Merseyside SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the Merseyside 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Altrincham Ascot Barnsley Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Coventry Dartford Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Hampshire Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Hull Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	39
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	4	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	7.843 %	2.941 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£350
Average daily rate	£315	£400
% change on same period last year	-21.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£316	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£413	£359
% change on same period last year	+15.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.21	£20.00
% change on same period last year	+81.07 %
Application Platforms Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	51	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.068 %	0.069 %
Daily rates quoted	14	16
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£285
Average daily rate	£324	£309
% change on same period last year	+5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£337	£332
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.54	£20.56
Average hourly rate	£20.77	£22.10
% change on same period last year	-6.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.00	£23.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Merseyside 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 IT contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the Merseyside region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Liverpool	-1	4	£315	-21.18 %

SharePoint Server 2007 North West

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing SharePoint Server 2007 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 2007.

1 8 (88.89 %) SharePoint 2 7 (77.78 %) .NET 3 4 (44.44 %) C# 3 4 (44.44 %) XML 4 3 (33.33 %) InfoPath 4 3 (33.33 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (22.22 %) WebServices 5 2 (22.22 %) Windows 5 2 (22.22 %) XSD 5 2 (22.22 %) XSL 5 2 (22.22 %) MCSD 5 2 (22.22 %) JavaScript 5 2 (22.22 %) SQL 5 2 (22.22 %) VBScript 5 2 (22.22 %) Telecoms

5 2 (22.22 %) MCSE 5 2 (22.22 %) Microsoft Certification 5 2 (22.22 %) Intranet 5 2 (22.22 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (11.11 %) Pensions 6 1 (11.11 %) TOAD 6 1 (11.11 %) Project Management 6 1 (11.11 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (11.11 %) ActiveX 6 1 (11.11 %) Flash 6 1 (11.11 %) XHTML 6 1 (11.11 %) LDAP 6 1 (11.11 %) Workflow 6 1 (11.11 %) Data Analysis 6 1 (11.11 %) VB

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing SharePoint Server 2007 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 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (77.78 %) .NET 2 4 (44.44 %) XML 3 3 (33.33 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (22.22 %) WebServices 4 2 (22.22 %) .NET Framework 4 2 (22.22 %) XSD 4 2 (22.22 %) XSL 5 1 (11.11 %) ActiveX 5 1 (11.11 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 8 (88.89 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 3 (33.33 %) InfoPath	Communications & Networking 1 2 (22.22 %) Intranet 2 1 (11.11 %) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (11.11 %) SQL Server 1 1 (11.11 %) TOAD	Development Applications 1 1 (11.11 %) Flash
General 1 2 (22.22 %) Telecoms 2 1 (11.11 %) Pensions 2 1 (11.11 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 5 (55.56 %) Developer 2 4 (44.44 %) SharePoint Developer 3 1 (11.11 %) Architect 3 1 (11.11 %) Business Analyst 3 1 (11.11 %) Analyst 3 1 (11.11 %) Business Systems Analyst 3 1 (11.11 %) Systems Analyst 3 1 (11.11 %) Technical Architect 3 1 (11.11 %) Consultant 3 1 (11.11 %) SharePoint Consultant 3 1 (11.11 %) Technical Lead
Operating Systems 1 2 (22.22 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (11.11 %) PRINCE2 1 1 (11.11 %) OO 1 1 (11.11 %) Project Management 1 1 (11.11 %) Workflow 1 1 (11.11 %) Data Analysis
Programming Languages 1 4 (44.44 %) C# 2 2 (22.22 %) JavaScript 2 2 (22.22 %) SQL 2 2 (22.22 %) VBScript 3 1 (11.11 %) VB 3 1 (11.11 %) Java	Qualifications 1 2 (22.22 %) MCSD 1 2 (22.22 %) MCSE 1 2 (22.22 %) Microsoft Certification
Vendors 1 1 (11.11 %) Oracle