Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Edinburgh region.

 Microsoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank353848
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+10
Matching contract IT job ads2446
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh2.688 %0.763 %0.735 %
As % of the Application Platforms category21.43 %5.970 %10.17 %
Daily rates quoted1200
Average daily rate£235--
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£350£400
% change year-on-year
-11.42 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£30.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-23.00 %-
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1126759
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh12.54 %12.79 %7.230 %
Daily rates quoted2787
Average daily rate£238£363£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.48 %+20.83 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£162£190£194
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£425£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£345£375
% change year-on-year
-5.790 %-8.000 %
Hourly rates quoted6116
Average hourly rate£22.50£17.50£26.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.57 %-33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.12£14.00£15.15
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£22.50£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
SharePoint ScotlandSharePoint
Scotland

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.

SharePoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Edinburgh SharePoint Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Edinburgh SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

120 (62.50 %)Finance
213 (40.63 %)MS PowerPoint
39 (28.13 %)Windows
48 (25.00 %)MS Excel
48 (25.00 %)Microsoft
57 (21.88 %)C
66 (18.75 %)Project Management
66 (18.75 %)Planview
75 (15.63 %)SQL Server
75 (15.63 %)MS Exchange
75 (15.63 %)Flash
84 (12.50 %)Banking
84 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (9.375 %)PRINCE2
93 (9.375 %)IIS
93 (9.375 %)MS Project
93 (9.375 %)Citrix
93 (9.375 %)Disaster Recovery
93 (9.375 %)Programme Management
102 (6.250 %)Hyper-V
102 (6.250 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (6.250 %)Citrix Presentation Server
102 (6.250 %)Windows Server 2008
102 (6.250 %)Change Management
102 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
102 (6.250 %)MS Office
102 (6.250 %)C#
102 (6.250 %).NET
102 (6.250 %)Active Directory

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (15.63 %)Flash
22 (6.250 %).NET
31 (3.125 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.125 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (15.63 %)MS Exchange
23 (9.375 %)IIS
32 (6.250 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (3.125 %)Office Project Server
41 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2007
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (40.63 %)MS PowerPoint
28 (25.00 %)MS Excel
33 (9.375 %)MS Project
42 (6.250 %)MS Office
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.125 %)LAN
11 (3.125 %)WAN
11 (3.125 %)VLAN
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (15.63 %)SQL Server
22 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.125 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (62.50 %)Finance
24 (12.50 %)Banking
31 (3.125 %)Retail Banking
31 (3.125 %)Pensions
31 (3.125 %)Insurance
31 (3.125 %)Retail
31 (3.125 %)Government
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (31.25 %)Analyst
28 (25.00 %)PMO Analyst
35 (15.63 %)Programme Manager
35 (15.63 %)Support Analyst
35 (15.63 %)Programme Office Manager
44 (12.50 %)SharePoint Developer
44 (12.50 %)Developer
53 (9.375 %)Consultant
62 (6.250 %)Administrator
62 (6.250 %)SharePoint Consultant
62 (6.250 %)3rd Line Support
62 (6.250 %)Project Manager
71 (3.125 %)Technical Consultant
71 (3.125 %)Technical Support
71 (3.125 %)Support Engineer
71 (3.125 %)Delivery Project Manager
71 (3.125 %)Server Support
71 (3.125 %)Server Analyst
71 (3.125 %)Project Office Analyst
71 (3.125 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (3.125 %)Handset
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (28.13 %)Windows
24 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (6.250 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (3.125 %)Windows Mobile
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (18.75 %)Project Management
23 (9.375 %)PRINCE2
23 (9.375 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (9.375 %)Programme Management
32 (6.250 %)Change Management
41 (3.125 %)Knowledge Management
41 (3.125 %)Migration
41 (3.125 %)Resource Management
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (21.88 %)C
22 (6.250 %)C#
31 (3.125 %)SQL
31 (3.125 %)VB
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (3.125 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (6.250 %)Hyper-V
12 (6.250 %)Citrix Presentation Server
12 (6.250 %)Active Directory
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (25.00 %)Microsoft
26 (18.75 %)Planview
33 (9.375 %)Citrix
41 (3.125 %)Primavera
41 (3.125 %)Cisco