The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Manchester 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 67 82 54
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -28
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 3 2 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.309% 0.164% 1.365%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.463% 0.897% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
Average daily rate - £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £367 £364 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.75% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year
-56.66% +25.65%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
205 223 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 21.09% 18.32% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 122 83
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £204 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 11
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.25 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +75.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £9.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.40 £22.75 £20.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
SharePoint Server
North West

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
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SharePoint Server
North West

SharePoint Server
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft