The first table below looks at the demand for Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services over the 3 months to 22 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 Development 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
Rank 112 134 121
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -13
Contract jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services 10 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.408% 0.062% 0.308%
As % of the Application Development category 1.835% 0.359% 1.253%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £331
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
+41.79% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545 557 718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.22% 17.36% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 251 300
Average daily rate £388 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.42% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Windows SharePoint Services
South East

Windows SharePoint Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Windows SharePoint Services Jobs Demand Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Windows SharePoint Services Daily Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Windows SharePoint Services Hourly Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 +14 6 - -
Windows SharePoint Services
South East

Windows SharePoint Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (92.31%) DTS
2 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (92.31%) MS Office
2 12 (92.31%) Visual Studio
2 12 (92.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (92.31%) OLAP
2 12 (92.31%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (92.31%) SharePoint Server
3 10 (76.92%) LDAP
4 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
5 8 (61.54%) IDOL
5 8 (61.54%) Meridio
5 8 (61.54%) XML
6 6 (46.15%) Web Development
6 6 (46.15%) .NET Framework
6 6 (46.15%) MCSD
6 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (46.15%) Web Services
7 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
8 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
8 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
9 3 (23.08%) MS Project

Windows SharePoint Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 8 (61.54%) XML
3 6 (46.15%) .NET Framework
3 6 (46.15%) Web Services
4 1 (7.692%) HTML
4 1 (7.692%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 13 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (92.31%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (23.08%) CM System
3 3 (23.08%) MS Project Server
4 1 (7.692%) IIS
4 1 (7.692%) WordPress
4 1 (7.692%) Kentico
4 1 (7.692%) Joomla!
4 1 (7.692%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (92.31%) MS Office
2 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
3 3 (23.08%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (92.31%) DTS
1 12 (92.31%) SQL Server
1 12 (92.31%) OLAP
1 12 (92.31%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (61.54%) IDOL
3 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (92.31%) Visual Studio
2 2 (15.38%) PVCS
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
1 7 (53.85%) SharePoint Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Team Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Development Team Leader
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Software Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Web Development
2 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 3 (23.08%) Release Management
3 3 (23.08%) Document Management
3 3 (23.08%) Workflow
4 2 (15.38%) Unified Process
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (15.38%) UML
5 1 (7.692%) SEO
5 1 (7.692%) Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 13 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) VB
2 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) MCSD
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (61.54%) Meridio
3 1 (7.692%) Ektron
3 1 (7.692%) Google
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