The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 24 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 South Wales 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 36 40 43
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Server 5 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.524% 0.743% 0.962%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.64% 4.054% 4.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
Average daily rate £325 £500 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% +110.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £420 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £500 £316
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -74.11%
All Application Platforms
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
47 74 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 14.33% 18.32% 22.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 31 53
Average daily rate £350 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £105 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint Server
Wales

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales SharePoint Server Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint Server across the South Wales region.

South Wales SharePoint Server Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales SharePoint Server Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff +8 5 £325 -35.00%
SharePoint Server
Wales

SharePoint Server
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SharePoint Server 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 Server.

1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (16.67%) RAD

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SharePoint Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Architect
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) RAD
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft