Oxfordshire SharePoint Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint skills within the Oxfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Altrincham Ascot Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Cumbria Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dunstable East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Fife Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Harrow Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Moreton-in-Marsh Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Wiltshire Winchester Wokingham Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	25	7
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	34	81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.082 %
As % of the category below	23.78 %	54.00 %
Daily rates quoted	7	27
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£294
Average daily rate	£425	£328
% change on same period last year	+29.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£354
% change on same period last year	+5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.57	£27.33
Average hourly rate	£15.14	£29.00
% change on same period last year	-47.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.71	£30.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.44	£27.36
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Application Platforms Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	143	150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.191 %	0.152 %
Daily rates quoted	22	40
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£300
Average daily rate	£344	£329
% change on same period last year	+4.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£369	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.96	£15.55
Average hourly rate	£21.67	£16.83
% change on same period last year	+28.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.38	£18.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
SharePoint South East

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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Oxford	-6	27	£425	+28.90 %

SharePoint South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 28 (42.42 %) SQL Server 2 25 (37.88 %) .NET 3 24 (36.36 %) Microsoft 4 20 (30.30 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 19 (28.79 %) Windows 5 19 (28.79 %) C# 6 16 (24.24 %) SQL 7 14 (21.21 %) ASP.NET 8 12 (18.18 %) Microsoft Certification 8 12 (18.18 %) SQL Server 2000 9 11 (16.67 %) SMS 10 10 (15.15 %) BizTalk Server 10 10 (15.15 %) Commerce Server 10 10 (15.15 %) ITIL 11 9 (13.64 %) MS Office

11 9 (13.64 %) Exchange Server 2003 12 8 (12.12 %) Back Office 12 8 (12.12 %) Windows SharePoint Services 12 8 (12.12 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 8 (12.12 %) LAN 12 8 (12.12 %) WAN 12 8 (12.12 %) Windows NT 12 8 (12.12 %) TCP/IP 13 7 (10.61 %) Axapta 13 7 (10.61 %) Epicor 13 7 (10.61 %) SQL Server 2005 14 6 (9.091 %) Data Analysis 14 6 (9.091 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 14 6 (9.091 %) CRM 14 6 (9.091 %) WebServices

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 25 (37.88 %) .NET 2 14 (21.21 %) ASP.NET 3 8 (12.12 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 6 (9.091 %) WebServices 4 6 (9.091 %) XML 5 3 (4.545 %) XSLT 5 3 (4.545 %) .NET Framework 5 3 (4.545 %) HTML 6 2 (3.030 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 1 (1.515 %) WebSphere 7 1 (1.515 %) JMS 7 1 (1.515 %) Middleware 7 1 (1.515 %) CSS 7 1 (1.515 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 20 (30.30 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 10 (15.15 %) BizTalk Server 2 10 (15.15 %) Commerce Server 3 9 (13.64 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 8 (12.12 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 4 (6.061 %) Commerce Server 2007 6 3 (4.545 %) IIS 7 1 (1.515 %) MS Exchange 7 1 (1.515 %) WebSphere Message Broker 7 1 (1.515 %) ESB
Applications 1 9 (13.64 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.515 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.515 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 7 (10.61 %) Axapta 2 5 (7.576 %) Microsoft CRM 3 2 (3.030 %) Dynamics AX 4 1 (1.515 %) FRx 4 1 (1.515 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 11 (16.67 %) SMS 2 8 (12.12 %) WAN 2 8 (12.12 %) TCP/IP 2 8 (12.12 %) LAN 3 4 (6.061 %) Internet 3 4 (6.061 %) DNS 4 3 (4.545 %) Intranet 5 2 (3.030 %) DHCP 5 2 (3.030 %) Firewall 6 1 (1.515 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (42.42 %) SQL Server 2 12 (18.18 %) SQL Server 2000 3 7 (10.61 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (6.061 %) Crystal Reports 5 3 (4.545 %) SQL Server 7 5 3 (4.545 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 2 (3.030 %) Eclipse 2 1 (1.515 %) RequisitePro 2 1 (1.515 %) Visual Studio	General 1 8 (12.12 %) Back Office 2 3 (4.545 %) Front Office 3 2 (3.030 %) Finance 4 1 (1.515 %) Education 4 1 (1.515 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 24 (36.36 %) Developer 2 9 (13.64 %) .NET Developer 3 8 (12.12 %) Consultant 3 8 (12.12 %) Support Technician 3 8 (12.12 %) 2nd Line Support 4 7 (10.61 %) Support Engineer 4 7 (10.61 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 6 (9.091 %) SharePoint Developer 5 6 (9.091 %) Systems Developer 6 5 (7.576 %) Analyst 7 4 (6.061 %) Business Developer 7 4 (6.061 %) Trainer 7 4 (6.061 %) Tester 7 4 (6.061 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 4 (6.061 %) C# Developer 7 4 (6.061 %) Support Analyst 8 3 (4.545 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 8 3 (4.545 %) Junior 8 3 (4.545 %) Support Specialist 9 2 (3.030 %) Applications Support	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.515 %) Data Extraction 1 1 (1.515 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 19 (28.79 %) Windows 2 8 (12.12 %) Windows NT 3 2 (3.030 %) Linux 4 1 (1.515 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (15.15 %) ITIL 2 6 (9.091 %) CRM 2 6 (9.091 %) Data Analysis 3 5 (7.576 %) ERP 4 3 (4.545 %) Requirements Analysis 4 3 (4.545 %) Business Intelligence 5 2 (3.030 %) Service Delivery 5 2 (3.030 %) UML 6 1 (1.515 %) OO 6 1 (1.515 %) E-Commerce 6 1 (1.515 %) Workflow 6 1 (1.515 %) BPEL 6 1 (1.515 %) Web Development 6 1 (1.515 %) EAI 6 1 (1.515 %) Data Modelling
Programming Languages 1 19 (28.79 %) C# 2 16 (24.24 %) SQL 3 6 (9.091 %) VB 4 3 (4.545 %) JavaScript 5 2 (3.030 %) C 5 2 (3.030 %) VB.NET 5 2 (3.030 %) X++ 6 1 (1.515 %) VBScript 6 1 (1.515 %) Java	Qualifications 1 12 (18.18 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (9.091 %) MCSA 3 4 (6.061 %) MCAD 4 3 (4.545 %) MCSD 4 3 (4.545 %) MCDBA 4 3 (4.545 %) MCTS 5 2 (3.030 %) MCSE 6 1 (1.515 %) MCP
System Software 1 3 (4.545 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.515 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (1.515 %) VMware Server	Systems Management 1 6 (9.091 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 24 (36.36 %) Microsoft 2 7 (10.61 %) Epicor 3 3 (4.545 %) Cisco 4 1 (1.515 %) VMware