The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 113 115 112
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 2 14 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.093% 0.475% 0.761%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.510% 3.030% 4.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 13
Average daily rate £425 £420 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.19% +115.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.35% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% -67.05%
All Application Platforms
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
392 462 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.20% 15.68% 18.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 225 222
Average daily rate £315 £362 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.86% +4.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £209 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 44 53
Average hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.50% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £34.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint Server
England

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England SharePoint Server Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +9 2 £425 +13.33%
SharePoint Server
England

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SharePoint Server 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 Server.

1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (83.33%) .NET
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 8 (66.67%) C#
5 7 (58.33%) SQL
5 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
6 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (33.33%) .NET Framework
7 4 (33.33%) Workflow
8 3 (25.00%) Migration
8 3 (25.00%) CMS
8 3 (25.00%) Content Management
8 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
8 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
8 3 (25.00%) MS Office
8 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
8 3 (25.00%) Web Services
8 3 (25.00%) XML
9 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
9 2 (16.67%) PowerPivot
9 2 (16.67%) XSLT
9 2 (16.67%) Windows
9 2 (16.67%) VBScript
9 2 (16.67%) VB
9 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
9 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
9 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SharePoint Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (83.33%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 3 (25.00%) Web Services
4 3 (25.00%) XML
5 2 (16.67%) XSLT
5 2 (16.67%) LINQ
6 1 (8.333%) COM
6 1 (8.333%) CSS
6 1 (8.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (25.00%) CMS
4 2 (16.67%) MS Project Server
5 1 (8.333%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (8.333%) Content Management Server
5 1 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) InfoPath
2 2 (16.67%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Architect
4 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Applications Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
5 1 (8.333%) C# Developer
5 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Workflow
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (16.67%) Document Management
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) RUP
3 2 (16.67%) DSDM
4 1 (8.333%) SOA
4 1 (8.333%) ETL
4 1 (8.333%) TDD
4 1 (8.333%) Data Transformation
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) AOP
4 1 (8.333%) Web Development
4 1 (8.333%) Refactoring
4 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
2 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
4 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (16.67%) VBScript
5 2 (16.67%) VB
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft