The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 90 88 99
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +11
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 30 17 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.230% 0.642% 0.535%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.944% 4.337% 3.268%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 6
Average daily rate £370 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £322 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £396 £456
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.35% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% -67.05%
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
432 392 459
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 17.71% 14.80% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 166 212
Average daily rate £350 £325 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -6.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £436 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.23 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint Server
UK

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Scotland region.

Scotland SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow -11 13 £360 -4.00%
Renfrewshire - 10 £370 -
Aberdeen +2 5 £375 -8.53%
Edinburgh +4 1 - -
SharePoint Server
UK

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 43 (93.48%) SharePoint
2 41 (89.13%) .NET
3 32 (69.57%) C#
4 23 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 19 (41.30%) SharePoint 2010
6 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
6 17 (36.96%) Windows
7 16 (34.78%) ASP.NET
7 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
7 16 (34.78%) .NET Framework
8 13 (28.26%) XML
9 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (21.74%) Windows XP
10 10 (21.74%) XML Schema
10 10 (21.74%) VBScript
10 10 (21.74%) Document Management
10 10 (21.74%) Migration
10 10 (21.74%) PowerShell
10 10 (21.74%) Security Architecture
10 10 (21.74%) Windows 7
11 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
11 9 (19.57%) Cryptography
11 9 (19.57%) Taxonomies
11 9 (19.57%) InfoPath
12 8 (17.39%) MCP
12 8 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
13 7 (15.22%) MS Excel
13 7 (15.22%) Windows Server 2003
13 7 (15.22%) OpenView Configuration Management
13 7 (15.22%) MS Office

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 41 (89.13%) .NET
2 16 (34.78%) ASP.NET
2 16 (34.78%) .NET Framework
3 13 (28.26%) XML
4 10 (21.74%) XML Schema
5 3 (6.522%) Ajax
5 3 (6.522%) XSLT
5 3 (6.522%) CSS
5 3 (6.522%) HTML
6 2 (4.348%) jQuery
6 2 (4.348%) MooTools
7 1 (2.174%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 43 (93.48%) SharePoint
2 19 (41.30%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (10.87%) MS Exchange
3 5 (10.87%) Apache
4 2 (4.348%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) InfoPath
2 7 (15.22%) MS Office
2 7 (15.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) Internet
2 2 (4.348%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (10.87%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (4.348%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Developer
2 20 (43.48%) SharePoint Developer
3 7 (15.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Build Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) SharePoint Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Architect
6 4 (8.696%) Senior Build Engineer
6 4 (8.696%) Senior Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.348%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.348%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (4.348%) SharePoint Architect
7 2 (4.348%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.348%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.174%) Software Developer
8 1 (2.174%) Senior SharePoint Developer
8 1 (2.174%) Web Developer
8 1 (2.174%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.174%) Programmer
8 1 (2.174%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Cryptography
1 9 (19.57%) Taxonomies
2 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.174%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 17 (36.96%) Windows
2 10 (21.74%) Windows XP
2 10 (21.74%) Windows 7
3 7 (15.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Migration
1 10 (21.74%) Document Management
1 10 (21.74%) Security Architecture
2 6 (13.04%) Service Management
3 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
3 5 (10.87%) Information Security
4 3 (6.522%) TDD
4 3 (6.522%) UML
4 3 (6.522%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.348%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.174%) Web Analytics
6 1 (2.174%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 32 (69.57%) C#
2 10 (21.74%) VBScript
2 10 (21.74%) PowerShell
3 6 (13.04%) VB.NET
4 5 (10.87%) Java
5 3 (6.522%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.522%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
4 8 (17.39%) MCP
5 6 (13.04%) MCSE
6 5 (10.87%) CISSP
7 1 (2.174%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (10.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (15.22%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 5 (10.87%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Citrix
2 5 (10.87%) McAfee
2 5 (10.87%) Lumension
3 2 (4.348%) VMware
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