The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 23 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 Renfrewshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 10 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 11 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 17.19% 5.556% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 68.75% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-5.74% -5.43%
All Application Platforms
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
16 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 25.00% 8.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £270 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.40% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint
Scotland

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire SharePoint Daily 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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Erskine - 11 £425 -
SharePoint
Scotland

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 11 (91.67%) Windows
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (58.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 6 (50.00%) XML
5 6 (50.00%) .NET
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
6 5 (41.67%) McAfee
6 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
6 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) Lumension
6 5 (41.67%) VMware
7 4 (33.33%) XML Schema
7 4 (33.33%) Migration
7 4 (33.33%) Service Management
7 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
7 4 (33.33%) Document Management
7 4 (33.33%) .NET Framework
7 4 (33.33%) Taxonomies
7 4 (33.33%) Security Architecture
7 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
7 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
7 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
7 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (33.33%) VBScript
7 4 (33.33%) MCP
7 4 (33.33%) MS Office

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 6 (50.00%) XML
1 6 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) XML Schema
2 4 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 2 (16.67%) Ajax
3 2 (16.67%) MooTools
3 2 (16.67%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (25.00%) IIS
3 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 2 (16.67%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) SAN
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Build Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Build Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
1 4 (33.33%) Taxonomies
2 3 (25.00%) Thin Client
2 3 (25.00%) Fat Client
3 1 (8.333%) Visualisation
3 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Migration
1 4 (33.33%) Service Management
1 4 (33.33%) Document Management
1 4 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) Business Development
3 1 (8.333%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 4 (33.33%) VBScript
2 3 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (33.33%) MCP
4 1 (8.333%) MCSE
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (8.333%) CISSP
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) McAfee
2 5 (41.67%) Lumension
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (25.00%) Sophos
3 3 (25.00%) Symantec
3 3 (25.00%) HP
3 3 (25.00%) Wyse
4 2 (16.67%) Citrix