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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

 Microsoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank111130
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+19
Matching contract IT job ads617043
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds10.89 %11.82 %3.927 %
As % of the Application Platforms category47.66 %46.05 %29.25 %
Daily rates quoted361614
Average daily rate£322£364£288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.47 %+26.52 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£278£290£144
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£395£448£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£350£400
% change year-on-year
-11.07 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted112
Average hourly rate£17.00£33.50£21.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.25 %+55.23 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£28.95£30.00
% change year-on-year
-15.37 %-3.500 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
128152147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds22.86 %25.68 %13.42 %
Daily rates quoted633230
Average daily rate£300£350£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28 %+16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£85£226£212
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£365£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted8617
Average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£13.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28 %+28.67 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£13.40£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.00£33.50£20.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %
SharePoint West YorkshireSharePoint
West Yorkshire

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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

153 (56.99 %).NET
248 (51.61 %)Microsoft
346 (49.46 %)ASP.NET
442 (45.16 %)SQL Server
536 (38.71 %)NHS
630 (32.26 %)SQL Server 2005
729 (31.18 %)Windows
828 (30.11 %)SharePoint Server 2007
923 (24.73 %)C#
923 (24.73 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1021 (22.58 %)Active Directory
1120 (21.51 %)TCP/IP
1120 (21.51 %)MS Office
1120 (21.51 %)MS Exchange
1120 (21.51 %)VMware
1120 (21.51 %)Exchange Server 2007
1120 (21.51 %).NET Framework
1120 (21.51 %)VMware Infrastructure
1218 (19.35 %)Windows XP
1218 (19.35 %)MS Excel
1317 (18.28 %)Knowledge Management
1416 (17.20 %)Visual Studio
1416 (17.20 %)CSS
1416 (17.20 %)LAN
1416 (17.20 %)WAN
1416 (17.20 %)Windows Server 2003
1515 (16.13 %)NetApp
1515 (16.13 %)Health
1614 (15.05 %)DNS
1614 (15.05 %)SQL

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
153 (56.99 %).NET
246 (49.46 %)ASP.NET
320 (21.51 %).NET Framework
416 (17.20 %)CSS
514 (15.05 %)XSLT
613 (13.98 %)HTML
710 (10.75 %)Web Services
88 (8.602 %)XML
97 (7.527 %)XHTML
97 (7.527 %)Windows SharePoint Services
97 (7.527 %)WCF
106 (6.452 %)CAML
106 (6.452 %)AJAX
115 (5.376 %)RESTful
122 (2.151 %)ASP.NET 2.0
131 (1.075 %)ASP
131 (1.075 %)XSD
131 (1.075 %)XSL
131 (1.075 %)NHibernate
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (30.11 %)SharePoint Server 2007
223 (24.73 %)SharePoint Portal Server
320 (21.51 %)MS Exchange
320 (21.51 %)Exchange Server 2007
46 (6.452 %)IIS
53 (3.226 %)Lotus Notes
62 (2.151 %)Commerce Server 2007
62 (2.151 %)CMS
62 (2.151 %)Commerce Server
71 (1.075 %)Content Management Server
71 (1.075 %)BizTalk Server
71 (1.075 %)EPiServer
71 (1.075 %)Immediacy CMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (21.51 %)MS Office
218 (19.35 %)MS Excel
37 (7.527 %)InfoPath
45 (5.376 %)MS Visio
53 (3.226 %)MS Project
61 (1.075 %)Photoshop
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (5.376 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (1.075 %)Dynamics CRM
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (21.51 %)TCP/IP
216 (17.20 %)LAN
216 (17.20 %)WAN
314 (15.05 %)DNS
412 (12.90 %)SAN
511 (11.83 %)NAS
610 (10.75 %)Firewall
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (45.16 %)SQL Server
230 (32.26 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (3.226 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (2.151 %)Oracle 8/8i
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (17.20 %)Visual Studio
26 (6.452 %)Team Foundation Server
31 (1.075 %)Dreamweaver
31 (1.075 %)NUnit
31 (1.075 %)Subversion
31 (1.075 %)Visual Studio Team System
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (16.13 %)Health
27 (7.527 %)Government
34 (4.301 %)Publishing
34 (4.301 %)Finance
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
134 (36.56 %)Developer
219 (20.43 %)SharePoint Developer
313 (13.98 %)3rd Line Support
411 (11.83 %)Server Support
510 (10.75 %)Applications Engineer
69 (9.677 %)Project Manager
69 (9.677 %).NET Developer
69 (9.677 %)Analyst
78 (8.602 %)Desktop Support
87 (7.527 %)Architect
87 (7.527 %)Infrastructure Manager
95 (5.376 %)Business Analyst
95 (5.376 %)Applications Manager
95 (5.376 %)Database Manager
95 (5.376 %)Technical Business Analyst
95 (5.376 %)Technical Analyst
95 (5.376 %)Technical Architect
95 (5.376 %)Consultant
104 (4.301 %)Applications Developer
113 (3.226 %)Server Engineer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (38.71 %)NHS
213 (13.98 %)Client/Server
34 (4.301 %)PDA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (31.18 %)Windows
218 (19.35 %)Windows XP
316 (17.20 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (4.301 %)Windows Mobile
52 (2.151 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (1.075 %)Windows 2000 Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (18.28 %)Knowledge Management
210 (10.75 %)Kanban
210 (10.75 %)Project Management
210 (10.75 %)ITIL
39 (9.677 %)PRINCE2
39 (9.677 %)CRM
39 (9.677 %)Web Accessibility
48 (8.602 %)Fault Management
57 (7.527 %)Agile Software Development
66 (6.452 %)Release Management
75 (5.376 %)MVC
75 (5.376 %)Stakeholder Management
75 (5.376 %)Web Design
84 (4.301 %)Requirements Analysis
84 (4.301 %)Supplier Management
93 (3.226 %)E-Commerce
93 (3.226 %)UML
93 (3.226 %)Disaster Recovery
102 (2.151 %)BPMN
102 (2.151 %)Performance Testing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
123 (24.73 %)C#
214 (15.05 %)SQL
37 (7.527 %)JavaScript
44 (4.301 %)VB.NET
53 (3.226 %)C
61 (1.075 %)VB
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (5.376 %)Degree
23 (3.226 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (2.151 %)ISEB
41 (1.075 %)MCSE
41 (1.075 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (1.075 %)Security Cleared
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.075 %)ISO9001
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
121 (22.58 %)Active Directory
220 (21.51 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (6.452 %)ISA Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (10.75 %)ZENworks
28 (8.602 %)OpenView
33 (3.226 %)OVSD
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
148 (51.61 %)Microsoft
220 (21.51 %)VMware
315 (16.13 %)NetApp
48 (8.602 %)HP
48 (8.602 %)Oracle
53 (3.226 %)Novell
53 (3.226 %)Lotus
62 (2.151 %)Remedy
71 (1.075 %)Adobe
71 (1.075 %)RedDot
71 (1.075 %)Ektron