The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 21 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 Northern Ireland 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 23 22 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +10
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 11 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 4.331% 4.569% 3.662%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.15% 20.93% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 8
Average daily rate £288 £400 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.12% +90.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £400 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £400 £234
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £344
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.81 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -5.19%
All Application Platforms
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
52 43 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 20.47% 21.83% 9.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 19 15
Average daily rate £325 £300 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +13.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £260 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 21 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
County Antrim -2 11 £288 -28.12%
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 20 (80.00%) .NET
2 12 (48.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (44.00%) C#
4 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (28.00%) SQL
6 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (20.00%) HTML
7 5 (20.00%) CRM
7 5 (20.00%) CSS
7 5 (20.00%) MVC
7 5 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (20.00%) KnockoutJS
7 5 (20.00%) Twitter
7 5 (20.00%) jQuery
7 5 (20.00%) Git (software)
7 5 (20.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 4 (16.00%) Product Management
8 4 (16.00%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) Web Development
8 4 (16.00%) .NET Framework
8 4 (16.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) Internet
8 4 (16.00%) Middleware
9 3 (12.00%) Intranet
9 3 (12.00%) ITIL
9 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio
9 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET
10 2 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (8.000%) SQL Server

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 20 (80.00%) .NET
2 5 (20.00%) HTML
2 5 (20.00%) CSS
2 5 (20.00%) KnockoutJS
2 5 (20.00%) jQuery
2 5 (20.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 4 (16.00%) .NET Framework
3 4 (16.00%) Middleware
4 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.000%) XML
5 1 (4.000%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 12 (48.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Project
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.000%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Internet
2 3 (12.00%) Intranet
3 1 (4.000%) LAN
3 1 (4.000%) SAN
3 1 (4.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 20 (80.00%) Developer
2 10 (40.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 7 (28.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (16.00%) SharePoint Consultant
4 4 (16.00%) C# Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Support Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Web Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Web Support Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Administrator
6 1 (4.000%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (4.000%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Coordinator
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) CRM
1 5 (20.00%) MVC
2 4 (16.00%) Product Management
2 4 (16.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (16.00%) Web Development
2 4 (16.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 4 (16.00%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (12.00%) ITIL
4 1 (4.000%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) C#
2 7 (28.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Twitter
3 1 (4.000%) VMware