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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5689
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads4944
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.047 %
As % of the category below13.32 %9.756 %
Daily rates quoted86
Average minimum daily rate£311£333
Average daily rate£323£351
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£353
% change on same period last year+5.69 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.00
Average hourly rate-£11.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.41£29.05
% change on same period last year-2.21 %
Application Platforms ScotlandApplication Platforms
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads368451
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.485 %0.478 %
Daily rates quoted6260
Average minimum daily rate£301£299
Average daily rate£318£313
% change on same period last year+1.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£347
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted2542
Average minimum hourly rate£18.18£20.42
Average hourly rate£18.80£22.32
% change on same period last year-15.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.42£24.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.43£24.21
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
SharePoint UKSharePoint
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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
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 4 July 2008.

Scotland SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

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
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SharePoint within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+418£288-9.89 %
EdinburghUp+2717£342-
AberdeenUp+28£348-
RenfrewshireNew entry-2--
FifeNew entry-1--
AberdeenshireNew entry-1--
SharePoint UKSharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

159 (50.43 %).NET
243 (36.75 %)ASP.NET
338 (32.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
436 (30.77 %)Microsoft
535 (29.91 %)C#
631 (26.50 %)SQL Server
727 (23.08 %)SQL
819 (16.24 %)XML
918 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
1014 (11.97 %)Windows
1113 (11.11 %)AJAX
1212 (10.26 %)Active Directory
1212 (10.26 %)JavaScript
1311 (9.402 %)CSS
1311 (9.402 %)Business Analysis
1410 (8.547 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1410 (8.547 %)LiveLink
1410 (8.547 %)MS Office
1410 (8.547 %)WebServices
1410 (8.547 %)HTML
1410 (8.547 %)MS Excel
159 (7.692 %)Oracle
159 (7.692 %)ASP
159 (7.692 %)XSLT
159 (7.692 %)Enterprise Data Management
159 (7.692 %)Data Management
168 (6.838 %)Transact-SQL
177 (5.983 %)BizTalk Server
177 (5.983 %)Web Design
177 (5.983 %)Finance

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
159 (50.43 %).NET
243 (36.75 %)ASP.NET
319 (16.24 %)XML
413 (11.11 %)AJAX
511 (9.402 %)CSS
610 (8.547 %)HTML
610 (8.547 %)WebServices
610 (8.547 %)ASP.NET 2.0
79 (7.692 %)XSLT
79 (7.692 %)ASP
87 (5.983 %).NET Framework
94 (3.419 %)XSL
94 (3.419 %)SOAP
94 (3.419 %)CAML
103 (2.564 %)Windows SharePoint Services
103 (2.564 %)WF
112 (1.709 %)ADO.NET
121 (0.855 %)COM
121 (0.855 %)Adobe Flex
121 (0.855 %)WCF
Application Platforms
138 (32.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
210 (8.547 %)LiveLink
37 (5.983 %)BizTalk Server
46 (5.128 %)Office Project Server
54 (3.419 %)IIS
63 (2.564 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.855 %)ColdFusion MX
71 (0.855 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.855 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.855 %)Documentum
71 (0.855 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.855 %)CMS
71 (0.855 %)Exchange Server 2003
Applications
110 (8.547 %)MS Office
110 (8.547 %)MS Excel
24 (3.419 %)MS PowerPoint
24 (3.419 %)InfoPath
33 (2.564 %)MS Visio
33 (2.564 %)MS Project
Business Applications
12 (1.709 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.855 %)Navision
21 (0.855 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.855 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
16 (5.128 %)Internet
25 (4.274 %)LDAP
31 (0.855 %)LAN
31 (0.855 %)WAN
31 (0.855 %)Intranet
31 (0.855 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
131 (26.50 %)SQL Server
218 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (4.274 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
35 (4.274 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (3.419 %)GIS
44 (3.419 %)SQL Server 7
44 (3.419 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (2.564 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
53 (2.564 %)BusinessObjects
62 (1.709 %)Datawarehouse
62 (1.709 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (0.855 %)EDMS
71 (0.855 %)ROLAP
71 (0.855 %)MySQL
71 (0.855 %)BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
12 (1.709 %)Visual Studio
General
17 (5.983 %)Finance
23 (2.564 %)Banking
32 (1.709 %)Pensions
41 (0.855 %)Retail
41 (0.855 %)Health
Job Titles
144 (37.61 %)Developer
224 (20.51 %)Consultant
322 (18.80 %)SharePoint Developer
417 (14.53 %)SharePoint Consultant
515 (12.82 %).NET Developer
611 (9.402 %)Analyst
611 (9.402 %)Architect
710 (8.547 %)Support Engineer
710 (8.547 %)Applications Support
710 (8.547 %)Sharepoint Architect
89 (7.692 %)Applications Support Engineer
97 (5.983 %)ASP.NET Developer
97 (5.983 %)Administrator
104 (3.419 %)Project Administrator
104 (3.419 %)Senior Developer
113 (2.564 %)Business Analyst
113 (2.564 %)Business Consultant
113 (2.564 %)SharePoint Administrator
113 (2.564 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
113 (2.564 %)Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
15 (4.274 %)Management Information System
23 (2.564 %)Taxonomies
31 (0.855 %)E-Learning
31 (0.855 %)Asset Management
31 (0.855 %)NHS
31 (0.855 %)W3C
Operating Systems
114 (11.97 %)Windows
22 (1.709 %)Solaris
22 (1.709 %)Linux
31 (0.855 %)Windows XP
31 (0.855 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.855 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
111 (9.402 %)Business Analysis
29 (7.692 %)Data Management
29 (7.692 %)Enterprise Data Management
37 (5.983 %)Web Design
37 (5.983 %)Project Management
46 (5.128 %)Content Management
55 (4.274 %)ITIL
64 (3.419 %)Business Intelligence
64 (3.419 %)OO
64 (3.419 %)Change Management
64 (3.419 %)Web Development
73 (2.564 %)SOA
73 (2.564 %)Systems Analysis
73 (2.564 %)Workflow
82 (1.709 %)Document Management
91 (0.855 %)Agile Software Development
91 (0.855 %)Requirements Analysis
91 (0.855 %)Technical Architecture
91 (0.855 %)User Acceptance Testing
91 (0.855 %)Validation
Programming Languages
135 (29.91 %)C#
227 (23.08 %)SQL
312 (10.26 %)JavaScript
48 (6.838 %)Transact-SQL
56 (5.128 %)DHTML
63 (2.564 %)Java
63 (2.564 %)VB
72 (1.709 %)C++
72 (1.709 %)Delphi
81 (0.855 %)VBScript
81 (0.855 %)Perl
81 (0.855 %)PHP
81 (0.855 %)VB.NET
81 (0.855 %)Shell Script
81 (0.855 %)VB6
81 (0.855 %)XPath
Qualifications
14 (3.419 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (2.564 %)MCAD
31 (0.855 %)MCSD
31 (0.855 %)MCPD
System Software
112 (10.26 %)Active Directory
Vendors
136 (30.77 %)Microsoft
29 (7.692 %)Oracle
33 (2.564 %)Business Objects
42 (1.709 %)Red Hat
42 (1.709 %)Dundas
51 (0.855 %)Cisco
51 (0.855 %)Adobe
51 (0.855 %)Macromedia
51 (0.855 %)Lotus
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