The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 39 49 32
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -17
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 102 97 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 4.259% 3.084% 4.940%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.22% 22.82% 32.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 61
Average daily rate £400 £300 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -52.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £20.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -5.43%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
389 425 456
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.24% 13.51% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 194 163
Average daily rate £375 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £205 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 40
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £14.55 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint
South East

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SharePoint Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +21 53 £413 +10.00%
Slough -2 9 £475 -
Bracknell -14 6 £165 -52.85%
Maidenhead -6 2 - -
Ascot - 2 - -
Newbury -7 1 £450 +50.00%
SharePoint
South East

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SharePoint 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.

1 104 (56.83%) Microsoft
2 86 (46.99%) Windows
3 68 (37.16%) SQL
4 65 (35.52%) .NET
5 58 (31.69%) Windows Server 2003
6 57 (31.15%) SQL Server
7 55 (30.05%) Security Cleared
8 54 (29.51%) C#
9 53 (28.96%) SharePoint 2010
10 46 (25.14%) Active Directory
11 44 (24.04%) SC Cleared
12 43 (23.50%) MS Office
13 41 (22.40%) SharePoint Server
14 40 (21.86%) MS Excel
15 35 (19.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 32 (17.49%) Visual Studio
16 32 (17.49%) SQL Server 2005
17 30 (16.39%) VMware
18 28 (15.30%) XML
18 28 (15.30%) MS Exchange
19 27 (14.75%) ASP.NET
20 26 (14.21%) Project Management
21 23 (12.57%) Citrix
21 23 (12.57%) VMware Infrastructure
22 22 (12.02%) Web Services
23 21 (11.48%) Meridio
23 21 (11.48%) .NET Framework
24 17 (9.290%) Windows XP
24 17 (9.290%) Exchange Server 2007
25 16 (8.743%) SCCM

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SharePoint 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 65 (35.52%) .NET
2 28 (15.30%) XML
3 27 (14.75%) ASP.NET
4 22 (12.02%) Web Services
5 21 (11.48%) .NET Framework
6 14 (7.650%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 11 (6.011%) HTML
8 9 (4.918%) CSS
9 7 (3.825%) WCF
10 5 (2.732%) Middleware
10 5 (2.732%) Silverlight
11 4 (2.186%) jQuery
12 3 (1.639%) ASP
12 3 (1.639%) Ajax
13 2 (1.093%) Velocity
14 1 (0.546%) HTML5
14 1 (0.546%) CSS3
14 1 (0.546%) XSLT
14 1 (0.546%) COM
Application Platforms
1 53 (28.96%) SharePoint 2010
2 41 (22.40%) SharePoint Server
3 28 (15.30%) MS Exchange
4 17 (9.290%) Exchange Server 2007
5 15 (8.197%) IIS
5 15 (8.197%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (7.104%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (3.279%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (3.279%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (2.732%) Windows Azure
9 4 (2.186%) MS Project Server
10 3 (1.639%) Lync
10 3 (1.639%) CM System
11 2 (1.093%) CMS
12 1 (0.546%) Kentico
12 1 (0.546%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.546%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.546%) DotNetNuke
12 1 (0.546%) WordPress
12 1 (0.546%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 43 (23.50%) MS Office
2 40 (21.86%) MS Excel
3 10 (5.464%) MS Project
3 10 (5.464%) MS Visio
4 7 (3.825%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (3.825%) InfoPath
5 5 (2.732%) Office 365
6 3 (1.639%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.918%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.732%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.546%) CA Clarity
3 1 (0.546%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.546%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.743%) Internet
2 14 (7.650%) Intranet
3 10 (5.464%) LDAP
4 7 (3.825%) Extranet
5 5 (2.732%) SAN
6 4 (2.186%) Firewall
7 3 (1.639%) WAN
7 3 (1.639%) LAN
7 3 (1.639%) DNS
7 3 (1.639%) VLAN
8 2 (1.093%) SSL
9 1 (0.546%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.546%) DHCP
9 1 (0.546%) VPN
9 1 (0.546%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (31.15%) SQL Server
2 32 (17.49%) SQL Server 2005
3 16 (8.743%) IDOL
4 14 (7.650%) SQL Server 2008
5 13 (7.104%) OLAP
5 13 (7.104%) DTS
6 8 (4.372%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (3.279%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.093%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.093%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.546%) PerformancePoint
9 1 (0.546%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.546%) MS Access
9 1 (0.546%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.546%) EDRMS
9 1 (0.546%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (17.49%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.825%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (1.639%) PVCS
4 1 (0.546%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.546%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.546%) PeopleTools
4 1 (0.546%) Subversion
General
1 16 (8.743%) Retail
2 11 (6.011%) Finance
2 11 (6.011%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.093%) Law
4 1 (0.546%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.546%) Publishing
4 1 (0.546%) Marketing
4 1 (0.546%) German Language
Job Titles
1 43 (23.50%) Developer
2 41 (22.40%) SharePoint Developer
3 27 (14.75%) Architect
4 20 (10.93%) Consultant
5 18 (9.836%) Analyst
6 15 (8.197%) SharePoint Architect
7 12 (6.557%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.464%) SharePoint Consultant
8 10 (5.464%) Coordinator
9 9 (4.918%) Administrator
9 9 (4.918%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.825%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.825%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (3.825%) Project Coordinator
11 6 (3.279%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.279%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.279%) Systems Administrator
11 6 (3.279%) Support Analyst
11 6 (3.279%) Technical Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.732%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.279%) Blackberry
2 4 (2.186%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.186%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.093%) Statistics
3 2 (1.093%) Clustering
4 1 (0.546%) PMI
4 1 (0.546%) Streaming Video
4 1 (0.546%) AS400
4 1 (0.546%) Wiki
4 1 (0.546%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 86 (46.99%) Windows
2 58 (31.69%) Windows Server 2003
3 35 (19.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (9.290%) Windows XP
5 12 (6.557%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.093%) Windows 2000
6 2 (1.093%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.546%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.546%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (14.21%) Project Management
2 16 (8.743%) Workflow
3 14 (7.650%) Web Development
4 13 (7.104%) Migration
5 11 (6.011%) Document Management
6 10 (5.464%) CRM
7 8 (4.372%) ERP
8 7 (3.825%) Change Control
8 7 (3.825%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (3.825%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (3.279%) Business Analysis
10 5 (2.732%) EAI
10 5 (2.732%) Scrum
10 5 (2.732%) Knowledge Management
10 5 (2.732%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (2.186%) Release Management
11 4 (2.186%) Resource Management
11 4 (2.186%) System Testing
11 4 (2.186%) Data Migration
11 4 (2.186%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 68 (37.16%) SQL
2 54 (29.51%) C#
3 15 (8.197%) T-SQL
4 12 (6.557%) VB
5 10 (5.464%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.279%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.639%) VBScript
8 2 (1.093%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.546%) C
9 1 (0.546%) VBA
9 1 (0.546%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.546%) Java
9 1 (0.546%) C++
9 1 (0.546%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 55 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 44 (24.04%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.011%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (3.825%) MCSD
5 5 (2.732%) Degree
6 4 (2.186%) MCSE
7 3 (1.639%) CCNA
7 3 (1.639%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.639%) MCITP
8 2 (1.093%) PMP
8 2 (1.093%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.093%) ISEB
9 1 (0.546%) VCP5
9 1 (0.546%) MCP
9 1 (0.546%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.546%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.546%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.546%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.918%) SLA
2 1 (0.546%) QA
System Software
1 46 (25.14%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.372%) XenApp
4 7 (3.825%) vSphere
4 7 (3.825%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.825%) ISA Server
4 7 (3.825%) VMware Workstation
5 5 (2.732%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.639%) UAG
7 2 (1.093%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.546%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 16 (8.743%) SCCM
2 9 (4.918%) SCOM
3 7 (3.825%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 3 (1.639%) MOM
5 2 (1.093%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 104 (56.83%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.39%) VMware
3 23 (12.57%) Citrix
4 21 (11.48%) Meridio
5 6 (3.279%) Clearswift
6 5 (2.732%) Peregrine
7 4 (2.186%) Google
7 4 (2.186%) Hummingbird
7 4 (2.186%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.639%) HP
8 3 (1.639%) Remedy
9 2 (1.093%) Symantec
9 2 (1.093%) Primavera
9 2 (1.093%) Cisco
9 2 (1.093%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.093%) Infor
10 1 (0.546%) Ektron
10 1 (0.546%) SAP
10 1 (0.546%) Oracle
10 1 (0.546%) Dell
Berkshire, Thames Valley
SharePoint Developer required - Start in 2 weeks Rates dependant on experience SharePoint Developer needed for a client project to deliver a new Intranet based on Windows SharePoint 2010.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire
SC Cleared Microsoft Solution Architect - 2 year contract - Berkshire... Skills required: The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience working with Windows 2003 Admin - Strong experience working with Microsoft...
Treadstone ERP
Rate: Unspecified Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
Skills required:The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience working with Windows 2003 Admin - Strong experience working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) - Good Microsoft .NET platform (...
Treadstone-ERP
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
My client a gloal technology company are seeking multiple expert SharePoint Support Engineers to assist with 3rd/4th line Support to their Premier and Partner customers.You will...
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
You will ideally have experience of the following - - SharePoint or SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 - SQL Server - Windows Server - Networks - Disaster Recovery - Capacity Support - Data Migration Projects - Re...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Sharepoint Consultant SC Cleared - or Clearable Reading Very good daily rate Key Skills : XML Web Services SQL Server 2005 Architecture MOSS 2007 Design MOSS 2007 The Moss Designer...
Sanderson
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
We're looking for a passionate SharePoint Subject Matter Expert to support some the world's largest SharePoint installations. Key skills:SharePoint (SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2007) Excellent...
E-Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Key Skills: - Ability to work in a highly skilled agile team - Generating Scrum backlogs - Define business requirements- working with the business to create epics and user stories - Reviewing...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £482.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Berkshire
A market leading pan European company is offering a minimum 2 month contract for a SharePoint Data Migration Specialist for an immediate start in the Thames Valley area.
Venn Group
Rate: Contract likely to extend
Posted: 22 May 2013