Midlands SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the Midlands 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 15 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 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	71
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	26	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.033 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	15.66 %	1.394 %
Daily rates quoted	9	0
Average minimum daily rate	£411	-
Average daily rate	£430	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£449	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£369
% change on same period last year	+20.42 %
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	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	166	287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.213 %	0.322 %
Daily rates quoted	36	75
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£415
Average daily rate	£403	£444
% change on same period last year	-9.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£472
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.25	£29.73
Average hourly rate	£27.63	£30.79
% change on same period last year	-10.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.00	£31.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
SharePoint Server 2007 England

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 Midlands 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 Midlands 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 Midlands 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 Midlands region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands 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 46 (95.83 %) SharePoint 2 31 (64.58 %) .NET 3 27 (56.25 %) C# 4 23 (47.92 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 15 (31.25 %) ASP.NET 5 15 (31.25 %) MS Excel 5 15 (31.25 %) BizTalk Server 6 13 (27.08 %) Axapta 7 10 (20.83 %) Visual Studio 8 8 (16.67 %) Windows 9 7 (14.58 %) Microsoft 10 6 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 6 (12.50 %) CAML 11 5 (10.42 %) CMS 11 5 (10.42 %) MS Office

12 4 (8.333 %) IIS 12 4 (8.333 %) CSS 12 4 (8.333 %) HTML 12 4 (8.333 %) Java 12 4 (8.333 %) JavaScript 12 4 (8.333 %) VB 12 4 (8.333 %) VB.NET 12 4 (8.333 %) Internet 12 4 (8.333 %) Dreamweaver 12 4 (8.333 %) Workflow 12 4 (8.333 %) Content Management 12 4 (8.333 %) VB6 12 4 (8.333 %) Web Development 13 3 (6.250 %) Office Project Server 13 3 (6.250 %) Active Directory

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands 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 31 (64.58 %) .NET 2 23 (47.92 %) Windows SharePoint Services 3 15 (31.25 %) ASP.NET 4 6 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 2.0 4 6 (12.50 %) CAML 5 4 (8.333 %) HTML 5 4 (8.333 %) CSS 6 2 (4.167 %) SOAP 6 2 (4.167 %) WebServices 6 2 (4.167 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 46 (95.83 %) SharePoint 2 15 (31.25 %) BizTalk Server 3 5 (10.42 %) CMS 4 4 (8.333 %) IIS 5 3 (6.250 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 15 (31.25 %) MS Excel 2 5 (10.42 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 13 (27.08 %) Axapta
Communications & Networking 1 4 (8.333 %) Internet 2 1 (2.083 %) Extranet 2 1 (2.083 %) HTTP 2 1 (2.083 %) DNS 2 1 (2.083 %) HTTPS 2 1 (2.083 %) SSL 2 1 (2.083 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (4.167 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 10 (20.83 %) Visual Studio 2 4 (8.333 %) Dreamweaver	Job Titles 1 25 (52.08 %) Developer 2 21 (43.75 %) SharePoint Developer 3 20 (41.67 %) Consultant 4 13 (27.08 %) BizTalk Consultant 5 6 (12.50 %) SharePoint Consultant 6 5 (10.42 %) .NET Developer 7 4 (8.333 %) VB.NET Developer 7 4 (8.333 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 4 (8.333 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 8 2 (4.167 %) Solutions Architect 8 2 (4.167 %) Architect 9 1 (2.083 %) Trainer 9 1 (2.083 %) Infrastructure Consultant 9 1 (2.083 %) Sharepoint Architect
Operating Systems 1 8 (16.67 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (8.333 %) Workflow 1 4 (8.333 %) Content Management 1 4 (8.333 %) Web Development 2 2 (4.167 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 27 (56.25 %) C# 2 4 (8.333 %) Java 2 4 (8.333 %) JavaScript 2 4 (8.333 %) VB 2 4 (8.333 %) VB.NET 2 4 (8.333 %) VB6 3 2 (4.167 %) SQL 4 1 (2.083 %) C	Qualifications 1 2 (4.167 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.083 %) Degree
System Software 1 3 (6.250 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 7 (14.58 %) Microsoft