Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Scotland region.

 Microsoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank3660
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads3154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland2.307 %1.964 %
As % of the Application Platforms category15.90 %14.63 %
Daily rates quoted19
Average daily rate£300£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£375
% change on same period last year-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted70
Average hourly rate£15.00-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00-
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.70-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£30.00
% change on same period last year-23.33 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsAll Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
195369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland14.51 %13.42 %
Daily rates quoted3057
Average daily rate£291£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-16.78 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£370
% change on same period last year-14.05 %
Hourly rates quoted2421
Average hourly rate£20.25£15.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+35.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£22.50
% change on same period last year-8.880 %
SharePoint UKSharePoint
UK

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.

SharePoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Scotland SharePoint Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Scotland SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowUp+1712£300+11.11 %
EdinburghUp+48--
AberdeenUp+82--
HighlandsNew entry-2--
SharePoint UKSharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

136 (52.17 %)SQL Server
225 (36.23 %)Microsoft
324 (34.78 %).NET
423 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
521 (30.43 %)Windows
620 (28.99 %)SQL Server 2005
716 (23.19 %)MS Office
716 (23.19 %)Active Directory
716 (23.19 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (23.19 %)SQL Server 2000
815 (21.74 %)Visual Studio
815 (21.74 %)ASP.NET
914 (20.29 %)C#
914 (20.29 %)MS Excel
914 (20.29 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1012 (17.39 %)DHCP
1012 (17.39 %)DNS
1012 (17.39 %)Citrix
1111 (15.94 %)Site Server
1111 (15.94 %)SQL
1210 (14.49 %)CA
1210 (14.49 %)ISA Server
1210 (14.49 %)Citrix Presentation Server
139 (13.04 %)Security Cleared
139 (13.04 %)XML
139 (13.04 %)Oracle
148 (11.59 %)SC Cleared
148 (11.59 %)InfoPath
157 (10.14 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
157 (10.14 %)IIS

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (34.78 %).NET
215 (21.74 %)ASP.NET
39 (13.04 %)XML
46 (8.696 %)XSLT
46 (8.696 %)ASP.NET 2.0
54 (5.797 %)HTML
54 (5.797 %)Windows SharePoint Services
54 (5.797 %)XML Schema
54 (5.797 %)SOAP
63 (4.348 %)CSS
63 (4.348 %)WinForms
63 (4.348 %)XHTML
63 (4.348 %)WCF
72 (2.899 %).NET Framework
72 (2.899 %)Spring
72 (2.899 %)WebServices
72 (2.899 %)XSD
81 (1.449 %)XSL
81 (1.449 %)ASP
81 (1.449 %)AJAX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
214 (20.29 %)SharePoint Portal Server
311 (15.94 %)Site Server
47 (10.14 %)IIS
47 (10.14 %)BizTalk Server
54 (5.797 %)CMS
63 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (4.348 %)MS Exchange
63 (4.348 %)ESB
72 (2.899 %)Immediacy CMS
81 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (1.449 %)Alfresco
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (23.19 %)MS Office
214 (20.29 %)MS Excel
38 (11.59 %)InfoPath
43 (4.348 %)MS Project
52 (2.899 %)MS PowerPoint
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.449 %)Axapta
11 (1.449 %)WebTrends
11 (1.449 %)Dynamics CRM
11 (1.449 %)Dynamics AX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (17.39 %)DHCP
112 (17.39 %)DNS
26 (8.696 %)Intranet
33 (4.348 %)Internet
41 (1.449 %)Extranet
41 (1.449 %)Firewall
41 (1.449 %)DMZ
41 (1.449 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.449 %)LDAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (52.17 %)SQL Server
220 (28.99 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (23.19 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (10.14 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
53 (4.348 %)Crystal Reports
53 (4.348 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.449 %)Oracle 9i
61 (1.449 %)Datawarehouse
61 (1.449 %)ETL
61 (1.449 %)SAP BW
61 (1.449 %)MySQL
61 (1.449 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (1.449 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (1.449 %)SQL Server 2008
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (21.74 %)Visual Studio
24 (5.797 %)Team Foundation Server
33 (4.348 %)NUnit
42 (2.899 %)ClearQuest
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (4.348 %)Finance
21 (1.449 %)Government
21 (1.449 %)Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (42.03 %)Developer
214 (20.29 %)SharePoint Developer
39 (13.04 %)Administrator
48 (11.59 %)Consultant
57 (10.14 %).NET Developer
57 (10.14 %)SharePoint Consultant
66 (8.696 %)Analyst
73 (4.348 %)SQL Developer
73 (4.348 %)SQL Server Developer
73 (4.348 %)C# Developer
73 (4.348 %)Data Analyst
73 (4.348 %)BizTalk Developer
82 (2.899 %)VB.NET Developer
82 (2.899 %)Web Developer
82 (2.899 %)Coordinator
82 (2.899 %)Project Manager
91 (1.449 %)Author
91 (1.449 %)Technical Author
91 (1.449 %)Desktop Support
91 (1.449 %)Architect
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (2.899 %)Web 2.0
12 (2.899 %)Video Conferencing
21 (1.449 %)W3C
21 (1.449 %)IPTV
21 (1.449 %)Wiki
21 (1.449 %)Blog
21 (1.449 %)Social Network
21 (1.449 %)Multithreading
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (30.43 %)Windows
216 (23.19 %)Windows Server 2003
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (5.797 %)Document Management
23 (4.348 %)Data Management
23 (4.348 %)ITIL
23 (4.348 %)ERP
23 (4.348 %)Configuration Management
23 (4.348 %)Project Management
23 (4.348 %)Web Design
32 (2.899 %)SEO
32 (2.899 %)CMMI
32 (2.899 %)SOA
32 (2.899 %)UML
32 (2.899 %)OOA/OOD
32 (2.899 %)CRM
32 (2.899 %)Pay per click
32 (2.899 %)Business Analysis
32 (2.899 %)Migration
41 (1.449 %)Software Testing
41 (1.449 %)Web Development
41 (1.449 %)Load Balancing
41 (1.449 %)User Acceptance Testing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (20.29 %)C#
211 (15.94 %)SQL
36 (8.696 %)VB.NET
44 (5.797 %)T-SQL
52 (2.899 %)PL/SQL
61 (1.449 %)JavaScript
61 (1.449 %)VBScript
61 (1.449 %)VB
61 (1.449 %)VBA
61 (1.449 %)VB6
61 (1.449 %)XPath
61 (1.449 %)X++
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (13.04 %)Security Cleared
28 (11.59 %)SC Cleared
35 (7.246 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (4.348 %)MCSA
52 (2.899 %)MCDST
52 (2.899 %)MCSE
61 (1.449 %)MCP
61 (1.449 %)PMP
61 (1.449 %)PMI Certification
61 (1.449 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (7.246 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (23.19 %)Active Directory
210 (14.49 %)ISA Server
210 (14.49 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (2.899 %)MOM
21 (1.449 %)SCCM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (36.23 %)Microsoft
212 (17.39 %)Citrix
310 (14.49 %)CA
49 (13.04 %)Oracle
52 (2.899 %)VMware
61 (1.449 %)Polycom
61 (1.449 %)Tandberg
61 (1.449 %)Vignette
61 (1.449 %)SAP
61 (1.449 %)Tridion
61 (1.449 %)FatWire