The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 34 43 34
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 102 118 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 4.685% 3.958% 4.786%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.44% 24.95% 25.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 59 66
Average daily rate £381 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.68% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £253 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £480 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £349 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
-0.35% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 10
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.03% +3.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.38 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.09% -7.06%
All Application Platforms
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
401 473 484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.42% 15.87% 18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 224 228
Average daily rate £300 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £213 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 43 48
Average hourly rate £23.50 £19.63 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.74% +40.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.75 £35.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hertfordshire +27 28 £325 +23.80%
Cambridgeshire +5 25 £375 -3.22%
Essex 0 17 £350 -22.22%
Bedfordshire +12 14 £400 -
Suffolk -2 10 £413 +26.92%
Norfolk -11 6 £400 -
East Anglia +14 2 £375 -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 73 (36.32%) .NET
2 63 (31.34%) Microsoft
3 60 (29.85%) SQL Server
4 58 (28.86%) C#
5 56 (27.86%) SharePoint 2010
6 42 (20.90%) SQL
6 42 (20.90%) ASP.NET
7 36 (17.91%) Windows
8 29 (14.43%) Workflow
9 28 (13.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (11.44%) BizTalk Server
10 23 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (11.44%) HTML
11 22 (10.95%) CSS
11 22 (10.95%) Intranet
12 21 (10.45%) Web Services
12 21 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 20 (9.950%) Finance
13 20 (9.950%) Oracle
13 20 (9.950%) MS Office
14 19 (9.453%) Migration
14 19 (9.453%) WCF
15 18 (8.955%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 18 (8.955%) XML
15 18 (8.955%) MS Excel
16 17 (8.458%) SQL Server 2008
17 16 (7.960%) JavaScript
18 15 (7.463%) Publishing
19 14 (6.965%) Stakeholder Management
19 14 (6.965%) Content Management

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 73 (36.32%) .NET
2 42 (20.90%) ASP.NET
3 23 (11.44%) HTML
4 22 (10.95%) CSS
5 21 (10.45%) Web Services
6 19 (9.453%) WCF
7 18 (8.955%) XML
8 14 (6.965%) .NET Framework
9 8 (3.980%) LINQ
10 7 (3.483%) XHTML
10 7 (3.483%) Silverlight
10 7 (3.483%) jQuery
11 5 (2.488%) Middleware
11 5 (2.488%) WebCenter
11 5 (2.488%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (1.990%) WPF
12 4 (1.990%) Hibernate
13 3 (1.493%) ASP
13 3 (1.493%) XSLT
13 3 (1.493%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 56 (27.86%) SharePoint 2010
2 23 (11.44%) BizTalk Server
3 12 (5.970%) IIS
4 10 (4.975%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (4.478%) MS Exchange
6 7 (3.483%) Drupal
7 5 (2.488%) WebLogic
7 5 (2.488%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (1.990%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (1.990%) Lync
8 4 (1.990%) CMS
9 3 (1.493%) Lotus Notes
9 3 (1.493%) SugarCRM
9 3 (1.493%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.995%) Documentum
10 2 (0.995%) MSMQ
11 1 (0.498%) Content Management Server
11 1 (0.498%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.498%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.498%) eRoom
Applications
1 20 (9.950%) MS Office
2 18 (8.955%) MS Excel
3 9 (4.478%) InfoPath
4 8 (3.980%) Photoshop
5 5 (2.488%) MS Project
5 5 (2.488%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.488%) Office 365
6 4 (1.990%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (1.493%) PowerPivot
7 3 (1.493%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 9 (4.478%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.498%) Agresso
2 1 (0.498%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.498%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.498%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.498%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.95%) Intranet
2 13 (6.468%) Internet
3 8 (3.980%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.483%) Extranet
5 6 (2.985%) HTTP
6 5 (2.488%) CTI
7 4 (1.990%) DNS
8 3 (1.493%) DHCP
8 3 (1.493%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.995%) SAN
10 1 (0.498%) LDAP
10 1 (0.498%) SNMP
10 1 (0.498%) Firewall
10 1 (0.498%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.498%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.498%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (29.85%) SQL Server
2 28 (13.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 21 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (8.955%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 17 (8.458%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (4.975%) GIS
6 10 (4.975%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (4.975%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (3.483%) MS Access
8 5 (2.488%) QlikView
9 4 (1.990%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.995%) PerformancePoint
10 2 (0.995%) OLAP
10 2 (0.995%) MySQL
10 2 (0.995%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.995%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.995%) Oracle 9i
11 1 (0.498%) EDRMS
11 1 (0.498%) IDOL
11 1 (0.498%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 10 (4.975%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (2.985%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.995%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.498%) Subversion
4 1 (0.498%) FrontPage
4 1 (0.498%) Talend Open Studio
4 1 (0.498%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 20 (9.950%) Finance
2 15 (7.463%) Publishing
3 7 (3.483%) Financial Institution
4 4 (1.990%) Welsh Language
4 4 (1.990%) Retail
5 2 (0.995%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.995%) Telecoms
5 2 (0.995%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.498%) Banking
6 1 (0.498%) Local Government
6 1 (0.498%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.498%) Advertising
6 1 (0.498%) Law
6 1 (0.498%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (41.79%) Developer
2 39 (19.40%) SharePoint Developer
3 31 (15.42%) Architect
4 25 (12.44%) Analyst
5 18 (8.955%) .NET Developer
6 16 (7.960%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.473%) C# Developer
7 11 (5.473%) Administrator
7 11 (5.473%) SharePoint Architect
8 10 (4.975%) C# .NET Developer
8 10 (4.975%) Consultant
9 9 (4.478%) Technical Architect
9 9 (4.478%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.478%) SharePoint Administrator
10 8 (3.980%) Web Support Engineer
10 8 (3.980%) Web Engineer
10 8 (3.980%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.980%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.483%) Software Developer
11 7 (3.483%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.980%) SaaS
2 7 (3.483%) N-Tier
2 7 (3.483%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.483%) Hedge funds
3 6 (2.985%) Digital Media
4 5 (2.488%) IVR
5 4 (1.990%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.493%) NHS
7 2 (0.995%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.995%) Data Extraction
7 2 (0.995%) Data Integration
7 2 (0.995%) iPhone
7 2 (0.995%) SWIFT
7 2 (0.995%) iPad
7 2 (0.995%) Replication
8 1 (0.498%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.498%) Social Media
8 1 (0.498%) CMDB
8 1 (0.498%) Wiki
8 1 (0.498%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 36 (17.91%) Windows
2 14 (6.965%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (6.468%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (4.975%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.493%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.995%) UNIX
7 1 (0.498%) Solaris
7 1 (0.498%) Linux
7 1 (0.498%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.498%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.498%) Android
7 1 (0.498%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.43%) Workflow
2 23 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (9.453%) Migration
4 14 (6.965%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (6.965%) Content Management
4 14 (6.965%) CRM
5 13 (6.468%) Unit Testing
6 12 (5.970%) Project Management
7 11 (5.473%) TDD
7 11 (5.473%) Information Management
8 9 (4.478%) PRINCE2
8 9 (4.478%) Web Development
9 8 (3.980%) Change Management
9 8 (3.980%) ETL
9 8 (3.980%) SOA
10 7 (3.483%) Code Coverage
10 7 (3.483%) Validation
10 7 (3.483%) Knowledge Management
10 7 (3.483%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (3.483%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 58 (28.86%) C#
2 42 (20.90%) SQL
3 16 (7.960%) JavaScript
4 12 (5.970%) VB.NET
5 9 (4.478%) T-SQL
6 8 (3.980%) PHP
7 5 (2.488%) Java
7 5 (2.488%) VB
8 4 (1.990%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.493%) VBA
9 3 (1.493%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.498%) C
10 1 (0.498%) VBScript
10 1 (0.498%) Perl
10 1 (0.498%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (3.980%) Degree
1 8 (3.980%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (2.985%) MCSE
3 4 (1.990%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (1.990%) MCSA
4 3 (1.493%) ISEB
4 3 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.995%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (0.995%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.995%) APMP
5 2 (0.995%) VCP4
5 2 (0.995%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.483%) QA
2 2 (0.995%) SLA
3 1 (0.498%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (4.478%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.990%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.493%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.498%) NFS
4 1 (0.498%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.498%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.498%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.498%) Samba
4 1 (0.498%) XenApp
4 1 (0.498%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.990%) WSUS
2 2 (0.995%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (0.995%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (0.995%) NetBackup
2 2 (0.995%) Control-M
3 1 (0.498%) ZENworks
3 1 (0.498%) MAILsweeper
3 1 (0.498%) AppManager
3 1 (0.498%) SCOM
Vendors
1 63 (31.34%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.950%) Oracle
3 12 (5.970%) Citrix
4 8 (3.980%) VMware
5 5 (2.488%) SAP
6 4 (1.990%) HP
7 3 (1.493%) EMC
7 3 (1.493%) Cisco
7 3 (1.493%) IBM
7 3 (1.493%) Lotus
8 2 (0.995%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.995%) Brocade
8 2 (0.995%) Symantec
8 2 (0.995%) BMC
8 2 (0.995%) CommVault
8 2 (0.995%) NetApp
8 2 (0.995%) Cognos
9 1 (0.498%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.498%) Sun
9 1 (0.498%) Novell
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