The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norwich 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 Norwich 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 23 22 34
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 1.389% 4.255% 0.897%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.714% 27.59% 6.897%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £155 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Average hourly rate - £22.38 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.25 £23.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-13.82% +9.30%
All Application Platforms
Norwich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
35 29 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 24.31% 15.43% 13.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 3
Average daily rate £225 £258 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.62% -42.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 2
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.38 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.02% -13.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £19.63 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.95 £25.75 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
SharePoint
Norfolk

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 5 (62.50%) XHTML
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
1 5 (62.50%) PHP
1 5 (62.50%) Photoshop
1 5 (62.50%) CSS
1 5 (62.50%) Code Coverage
1 5 (62.50%) Publishing
1 5 (62.50%) Drupal
1 5 (62.50%) jQuery
1 5 (62.50%) Unit Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 5 (62.50%) XHTML
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) CSS
1 5 (62.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Drupal
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Publishing
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Software Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
1 5 (62.50%) PHP Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Network Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Code Coverage
1 5 (62.50%) Unit Testing
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
1 5 (62.50%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix