The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Rank 46 41 47
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +6
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 5 16 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.096% 2.585% 0.216%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.731% 11.19% 1.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 1
Average daily rate - £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £349 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
134 143 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 29.39% 23.10% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 72 51
Average daily rate £335 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £210 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 15
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £11.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.55 £27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint 2010
South East

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oxfordshire SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire SharePoint 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Abingdon - 2 - -
Oxford -6 1 - -
SharePoint 2010
South East

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010.

1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (58.33%) C#
2 7 (58.33%) .NET
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (33.33%) jQuery
4 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) vSphere
5 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (25.00%) Migration
5 3 (25.00%) SCCM
5 3 (25.00%) SCOM
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (25.00%) SQL
5 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (25.00%) DHCP
5 3 (25.00%) DNS
5 3 (25.00%) VMware
5 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (16.67%) Intranet
6 2 (16.67%) Sage
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (16.67%) Workflow
6 2 (16.67%) CSS
6 2 (16.67%) Web Services

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) jQuery
3 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (16.67%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
4 2 (16.67%) MDX
4 2 (16.67%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) DHCP
1 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (16.67%) OLAP
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Programmer
4 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Business Developer
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) vSphere
1 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
1 3 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Sage
3 2 (16.67%) Business Objects