The first 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 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
Rank 30 28 45
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +17
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 115 98 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.715% 3.700% 2.745%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.62% 25.00% 16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 46 43
Average daily rate £355 £375 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.33% +10.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £281 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
Average hourly rate £20.25 £12.25 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.30% -25.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -3.33%
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
UK

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 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 -2 41 £350 -6.66%
Aberdeen +12 33 £350 -3.44%
Edinburgh -11 19 £325 -7.14%
Renfrewshire -1 11 £425 -
Stirling - 4 £333 -
North Lanarkshire - 3 £500 -
West Lothian -3 1 £310 -10.46%
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 117 (51.09%) .NET
2 100 (43.67%) C#
3 88 (38.43%) SQL Server
4 86 (37.55%) SharePoint 2010
5 74 (32.31%) Microsoft
6 51 (22.27%) ASP.NET
7 46 (20.09%) Windows
8 43 (18.78%) SharePoint Server
8 43 (18.78%) SQL Server 2008
9 41 (17.90%) Finance
10 37 (16.16%) MS Excel
11 35 (15.28%) CSS
11 35 (15.28%) XML
12 31 (13.54%) HTML
12 31 (13.54%) SQL Server 2005
12 31 (13.54%) SharePoint 2013
13 27 (11.79%) SQL
14 26 (11.35%) JavaScript
14 26 (11.35%) Intranet
14 26 (11.35%) InfoPath
15 21 (9.170%) MS Office
16 20 (8.734%) Degree
16 20 (8.734%) jQuery
17 19 (8.297%) Document Management
18 18 (7.860%) Agile Software Development
18 18 (7.860%) Migration
19 17 (7.424%) XSLT
19 17 (7.424%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 17 (7.424%) Security Cleared
19 17 (7.424%) SQL Server 2012

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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
1 117 (51.09%) .NET
2 51 (22.27%) ASP.NET
3 35 (15.28%) CSS
3 35 (15.28%) XML
4 31 (13.54%) HTML
5 20 (8.734%) jQuery
6 17 (7.424%) XSLT
7 16 (6.987%) .NET Framework
8 12 (5.240%) Web Services
9 8 (3.493%) Ajax
9 8 (3.493%) CAML
10 7 (3.057%) XML Schema
11 6 (2.620%) ASP
12 5 (2.183%) WCF
13 3 (1.310%) J2EE
14 2 (0.873%) ADO.NET
14 2 (0.873%) MooTools
14 2 (0.873%) MDX
14 2 (0.873%) OOXML
14 2 (0.873%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 86 (37.55%) SharePoint 2010
2 43 (18.78%) SharePoint Server
3 31 (13.54%) SharePoint 2013
4 13 (5.677%) Lotus Notes
4 13 (5.677%) MS Exchange
5 9 (3.930%) IIS
6 8 (3.493%) Apache
7 5 (2.183%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (1.747%) Lync
9 3 (1.310%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (1.310%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.873%) Documentum
10 2 (0.873%) LiveLink
11 1 (0.437%) DotNetNuke
11 1 (0.437%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.437%) Alfresco
11 1 (0.437%) WordPress
11 1 (0.437%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.437%) CICS
11 1 (0.437%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 37 (16.16%) MS Excel
2 26 (11.35%) InfoPath
3 21 (9.170%) MS Office
4 11 (4.803%) MS Project
5 9 (3.930%) MS PowerPoint
6 5 (2.183%) Office 365
7 4 (1.747%) Photoshop
7 4 (1.747%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.437%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.437%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.183%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.747%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.747%) Maximo
3 1 (0.437%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.437%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.437%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.35%) Intranet
2 6 (2.620%) Internet
3 3 (1.310%) SAN
3 3 (1.310%) HTTP
4 2 (0.873%) LAN
4 2 (0.873%) WAN
4 2 (0.873%) Extranet
5 1 (0.437%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (38.43%) SQL Server
2 43 (18.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 31 (13.54%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (7.424%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (7.424%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (5.240%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (5.240%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.620%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.183%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (2.183%) SQL Server 2000
7 5 (2.183%) GIS
8 3 (1.310%) OLAP
9 2 (0.873%) DTS
9 2 (0.873%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.873%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.873%) MS Access
9 2 (0.873%) Oracle OLAP
9 2 (0.873%) QlikView
10 1 (0.437%) EDRMS
10 1 (0.437%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (3.057%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.310%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.437%) MorphX
3 1 (0.437%) Hudson
3 1 (0.437%) Oracle Forms
General
1 41 (17.90%) Finance
2 12 (5.240%) Banking
3 7 (3.057%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.747%) Retail Banking
4 4 (1.747%) Retail
5 3 (1.310%) Investment Banking
5 3 (1.310%) Marketing
5 3 (1.310%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.310%) Advertising
6 1 (0.437%) Front Office
6 1 (0.437%) French Language
6 1 (0.437%) Norwegian Language
6 1 (0.437%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 106 (46.29%) Developer
2 79 (34.50%) SharePoint Developer
3 35 (15.28%) Analyst
4 18 (7.860%) Consultant
5 13 (5.677%) Software Developer
5 13 (5.677%) SharePoint Consultant
6 11 (4.803%) Architect
7 10 (4.367%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.930%) Project Manager
8 9 (3.930%) Data Analyst
9 8 (3.493%) Support Analyst
10 7 (3.057%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.057%) Senior SharePoint Developer
11 6 (2.620%) PMO Analyst
11 6 (2.620%) Designer
11 6 (2.620%) SharePoint Architect
12 5 (2.183%) Build Engineer
12 5 (2.183%) Desktop Engineer
13 4 (1.747%) SQL Developer
13 4 (1.747%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.930%) Taxonomies
2 7 (3.057%) Kindle
3 6 (2.620%) Cryptography
3 6 (2.620%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.183%) Inversion of Control
5 3 (1.310%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.310%) W3C
5 3 (1.310%) Thin Client
5 3 (1.310%) Data Integration
5 3 (1.310%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.873%) Data Conversion
6 2 (0.873%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.873%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.873%) PMI
6 2 (0.873%) NHS
7 1 (0.437%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.437%) VLE
7 1 (0.437%) Statistics
7 1 (0.437%) Visualisation
7 1 (0.437%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 46 (20.09%) Windows
2 16 (6.987%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (6.550%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (3.493%) Windows XP
4 8 (3.493%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.057%) Linux
6 4 (1.747%) UNIX
7 3 (1.310%) Solaris
7 3 (1.310%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.437%) zOS
8 1 (0.437%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (8.297%) Document Management
2 18 (7.860%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (7.860%) Migration
3 16 (6.987%) Project Management
3 16 (6.987%) Web Development
4 15 (6.550%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (6.550%) TDD
5 14 (6.114%) MVC
6 13 (5.677%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (4.803%) Business Analysis
8 9 (3.930%) Workflow
8 9 (3.930%) OOP
8 9 (3.930%) OO
8 9 (3.930%) PRINCE2
9 8 (3.493%) ITIL
9 8 (3.493%) CRM
9 8 (3.493%) Project Planning
10 7 (3.057%) Security Architecture
10 7 (3.057%) Service Management
10 7 (3.057%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (43.67%) C#
2 27 (11.79%) SQL
3 26 (11.35%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.930%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.057%) VBScript
6 6 (2.620%) VB
6 6 (2.620%) VB.NET
7 5 (2.183%) Java
8 4 (1.747%) VBA
9 3 (1.310%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.873%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.437%) VB6
11 1 (0.437%) X++
11 1 (0.437%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (8.734%) Degree
2 17 (7.424%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.677%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (4.803%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.930%) MCP
6 3 (1.310%) MCSE
6 3 (1.310%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.873%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.873%) CISSP
7 2 (0.873%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.873%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.437%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.437%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.437%) MBA
8 1 (0.437%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.057%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.310%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.437%) QA
3 1 (0.437%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (5.240%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.930%) vSphere
3 4 (1.747%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.310%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.437%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.437%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.437%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (4.367%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 5 (2.183%) McAfee ePO
3 4 (1.747%) SCOM
4 3 (1.310%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (0.437%) MAINVIEW
5 1 (0.437%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.550%) Oracle
3 13 (5.677%) Lotus
4 9 (3.930%) VMware
5 8 (3.493%) McAfee
5 8 (3.493%) Citrix
5 8 (3.493%) Lumension
6 7 (3.057%) CommVault
7 6 (2.620%) Symantec
8 4 (1.747%) Postini
9 3 (1.310%) Planview
9 3 (1.310%) Wyse
9 3 (1.310%) Sophos
9 3 (1.310%) Informatica
9 3 (1.310%) NetApp
9 3 (1.310%) Cognos
9 3 (1.310%) Business Objects
9 3 (1.310%) SAP
9 3 (1.310%) Adobe
9 3 (1.310%) HP
Aberdeen, Scotland
SharePoint developer Required - 3 Month Contract -Aberdeen I am currently looking for a SharePoint developer to come on board for myAberdeenbased client. You will be coming on board...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Due to upcoming projects, my client; a leading consultancy in Glasgow, are looking for a number of SharePoint Developers. You will be involved in the design, development and...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
You will be working closely with our clients in house development team, skills should include but not be limited to; Essential skills are: - Strong experience of developing SharePoint...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
I am recruiting for a Contract Sharepoint Developer on behalf of one of my Clients based in Glasgow... You will be responsible for developing a new product and...
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My client has recently embarked on a greenfield SharePoint intranet project, and is now looking for someone to assist and lead the extranet project... This is truly one...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Ideally Microsoft certified, you will have a good understanding of front end skills, such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, etc. You will have a good understanding of the ...
JAM
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
SharePoint Visual Studio workflows (C#) Programmatic creation of site columns, content types and lists. Implementation of event receivers (C#) Custom forms for content types (ASP.NET) Preferable SQL...
Change Recruitment Group
Rate: £300 - £400 per hour + May involve travel.
Posted: 13 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My client, a new and emerging organisation have an urgent requirement for a Sharepoint Developer to start immediately.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Scotland
Essential Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL Server .NET SQL Server SharePoint 2007 or 2010 or 2013 Desirable Skills: C# ASP XML XSLT WCF AJAX This is a significant...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
PMO Analyst - Banking - Stirling - £300-400/day Our client, a Tier 1 Investment Bank, are looking for a regulatory PMO to work out of their Stirling office on...
Orgtel
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
We urgently require an SC Cleared UAD Architect to work onsite in Glasgow... Expert/Experience in Office 2010, 2003, 2000, 97 and additional office products, Windows XP & Windows...
LA International
Rate: £350 - £370 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The ideal candidate will previous financial experience, working as an Analyst, helping perform first line analysis on user queries as well as performing user acceptance testing and analysis...
TEKsystems
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be working across full project life-cycles and you will be a senior member of their internal team.You will have: - Previous experience as a business...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £375 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Forecasting, validation, KRIs and reconciliation. * Experience of working with Sharepoint. * Excellent stakeholder management skills.Ensure you apply as soon as possible with an up to date profile in...
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Market
Posted: 15 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
IT Service Delivery Managers required on long term contracts for major Oil Service Company in Aberdeen... You will have many years' experience in IT, with a strong understanding...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 2 May 2013