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 Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 19 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 Glasgow region.

 Microsoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank282443
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+19
Matching contract IT job ads221820
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow4.029 %4.147 %2.049 %
As % of the Application Platforms category18.18 %20.69 %13.42 %
Daily rates quoted1356
Average daily rate£245£450£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.55 %+24.13 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£219£306£305
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£349£505£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£350£400
% change year-on-year
-11.07 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted070
Average hourly rate-£40.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£28.95£30.00
% change year-on-year
-15.37 %-3.500 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
12187149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow22.16 %20.05 %15.27 %
Daily rates quoted562335
Average daily rate£305£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.29 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£364£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted11911
Average hourly rate£13.00£40.50£13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-67.90 %+200.00 %
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

116 (55.17 %).NET
214 (48.28 %)SQL Server
310 (34.48 %)Microsoft
49 (31.03 %)C#
49 (31.03 %)SQL
49 (31.03 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (27.59 %)ASP.NET
58 (27.59 %)CSS
67 (24.14 %)MS Office
67 (24.14 %)Visual Studio
67 (24.14 %)SharePoint Server 2007
67 (24.14 %)SQL Server 2000
76 (20.69 %)Workflow
85 (17.24 %)MCTS
85 (17.24 %)Microsoft Certification
94 (13.79 %)Active Directory
94 (13.79 %)HTML
94 (13.79 %)JavaScript
94 (13.79 %)MCP
94 (13.79 %)MCAD
94 (13.79 %)MCSD
94 (13.79 %)C
103 (10.34 %)Social Network
103 (10.34 %)Intranet
112 (6.897 %)Extranet
112 (6.897 %)Project Management
112 (6.897 %)Finance
112 (6.897 %)Capacity Planning
121 (3.448 %)Content Management
121 (3.448 %)Banking

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
116 (55.17 %).NET
28 (27.59 %)ASP.NET
28 (27.59 %)CSS
34 (13.79 %)HTML
41 (3.448 %)WCF
41 (3.448 %)SOAP
41 (3.448 %)XML
41 (3.448 %)XSLT
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (24.14 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (3.448 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (3.448 %)CMS
21 (3.448 %)BizTalk Server
21 (3.448 %)MS Exchange
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (24.14 %)MS Office
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.448 %)Microsoft CRM
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (10.34 %)Intranet
22 (6.897 %)Extranet
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (48.28 %)SQL Server
29 (31.03 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (24.14 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (3.448 %)RDBMS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (24.14 %)Visual Studio
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (6.897 %)Finance
21 (3.448 %)Banking
21 (3.448 %)Retail
21 (3.448 %)Retail Banking
21 (3.448 %)Health
21 (3.448 %)Legal
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
120 (68.97 %)Developer
214 (48.28 %)SharePoint Developer
35 (17.24 %).NET Developer
43 (10.34 %)Web Developer
52 (6.897 %)Consultant
52 (6.897 %)Infrastructure Consultant
52 (6.897 %)SharePoint Consultant
61 (3.448 %)Active Directory Specialist
61 (3.448 %)BizTalk Developer
61 (3.448 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Desktop Support Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Technical Support Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Desktop Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Technical Specialist
61 (3.448 %)Technical Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Technical Support
61 (3.448 %)Support Engineer
61 (3.448 %)2nd Line Support
61 (3.448 %)Project Leader
61 (3.448 %)Analyst
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (10.34 %)Social Network
21 (3.448 %)Blackberry
21 (3.448 %)NHS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (3.448 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (3.448 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (3.448 %)Windows
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (20.69 %)Workflow
22 (6.897 %)Project Management
22 (6.897 %)Capacity Planning
31 (3.448 %)Content Management
31 (3.448 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (3.448 %)Change Management
31 (3.448 %)CRM
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (31.03 %)C#
19 (31.03 %)SQL
24 (13.79 %)JavaScript
24 (13.79 %)C
31 (3.448 %)T-SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (17.24 %)MCTS
15 (17.24 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (13.79 %)MCP
24 (13.79 %)MCAD
24 (13.79 %)MCSD
31 (3.448 %)MCSE
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (13.79 %)Active Directory
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (34.48 %)Microsoft
21 (3.448 %)Oracle