The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server 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 Server 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 Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 114 122 108
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -14
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 4 7 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.171% 0.224% 0.613%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.969% 1.178% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 9
Average daily rate - £338 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -74.11%
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 Server
England

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 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 +10 2 - -
Cheshire +4 2 - -
SharePoint Server
England

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 10 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (60.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (20.00%) InfoPath
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (20.00%) C#
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (20.00%) UAG
6 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (10.00%) QA
7 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
7 1 (10.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (10.00%) Marketing
7 1 (10.00%) NHS
7 1 (10.00%) Intranet
7 1 (10.00%) Internet

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (10.00%) COM
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (60.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) InfoPath
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
1 1 (10.00%) Extranet
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Migration
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) BPR
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (20.00%) UAG
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
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