The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 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 Maidenhead 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
Rank 16 12 12
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 2.381% 3.750% 5.155%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.696% 25.00% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £275 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £344
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.81 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -5.19%
All Application Platforms
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 27.38% 15.00% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 9
Average daily rate £325 £375 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -0.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £225 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
Average hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint
Berkshire

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (33.33%) XenApp
5 3 (33.33%) UAG
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (33.33%) MCITP
5 3 (33.33%) VLAN
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (33.33%) SCOM
5 3 (33.33%) MCSE
5 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) C#
5 3 (33.33%) .NET
5 3 (33.33%) Intranet
5 3 (33.33%) XML
5 3 (33.33%) CCNA
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (33.33%) Extranet
5 3 (33.33%) MOM
5 3 (33.33%) Firewall

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 2 (22.22%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) VLAN
1 3 (33.33%) Intranet
1 3 (33.33%) Extranet
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Document Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) MCITP
1 3 (33.33%) MCSE
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
2 3 (33.33%) XenApp
2 3 (33.33%) UAG
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCOM
1 3 (33.33%) MOM
2 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Symantec