The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 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 Brighton 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
Rank 22 33 23
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 5 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 3.497% 2.326% 1.538%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.32% 16.22% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -3.33%
All Application Platforms
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
19 37 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 13.29% 14.34% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 6
Average daily rate £325 £370 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.16% +27.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £245 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £520 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £17.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint
East Sussex

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brighton SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Cisco
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) SAN
2 8 (57.14%) Firewall
3 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (42.86%) EMC
4 6 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (28.57%) CCNA
5 4 (28.57%) VMware
5 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (28.57%) MCTS
5 4 (28.57%) MCITP
5 4 (28.57%) Intel
5 4 (28.57%) Citrix
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (28.57%) CommVault
5 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (28.57%) MPLS
5 4 (28.57%) Project Management
5 4 (28.57%) NetScreen
5 4 (28.57%) IIS
5 4 (28.57%) COM+
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 4 (28.57%) LAN
5 4 (28.57%) VoIP
5 4 (28.57%) WAN

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 4 (28.57%) COM+
2 2 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (28.57%) IIS
3 2 (14.29%) Documentum
3 2 (14.29%) FileNet
3 2 (14.29%) Alfresco
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) SAN
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) MPLS
2 4 (28.57%) NetScreen
2 4 (28.57%) LAN
2 4 (28.57%) VoIP
2 4 (28.57%) WAN
2 4 (28.57%) DHCP
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (14.29%) EDRMS
4 1 (7.143%) GIS
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
1 2 (14.29%) Legal
1 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Support Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support
4 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Management Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) DBA
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server DBA
5 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
5 1 (7.143%) SQL DBA
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (28.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL V2
2 2 (14.29%) Content Management
2 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (14.29%) Service Management
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 2 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.143%) ETL
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCNA
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (28.57%) MCTS
1 4 (28.57%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) EMC
3 4 (28.57%) Intel
3 4 (28.57%) Citrix
3 4 (28.57%) CommVault
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) Kofax
4 2 (14.29%) Open Text
4 2 (14.29%) Adobe
4 2 (14.29%) IBM