The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 24 41 37
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -4
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 41 28 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 5.679% 3.444% 4.321%
As % of the Application Platforms category 32.54% 19.05% 26.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 29
Average daily rate £275 £319 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.72% -4.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £251 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £399 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 £14.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -65.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -3.33%
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
126 147 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.45% 18.08% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 72 95
Average daily rate £338 £338 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £14.00 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £30.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint
North West

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester -9 8 £235 -30.37%
Macclesfield - 7 £313 -
Warrington -5 5 £406 -10.71%
Knutsford -3 4 £225 -35.71%
Crewe - 4 £275 -
SharePoint
North West

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 27 (33.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (28.75%) Windows
3 18 (22.50%) .NET
4 17 (21.25%) MS Excel
4 17 (21.25%) SharePoint 2010
5 15 (18.75%) ITIL
6 14 (17.50%) MS Office
6 14 (17.50%) Intranet
7 13 (16.25%) SQL Server
8 12 (15.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (13.75%) CMS
10 10 (12.50%) C#
11 9 (11.25%) Windows 7
11 9 (11.25%) MS PowerPoint
12 8 (10.00%) Citrix
12 8 (10.00%) HTML
12 8 (10.00%) JavaScript
12 8 (10.00%) CSS
12 8 (10.00%) Finance
12 8 (10.00%) Migration
13 7 (8.750%) DameWare
13 7 (8.750%) Retail
13 7 (8.750%) Local Government
13 7 (8.750%) PRINCE2
13 7 (8.750%) JIRA
13 7 (8.750%) WSUS
13 7 (8.750%) SQL Server 2008
14 6 (7.500%) Problem Management
14 6 (7.500%) Blackberry
15 5 (6.250%) Management Information System

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 18 (22.50%) .NET
2 8 (10.00%) CSS
2 8 (10.00%) HTML
3 5 (6.250%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.750%) jQuery
4 3 (3.750%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (3.750%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 3 (3.750%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (2.500%) WCF
5 2 (2.500%) WPF
5 2 (2.500%) XML
5 2 (2.500%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 2 (2.500%) WebSphere
5 2 (2.500%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.500%) Java EE
6 1 (1.250%) JSON
6 1 (1.250%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 17 (21.25%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (13.75%) CMS
3 3 (3.750%) LiveLink
3 3 (3.750%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (3.750%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (3.750%) Umbraco
4 2 (2.500%) Lync
5 1 (1.250%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.250%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.250%) eRoom
5 1 (1.250%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.250%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 17 (21.25%) MS Excel
2 14 (17.50%) MS Office
3 9 (11.25%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (5.000%) InfoPath
5 3 (3.750%) MS Project
6 2 (2.500%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.250%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.500%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.50%) Intranet
2 4 (5.000%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.750%) VPN
3 3 (3.750%) Extranet
3 3 (3.750%) Wireless
4 1 (1.250%) DNS
4 1 (1.250%) SAN
4 1 (1.250%) Internet
4 1 (1.250%) LAN
4 1 (1.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.750%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.750%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.750%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.750%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (3.750%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.750%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 12 (15.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (8.750%) JIRA
3 2 (2.500%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (10.00%) Finance
2 7 (8.750%) Retail
2 7 (8.750%) Local Government
3 1 (1.250%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.250%) Banking
3 1 (1.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (20.00%) Analyst
2 10 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 10 (12.50%) Developer
3 9 (11.25%) Coordinator
4 7 (8.750%) SharePoint Developer
5 6 (7.500%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (6.250%) Applications Support
6 5 (6.250%) Consultant
6 5 (6.250%) SharePoint Specialist
6 5 (6.250%) Content Editor
7 4 (5.000%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.000%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.000%) Service Analyst
7 4 (5.000%) .NET Developer
7 4 (5.000%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (3.750%) Help Desk Support
8 3 (3.750%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.750%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (3.750%) Administrator
8 3 (3.750%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.500%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.250%) Digital Media
3 3 (3.750%) Handset
3 3 (3.750%) NHS
3 3 (3.750%) Smartcard
3 3 (3.750%) iPad
4 2 (2.500%) EPoS
4 2 (2.500%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.250%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 23 (28.75%) Windows
2 9 (11.25%) Windows 7
3 5 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (5.000%) Windows XP
5 3 (3.750%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.250%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.250%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.75%) ITIL
2 8 (10.00%) Migration
3 7 (8.750%) PRINCE2
4 6 (7.500%) Problem Management
5 5 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (6.250%) Project Management
5 5 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.000%) Service Management
6 4 (5.000%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.000%) Document Management
7 3 (3.750%) MVC
7 3 (3.750%) Workflow
7 3 (3.750%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (3.750%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (3.750%) RUP
8 2 (2.500%) Quality Management
8 2 (2.500%) Scrum
8 2 (2.500%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.500%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) C#
2 8 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.250%) SQL
4 3 (3.750%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.500%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (3.750%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.500%) Degree
4 1 (1.250%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.250%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.500%) SLA
2 1 (1.250%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.250%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.250%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.000%) XenApp
3 3 (3.750%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (2.500%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (2.500%) UAG
5 1 (1.250%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.250%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (1.250%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.250%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (8.750%) DameWare
1 7 (8.750%) WSUS
2 1 (1.250%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (33.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.00%) Citrix
3 4 (5.000%) SAP
4 3 (3.750%) Remedy
4 3 (3.750%) Oracle
4 3 (3.750%) EPiServer
5 2 (2.500%) VMware
5 2 (2.500%) IBM
6 1 (1.250%) EMC
6 1 (1.250%) Ariba
6 1 (1.250%) Hitachi
6 1 (1.250%) NetApp
6 1 (1.250%) Lotus