 1 (0.585 %) Graphic Design 3 1 (0.585 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 87 (50.88 %) Developer 2 68 (39.77 %) Consultant 3 53 (30.99 %) SharePoint Developer 4 37 (21.64 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 13 (7.602 %) Architect 6 11 (6.433 %) Sharepoint Architect 7 10 (5.848 %) C# Developer 8 7 (4.094 %) .NET Developer 9 6 (3.509 %) Technical Architect 10 5 (2.924 %) Programmer 11 4 (2.339 %) Systems Engineer 11 4 (2.339 %) .NET Consultant 11 4 (2.339 %) Infrastructure Consultant 12 3 (1.754 %) Intranet Developer 12 3 (1.754 %) Server Support 12 3 (1.754 %) Infrastructure Engineer 12 3 (1.754 %) Analyst 13 2 (1.170 %) Support Analyst 13 2 (1.170 %) Systems Support 13 2 (1.170 %) 3rd Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 7 (4.094 %) N-Tier 2 5 (2.924 %) Taxonomies 3 3 (1.754 %) Clustering 4 2 (1.170 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (1.170 %) French Language 5 1 (0.585 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 53 (30.99 %) Windows 2 12 (7.018 %) Windows 2000 3 3 (1.754 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (1.170 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.585 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (9.942 %) Content Management 2 16 (9.357 %) Workflow 3 14 (8.187 %) Network Load Balancing 4 13 (7.602 %) CRM 5 9 (5.263 %) OO 5 9 (5.263 %) Migration 6 8 (4.678 %) ITIL 7 5 (2.924 %) Project Management 8 4 (2.339 %) Requirements Analysis 9 3 (1.754 %) Integration Testing 10 2 (1.170 %) Data Migration 10 2 (1.170 %) Use Case 10 2 (1.170 %) MOF 10 2 (1.170 %) Load Balancing 10 2 (1.170 %) Agile Software Development 10 2 (1.170 %) Disaster Recovery 10 2 (1.170 %) E-Commerce 11 1 (0.585 %) EAI 11 1 (0.585 %) Business Intelligence 11 1 (0.585 %) CMMI
Programming Languages 1 101 (59.06 %) C# 2 22 (12.87 %) SQL 3 16 (9.357 %) VB 4 12 (7.018 %) Java 5 10 (5.848 %) C 6 8 (4.678 %) Transact-SQL 7 7 (4.094 %) JavaScript 8 2 (1.170 %) VB.NET 9 1 (0.585 %) VBScript 9 1 (0.585 %) PL/SQL 9 1 (0.585 %) COBOL 9 1 (0.585 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 19 (11.11 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (2.339 %) MCSE 3 1 (0.585 %) MCT
System Software 1 9 (5.263 %) Active Directory 2 3 (1.754 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (1.170 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.585 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 3 (1.754 %) WSUS 1 3 (1.754 %) SCOM 2 2 (1.170 %) MOM 2 2 (1.170 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 77 (45.03 %) Microsoft 2 6 (3.509 %) VMware 3 2 (1.170 %) Symantec 4 1 (0.585 %) Oracle 4 1 (0.585 %) Adobe 4 1 (0.585 %) VERITAS