The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server 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 Reading 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 Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 50 61 49
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 20 23 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.395% 2.063% 3.455%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.49% 14.20% 18.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 14
Average daily rate £425 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £335 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -74.11%
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
174 162 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 20.84% 14.53% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 61 84
Average daily rate £400 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £178 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 10
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.85 £10.00 £10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.00 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint Server
Berkshire

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading SharePoint Server Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading SharePoint Server Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 25 (92.59%) SharePoint
2 21 (77.78%) Windows
2 21 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 19 (70.37%) .NET
4 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
6 15 (55.56%) C#
7 14 (51.85%) SQL Server
8 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
9 12 (44.44%) SQL
9 12 (44.44%) ASP.NET
9 12 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
10 11 (40.74%) Meridio
10 11 (40.74%) Web Development
10 11 (40.74%) .NET Framework
10 11 (40.74%) XML
10 11 (40.74%) MS Office
10 11 (40.74%) Visual Studio
11 9 (33.33%) Web Services
11 9 (33.33%) IDOL
12 8 (29.63%) Windows SharePoint Services
12 8 (29.63%) T-SQL
12 8 (29.63%) OLAP
12 8 (29.63%) LDAP
12 8 (29.63%) DTS
13 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
13 6 (22.22%) Workflow
14 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (18.52%) OpenView Configuration Management
15 4 (14.81%) MCSD

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 19 (70.37%) .NET
2 12 (44.44%) ASP.NET
3 11 (40.74%) .NET Framework
3 11 (40.74%) XML
4 9 (33.33%) Web Services
5 8 (29.63%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 25 (92.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (11.11%) CM System
2 3 (11.11%) IIS
2 3 (11.11%) MS Project Server
3 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (7.407%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 11 (40.74%) MS Office
2 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 3 (11.11%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) LDAP
2 2 (7.407%) Intranet
3 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (51.85%) SQL Server
2 12 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (33.33%) IDOL
4 8 (29.63%) OLAP
4 8 (29.63%) DTS
5 2 (7.407%) EDRMS
6 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.407%) PVCS
3 1 (3.704%) StarTeam
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) SharePoint Developer
1 11 (40.74%) Developer
2 5 (18.52%) Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Designer
3 3 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Specialist
4 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Architect
4 2 (7.407%) Development Team Leader
4 2 (7.407%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Support Specialist
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Architect
4 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Designer
5 1 (3.704%) Software Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (3.704%) Server Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Applications Architect
Operating Systems
1 21 (77.78%) Windows
2 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
5 2 (7.407%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.704%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Web Development
2 6 (22.22%) Workflow
3 3 (11.11%) Document Management
3 3 (11.11%) Release Management
4 2 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (7.407%) Migration
4 2 (7.407%) Unified Process
4 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.407%) UML
4 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.704%) Validation
5 1 (3.704%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) C#
2 12 (44.44%) SQL
3 8 (29.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (14.81%) MCSD
5 1 (3.704%) MCSE
5 1 (3.704%) MCP
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.407%) vSphere
2 2 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Meridio
3 3 (11.11%) Remedy
4 2 (7.407%) VMware
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