Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 Development category for the Scotland region.

 Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank91-101
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland0.051 %-0.106 %
As % of the Application Development category0.216 %-0.519 %
Daily rates quoted000
Average daily rate---
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£325£425
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-23.52 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£41.25-
% change year-on-year
-43.03 %-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
464317578
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland23.82 %21.46 %20.40 %
Daily rates quoted16967132
Average daily rate£320£275£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36 %-21.42 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£165£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted91713
Average hourly rate£31.50£22.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.15£10.50£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£34.55£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
Windows SharePoint Services UKWindows SharePoint Services
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.

Windows SharePoint Services
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Windows SharePoint Services Demand Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Windows SharePoint Services Daily Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
EdinburghNew entry-1--
Windows SharePoint Services UKWindows SharePoint Services
UK

Windows SharePoint Services
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services.

12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)SharePoint
12 (100.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)MS Office

Windows SharePoint Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)SharePoint
12 (100.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Designer
11 (50.00 %)SharePoint Designer
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)SharePoint Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft