The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 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 City of London 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 2010
Rank 132 143 207
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +64
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 72 75 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.129% 0.954% 0.388%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.618% 6.287% 2.648%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 52 24
Average daily rate £420 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £254 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £524 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £349 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.25 £41.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.90% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1088 1193 1435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.06% 15.17% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 808 1010
Average daily rate £405 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £253 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 63
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.20 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint 2010
London

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

City of London SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the City of London region.

City of London SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the City of London region.

City of London SharePoint 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London SharePoint 2010 Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010.

1 137 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 52 (37.96%) .NET
3 49 (35.77%) C#
4 42 (30.66%) SQL Server
5 35 (25.55%) Microsoft
6 31 (22.63%) SQL
6 31 (22.63%) ASP.NET
6 31 (22.63%) Finance
7 29 (21.17%) XML
8 26 (18.98%) JavaScript
9 22 (16.06%) Windows
10 21 (15.33%) SharePoint 2013
11 20 (14.60%) CSS
11 20 (14.60%) Workflow
11 20 (14.60%) SQL Server 2008
12 18 (13.14%) SharePoint Server
12 18 (13.14%) Migration
12 18 (13.14%) Intranet
13 16 (11.68%) MS Excel
14 15 (10.95%) SQL Server 2005
15 14 (10.22%) InfoPath
15 14 (10.22%) MS Office
15 14 (10.22%) Change Management
16 13 (9.489%) Project Management
16 13 (9.489%) PRINCE2
16 13 (9.489%) HTML
16 13 (9.489%) Active Directory
16 13 (9.489%) WCF
16 13 (9.489%) jQuery
17 12 (8.759%) Document Management

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 52 (37.96%) .NET
2 31 (22.63%) ASP.NET
3 29 (21.17%) XML
4 20 (14.60%) CSS
5 13 (9.489%) HTML
5 13 (9.489%) WCF
5 13 (9.489%) jQuery
6 11 (8.029%) XSL
6 11 (8.029%) XSLT
6 11 (8.029%) .NET Framework
7 9 (6.569%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 7 (5.109%) K2 blackpearl
9 6 (4.380%) Web Services
10 5 (3.650%) Ajax
11 4 (2.920%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (2.190%) WPF
13 2 (1.460%) REST
13 2 (1.460%) ASP
13 2 (1.460%) WF
13 2 (1.460%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 137 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 21 (15.33%) SharePoint 2013
3 18 (13.14%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (5.109%) MS Exchange
5 5 (3.650%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (3.650%) IIS
6 4 (2.920%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (2.920%) CMS
7 3 (2.190%) MS Project Server
8 2 (1.460%) Lync
8 2 (1.460%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.730%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.730%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.730%) FileNet
Applications
1 16 (11.68%) MS Excel
2 14 (10.22%) InfoPath
2 14 (10.22%) MS Office
3 6 (4.380%) MS Project
4 3 (2.190%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.730%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.730%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.730%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.730%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 8 (5.839%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.730%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.14%) Intranet
2 4 (2.920%) DNS
2 4 (2.920%) Extranet
3 3 (2.190%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (2.190%) VoIP
3 3 (2.190%) VPN
3 3 (2.190%) DHCP
4 2 (1.460%) LAN
4 2 (1.460%) SAN
4 2 (1.460%) Internet
5 1 (0.730%) RFID
5 1 (0.730%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.730%) HTTP
5 1 (0.730%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.730%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (30.66%) SQL Server
2 20 (14.60%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (10.95%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (5.839%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (5.109%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 7 (5.109%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (2.920%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.190%) PerformancePoint
7 3 (2.190%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.730%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.730%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 12 (8.759%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.650%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.460%) Serena SBM
4 1 (0.730%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.730%) JUnit
General
1 31 (22.63%) Finance
2 8 (5.839%) Banking
3 7 (5.109%) Back Office
4 5 (3.650%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.920%) Publishing
6 3 (2.190%) Legal
6 3 (2.190%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.460%) Law
7 2 (1.460%) Advertising
7 2 (1.460%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.730%) Retail
8 1 (0.730%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (45.99%) Developer
2 46 (33.58%) SharePoint Developer
3 14 (10.22%) Project Manager
3 14 (10.22%) Analyst
4 10 (7.299%) Administrator
5 9 (6.569%) SharePoint Administrator
6 6 (4.380%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.650%) .NET Developer
7 5 (3.650%) C# Developer
7 5 (3.650%) Consultant
7 5 (3.650%) SharePoint Project Manager
8 4 (2.920%) Architect
8 4 (2.920%) Microsoft Developer
8 4 (2.920%) SharePoint Consultant
9 3 (2.190%) SharePoint Designer
9 3 (2.190%) Designer
9 3 (2.190%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 3 (2.190%) Senior SharePoint Developer
9 3 (2.190%) Help Desk Engineer
9 3 (2.190%) IT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.650%) Hedge funds
2 2 (1.460%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.460%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.460%) N-Tier
2 2 (1.460%) Clustering
2 2 (1.460%) Blackberry
2 2 (1.460%) Web 2.0
2 2 (1.460%) Taxonomies
2 2 (1.460%) Data Extraction
3 1 (0.730%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.730%) E-Learning
3 1 (0.730%) NHS
3 1 (0.730%) W3C
3 1 (0.730%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 22 (16.06%) Windows
2 6 (4.380%) Windows 7
3 5 (3.650%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (2.920%) Windows XP
5 3 (2.190%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.730%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.730%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.60%) Workflow
2 18 (13.14%) Migration
3 14 (10.22%) Change Management
4 13 (9.489%) Project Management
4 13 (9.489%) PRINCE2
5 12 (8.759%) Document Management
6 11 (8.029%) CRM
7 10 (7.299%) Web Accessibility
7 10 (7.299%) ITIL
8 9 (6.569%) E-business
8 9 (6.569%) Volume Testing
8 9 (6.569%) Systems Analysis
9 7 (5.109%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (5.109%) Change Control
10 6 (4.380%) OO
10 6 (4.380%) MVC
10 6 (4.380%) Scrum
11 5 (3.650%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (2.920%) Portfolio Management
12 4 (2.920%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 49 (35.77%) C#
2 31 (22.63%) SQL
3 26 (18.98%) JavaScript
4 11 (8.029%) VBA
5 6 (4.380%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.380%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.460%) Java
7 1 (0.730%) C
7 1 (0.730%) VB
7 1 (0.730%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (5.839%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.380%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.190%) MCTS
4 1 (0.730%) APMP
4 1 (0.730%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.730%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.730%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.730%) MOS
4 1 (0.730%) Degree
4 1 (0.730%) CISA
4 1 (0.730%) CISM
4 1 (0.730%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (0.730%) CISSP
4 1 (0.730%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.569%) WCAG
2 1 (0.730%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (9.489%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.190%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.190%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.190%) UAG
3 2 (1.460%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.460%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (1.460%) XenApp
4 1 (0.730%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.460%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 2 (1.460%) SCOM
2 1 (0.730%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (25.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.569%) VMware
3 3 (2.190%) Sage
3 3 (2.190%) Citrix
3 3 (2.190%) Cisco
4 2 (1.460%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.460%) Oracle
4 2 (1.460%) JBoss
4 2 (1.460%) IBM
4 2 (1.460%) Serena
4 2 (1.460%) Symantec
5 1 (0.730%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.730%) Websense
5 1 (0.730%) Adobe
5 1 (0.730%) Cognos
City of London
Job Title: Sharepoint DeveloperLocation: LondonRate: £300 - £340 per dayStart: ASAP Contract: 3 - 6 months Key skills: Sharepoint 2010, .NET, SSRS, SQL Developer Project Details: My client has an...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
This global company that are based in London City and now looking to expand the team within Microsoft Office SharePoint Services - MOSS This SharePoint (2010/2013) C#.NET...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
PurposeLead the technical strategy, design, development and implementation of one or more applications in a Delivery team, to ensure that the system meets the needs of the business...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
City of London
2)Provide basic SharePoint training to users... 3)Good understanding of the SharePoint security model and Windows AD security - 4) Ability to customise sites with SharePoint Templates and...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
City of London
Mint recruitment are actively looking to hire a Senior Windows Infrastructure Engineer that is also highly experienced with MS SharePoint 2010 software.Based on Cheapside London this role...
Mint
Rate: £400 - £460 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
As the Business Analyst you will be responsible for leading the analysis and documentation of business requirements for the implementation of the global SharePoint project.Key Responsibilities:You...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £440 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013