The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 17 19 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 36 56 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 6.977% 6.699% 3.406%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.51% 37.09% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 12
Average daily rate £325 £310 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% +18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £183 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £415 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -15.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -5.43%
All Application Platforms
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
118 151 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 22.87% 18.06% 15.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 97 56
Average daily rate £310 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 £163 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £435 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 6
Average hourly rate £14.00 £23.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.13% +58.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £26.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint
South West

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 30 (42.25%) .NET
2 28 (39.44%) C#
3 27 (38.03%) ASP.NET
4 22 (30.99%) Microsoft
5 21 (29.58%) SQL
5 21 (29.58%) SharePoint 2010
6 19 (26.76%) MVC
7 14 (19.72%) .NET Framework
7 14 (19.72%) UML
8 13 (18.31%) Legal
8 13 (18.31%) ASP.NET MVC
9 12 (16.90%) Finance
9 12 (16.90%) Data Security
9 12 (16.90%) Visualfiles
10 11 (15.49%) Degree
11 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
12 8 (11.27%) Windows
12 8 (11.27%) MS Excel
13 6 (8.451%) Programme Management
13 6 (8.451%) CSS
13 6 (8.451%) MS Office
13 6 (8.451%) HTML
13 6 (8.451%) Active Directory
13 6 (8.451%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (8.451%) Configuration Management
13 6 (8.451%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (7.042%) SC Cleared
14 5 (7.042%) Security Cleared
14 5 (7.042%) MS Project
14 5 (7.042%) Web Services

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 30 (42.25%) .NET
2 27 (38.03%) ASP.NET
3 14 (19.72%) .NET Framework
4 13 (18.31%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (8.451%) CSS
5 6 (8.451%) HTML
6 5 (7.042%) Web Services
7 3 (4.225%) XML
7 3 (4.225%) WCF
7 3 (4.225%) MDX
8 2 (2.817%) Silverlight
8 2 (2.817%) Ajax
8 2 (2.817%) ASP
8 2 (2.817%) jQuery
8 2 (2.817%) CAML
8 2 (2.817%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (1.408%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 21 (29.58%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (7.042%) CMS
3 4 (5.634%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (4.225%) Apache Solr
4 3 (4.225%) Drupal
4 3 (4.225%) Apache
5 2 (2.817%) IIS
5 2 (2.817%) SAS
6 1 (1.408%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.408%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (11.27%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.451%) MS Office
3 5 (7.042%) MS Project
3 5 (7.042%) InfoPath
4 4 (5.634%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.408%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (16.90%) Visualfiles
2 1 (1.408%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.817%) VoIP
1 2 (2.817%) VPN
2 1 (1.408%) NAS
2 1 (1.408%) SAN
2 1 (1.408%) Internet
2 1 (1.408%) DNS
2 1 (1.408%) DHCP
2 1 (1.408%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.408%) LAN
2 1 (1.408%) PBX
2 1 (1.408%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.634%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (5.634%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (5.634%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.225%) MySQL
3 3 (4.225%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.817%) OLAP
4 2 (2.817%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.817%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 4 (5.634%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (4.225%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.408%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.408%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.408%) NUnit
3 1 (1.408%) Subversion
3 1 (1.408%) Selenium
General
1 13 (18.31%) Legal
2 12 (16.90%) Finance
3 4 (5.634%) Banking
4 2 (2.817%) Law
4 2 (2.817%) Retail
5 1 (1.408%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.408%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (61.97%) Developer
2 20 (28.17%) SharePoint Developer
3 9 (12.68%) .NET Developer
4 7 (9.859%) C# Developer
5 6 (8.451%) Project Support Officer
5 6 (8.451%) Project Officer
5 6 (8.451%) Analyst
6 5 (7.042%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (7.042%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (5.634%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (4.225%) C# Programmer
8 3 (4.225%) Technical Developer
8 3 (4.225%) ASP.NET Programmer
8 3 (4.225%) Drupal Developer
8 3 (4.225%) Software Developer
8 3 (4.225%) Programmer
8 3 (4.225%) Administrator
9 2 (2.817%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.817%) Analyst Developer
9 2 (2.817%) SAS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.634%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.225%) Digital Media
2 3 (4.225%) Open Source
3 2 (2.817%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.408%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.27%) Windows
2 6 (8.451%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (8.451%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.634%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.817%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) MVC
2 14 (19.72%) UML
3 12 (16.90%) Data Security
4 6 (8.451%) Programme Management
4 6 (8.451%) Configuration Management
5 5 (7.042%) Migration
6 4 (5.634%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (5.634%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.225%) Project Management
7 3 (4.225%) OO
7 3 (4.225%) Information Management
7 3 (4.225%) Scrum
7 3 (4.225%) Workflow
8 2 (2.817%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.817%) Knowledge Management
8 2 (2.817%) ITIL
8 2 (2.817%) Multithreading
8 2 (2.817%) Web Development
8 2 (2.817%) Analytics
9 1 (1.408%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (39.44%) C#
2 21 (29.58%) SQL
3 3 (4.225%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.225%) PHP
3 3 (4.225%) VBScript
4 2 (2.817%) VB
4 2 (2.817%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.408%) VBA
5 1 (1.408%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) Degree
2 5 (7.042%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.042%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.817%) MCDST
3 2 (2.817%) MCSE
3 2 (2.817%) ISEB
3 2 (2.817%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.408%) MCP
4 1 (1.408%) MCTS
4 1 (1.408%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.408%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (8.451%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.817%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.408%) XenApp
3 1 (1.408%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.408%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.408%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.408%) SCCM
1 1 (1.408%) SCOM
1 1 (1.408%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 22 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.634%) Citrix
3 1 (1.408%) Avaya
3 1 (1.408%) Lotus
3 1 (1.408%) Symantec
3 1 (1.408%) McAfee
3 1 (1.408%) Cisco
3 1 (1.408%) HP
3 1 (1.408%) SAP
3 1 (1.408%) VMware
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting content form multiple business areas and being able to convert this into a central SharePoint site on a Global scale.....
Sanderson
Rate: £180 - £225 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013