South Wales SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the South Wales 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	40	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	10	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	10.99 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£225	-
Average daily rate	£288	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£369
% change on same period last year	+20.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	-
Average hourly rate	£50.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£60.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	91	85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.117 %	0.095 %
Daily rates quoted	15	16
Average minimum daily rate	£372	£348
Average daily rate	£415	£367
% change on same period last year	+12.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.71	£10.67
Average hourly rate	£26.62	£11.37
% change on same period last year	+134.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.54	£12.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
SharePoint Server 2007 Wales

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 Wales 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 Wales region.

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 Wales region.

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 Wales 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	Newport	-	6	£288	-
2	Cardiff	-	2	-	-
3	Glamorgan	-	1	-	-

SharePoint Server 2007 Wales

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South Wales 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 22 (100.00 %) .NET 2 21 (95.45 %) VB.NET 2 21 (95.45 %) ASP.NET 3 18 (81.82 %) XML 4 17 (77.27 %) Windows 4 17 (77.27 %) WinForms 5 16 (72.73 %) XSLT 6 15 (68.18 %) BizTalk Server 6 15 (68.18 %) AJAX 7 14 (63.64 %) SharePoint 8 13 (59.09 %) Microsoft 8 13 (59.09 %) MS Office 9 12 (54.55 %) Middleware 9 12 (54.55 %) E-business 10 9 (40.91 %) MCTS

11 7 (31.82 %) Government 12 3 (13.64 %) Workflow 12 3 (13.64 %) WF 13 2 (9.091 %) Web Development 13 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005 13 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 14 1 (4.545 %) JavaScript 14 1 (4.545 %) SQL 14 1 (4.545 %) ADO.NET 14 1 (4.545 %) WebServices 14 1 (4.545 %) Intranet 14 1 (4.545 %) Internet 14 1 (4.545 %) SQL Server 2000 14 1 (4.545 %) Windows SharePoint Services 14 1 (4.545 %) .NET Framework

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South Wales 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 22 (100.00 %) .NET 2 21 (95.45 %) ASP.NET 3 18 (81.82 %) XML 4 17 (77.27 %) WinForms 5 16 (72.73 %) XSLT 6 15 (68.18 %) AJAX 7 12 (54.55 %) Middleware 8 3 (13.64 %) WF 9 1 (4.545 %) Windows SharePoint Services 9 1 (4.545 %) .NET Framework 9 1 (4.545 %) WebServices 9 1 (4.545 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 15 (68.18 %) BizTalk Server 2 14 (63.64 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 13 (59.09 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.545 %) Intranet 1 1 (4.545 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 1 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (4.545 %) SQL Server 2000	General 1 7 (31.82 %) Government
Job Titles 1 22 (100.00 %) Developer 2 14 (63.64 %) .NET Developer 2 14 (63.64 %) VB.NET Developer 3 7 (31.82 %) SharePoint Developer 4 1 (4.545 %) Microsoft Developer	Operating Systems 1 17 (77.27 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (54.55 %) E-business 2 3 (13.64 %) Workflow 3 2 (9.091 %) Web Development	Programming Languages 1 21 (95.45 %) VB.NET 2 1 (4.545 %) JavaScript 2 1 (4.545 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 9 (40.91 %) MCTS	Vendors 1 13 (59.09 %) Microsoft