The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 28 24 36
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 11 16 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.595% 4.134% 2.481%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.00% 22.54% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 8
Average daily rate £338 £388 £246
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.90% +57.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £240 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £488 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -3.33%
All Application Platforms
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
50 71 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 16.34% 18.35% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 51
Average daily rate £350 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £105 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 10
Average hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -6.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SharePoint
Wales

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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 +3 7 £315 -21.25%
Newport - 2 £363 -
SharePoint
Wales

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 9 (60.00%) Windows
1 9 (60.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
4 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (26.67%) Intranet
6 4 (26.67%) CSS
6 4 (26.67%) HTML
6 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
7 3 (20.00%) Scrum
7 3 (20.00%) Finance
8 2 (13.33%) MS Office
8 2 (13.33%) Workflow
8 2 (13.33%) jQuery
8 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
8 2 (13.33%) InfoPath
9 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (6.667%) System Testing
9 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
9 1 (6.667%) Web Development
9 1 (6.667%) Degree
9 1 (6.667%) TDD
9 1 (6.667%) General Ledger
9 1 (6.667%) CISA
9 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
9 1 (6.667%) Back Office
9 1 (6.667%) InterBase

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 (26.67%) HTML
1 4 (26.67%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) jQuery
3 1 (6.667%) XML
Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 6 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (6.667%) IIS
3 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 2 (13.33%) InfoPath
3 1 (6.667%) MS Project
3 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Intranet
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) InterBase
1 1 (6.667%) Firebird
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) General Ledger
2 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Developer
1 5 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Intranet Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) IT Auditor
3 1 (6.667%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Integration Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Author
3 1 (6.667%) Technical Author
3 1 (6.667%) Junior
3 1 (6.667%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Architect
3 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Scrum
2 2 (13.33%) Workflow
3 1 (6.667%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) TDD
3 1 (6.667%) Web Development
3 1 (6.667%) System Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) UML
3 1 (6.667%) RAD
3 1 (6.667%) Project Management
3 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (6.667%) CISA
2 1 (6.667%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
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