South East SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server 2007 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	116	261
Rank change on same period last year	+145
Matching contract IT job ads	155	31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.199 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	8.141 %	1.220 %
Daily rates quoted	47	9
Average minimum daily rate	£436	£389
Average daily rate	£461	£418
% change on same period last year	+10.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£485	£447
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£369
% change on same period last year	+20.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£48.57	-
Average hourly rate	£49.57	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.57	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1904	2541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.443 %	2.855 %
Daily rates quoted	451	463
Average minimum daily rate	£354	£337
Average daily rate	£376	£359
% change on same period last year	+4.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	259	299
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.63	£23.99
Average hourly rate	£25.16	£25.25
% change on same period last year	-0.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.69	£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
SharePoint Server 2007 England

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 Server 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the South East region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the South East region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the South East region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the South East region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 within the South East region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Berkshire	+86	81	£476	+8.78 %
2	Surrey	+38	21	£488	-
3	Thames Valley	+45	19	-	-
4	Hampshire	+21	13	£458	+3.28 %
5	Oxfordshire	+4	8	£444	+42.00 %
6	Buckinghamshire	-	5	£367	-
7	Middlesex	-	2	£315	-
7	Home Counties	-	2	-	-
8	West Sussex	-	1	-	-
8	Kent	+4	1	£475	+18.75 %

SharePoint Server 2007 England

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South East region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007.

1 263 (84.57 %) SharePoint 2 204 (65.59 %) .NET 3 157 (50.48 %) C# 4 125 (40.19 %) Microsoft 5 105 (33.76 %) ASP.NET 6 65 (20.90 %) Windows 7 64 (20.58 %) SQL Server 7 64 (20.58 %) BizTalk Server 8 49 (15.76 %) Windows SharePoint Services 9 44 (14.15 %) MS Office 9 44 (14.15 %) CRM 10 41 (13.18 %) WebServices 11 38 (12.22 %) Microsoft CRM 12 34 (10.93 %) SQL Server 2005 13 32 (10.29 %) SharePoint Portal Server

14 31 (9.968 %) .NET Framework 14 31 (9.968 %) SQL 15 29 (9.325 %) Workflow 16 28 (9.003 %) IIS 17 26 (8.360 %) Active Directory 18 25 (8.039 %) Microsoft Certification 19 23 (7.395 %) HTML 19 23 (7.395 %) Intranet 19 23 (7.395 %) Content Management 20 19 (6.109 %) SQL Server 7 20 19 (6.109 %) XML 20 19 (6.109 %) ITIL 20 19 (6.109 %) DNS 21 18 (5.788 %) Java 21 18 (5.788 %) JavaScript

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South East region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 204 (65.59 %) .NET 2 105 (33.76 %) ASP.NET 3 49 (15.76 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 41 (13.18 %) WebServices 5 31 (9.968 %) .NET Framework 6 23 (7.395 %) HTML 7 19 (6.109 %) XML 8 13 (4.180 %) XHTML 9 12 (3.859 %) CSS 10 11 (3.537 %) XSLT 10 11 (3.537 %) WF 10 11 (3.537 %) CAML 11 8 (2.572 %) XSD 11 8 (2.572 %) J2EE 12 7 (2.251 %) WinForms 13 6 (1.929 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 3 (0.965 %) WCF 14 3 (0.965 %) ASP 15 2 (0.643 %) AJAX 15 2 (0.643 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 263 (84.57 %) SharePoint 2 64 (20.58 %) BizTalk Server 3 32 (10.29 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 28 (9.003 %) IIS 5 13 (4.180 %) MS Exchange 6 10 (3.215 %) Commerce Server 6 10 (3.215 %) Commerce Server 2007 7 7 (2.251 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 5 (1.608 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 4 (1.286 %) Office Project Server 10 3 (0.965 %) ESB 10 3 (0.965 %) Content Management Server 10 3 (0.965 %) CMS 11 2 (0.643 %) WebSphere Message Broker 12 1 (0.322 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 1 (0.322 %) TeamSite
Applications 1 44 (14.15 %) MS Office 2 16 (5.145 %) MS Excel 3 15 (4.823 %) InfoPath 4 4 (1.286 %) MS Project 5 2 (0.643 %) MS PowerPoint 6 1 (0.322 %) Photoshop 6 1 (0.322 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 38 (12.22 %) Microsoft CRM 2 13 (4.180 %) Axapta 3 6 (1.929 %) Dynamics CRM 4 1 (0.322 %) Great Plains
Communications & Networking 1 23 (7.395 %) Intranet 2 19 (6.109 %) DNS 3 14 (4.502 %) HTTP 4 10 (3.215 %) Firewall 5 6 (1.929 %) Internet 5 6 (1.929 %) DHCP 5 6 (1.929 %) TCP/IP 6 3 (0.965 %) SAN 7 2 (0.643 %) LAN 7 2 (0.643 %) WAN 8 1 (0.322 %) VPN 8 1 (0.322 %) WINS 8 1 (0.322 %) Extranet 8 1 (0.322 %) Wireless 8 1 (0.322 %) VLAN 8 1 (0.322 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 64 (20.58 %) SQL Server 2 34 (10.93 %) SQL Server 2005 3 19 (6.109 %) SQL Server 7 4 15 (4.823 %) SQL Server 2000 5 12 (3.859 %) MSDE 6 3 (0.965 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 2 (0.643 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (0.322 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 1 (0.322 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 1 (0.322 %) EDRMS 8 1 (0.322 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 11 (3.537 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (0.965 %) FrontPage 3 2 (0.643 %) RequisitePro 4 1 (0.322 %) MSI 4 1 (0.322 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (0.322 %) WinRunner	General 1 16 (5.145 %) Finance 2 6 (1.929 %) Government 3 2 (0.643 %) Automotive 3 2 (0.643 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (0.322 %) Publishing 4 1 (0.322 %) Banking 4 1 (0.322 %) Investment Banking 4 1 (0.322 %) Graphic Design 4 1 (0.322 %) Construction 4 1 (0.322 %) Health 4 1 (0.322 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 150 (48.23 %) Developer 2 107 (34.41 %) Consultant 3 94 (30.23 %) SharePoint Developer 4 60 (19.29 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 21 (6.752 %) .NET Developer 6 20 (6.431 %) C# Developer 7 16 (5.145 %) Analyst 7 16 (5.145 %) Architect 8 12 (3.859 %) Sharepoint Architect 9 11 (3.537 %) Support Analyst 10 8 (2.572 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 11 7 (2.251 %) Systems Engineer 11 7 (2.251 %) ASP.NET Developer 12 6 (1.929 %) .NET Consultant 12 6 (1.929 %) Technical Architect 13 5 (1.608 %) Programmer 13 5 (1.608 %) Systems Manager 13 5 (1.608 %) Infrastructure Consultant 13 5 (1.608 %) Business Manager 13 5 (1.608 %) Business Systems Manager	Miscellaneous 1 13 (4.180 %) N-Tier 2 5 (1.608 %) Taxonomies 3 3 (0.965 %) Clustering 4 2 (0.643 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (0.643 %) French Language 5 1 (0.322 %) NHS 5 1 (0.322 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 65 (20.90 %) Windows 2 14 (4.502 %) Windows 2000 3 5 (1.608 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (0.643 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.322 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 44 (14.15 %) CRM 2 29 (9.325 %) Workflow 3 23 (7.395 %) Content Management 4 19 (6.109 %) ITIL 5 14 (4.502 %) Migration 5 14 (4.502 %) Network Load Balancing 6 11 (3.537 %) OO 7 10 (3.215 %) Business Intelligence 7 10 (3.215 %) Agile Software Development 8 8 (2.572 %) Scrum 9 6 (1.929 %) Project Management 10 4 (1.286 %) Requirements Analysis 10 4 (1.286 %) Data Migration 11 3 (0.965 %) Integration Testing 11 3 (0.965 %) Document Management 11 3 (0.965 %) UML 11 3 (0.965 %) Data Modelling 12 2 (0.643 %) SOA 12 2 (0.643 %) E-Commerce 12 2 (0.643 %) EAI
Programming Languages 1 157 (50.48 %) C# 2 31 (9.968 %) SQL 3 18 (5.788 %) Java 3 18 (5.788 %) JavaScript 4 16 (5.145 %) VB 5 11 (3.537 %) C 6 8 (2.572 %) Transact-SQL 7 4 (1.286 %) VB.NET 8 1 (0.322 %) VBScript 8 1 (0.322 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.322 %) COBOL 8 1 (0.322 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 25 (8.039 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (2.251 %) MCSE 3 2 (0.643 %) Degree 3 2 (0.643 %) MCT 4 1 (0.322 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.322 %) MCSA 4 1 (0.322 %) MOS 4 1 (0.322 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.322 %) SLA	System Software 1 26 (8.360 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.286 %) MSMQ 2 4 (1.286 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (0.965 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.643 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.322 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 7 (2.251 %) WSUS 2 3 (0.965 %) SCOM 2 3 (0.965 %) MOM 2 3 (0.965 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (0.643 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 125 (40.19 %) Microsoft 2 12 (3.859 %) VMware 3 6 (1.929 %) Symantec 4 5 (1.608 %) GUPTA 5 3 (0.965 %) Meridio 5 3 (0.965 %) VERITAS 6 2 (0.643 %) Oracle 6 2 (0.643 %) Novell 7 1 (0.322 %) Adobe 7 1 (0.322 %) LANDesk