The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Kent 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank - 33 43
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - 1.132% 0.627%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 6.522% 3.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £475 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +65.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.35% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% -67.05%
All Application Platforms
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
67 46 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.90% 17.36% 20.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 27 44
Average daily rate £295 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £368 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
Average hourly rate £14.75 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.23% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint Server
South East

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) CSS

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Server Support
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft