Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the City of London region.

 Microsoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank727087
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads19688133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London2.285 %2.176 %1.651 %
As % of the Application Platforms category20.23 %15.55 %13.50 %
Daily rates quoted1183482
Average daily rate£400£369£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.470 %-18.05 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£253£275£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£493£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£350£400
% change year-on-year
-11.07 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted653
Average hourly rate£22.50£27.00£45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %-40.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.50£22.00£33.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£36.70£51.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£28.95£30.00
% change year-on-year
-15.37 %-3.500 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
969566985
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London11.30 %14.00 %12.23 %
Daily rates quoted565262475
Average daily rate£440£400£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted392973
Average hourly rate£21.00£21.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.65£13.05£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£33.25£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
SharePoint LondonSharePoint
London

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.

SharePoint
Demand Trend

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

City of London SharePoint Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1140 (37.33 %).NET
2117 (31.20 %)Microsoft
3109 (29.07 %)C#
4106 (28.27 %)Finance
596 (25.60 %)SharePoint Server 2007
694 (25.07 %)Banking
792 (24.53 %)SQL Server
885 (22.67 %)ASP.NET
970 (18.67 %)Investment Banking
1054 (14.40 %)MS Office
1152 (13.87 %)Windows
1152 (13.87 %)MS Excel
1248 (12.80 %)SQL
1346 (12.27 %)Intranet
1444 (11.73 %)Project Management
1543 (11.47 %)XML
1543 (11.47 %)SQL Server 2005
1642 (11.20 %)Visual Studio
1740 (10.67 %)MS Project
1834 (9.067 %)CRM
1933 (8.800 %)HTML
2032 (8.533 %)WCF
2131 (8.267 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2131 (8.267 %)JavaScript
2229 (7.733 %)Workflow
2327 (7.200 %)Web Services
2327 (7.200 %)Agile Software Development
2327 (7.200 %)MS PowerPoint
2426 (6.933 %)WF
2525 (6.667 %)Oracle

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1140 (37.33 %).NET
285 (22.67 %)ASP.NET
343 (11.47 %)XML
433 (8.800 %)HTML
532 (8.533 %)WCF
627 (7.200 %)Web Services
726 (6.933 %)WF
819 (5.067 %).NET Framework
819 (5.067 %)Windows SharePoint Services
917 (4.533 %)ASP
1014 (3.733 %)WSE
1014 (3.733 %)WPF
1113 (3.467 %)CSS
1212 (3.200 %)XSLT
1311 (2.933 %)Spring
1410 (2.667 %)AJAX
159 (2.400 %)Spring.NET
159 (2.400 %)iBATIS
159 (2.400 %)NHibernate
167 (1.867 %)Silverlight
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
196 (25.60 %)SharePoint Server 2007
217 (4.533 %)IIS
315 (4.000 %)BizTalk Server
410 (2.667 %)Documentum
410 (2.667 %)TIBCO EMS
58 (2.133 %)CMS
64 (1.067 %)Lotus Domino
73 (0.800 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (0.800 %)Confluence
73 (0.800 %)IBM HTTP Server
73 (0.800 %)LiveLink
73 (0.800 %)Lotus Notes
73 (0.800 %)WebSphere Application Server
73 (0.800 %)Apache
73 (0.800 %)MS Exchange
73 (0.800 %)WebSphere MQ
82 (0.533 %)Oracle HTTP Server
82 (0.533 %)Office Communications Server
82 (0.533 %)Office Project Server
82 (0.533 %)SharePoint Portal Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
154 (14.40 %)MS Office
252 (13.87 %)MS Excel
340 (10.67 %)MS Project
427 (7.200 %)MS PowerPoint
524 (6.400 %)InfoPath
622 (5.867 %)MS Visio
74 (1.067 %)Photoshop
74 (1.067 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.800 %)CA Clarity
92 (0.533 %)FrameMaker
92 (0.533 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.267 %)Acrobat
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (4.267 %)Microsoft CRM
26 (1.600 %)Dynamics CRM
34 (1.067 %)WebTrends
43 (0.800 %)Loan IQ
43 (0.800 %)Autonomy Scrittura
43 (0.800 %)Interwoven Scrittura
51 (0.267 %)assyst
51 (0.267 %)Dynamics AX
51 (0.267 %)TIBCO iProcess
51 (0.267 %)SoftGrid
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
146 (12.27 %)Intranet
213 (3.467 %)Internet
37 (1.867 %)Extranet
45 (1.333 %)DNS
54 (1.067 %)HTTP
63 (0.800 %)BIG-IP
72 (0.533 %)SAN
72 (0.533 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.533 %)Firewall
81 (0.267 %)Nortel Meridian
81 (0.267 %)Cisco IPT
81 (0.267 %)IP Telephony
81 (0.267 %)Connectrix
81 (0.267 %)LDAP
81 (0.267 %)VPN
81 (0.267 %)Kerberos
81 (0.267 %)LAN
81 (0.267 %)WAN
81 (0.267 %)3G
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (24.53 %)SQL Server
243 (11.47 %)SQL Server 2005
331 (8.267 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
421 (5.600 %)BusinessObjects
518 (4.800 %)SQL Server 2008
617 (4.533 %)SQL Server 2000
716 (4.267 %)SQL Server Integration Services
810 (2.667 %)Crystal Reports
810 (2.667 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
99 (2.400 %)Datawarehouse
107 (1.867 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
116 (1.600 %)RDBMS
116 (1.600 %)MS Access
125 (1.333 %)Sybase ASE
125 (1.333 %)OLAP
134 (1.067 %)ETL
134 (1.067 %)Sybase IQ
134 (1.067 %)BusinessObjects XI
134 (1.067 %)PerformancePoint
134 (1.067 %)dBASE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
142 (11.20 %)Visual Studio
220 (5.333 %)Subversion
316 (4.267 %)Team Foundation Server
411 (2.933 %)ClearCase
59 (2.400 %)Selenium
59 (2.400 %)FitNesse
59 (2.400 %)csUnit
59 (2.400 %)OpenSTA
59 (2.400 %)NCover
59 (2.400 %)ReSharper
59 (2.400 %)NUnit
59 (2.400 %)VSS/SourceSafe
67 (1.867 %)JIRA
74 (1.067 %)FrontPage
83 (0.800 %)ClearQuest
92 (0.533 %)ERwin
92 (0.533 %)Dreamweaver
92 (0.533 %)JUnit
92 (0.533 %)Maven
101 (0.267 %)PVCS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1106 (28.27 %)Finance
294 (25.07 %)Banking
370 (18.67 %)Investment Banking
424 (6.400 %)Government
515 (4.000 %)Insurance
610 (2.667 %)Front Office
79 (2.400 %)Financial Institution
87 (1.867 %)Back Office
96 (1.600 %)Telecoms
96 (1.600 %)Law
96 (1.600 %)Legal
105 (1.333 %)Marketing
114 (1.067 %)Publishing
114 (1.067 %)Health
123 (0.800 %)Local Government
123 (0.800 %)Electric
132 (0.533 %)Education
141 (0.267 %)Auditing
141 (0.267 %)Retail
141 (0.267 %)Chemicals
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1147 (39.20 %)Developer
270 (18.67 %)SharePoint Developer
367 (17.87 %)Analyst
437 (9.867 %)C# Developer
526 (6.933 %)Consultant
625 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
721 (5.600 %)Administrator
819 (5.067 %).NET Developer
918 (4.800 %)SharePoint Consultant
1017 (4.533 %)Architect
1115 (4.000 %)Support Analyst
1212 (3.200 %)Coordinator
1212 (3.200 %)Project Manager
1212 (3.200 %)Senior Developer
139 (2.400 %)Agile C# Developer
139 (2.400 %)SharePoint Administrator
139 (2.400 %)ASP.NET Developer
139 (2.400 %)Applications Support
148 (2.133 %)Programmer
148 (2.133 %)Trainer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (4.267 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29 (2.400 %)Open Source
38 (2.133 %)Derivative
47 (1.867 %)E-Learning
56 (1.600 %)Wiki
65 (1.333 %)Dependency Injection
65 (1.333 %)Credit Risk
74 (1.067 %)NHS
74 (1.067 %)Management Information System
74 (1.067 %)Equities
83 (0.800 %)Credit Derivative
83 (0.800 %)Blog
83 (0.800 %)Market Risk
83 (0.800 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.533 %)Cloud Computing
92 (0.533 %)Statistics
101 (0.267 %)PDA
101 (0.267 %)PKI
101 (0.267 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.267 %)Social Network
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
152 (13.87 %)Windows
214 (3.733 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (3.200 %)Windows Server 2008
45 (1.333 %)Linux
54 (1.067 %)Windows XP
63 (0.800 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (0.800 %)UNIX
72 (0.533 %)Solaris
81 (0.267 %)Windows 7
81 (0.267 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
144 (11.73 %)Project Management
234 (9.067 %)CRM
329 (7.733 %)Workflow
427 (7.200 %)Agile Software Development
521 (5.600 %)OO
521 (5.600 %)Configuration Management
619 (5.067 %)Content Management
619 (5.067 %)Programme Management
619 (5.067 %)UML
717 (4.533 %)Continuous Integration
717 (4.533 %)TDD
816 (4.267 %)Document Management
816 (4.267 %)Automated Testing
915 (4.000 %)Unit Testing
1014 (3.733 %)ITIL
1014 (3.733 %)Business Intelligence
1014 (3.733 %)Business Analysis
1113 (3.467 %)PRINCE2
1113 (3.467 %)Stakeholder Management
1212 (3.200 %)Resource Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1109 (29.07 %)C#
248 (12.80 %)SQL
331 (8.267 %)JavaScript
417 (4.533 %)VB
515 (4.000 %)T-SQL
515 (4.000 %)Java
614 (3.733 %)VB.NET
79 (2.400 %)VBA
85 (1.333 %)C
94 (1.067 %)PL/SQL
103 (0.800 %)VB6
112 (0.533 %)PowerShell
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (2.933 %)Security Cleared
29 (2.400 %)Degree
38 (2.133 %)ISEB
46 (1.600 %)SC Cleared
54 (1.067 %)CBAP
62 (0.533 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.533 %)MBA
62 (0.533 %)CTC Cleared
62 (0.533 %)DV Cleared
62 (0.533 %)CFA
71 (0.267 %)MCSE
71 (0.267 %)MCP
71 (0.267 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.267 %)ITIL Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.600 %)SLA
16 (1.600 %)QA
22 (0.533 %)WCAG
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (3.467 %)Active Directory
24 (1.067 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.533 %)ISA Server
41 (0.267 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
41 (0.267 %)VMware ESX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.533 %)NetBackup
21 (0.267 %)McAfee ePO
21 (0.267 %)SCOM
21 (0.267 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (0.267 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.267 %)ARCserve
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1117 (31.20 %)Microsoft
225 (6.667 %)Oracle
321 (5.600 %)Business Objects
418 (4.800 %)IBM
512 (3.200 %)TIBCO
67 (1.867 %)VMware
76 (1.600 %)HP
76 (1.600 %)Remedy
85 (1.333 %)Open Text
85 (1.333 %)Lotus
85 (1.333 %)Sybase
85 (1.333 %)Nortel
93 (0.800 %)DataSynapse
93 (0.800 %)ProClarity
93 (0.800 %)DevExpress
93 (0.800 %)Wall Street Systems
93 (0.800 %)LANDesk
93 (0.800 %)Hummingbird
93 (0.800 %)Calypso
93 (0.800 %)Red Hat