Manchester SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server 2007 over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	62
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	19	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	9.596 %	2.721 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£467	-
Average daily rate	£475	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£483	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£442	£369
% change on same period last year	+19.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£15.00
Average hourly rate	-	£17.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	198	147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.254 %	0.165 %
Daily rates quoted	39	28
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£241
Average daily rate	£376	£260
% change on same period last year	+44.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£279
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	22
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.57	£15.69
Average hourly rate	£18.36	£16.91
% change on same period last year	+8.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.15	£18.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
SharePoint Server 2007 North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SharePoint Server 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Manchester region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Manchester region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 within the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Altrincham	-	1	-	-

SharePoint Server 2007 North West

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Manchester region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007.

1 26 (72.22 %) SharePoint 2 16 (44.44 %) Microsoft 3 15 (41.67 %) .NET 4 12 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 5 10 (27.78 %) C# 6 8 (22.22 %) SQL Server 6 8 (22.22 %) ASP.NET 7 6 (16.67 %) GUPTA 7 6 (16.67 %) Intranet 8 5 (13.89 %) Retail 9 4 (11.11 %) BizTalk Server 9 4 (11.11 %) SQL 10 3 (8.333 %) Transact-SQL 10 3 (8.333 %) SQL Server 7 10 3 (8.333 %) MS Excel

10 3 (8.333 %) Construction 10 3 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2005 11 2 (5.556 %) Performance Testing 11 2 (5.556 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 2 (5.556 %) Degree 11 2 (5.556 %) SharePoint Portal Server 11 2 (5.556 %) InfoPath 11 2 (5.556 %) AJAX 11 2 (5.556 %) CMS 11 2 (5.556 %) Content Management 11 2 (5.556 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 2 (5.556 %) Active Directory 11 2 (5.556 %) JavaScript 11 2 (5.556 %) XML 11 2 (5.556 %) XSLT

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Manchester region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 15 (41.67 %) .NET 2 8 (22.22 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (5.556 %) XML 3 2 (5.556 %) XSLT 3 2 (5.556 %) XHTML 3 2 (5.556 %) AJAX 3 2 (5.556 %) ASP.NET 2.0 4 1 (2.778 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 1 (2.778 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (2.778 %) RSS 4 1 (2.778 %) XML Schema 4 1 (2.778 %) CSS 4 1 (2.778 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 26 (72.22 %) SharePoint 2 4 (11.11 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (5.556 %) CMS 3 2 (5.556 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 3 (8.333 %) MS Excel 2 2 (5.556 %) InfoPath 3 1 (2.778 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (2.778 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 6 (16.67 %) Intranet 2 1 (2.778 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2 3 (8.333 %) SQL Server 7 2 3 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (5.556 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (2.778 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (2.778 %) Crystal Reports 4 1 (2.778 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 2 (5.556 %) Flash	General 1 5 (13.89 %) Retail 2 3 (8.333 %) Construction 3 1 (2.778 %) Education 3 1 (2.778 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 17 (47.22 %) Developer 2 7 (19.44 %) SharePoint Developer 3 4 (11.11 %) .NET Developer 4 3 (8.333 %) ASP.NET Developer 4 3 (8.333 %) Administrator 4 3 (8.333 %) SharePoint Administrator 4 3 (8.333 %) Sharepoint Specialist 5 2 (5.556 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 5 2 (5.556 %) Infrastructure Engineer 5 2 (5.556 %) C# Developer 6 1 (2.778 %) IT Trainer 6 1 (2.778 %) Junior Programmer 6 1 (2.778 %) Junior Analyst Programmer 6 1 (2.778 %) SharePoint Consultant 6 1 (2.778 %) Implementation Specialist 6 1 (2.778 %) Architect 6 1 (2.778 %) Trainer 6 1 (2.778 %) Junior 6 1 (2.778 %) Analyst 6 1 (2.778 %) Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.778 %) Streaming Video 1 1 (2.778 %) Statistics 1 1 (2.778 %) Psychology 1 1 (2.778 %) Ergonomics 1 1 (2.778 %) Human Factors
Operating Systems 1 1 (2.778 %) Windows 1 1 (2.778 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (5.556 %) Content Management 1 2 (5.556 %) Performance Testing 2 1 (2.778 %) Software Testing 2 1 (2.778 %) Requirements Analysis 2 1 (2.778 %) OO 2 1 (2.778 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 10 (27.78 %) C# 2 4 (11.11 %) SQL 3 3 (8.333 %) Transact-SQL 4 2 (5.556 %) JavaScript 5 1 (2.778 %) XPath 5 1 (2.778 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 12 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (5.556 %) Degree 3 1 (2.778 %) ECDL
System Software 1 2 (5.556 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 16 (44.44 %) Microsoft 2 6 (16.67 %) GUPTA 3 1 (2.778 %) Google 3 1 (2.778 %) Oracle