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The table below looks at the demand for Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows SharePoint Services over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows SharePoint Services (WSS)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank470564
Rank change on same period last yearUp+94
Matching contract IT job ads8077
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.077 %
As % of the category below0.515 %0.335 %
Daily rates quoted2411
Average minimum daily rate£379£370
Average daily rate£394£403
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£386
% change on same period last year-5.82 %
Hourly rates quoted18
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00£35.63
Average hourly rate£45.00£37.06
% change on same period last year+21.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£37.70
% change on same period last year+19.36 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1554822977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.72 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted52727160
Average minimum daily rate£350£362
Average daily rate£376£386
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted9371429
Average minimum hourly rate£29.52£30.19
Average hourly rate£31.65£32.42
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Windows SharePoint Services UKWindows SharePoint Services
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows SharePoint Services
Demand Trend

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

England Windows SharePoint Services Demand Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Windows SharePoint Services Daily Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England Windows SharePoint Services Daily Rate Histogram

Windows SharePoint Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Windows SharePoint Services Hourly Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services within the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+4627£430+12.88 %
LondonUp+6919£455+7.51 %
South WestNew entry-13£266-
YorkshireUp+219£356-
West MidlandsUp+44--
East of EnglandUp+252£341-
North EastUp+82--
North WestUp+102--
East MidlandsUp+121--
Windows SharePoint Services UKWindows SharePoint Services
UK

Windows SharePoint Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services.

1188 (99.47 %)SharePoint
2143 (75.66 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3117 (61.90 %).NET
494 (49.74 %)C#
585 (44.97 %)ASP.NET
680 (42.33 %)Microsoft
774 (39.15 %)Windows
859 (31.22 %)SQL Server
946 (24.34 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1043 (22.75 %)Intranet
1141 (21.69 %)SQL Server 2005
1240 (21.16 %)XML
1338 (20.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1436 (19.05 %)Visual Studio
1535 (18.52 %)Workflow
1634 (17.99 %)SQL
1733 (17.46 %)MS Office
1829 (15.34 %)Windows Server 2003
1829 (15.34 %)MS Excel
1924 (12.70 %)InfoPath
1924 (12.70 %)WebServices
2022 (11.64 %)IIS
2121 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
2121 (11.11 %)Active Directory
2219 (10.05 %)JavaScript
2316 (8.466 %)CSS
2415 (7.937 %)CMS
2514 (7.407 %)Finance
2613 (6.878 %)Internet
2613 (6.878 %)ISA Server

Windows SharePoint Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1117 (61.90 %).NET
285 (44.97 %)ASP.NET
340 (21.16 %)XML
438 (20.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
524 (12.70 %)WebServices
616 (8.466 %)CSS
713 (6.878 %)XSLT
713 (6.878 %).NET Framework
811 (5.820 %)AJAX
811 (5.820 %)HTML
99 (4.762 %)SOAP
108 (4.233 %)XHTML
114 (2.116 %)XSD
114 (2.116 %)COM+
114 (2.116 %)CAML
123 (1.587 %)Silverlight
123 (1.587 %)WinForms
132 (1.058 %)RSS
132 (1.058 %)SVG
132 (1.058 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1188 (99.47 %)SharePoint
2143 (75.66 %)SharePoint Server 2007
346 (24.34 %)SharePoint Portal Server
422 (11.64 %)IIS
515 (7.937 %)CMS
612 (6.349 %)Content Management Server
79 (4.762 %)BizTalk Server
86 (3.175 %)MS Exchange
94 (2.116 %)Office Project Server
94 (2.116 %)Office Communications Server
103 (1.587 %)Commerce Server
103 (1.587 %)Commerce Server 2007
112 (1.058 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (1.058 %)Morello
112 (1.058 %)WebLogic Portal
112 (1.058 %)TeamSite
121 (0.529 %)Lotus Notes
121 (0.529 %)Lotus Domino
121 (0.529 %)GroupWise
121 (0.529 %)Exchange Server 5.5
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
133 (17.46 %)MS Office
229 (15.34 %)MS Excel
324 (12.70 %)InfoPath
44 (2.116 %)MS Project
52 (1.058 %)MS Visio
61 (0.529 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.529 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.529 %)WebTrends
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
143 (22.75 %)Intranet
213 (6.878 %)Internet
310 (5.291 %)Extranet
310 (5.291 %)Firewall
47 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
56 (3.175 %)DNS
56 (3.175 %)SSL
56 (3.175 %)LAN
56 (3.175 %)WAN
65 (2.646 %)SAN
74 (2.116 %)LDAP
83 (1.587 %)DMZ
92 (1.058 %)DHCP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
159 (31.22 %)SQL Server
241 (21.69 %)SQL Server 2005
321 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (3.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (2.116 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.529 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.529 %)SQL Server 2008
61 (0.529 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (0.529 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.529 %)DTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
136 (19.05 %)Visual Studio
24 (2.116 %)FrontPage
31 (0.529 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.529 %)Bugzilla
31 (0.529 %)NUnit
31 (0.529 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (7.407 %)Finance
26 (3.175 %)Government
26 (3.175 %)Publishing
35 (2.646 %)Graphic Design
44 (2.116 %)Education
53 (1.587 %)Banking
53 (1.587 %)Retail
53 (1.587 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.529 %)Health
61 (0.529 %)Legal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1108 (57.14 %)Developer
287 (46.03 %)SharePoint Developer
332 (16.93 %)Consultant
427 (14.29 %)SharePoint Consultant
59 (4.762 %)Intranet Developer
59 (4.762 %)Architect
68 (4.233 %).NET Developer
77 (3.704 %)Analyst
86 (3.175 %)Senior Developer
86 (3.175 %)Senior Sharepoint Developer
94 (2.116 %)Infrastructure Designer
94 (2.116 %)Web Designer
94 (2.116 %)Business Systems Manager
94 (2.116 %)Business Manager
94 (2.116 %)Solutions Architect
94 (2.116 %)Administrator
94 (2.116 %)Systems Manager
103 (1.587 %)C# Developer
103 (1.587 %)Support Engineer
103 (1.587 %)ASP.NET Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (4.233 %)Clustering
27 (3.704 %)N-Tier
35 (2.646 %)Replication
44 (2.116 %)NHS
51 (0.529 %)W3C
51 (0.529 %)SCORM
51 (0.529 %)Interactive TV
51 (0.529 %)Taxonomies
51 (0.529 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
174 (39.15 %)Windows
229 (15.34 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (2.646 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (0.529 %)UNIX
41 (0.529 %)Windows Vista
41 (0.529 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.529 %)Windows XP
41 (0.529 %)NetWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (18.52 %)Workflow
211 (5.820 %)Content Management
38 (4.233 %)ITIL
46 (3.175 %)Document Management
55 (2.646 %)Load Balancing
55 (2.646 %)Migration
55 (2.646 %)Disaster Recovery
64 (2.116 %)Web Design
73 (1.587 %)Project Management
73 (1.587 %)UML
73 (1.587 %)Web Development
73 (1.587 %)Performance Testing
73 (1.587 %)Knowledge Management
73 (1.587 %)Change Management
82 (1.058 %)Asset Management
82 (1.058 %)Security Cleared
82 (1.058 %)Release Management
82 (1.058 %)PRINCE2
82 (1.058 %)CRM
82 (1.058 %)Business Intelligence
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
194 (49.74 %)C#
234 (17.99 %)SQL
319 (10.05 %)JavaScript
46 (3.175 %)VB.NET
55 (2.646 %)VB
64 (2.116 %)Java
64 (2.116 %)Transact-SQL
72 (1.058 %)VBScript
72 (1.058 %)DHTML
72 (1.058 %)VB6
81 (0.529 %)VBA
81 (0.529 %)PL/SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (4.233 %)MCTS
27 (3.704 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.587 %)MCSD
41 (0.529 %)MCSE
41 (0.529 %)ISEB
41 (0.529 %)Citrix Certification
41 (0.529 %)CCEA
41 (0.529 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.529 %)MCITP
41 (0.529 %)Degree
41 (0.529 %)MCAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (11.11 %)Active Directory
213 (6.878 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.646 %)Tivoli
15 (2.646 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
24 (2.116 %)ServiceCenter
31 (0.529 %)MOM
31 (0.529 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
180 (42.33 %)Microsoft
25 (2.646 %)IBM
34 (2.116 %)VMware
34 (2.116 %)Peregrine
42 (1.058 %)Oracle
42 (1.058 %)Vignette
42 (1.058 %)Adobe
42 (1.058 %)Interwoven
42 (1.058 %)BEA
42 (1.058 %)Plumtree
42 (1.058 %)Stellent
42 (1.058 %)Percussion
51 (0.529 %)LANDesk
51 (0.529 %)Dundas
51 (0.529 %)SAP
51 (0.529 %)Lotus