The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 19 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 North East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 27 30 36
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +6
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 8 18 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 2.658% 3.267% 2.188%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.77% 18.18% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 6
Average daily rate £320 £364 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.02% +35.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £350 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £435 £309
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £23.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.25 £23.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-13.82% +9.30%
All Application Platforms
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
26 99 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 8.638% 17.97% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 62 35
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £250 £147
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £450 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £13.11 £14.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.58% -32.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North East SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the North East region over the 3 months to 19 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear +6 3 £430 +18.62% 3
Durham -2 3 £320 -12.32% 1
Northumberland - - - -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 10 (55.56%) .NET
2 8 (44.44%) C#
3 7 (38.89%) SQL
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (38.89%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (27.78%) XML
5 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 4 (22.22%) CSS
5 4 (22.22%) Web Services
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 4 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (16.67%) HTML5
6 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
6 3 (16.67%) jQuery
6 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 3 (16.67%) W3C
6 3 (16.67%) Oracle
6 3 (16.67%) HTML
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 2 (11.11%) Windows
7 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
7 2 (11.11%) XSL
7 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 2 (11.11%) Intranet
7 2 (11.11%) Extranet
7 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
7 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 2 (11.11%) Document Management

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 10 (55.56%) .NET
2 5 (27.78%) XML
3 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 4 (22.22%) CSS
3 4 (22.22%) Web Services
4 3 (16.67%) HTML5
4 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
4 3 (16.67%) jQuery
4 3 (16.67%) HTML
5 2 (11.11%) XSL
6 1 (5.556%) CAML
6 1 (5.556%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (11.11%) Lync
4 1 (5.556%) MS Project Server
4 1 (5.556%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Intranet
1 2 (11.11%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) XMLUnit
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (11.11%) Publishing
2 1 (5.556%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
1 7 (38.89%) SharePoint Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) SharePoint Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Service Transition Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
2 2 (11.11%) Document Management
2 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
2 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (11.11%) Scrum
2 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 2 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (5.556%) Performance Management
3 1 (5.556%) Change Management
3 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.556%) Password Management
3 1 (5.556%) MOF
3 1 (5.556%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) C#
2 7 (38.89%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.556%) OCaml
4 1 (5.556%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle
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