Cheshire SharePoint Portal Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SharePoint Portal Server over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS)
Location Berkshire Cheshire City of London Dorset East of England England Essex Hampshire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands North West North Yorkshire Poole Reading Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	59
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.645 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£423
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.25	£39.75
% change on same period last year	-31.44 %
Application Platforms Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	232	155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.308 %	0.159 %
Daily rates quoted	82	40
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£290
Average daily rate	£386	£297
% change on same period last year	+29.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.67	£31.91
Average hourly rate	£30.21	£35.24
% change on same period last year	-14.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.76	£38.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.09	£24.06
% change on same period last year	+0.13 %
SharePoint Portal Server North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SharePoint Portal Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint Portal Server across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint Portal Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint Portal Server across the Cheshire region.