The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Rank 39 41 33
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 4 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.913% 1.958% 2.400%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.061% 10.53% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 6
Average daily rate £290 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £313 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £428 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £365
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
66 114 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 15.07% 18.60% 22.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 57 64
Average daily rate £318 £316 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.39% -6.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £188 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
Average hourly rate £13.25 £30.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.83% +150.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint 2010
West Midlands

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham SharePoint 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 15 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (53.33%) .NET
3 7 (46.67%) C#
4 6 (40.00%) InfoPath
5 5 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
6 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
6 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
6 2 (13.33%) CSS
6 2 (13.33%) Windows
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
7 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
7 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (6.667%) Ajax
7 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
7 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (6.667%) Workflow
7 1 (6.667%) Finance
7 1 (6.667%) Law
7 1 (6.667%) Unified Process
7 1 (6.667%) VMware
7 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (6.667%) NUnit
7 1 (6.667%) CruiseControl
7 1 (6.667%) Content Management
7 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (6.667%) UML
7 1 (6.667%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (6.667%) OO

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 8 (53.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (13.33%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.667%) WCF
3 1 (6.667%) WPF
3 1 (6.667%) WF
3 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
3 1 (6.667%) Ajax
3 1 (6.667%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET
3 1 (6.667%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 15 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Foundation
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (6.667%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) InfoPath
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (6.667%) MSBuild
2 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.667%) NUnit
2 1 (6.667%) CruiseControl
2 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
1 1 (6.667%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
1 12 (80.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (6.667%) Tester
2 1 (6.667%) Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.667%) UML
1 1 (6.667%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (6.667%) OO
1 1 (6.667%) RUP
1 1 (6.667%) CRM
1 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) Workflow
1 1 (6.667%) Unified Process
1 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (6.667%) Content Management
1 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (6.667%) MSF
1 1 (6.667%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.667%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
2 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) DV Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.667%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) VMware