The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 374 336 270
Rank change year-on-year
-38 -66
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 139 234 352
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.329% 0.437% 0.635%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.795% 2.652% 3.766%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 141 224
Average daily rate £368 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.37% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £300 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
Average hourly rate £18.50 £25.25 £41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.73% -38.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.85 £21.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £36.65 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -74.11%
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7745 8825 9347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.31% 16.49% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4435 4991 5047
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 406 524
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint Server
UK

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England SharePoint Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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
South East +20 52 £375 -6.25%
London -26 52 £400 +6.66%
South West +14 14 £313 -8.75%
North East +8 4 £420 +20.00%
West Midlands +4 4 £300 -12.72%
North West +12 3 - -
East Midlands 0 3 £356 -6.55%
Yorkshire -3 3 - -
East of England +1 2 £425 -
SharePoint Server
UK

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 241 (87.32%) SharePoint
2 166 (60.14%) .NET
3 129 (46.74%) Microsoft
4 127 (46.01%) C#
5 110 (39.86%) SQL Server
6 104 (37.68%) SharePoint 2010
7 92 (33.33%) Windows
8 80 (28.99%) ASP.NET
9 75 (27.17%) SQL
10 66 (23.91%) MS Office
11 62 (22.46%) Security Cleared
12 59 (21.38%) XML
12 59 (21.38%) MS Excel
13 53 (19.20%) Finance
14 47 (17.03%) Visual Studio
14 47 (17.03%) SQL Server 2005
15 46 (16.67%) Web Services
16 45 (16.30%) Workflow
16 45 (16.30%) .NET Framework
17 44 (15.94%) SQL Server 2008
17 44 (15.94%) JavaScript
18 40 (14.49%) SC Cleared
19 39 (14.13%) Windows Server 2003
20 38 (13.77%) CSS
21 34 (12.32%) HTML
21 34 (12.32%) WCF
22 33 (11.96%) Migration
23 31 (11.23%) jQuery
24 28 (10.14%) InfoPath
24 28 (10.14%) Business Intelligence

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1 166 (60.14%) .NET
2 80 (28.99%) ASP.NET
3 59 (21.38%) XML
4 46 (16.67%) Web Services
5 45 (16.30%) .NET Framework
6 38 (13.77%) CSS
7 34 (12.32%) HTML
7 34 (12.32%) WCF
8 31 (11.23%) jQuery
9 26 (9.420%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 21 (7.609%) Silverlight
11 13 (4.710%) LINQ
12 12 (4.348%) WPF
13 11 (3.986%) WinForms
14 10 (3.623%) DCOM
14 10 (3.623%) XSLT
14 10 (3.623%) Hibernate
15 9 (3.261%) Ajax
16 7 (2.536%) XSL
17 6 (2.174%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 241 (87.32%) SharePoint
2 104 (37.68%) SharePoint 2010
3 19 (6.884%) SharePoint 2013
4 16 (5.797%) BizTalk Server
5 14 (5.072%) IIS
6 13 (4.710%) CMS
7 10 (3.623%) Oracle Workflow
8 9 (3.261%) MS Exchange
8 9 (3.261%) Drupal
8 9 (3.261%) MS Project Server
8 9 (3.261%) Exchange Server 2007
9 7 (2.536%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 7 (2.536%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (1.812%) ESB
11 4 (1.449%) CM System
11 4 (1.449%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 4 (1.449%) WebSphere Application Server
11 4 (1.449%) WebSphere Process Server
12 3 (1.087%) SharePoint Foundation
13 2 (0.725%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 66 (23.91%) MS Office
2 59 (21.38%) MS Excel
3 28 (10.14%) InfoPath
4 5 (1.812%) MS Project
5 2 (0.725%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.725%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.362%) DOC1
6 1 (0.362%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (8.696%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (5.435%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.725%) Line 50
3 2 (0.725%) WebTrends
3 2 (0.725%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.725%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.362%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.971%) Intranet
2 15 (5.435%) DNS
2 15 (5.435%) DHCP
3 11 (3.986%) LDAP
4 7 (2.536%) Internet
4 7 (2.536%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.812%) Extranet
6 4 (1.449%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.087%) HTTP
8 1 (0.362%) Firewall
8 1 (0.362%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.362%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (39.86%) SQL Server
2 47 (17.03%) SQL Server 2005
3 44 (15.94%) SQL Server 2008
4 23 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (5.797%) IDOL
6 14 (5.072%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (5.072%) OLAP
7 13 (4.710%) DTS
8 12 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (3.261%) EDRMS
10 5 (1.812%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 3 (1.087%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.725%) Oracle BI EE
13 1 (0.362%) GIS
13 1 (0.362%) Oracle Discoverer
13 1 (0.362%) Oracle 10g
13 1 (0.362%) Oracle 8/8i
13 1 (0.362%) MySQL
13 1 (0.362%) Oracle OLAP
13 1 (0.362%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 47 (17.03%) Visual Studio
2 11 (3.986%) NUnit
3 10 (3.623%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (2.174%) Subversion
5 5 (1.812%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.449%) Rational Application Developer
7 3 (1.087%) PVCS
7 3 (1.087%) StarTeam
8 2 (0.725%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.362%) CruiseControl
9 1 (0.362%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.362%) FrontPage
9 1 (0.362%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.362%) Talend Open Studio
9 1 (0.362%) MSBuild
General
1 53 (19.20%) Finance
2 13 (4.710%) Banking
3 11 (3.986%) Publishing
4 5 (1.812%) Financial Institution
5 3 (1.087%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.087%) Back Office
6 2 (0.725%) Marketing
6 2 (0.725%) Legal
6 2 (0.725%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.725%) Military
6 2 (0.725%) Investment Banking
6 2 (0.725%) Billing
7 1 (0.362%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 142 (51.45%) Developer
2 93 (33.70%) SharePoint Developer
3 32 (11.59%) Architect
4 28 (10.14%) Consultant
5 22 (7.971%) SharePoint Architect
6 19 (6.884%) SharePoint Consultant
6 19 (6.884%) Administrator
7 18 (6.522%) Senior Developer
7 18 (6.522%) C# Developer
8 15 (5.435%) Analyst
9 13 (4.710%) SharePoint Administrator
10 12 (4.348%) .NET Developer
11 11 (3.986%) Senior C# Developer
12 10 (3.623%) WPF Developer
12 10 (3.623%) Web Developer
13 9 (3.261%) Front-End Developer
13 9 (3.261%) Front-End Web Developer
13 9 (3.261%) Dynamics AX Consultant
14 8 (2.899%) Support Analyst
15 7 (2.536%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.986%) Computer Science
1 11 (3.986%) Hedge funds
2 10 (3.623%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (3.623%) Fixed Income
3 8 (2.899%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.536%) Blackberry
5 5 (1.812%) Credit Risk
5 5 (1.812%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.087%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.087%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.087%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.087%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (0.725%) CMDB
7 2 (0.725%) NHS
7 2 (0.725%) AS400
8 1 (0.362%) Economics
8 1 (0.362%) Clustering
8 1 (0.362%) BBC
8 1 (0.362%) W3C
8 1 (0.362%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 92 (33.33%) Windows
2 39 (14.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (6.522%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (2.536%) Linux
5 6 (2.174%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.449%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.087%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.725%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.725%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.725%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.362%) UNIX
9 1 (0.362%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (16.30%) Workflow
2 33 (11.96%) Migration
3 28 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (10.14%) CRM
4 24 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (7.971%) Web Development
6 21 (7.609%) E-Commerce
7 20 (7.246%) OO
8 18 (6.522%) ITIL
9 14 (5.072%) Release Management
9 14 (5.072%) Content Management
10 13 (4.710%) Multithreading
11 12 (4.348%) TDD
12 11 (3.986%) ERP
13 10 (3.623%) MVVM
13 10 (3.623%) Automation Testing
13 10 (3.623%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (3.623%) Document Management
14 9 (3.261%) Scrum
14 9 (3.261%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 127 (46.01%) C#
2 75 (27.17%) SQL
3 44 (15.94%) JavaScript
4 23 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 14 (5.072%) VB.NET
6 12 (4.348%) Java
7 9 (3.261%) X++
8 8 (2.899%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.449%) VBScript
10 3 (1.087%) JCL
10 3 (1.087%) VB
10 3 (1.087%) COBOL
11 2 (0.725%) C
11 2 (0.725%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.362%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.362%) C++
12 1 (0.362%) PHP
Qualifications
1 62 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 40 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.522%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.536%) MCSD
5 6 (2.174%) Degree
6 4 (1.449%) MCTS
7 3 (1.087%) MCP
8 2 (0.725%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.725%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.725%) MCPD
8 2 (0.725%) MCITP
8 2 (0.725%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.362%) MOS
9 1 (0.362%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.362%) MCSE
9 1 (0.362%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.449%) QA
2 3 (1.087%) SLA
2 3 (1.087%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.362%) WCAG
3 1 (0.362%) WAI
System Software
1 24 (8.696%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.348%) vSphere
3 10 (3.623%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.899%) UAG
4 8 (2.899%) ISA Server
4 8 (2.899%) VMware ESX
5 6 (2.174%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.725%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.362%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.362%) XenApp
7 1 (0.362%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (4.710%) SCCM
1 13 (4.710%) SCOM
2 8 (2.899%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (2.174%) HP SIM
3 6 (2.174%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 6 (2.174%) Norton AntiVirus
3 6 (2.174%) NetBackup
4 4 (1.449%) Tivoli
4 4 (1.449%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (0.725%) WSUS
6 1 (0.362%) Dollar Universe
Vendors
1 129 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.420%) Meridio
3 18 (6.522%) Oracle
4 16 (5.797%) VMware
5 14 (5.072%) Sophos
6 11 (3.986%) HP
7 9 (3.261%) EPiServer
8 8 (2.899%) Remedy
9 7 (2.536%) Cisco
9 7 (2.536%) IBM
10 6 (2.174%) EMC
10 6 (2.174%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.174%) CA
10 6 (2.174%) NetApp
10 6 (2.174%) Symantec
11 5 (1.812%) Murex
12 3 (1.087%) Adobe
13 2 (0.725%) Northgate
13 2 (0.725%) LANDesk
13 2 (0.725%) SAP
Manchester, North West
SharePoint Technical Consultant - 3 Month Contract - Manchester - £ Excellent RateSharePoint Technical Consultant required by our client who are an exciting small to medium sized marketing business that are looking...
Pioneer Consulting
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
This global company that are based in London City and now looking to expand the team within Microsoft Office SharePoint Services - MOSSThis SharePoint (2010/2013) C#.NET Developer (...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
This global company that are based in London City and now looking to expand the team within Microsoft Office SharePoint Services - MOSS This SharePoint (2010/2013) C#.NET...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Already a Subject Matter Expert regarding Microsoft SharePoint 2010, MOSS 2010 you will be working in a team of 4th Line 'the buck stops here" escalation environment... Essentially,...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £400 - 450 Per Day Ltd Co Basis
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The opportunity: SharePoint Consultant - (Moss, Migration and Building) to work in a leading Digital Media Agency inCentral London. SharePoint Consultant - (Moss, Migration, and Building) will be involved in...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
A team in Reading are seeking an architect and a developer to join a team building and maintaining a SharePoint 2007 implementation. Strong skills with MOSS 2007 are...
Aston Carter
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
SharePoint Tester - 3 Month Contract - City of London - £ Excellent Day RateSharePoint Tester required by our client who are a globally recognised and highly regarded financial institution to work...
Pioneer Consulting
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
SC Cleared Microsoft Solution Architect - 2 year contract - Berkshire... Skills required: The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience working with Windows 2003 Admin - Strong experience working with Microsoft...
Treadstone ERP
Rate: Unspecified Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
Skills required:The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience working with Windows 2003 Admin - Strong experience working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) - Good Microsoft .NET platform (...
Treadstone-ERP
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
As the Senior Microsoft SharePoint Developer you will be managing development and implementation projects for their Intranet and Extranet services... The role will require this Microsoft SharePoint Developer...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
MOSS, 2007, 2010, ASP, LINQ, XML, WSS, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint SQL Server, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL SSRS, OOP, UML, SharePoint Developer, Microsoft Investment Bank - London City 6...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
MOSS, 2007, 2010, ASP, LINQ, XML, WSS, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint SQL Server, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL SSRS, OOP, UML, SharePoint Developer, Microsoft Financial IT - London City 6...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £500 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Mint recruitment are actively looking to hire a Senior Windows Infrastructure Engineer that is also highly experienced with MS SharePoint 2010 software.Based on Cheapside London this role...
Mint
Rate: £400 - £460 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Already a Subject Matter Expert regarding Microsoft SharePoint 2010, MOSS 2010, Windows Server products, ideally you will also have knowledge of IIS, SQL Windows Server 2008... Essentially, you...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £400 - 450 Per Day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire
Our Client is looking for an EDRM Technical Design Authority to be responsible for the technical design, delivery and ongoing support of a service / set of services within...
LA International
Rate: £475 - £575 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013