The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 24 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 Sussex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 17 34 27
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -7
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 14 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 5.983% 2.188% 1.015%
As % of the Application Platforms category 45.16% 15.22% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -5.43%
All Application Platforms
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
31 46 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 13.25% 14.38% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 7
Average daily rate £355 £380 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.57% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £17.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint
South East

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brighton +6 5 £350 +27.27%
Hove - 2 £355 -
SharePoint
South East

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 20 (66.67%) Cisco
2 20 (66.67%) SAN
3 15 (50.00%) VMware
3 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 12 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 12 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
5 11 (36.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (36.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (36.67%) EMC
5 11 (36.67%) Citrix
6 10 (33.33%) Project Management
6 10 (33.33%) Firewall
7 9 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (30.00%) MCTS
7 9 (30.00%) MCITP
7 9 (30.00%) EMC NetWorker
7 9 (30.00%) vSphere
7 9 (30.00%) NetScreen
7 9 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (30.00%) CCNA
7 9 (30.00%) LAN
7 9 (30.00%) IIS
7 9 (30.00%) WAN
8 8 (26.67%) Finance
9 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 6 (20.00%) HP
9 6 (20.00%) NetApp
9 6 (20.00%) Thin Client
9 6 (20.00%) Hyper-V

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (16.67%) COM+
2 2 (6.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 12 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 9 (30.00%) IIS
3 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (6.667%) Alfresco
4 2 (6.667%) Documentum
4 2 (6.667%) FileNet
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (66.67%) SAN
2 10 (33.33%) Firewall
3 9 (30.00%) NetScreen
3 9 (30.00%) LAN
3 9 (30.00%) WAN
4 6 (20.00%) NAS
5 5 (16.67%) DHCP
5 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 5 (16.67%) DNS
5 5 (16.67%) MPLS
6 4 (13.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (36.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (6.667%) EDRMS
4 1 (3.333%) GIS
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Legal
2 2 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 8 (26.67%) Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) IT Architect
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Architect
5 4 (13.33%) Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) IT Support
7 2 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Technical Support
7 2 (6.667%) Management Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) Consultant
8 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 6 (20.00%) Fat Client
1 6 (20.00%) Mobile Computing
2 2 (6.667%) Taxonomies
2 2 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Project Management
2 6 (20.00%) Software Distribution
3 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL V2
5 2 (6.667%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (6.667%) Content Management
5 2 (6.667%) Service Management
5 2 (6.667%) CRM
5 2 (6.667%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.333%) ETL
6 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.333%) TDD
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.667%) C#
2 1 (3.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 9 (30.00%) MCTS
1 9 (30.00%) MCITP
1 9 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (30.00%) CCNA
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (30.00%) vSphere
3 6 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (20.00%) XenApp
3 6 (20.00%) XenServer
3 6 (20.00%) XenDesktop
4 4 (13.33%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) Cisco
2 15 (50.00%) VMware
2 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (36.67%) EMC
3 11 (36.67%) Citrix
4 6 (20.00%) HP
4 6 (20.00%) NetApp
5 4 (13.33%) CommVault
5 4 (13.33%) Intel
6 2 (6.667%) IBM
6 2 (6.667%) Adobe
6 2 (6.667%) Open Text
6 2 (6.667%) Kofax