East of England SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server 2007 over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	140	140
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	17	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	2.125 %	1.391 %
Daily rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum daily rate	£392	£250
Average daily rate	£410	£275
% change on same period last year	+48.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£428	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£442	£369
% change on same period last year	+19.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	-
Average hourly rate	£42.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	800	647
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.026 %	0.727 %
Daily rates quoted	219	210
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£340
Average daily rate	£376	£362
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	128	78
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.49	£24.62
Average hourly rate	£21.28	£26.01
% change on same period last year	-18.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.07	£27.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
SharePoint Server 2007 England

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 Server 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the East of England region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the East of England region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Essex	-7	8	£350	-
2	Bedfordshire	+5	3	£350	-
3	East Anglia	-	2	£475	-
3	Hertfordshire	-5	2	£466	+69.54 %
3	Cambridgeshire	-	2	-	-

SharePoint Server 2007 England

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007.

1 35 (94.59 %) SharePoint 2 21 (56.76 %) .NET 3 14 (37.84 %) ASP.NET 4 13 (35.14 %) C# 5 9 (24.32 %) Microsoft 6 6 (16.22 %) SQL 7 5 (13.51 %) VB.NET 7 5 (13.51 %) SQL Server 7 5 (13.51 %) BizTalk Server 7 5 (13.51 %) SharePoint Portal Server 7 5 (13.51 %) SQL Server 2005 8 4 (10.81 %) Silverlight 9 3 (8.108 %) GUPTA 9 3 (8.108 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 3 (8.108 %) AJAX

9 3 (8.108 %) Migration 9 3 (8.108 %) SQL Server 7 9 3 (8.108 %) MS Office 10 2 (5.405 %) Windows 10 2 (5.405 %) RAD 10 2 (5.405 %) MS Excel 10 2 (5.405 %) Intranet 10 2 (5.405 %) Active Directory 10 2 (5.405 %) Finance 10 2 (5.405 %) Windows SharePoint Services 10 2 (5.405 %) Marketing 11 1 (2.703 %) .NET Framework 11 1 (2.703 %) Office Project Server 11 1 (2.703 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 1 (2.703 %) Exchange Server 2003

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 21 (56.76 %) .NET 2 14 (37.84 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (10.81 %) Silverlight 4 3 (8.108 %) ASP.NET 2.0 4 3 (8.108 %) AJAX 5 2 (5.405 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 1 (2.703 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (2.703 %) CSS 6 1 (2.703 %) WebServices 6 1 (2.703 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 35 (94.59 %) SharePoint 2 5 (13.51 %) BizTalk Server 2 5 (13.51 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 1 (2.703 %) Office Project Server 3 1 (2.703 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 1 (2.703 %) IIS 3 1 (2.703 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (2.703 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 3 (8.108 %) MS Office 2 2 (5.405 %) MS Excel 3 1 (2.703 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 1 (2.703 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 2 (5.405 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (13.51 %) SQL Server 1 5 (13.51 %) SQL Server 2005 2 3 (8.108 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (2.703 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 1 (2.703 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (2.703 %) NUnit	General 1 2 (5.405 %) Finance 1 2 (5.405 %) Marketing 2 1 (2.703 %) Government 2 1 (2.703 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 17 (45.95 %) Developer 2 15 (40.54 %) SharePoint Developer 3 11 (29.73 %) Consultant 4 9 (24.32 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 4 (10.81 %) Sharepoint Specialist 6 2 (5.405 %) Sharepoint Architect 6 2 (5.405 %) Architect 6 2 (5.405 %) .NET Consultant 7 1 (2.703 %) Analyst 7 1 (2.703 %) Systems Analyst 7 1 (2.703 %) .NET Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) .NET Designer 7 1 (2.703 %) Microsoft Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.703 %) Asset Management
Operating Systems 1 2 (5.405 %) Windows 2 1 (2.703 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (8.108 %) Migration 2 2 (5.405 %) RAD 3 1 (2.703 %) CRM 3 1 (2.703 %) ERP 3 1 (2.703 %) Workflow 3 1 (2.703 %) TDD 3 1 (2.703 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 13 (35.14 %) C# 2 6 (16.22 %) SQL 3 5 (13.51 %) VB.NET 4 1 (2.703 %) DHTML 4 1 (2.703 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 1 (2.703 %) CCNA 1 1 (2.703 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (2.703 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 2 (5.405 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 9 (24.32 %) Microsoft 2 3 (8.108 %) GUPTA