The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Luton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -74.11%
All Application Platforms
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
22 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 27.85% 15.15% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 4
Average daily rate £325 £361 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.84% +10.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £408 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint Server
Bedfordshire

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) AOP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) AOP
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft