The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2013 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2013 over the 3 months to 23 May 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 West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2013
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2013 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.256% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.453% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
413 594 494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.62% 19.03% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 305 263
Average daily rate £300 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.80% -9.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £196 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 40 34
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.51 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.50% +0.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.70 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint 2013
England

SharePoint 2013
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2013 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

North West SharePoint 2013 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2013
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2013 across the North West region.

North West SharePoint 2013 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2013
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint 2013 within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Manchester - 3 - -
Lancashire - 1 £263 -
Merseyside - 1 - -
SharePoint 2013
England

SharePoint 2013
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SharePoint 2013 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 2013.

1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (87.50%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (75.00%) .NET
4 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
4 5 (62.50%) C#
4 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
5 4 (50.00%) SQL
5 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (37.50%) HTML
6 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (25.00%) InfoPath
7 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (25.00%) jQuery
7 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Foundation
7 2 (25.00%) CRM
7 2 (25.00%) DHTML
7 2 (25.00%) T-SQL
7 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
7 2 (25.00%) CSS
7 2 (25.00%) XML
7 2 (25.00%) Windows
7 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (25.00%) NHS
8 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (12.50%) CMMI

SharePoint 2013
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SharePoint 2013 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 2013. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 2 (25.00%) jQuery
4 2 (25.00%) DHTML
4 2 (25.00%) CSS
4 2 (25.00%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) REST
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (12.50%) Ext JS
5 1 (12.50%) Ajax
5 1 (12.50%) WCF
5 1 (12.50%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (87.50%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) InfoPath
2 1 (12.50%) PowerPivot
2 1 (12.50%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (12.50%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (25.00%) CRM Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Junior
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) CRM
1 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) CMMI
2 1 (12.50%) MVC
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) UML
2 1 (12.50%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) RUP
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) MSF
2 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
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