Scotland SharePoint Contracts

The first part of the table below 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Altrincham Andover Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blandford Forum Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Hounslow Ipswich Kent King's Lynn Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrew Renfrewshire Rochdale Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Whitehaven Wiltshire Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2012	Same period 2011	Same period 2010
Rank	29	43	45
Rank change year-on-year	+14 +2
Matching contract IT job ads	103	75	42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland	3.853 %	2.687 %	2.060 %
As % of the Application Platforms category	26.01 %	16.52 %	14.00 %
Number of daily rates quoted	49	42	21
Average daily rate	£368	£338	£190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+8.72 % +77.89 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£285	£214	£163
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£425	£450	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£343	£325
% change year-on-year	+2.18 % +5.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	4	3
Average hourly rate	£12.25	£16.50	£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-25.75 % -52.85 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£22.50	£27.50
% change year-on-year	-6.66 % -18.18 %
All Application Platforms Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Application Platforms category	396	454	300
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland	14.81 %	16.27 %	14.71 %
Number of daily rates quoted	172	207	99
Average daily rate	£325	£350	£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-7.14 % +9.37 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£201	£213	£164
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£430	£450	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£350	£325
% change year-on-year	-7.14 % +7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted	18	17	23
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£20.00	£23.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+25.00 % -15.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.00	£16.00	£12.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£35.00	£40.00	£35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.57	£19.50	£19.00
% change year-on-year	+0.37 % +2.63 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

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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 Scotland region.

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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 16 May 2012. 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	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
Edinburgh	+34	43	£350	+3.70 %
Glasgow	-6	23	£375	-
Aberdeen	-6	16	£350	+16.66 %
West Lothian	+5	6	£325	+96.96 %
Fife	-	2	£275	-
Renfrewshire	-	2	-	-
Highlands	0	1	-	-
Dundee	-	1	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

Application Development 1 49 (24.62 %) .NET 2 24 (12.06 %) ASP.NET 3 11 (5.528 %) CSS 4 10 (5.025 %) Web Services 5 8 (4.020 %) XML 6 7 (3.518 %) HTML 6 7 (3.518 %) jQuery 7 6 (3.015 %) CAML 7 6 (3.015 %) XSLT 8 4 (2.010 %) WCF 9 3 (1.508 %) Windows SharePoint Services 10 2 (1.005 %) Forefront TMG 11 1 (0.503 %) XHTML 11 1 (0.503 %) COM 11 1 (0.503 %) J2EE 11 1 (0.503 %) Ajax 11 1 (0.503 %) JSON 11 1 (0.503 %) Application Packaging 11 1 (0.503 %) MDX 11 1 (0.503 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 70 (35.18 %) SharePoint 2010 2 29 (14.57 %) SharePoint Server 3 11 (5.528 %) MS Exchange 4 10 (5.025 %) Lotus Notes 5 6 (3.015 %) IIS 6 5 (2.513 %) LiveLink 7 3 (1.508 %) Exchange Server 2010 7 3 (1.508 %) SAS 7 3 (1.508 %) Drupal 8 2 (1.005 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 2 (1.005 %) CICS 9 1 (0.503 %) Apache Solr 9 1 (0.503 %) Lync 9 1 (0.503 %) SharePoint Foundation 9 1 (0.503 %) WebSphere Application Server 9 1 (0.503 %) Office Project Server 9 1 (0.503 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.503 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 31 (15.58 %) MS Office 2 29 (14.57 %) MS Excel 3 18 (9.045 %) MS Project 4 10 (5.025 %) InfoPath 5 7 (3.518 %) MS PowerPoint 6 4 (2.010 %) MS Visio 7 3 (1.508 %) Photoshop 8 1 (0.503 %) ProjectWise 8 1 (0.503 %) PowerPivot	Business Applications 1 4 (2.010 %) Dynamics CRM 2 2 (1.005 %) Google Analytics 2 2 (1.005 %) WebTrends 3 1 (0.503 %) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking 1 36 (18.09 %) Intranet 2 12 (6.030 %) DNS 3 9 (4.523 %) DHCP 3 9 (4.523 %) SAN 4 7 (3.518 %) NAS 5 4 (2.010 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (2.010 %) VPN 5 4 (2.010 %) VoIP 6 3 (1.508 %) WAN 6 3 (1.508 %) LAN 7 2 (1.005 %) Cisco ASA 7 2 (1.005 %) IP Telephony 7 2 (1.005 %) PBX 7 2 (1.005 %) Wireless 7 2 (1.005 %) Firewall 7 2 (1.005 %) Internet 8 1 (0.503 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 41 (20.60 %) SQL Server 2 11 (5.528 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 10 (5.025 %) SQL Server 2008 4 8 (4.020 %) SQL Server 2005 5 4 (2.010 %) MS Access 6 2 (1.005 %) OLAP 7 1 (0.503 %) IDOL 7 1 (0.503 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (0.503 %) ETL 7 1 (0.503 %) Data Warehouse 7 1 (0.503 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (0.503 %) Crystal Reports 7 1 (0.503 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 1 (0.503 %) Base SAS 7 1 (0.503 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (0.503 %) PerformancePoint 7 1 (0.503 %) QlikView 7 1 (0.503 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 5 (2.513 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (1.508 %) Team Foundation Server 3 1 (0.503 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 47 (23.62 %) Finance 2 12 (6.030 %) Banking 3 9 (4.523 %) Financial Institution 4 5 (2.513 %) Advertising 4 5 (2.513 %) Investment Banking 5 1 (0.503 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 61 (30.65 %) Developer 2 50 (25.13 %) Analyst 3 47 (23.62 %) SharePoint Developer 4 18 (9.045 %) Consultant 5 16 (8.040 %) SharePoint Consultant 6 15 (7.538 %) Project Manager 7 14 (7.035 %) Administrator 8 12 (6.030 %) PMO Analyst 8 12 (6.030 %) Architect 9 11 (5.528 %) Support Analyst 10 10 (5.025 %) SharePoint Architect 11 9 (4.523 %) Business Analyst 12 8 (4.020 %) SharePoint Administrator 13 6 (3.015 %) Project Analyst 13 6 (3.015 %) IT Support 14 5 (2.513 %) SharePoint Solutions Architect 14 5 (2.513 %) Solutions Architect 14 5 (2.513 %) Server Engineer 15 4 (2.010 %) IT Support Analyst 15 4 (2.010 %) Designer	Miscellaneous 1 6 (3.015 %) Management Information System 2 5 (2.513 %) Hedge funds 2 5 (2.513 %) Clustering 3 4 (2.010 %) Replication 4 1 (0.503 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 28 (14.07 %) Windows 2 16 (8.040 %) Windows Server 2008 3 15 (7.538 %) Windows Server 2003 4 9 (4.523 %) UNIX 5 7 (3.518 %) Windows XP 6 5 (2.513 %) Windows 7 7 4 (2.010 %) Windows 2000 8 2 (1.005 %) zOS 9 1 (0.503 %) Solaris 9 1 (0.503 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 1 (0.503 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (13.57 %) Migration 2 25 (12.56 %) Document Management 3 23 (11.56 %) Project Management 4 14 (7.035 %) Data Analysis 5 13 (6.533 %) Information Management 6 12 (6.030 %) Business Intelligence 7 9 (4.523 %) ITIL 7 9 (4.523 %) Business Analysis 7 9 (4.523 %) Workflow 8 8 (4.020 %) Stakeholder Management 8 8 (4.020 %) Content Management 9 6 (3.015 %) Knowledge Management 9 6 (3.015 %) OO 9 6 (3.015 %) Data Modelling 10 5 (2.513 %) Resource Management 11 4 (2.010 %) PRINCE2 11 4 (2.010 %) CRM 11 4 (2.010 %) Change Management 11 4 (2.010 %) Change Control 12 3 (1.508 %) Data Entry
Programming Languages 1 42 (21.11 %) C# 2 26 (13.07 %) SQL 3 11 (5.528 %) JavaScript 4 6 (3.015 %) VB 5 5 (2.513 %) C 5 5 (2.513 %) VB.NET 6 3 (1.508 %) VBA 6 3 (1.508 %) T-SQL 6 3 (1.508 %) Java 7 1 (0.503 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.503 %) VB6 7 1 (0.503 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 12 (6.030 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (4.020 %) MCITP 3 4 (2.010 %) MCSE 4 3 (1.508 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (1.005 %) Degree 5 2 (1.005 %) SC Cleared 5 2 (1.005 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 2 (1.005 %) MCP 5 2 (1.005 %) HND 6 1 (0.503 %) IC3 Certification 6 1 (0.503 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (0.503 %) ITIL Certification 6 1 (0.503 %) PMI Certification 6 1 (0.503 %) MCTS
System Software 1 21 (10.55 %) Active Directory 2 5 (2.513 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 4 (2.010 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 4 (2.010 %) XenApp 4 2 (1.005 %) Hyper-V 4 2 (1.005 %) ISA Server 4 2 (1.005 %) RACF	Systems Management 1 5 (2.513 %) HP SIM 1 5 (2.513 %) NetBackup 2 4 (2.010 %) WSUS 3 2 (1.005 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (1.005 %) MAINVIEW 4 1 (0.503 %) Nagios 4 1 (0.503 %) ARCserve 4 1 (0.503 %) SCCM 4 1 (0.503 %) Cacti
Vendors 1 50 (25.13 %) Microsoft 2 17 (8.543 %) VMware 3 10 (5.025 %) Lotus 4 8 (4.020 %) HP 5 6 (3.015 %) Oracle 5 6 (3.015 %) Cisco 5 6 (3.015 %) Citrix 6 4 (2.010 %) Altiris 6 4 (2.010 %) IBM 6 4 (2.010 %) NetApp 7 3 (1.508 %) Symantec 8 2 (1.005 %) Google 8 2 (1.005 %) ProCurve 8 2 (1.005 %) NETGEAR 8 2 (1.005 %) EPiServer 8 2 (1.005 %) EMC 8 2 (1.005 %) Remedy 8 2 (1.005 %) Sophos 8 2 (1.005 %) Veritas 8 2 (1.005 %) CA