The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 15 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 5 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 5.000% - 1.923%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.32% - 9.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -5.43%
All Application Platforms
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
19 14 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 19.00% 15.73% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 3
Average daily rate - £330 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +94.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 0
Average hourly rate £16.50 £9.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+73.68% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint
Leicestershire

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester SharePoint Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint across the Leicester region.

Leicester SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Leicester region.

Leicester SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

1 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) Lync
2 5 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) HTML
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) .NET
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (20.00%) CSS
3 2 (20.00%) MDX
3 2 (20.00%) QlikView
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (10.00%) SAN
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (60.00%) Lync
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) QlikView
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft