North West SharePoint Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint skills within the North West 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 over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Dalkeith Dartford Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	81
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	59	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.093 %	0.064 %
As % of the category below	14.50 %	10.15 %
Daily rates quoted	14	7
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£293
Average daily rate	£354	£318
% change on same period last year	+11.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£387
% change on same period last year	-7.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.18	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£33.84	£27.50
% change on same period last year	+23.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.49	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.82	£27.86
% change on same period last year	+3.45 %
Application Platforms North West
Matching contract IT job ads	407	581
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.638 %	0.632 %
Daily rates quoted	50	103
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£313
Average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£340
% change on same period last year	+3.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	67	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.24	£17.89
Average hourly rate	£26.24	£19.50
% change on same period last year	+34.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.25	£21.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.15	£23.79
% change on same period last year	+1.52 %
SharePoint 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

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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 West region over the 3 months to 20 November 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
Manchester	+4	20	£304	-2.66 %
Cheshire	+11	17	£309	+12.50 %
Merseyside	-6	10	£600	-
Lancashire	+12	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 60 (47.24 %) .NET 2 43 (33.86 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 38 (29.92 %) Microsoft 4 37 (29.13 %) SQL Server 5 33 (25.98 %) ASP.NET 6 30 (23.62 %) C# 7 25 (19.69 %) MS Office 8 23 (18.11 %) SQL Server 2005 9 20 (15.75 %) Windows 10 19 (14.96 %) SQL 11 17 (13.39 %) MS Excel 12 15 (11.81 %) Windows Server 2003 12 15 (11.81 %) Intranet 13 14 (11.02 %) .NET Framework 14 13 (10.24 %) SQL Server Reporting Services

15 11 (8.661 %) ITIL 15 11 (8.661 %) IIS 16 10 (7.874 %) XML 16 10 (7.874 %) Migration 17 9 (7.087 %) Content Management 17 9 (7.087 %) Information Management 17 9 (7.087 %) Internet 17 9 (7.087 %) SQL Server 2000 17 9 (7.087 %) Active Directory 18 8 (6.299 %) VB.NET 18 8 (6.299 %) HTML 18 8 (6.299 %) Windows SharePoint Services 19 7 (5.512 %) SharePoint Portal Server 19 7 (5.512 %) Oracle 19 7 (5.512 %) ASP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 60 (47.24 %) .NET 2 33 (25.98 %) ASP.NET 3 14 (11.02 %) .NET Framework 4 10 (7.874 %) XML 5 8 (6.299 %) HTML 5 8 (6.299 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 7 (5.512 %) ASP 6 7 (5.512 %) WebServices 7 6 (4.724 %) XHTML 8 5 (3.937 %) XSLT 8 5 (3.937 %) CSS 9 4 (3.150 %) AJAX 10 3 (2.362 %) WCF 10 3 (2.362 %) WF 10 3 (2.362 %) SOAP 11 2 (1.575 %) COM+ 11 2 (1.575 %) Silverlight 11 2 (1.575 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 2 (1.575 %) SVG 12 1 (0.787 %) MDX	Application Platforms 1 43 (33.86 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 11 (8.661 %) IIS 3 7 (5.512 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 4 (3.150 %) MS Exchange 4 4 (3.150 %) BizTalk Server 5 3 (2.362 %) CMS 5 3 (2.362 %) LiveLink 6 2 (1.575 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 2 (1.575 %) Office Project Server 6 2 (1.575 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.787 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.787 %) Apache 7 1 (0.787 %) Tomcat 7 1 (0.787 %) Content Management Server 7 1 (0.787 %) Documentum 7 1 (0.787 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 25 (19.69 %) MS Office 2 17 (13.39 %) MS Excel 3 5 (3.937 %) InfoPath 4 4 (3.150 %) MS Project 5 3 (2.362 %) Photoshop 6 2 (1.575 %) MS Visio 7 1 (0.787 %) Acrobat 7 1 (0.787 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (3.150 %) Microsoft CRM 2 3 (2.362 %) Axapta 2 3 (2.362 %) Dynamics CRM 2 3 (2.362 %) Dynamics AX 3 1 (0.787 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.787 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 15 (11.81 %) Intranet 2 9 (7.087 %) Internet 3 6 (4.724 %) SAN 4 5 (3.937 %) Firewall 5 4 (3.150 %) LAN 5 4 (3.150 %) WAN 5 4 (3.150 %) TCP/IP 6 2 (1.575 %) VPN 6 2 (1.575 %) DNS 6 2 (1.575 %) SSL 6 2 (1.575 %) FTP 6 2 (1.575 %) VLAN 7 1 (0.787 %) DMZ 7 1 (0.787 %) Extranet 7 1 (0.787 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 37 (29.13 %) SQL Server 2 23 (18.11 %) SQL Server 2005 3 13 (10.24 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 9 (7.087 %) SQL Server 2000 5 5 (3.937 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 4 (3.150 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (3.150 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 3 (2.362 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 3 (2.362 %) DTS 7 3 (2.362 %) OLAP 8 2 (1.575 %) ETL 8 2 (1.575 %) RDBMS 9 1 (0.787 %) SQL Server 7 9 1 (0.787 %) Data Mart
Development Applications 1 5 (3.937 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (2.362 %) Dreamweaver 2 3 (2.362 %) FrontPage 3 2 (1.575 %) Flash 4 1 (0.787 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 6 (4.724 %) Finance 2 3 (2.362 %) Government 2 3 (2.362 %) Local Government 3 2 (1.575 %) Publishing 3 2 (1.575 %) Retail 3 2 (1.575 %) Law 4 1 (0.787 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (0.787 %) Health 4 1 (0.787 %) Automotive 4 1 (0.787 %) Education 4 1 (0.787 %) Electric 4 1 (0.787 %) Insurance 4 1 (0.787 %) Home Office 4 1 (0.787 %) Banking 4 1 (0.787 %) Retail Banking 4 1 (0.787 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 57 (44.88 %) Developer 2 30 (23.62 %) SharePoint Developer 3 19 (14.96 %) Consultant 4 16 (12.60 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 14 (11.02 %) .NET Developer 6 13 (10.24 %) Analyst 7 8 (6.299 %) C# Developer 7 8 (6.299 %) SQL Developer 8 7 (5.512 %) Administrator 8 7 (5.512 %) Project Manager 9 6 (4.724 %) SQL Server Developer 10 5 (3.937 %) ASP.NET Developer 10 5 (3.937 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 11 4 (3.150 %) Sharepoint Specialist 11 4 (3.150 %) Web Developer 11 4 (3.150 %) Support Analyst 12 3 (2.362 %) Technical Support 12 3 (2.362 %) VB.NET Developer 12 3 (2.362 %) Business Analyst 12 3 (2.362 %) SharePoint Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 6 (4.724 %) Clustering 2 3 (2.362 %) NHS 2 3 (2.362 %) Management Information System 2 3 (2.362 %) Data Extraction 3 2 (1.575 %) W3C 3 2 (1.575 %) CLARiiON 4 1 (0.787 %) N-Tier 4 1 (0.787 %) Wiki 4 1 (0.787 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 20 (15.75 %) Windows 2 15 (11.81 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (2.362 %) Windows 2000 4 2 (1.575 %) Linux 4 2 (1.575 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 1 (0.787 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (0.787 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (8.661 %) ITIL 2 10 (7.874 %) Migration 3 9 (7.087 %) Content Management 3 9 (7.087 %) Information Management 4 7 (5.512 %) CRM 5 6 (4.724 %) PRINCE2 6 5 (3.937 %) Validation 7 4 (3.150 %) Web Development 8 3 (2.362 %) Load Balancing 8 3 (2.362 %) Time Management 8 3 (2.362 %) Data Modelling 8 3 (2.362 %) Data Security 8 3 (2.362 %) Project Management 8 3 (2.362 %) Change Management 9 2 (1.575 %) Service Management 9 2 (1.575 %) Service Delivery 9 2 (1.575 %) ERP 9 2 (1.575 %) UML 9 2 (1.575 %) Document Management 9 2 (1.575 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 30 (23.62 %) C# 2 19 (14.96 %) SQL 3 8 (6.299 %) VB.NET 4 5 (3.937 %) JavaScript 5 4 (3.150 %) Transact-SQL 5 4 (3.150 %) VBScript 6 3 (2.362 %) VBA 6 3 (2.362 %) X++ 7 2 (1.575 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.787 %) Java 8 1 (0.787 %) VB 8 1 (0.787 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 6 (4.724 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (3.937 %) MCSE 3 3 (2.362 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 2 (1.575 %) MCTS 4 2 (1.575 %) Citrix Certification 4 2 (1.575 %) CCEA 5 1 (0.787 %) MCDBA 5 1 (0.787 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.787 %) Degree 5 1 (0.787 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.787 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 9 (7.087 %) Active Directory 2 4 (3.150 %) ISA Server 3 3 (2.362 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (1.575 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (1.575 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 2 (1.575 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 5 (3.937 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (2.362 %) Tivoli 2 3 (2.362 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 3 (2.362 %) MOM 3 2 (1.575 %) ServiceCenter 3 2 (1.575 %) SCOM 4 1 (0.787 %) SCCM 4 1 (0.787 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 38 (29.92 %) Microsoft 2 7 (5.512 %) Oracle 3 3 (2.362 %) Vignette 3 3 (2.362 %) VMware 3 3 (2.362 %) IBM 4 2 (1.575 %) SAP 4 2 (1.575 %) Cisco 4 2 (1.575 %) Sun 4 2 (1.575 %) EMC 4 2 (1.575 %) Citrix 4 2 (1.575 %) Peregrine 4 2 (1.575 %) Lotus 5 1 (0.787 %) Baan 5 1 (0.787 %) JD Edwards 5 1 (0.787 %) Remedy 5 1 (0.787 %) NEC 5 1 (0.787 %) Hummingbird 5 1 (0.787 %) Dundas 5 1 (0.787 %) Adobe