The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 23 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 Shropshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 14 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 5 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 4.587% 0.787% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 50.00% 4.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £275 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-5.74% -5.43%
All Application Platforms
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
10 25 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 9.174% 19.69% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 10
Average daily rate £263 £413 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% +17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £253 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint
West Midlands

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Shropshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Shropshire SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Telford +6 1 - -
SharePoint
West Midlands

SharePoint
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) XSLT
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Swedish Language
4 1 (11.11%) WCF
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) MQSeries
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
2 3 (33.33%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
3 1 (11.11%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (11.11%) MQSeries
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
General
1 1 (11.11%) Swedish Language
1 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Help Desk Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
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