The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 21 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 Coventry 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 13 16 21
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 15 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 7.075% 4.669% 2.174%
As % of the Application Platforms category 44.12% 24.00% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
Average daily rate £108 £480 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-77.60% +26.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £102 £450 £360
10% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £515 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £344
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
Average hourly rate £37.80 £11.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+243.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.81 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -5.19%
All Application Platforms
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
34 50 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 16.04% 19.46% 19.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 15
Average daily rate £108 £400 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-73.12% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £271 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £510 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 1
Average hourly rate £37.80 £11.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+228.69% -36.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint
West Midlands

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Coventry SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 9 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (28.57%) VBA
3 6 (28.57%) CAD
3 6 (28.57%) CATIA
3 6 (28.57%) Google
4 5 (23.81%) .NET
5 4 (19.05%) SQL
5 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (19.05%) Windows
5 4 (19.05%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (14.29%) vSphere
6 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (14.29%) Web Development
6 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 3 (14.29%) VMware
6 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 3 (14.29%) CRM
6 3 (14.29%) MS Exchange
6 3 (14.29%) DHCP
6 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 3 (14.29%) DNS
6 3 (14.29%) Cisco
6 3 (14.29%) MPLS
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (14.29%) C#
6 3 (14.29%) MS Project

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (23.81%) .NET
2 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
2 2 (9.524%) XML
2 2 (9.524%) XSL
2 2 (9.524%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 9 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (19.05%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (14.29%) MS Exchange
4 1 (4.762%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) CATIA
2 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 3 (14.29%) MS Project
3 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.762%) MS Office
3 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) CA Clarity
2 1 (4.762%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) DHCP
1 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 3 (14.29%) DNS
1 3 (14.29%) MPLS
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (9.524%) Network Security
3 1 (4.762%) Intranet
3 1 (4.762%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Programmer
2 5 (23.81%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) VBA Developer
4 2 (9.524%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Coordinator
4 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.762%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 1 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Server Support
5 1 (4.762%) Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.762%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) PMI
1 2 (9.524%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) CAD
2 3 (14.29%) Web Development
2 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 3 (14.29%) CRM
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL
2 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 3 (14.29%) Project Management
3 2 (9.524%) Risk Management
3 2 (9.524%) Migration
3 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (9.524%) Programme Management
3 2 (9.524%) Service Management
3 2 (9.524%) Change Management
3 2 (9.524%) Document Management
3 2 (9.524%) Business Analysis
3 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (9.524%) Change Control
4 1 (4.762%) Functional Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) VBA
2 4 (19.05%) SQL
3 3 (14.29%) C#
4 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (14.29%) MCP
2 2 (9.524%) PMP
2 2 (9.524%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.524%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) APMP
2 2 (9.524%) PgMP
3 1 (4.762%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) vSphere
1 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Google
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (9.524%) Primavera
4 2 (9.524%) SAP
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle
4 2 (9.524%) CA
Coventry, West Midlands
Familiarity with strengths and weaknesses of recent technologies, to include most or all of: Virtualisation technologies, Microsoft Forefront UAG / TMG, Sharepoint, Cisco UCS, Cloud, firewalls and IPS/IDS.
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013