The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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 18 21 28
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 7 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 4.268% 5.000% 3.057%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.43% 31.43% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 6
Average daily rate £315 £400 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.25% +68.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £380 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £480 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -3.33%
All Application Platforms
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23 35 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 14.02% 15.91% 22.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 39
Average daily rate £325 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £105 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint
South Wales

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) CISA
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Intranet
3 1 (12.50%) RAD
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) IIS

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Intranet
General
1 1 (12.50%) Back Office
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Auditor
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) IT Auditor
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) RAD
1 1 (12.50%) Web Development
1 1 (12.50%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The SharePoint Integration Engineer will be part of a project team of Microsoft Engineers working on simultaneous systems integration projects including Exchange, Active Directory and SharePoint Server... Strong...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £330 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013