The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Glasgow 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 66 53 58
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +5
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 9 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.001% 0.737% 0.779%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.383% 4.348% 4.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £361 £341 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.86% -22.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £285 £428
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £393 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £367 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.41% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year
-56.66% +25.65%
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
141 138 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 15.68% 16.95% 18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 56 76
Average daily rate £338 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £25.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
SharePoint Server
Scotland

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 17 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 16 (94.12%) .NET
3 11 (64.71%) C#
4 10 (58.82%) SQL Server
5 7 (41.18%) ASP.NET
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
6 6 (35.29%) Windows
6 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
7 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
7 4 (23.53%) Migration
7 4 (23.53%) XML
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (23.53%) Internet
7 4 (23.53%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (17.65%) Lumension
8 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (17.65%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 3 (17.65%) McAfee
8 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (17.65%) Citrix
8 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
8 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
8 3 (17.65%) XML Schema
8 3 (17.65%) Apache
8 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
8 3 (17.65%) MS Office
8 3 (17.65%) Java

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 16 (94.12%) .NET
2 7 (41.18%) ASP.NET
3 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
3 4 (23.53%) XML
4 3 (17.65%) XML Schema
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
5 1 (5.882%) XSLT
5 1 (5.882%) CSS
5 1 (5.882%) Ajax
5 1 (5.882%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 17 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (23.53%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
3 3 (17.65%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
1 3 (17.65%) MS Office
2 2 (11.76%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
2 2 (11.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (58.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) SharePoint Developer
3 4 (23.53%) SharePoint Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior SharePoint Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
1 2 (11.76%) Cryptography
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Migration
2 3 (17.65%) Document Management
2 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
2 3 (17.65%) Security Architecture
3 2 (11.76%) Service Management
4 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.882%) UML
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security
4 1 (5.882%) TDD
4 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.882%) Web Analytics
4 1 (5.882%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) VBScript
2 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCSE
4 1 (5.882%) CISSP
4 1 (5.882%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) vSphere
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 3 (17.65%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Lumension
2 3 (17.65%) McAfee
2 3 (17.65%) Citrix