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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint skills within the South West 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 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank50115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+65
Matching contract IT job ads10655
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.055 %
As % of the category below18.66 %9.769 %
Daily rates quoted303
Average minimum daily rate£390£263
Average daily rate£412£273
% change on same period last year+50.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£434£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£346
% change on same period last year+5.04 %
Hourly rates quoted1112
Average minimum hourly rate£26.00£28.96
Average hourly rate£27.61£31.37
% change on same period last year-12.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.21£33.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.16£27.95
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
South West
Matching contract IT job ads568563
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.750 %0.561 %
Daily rates quoted159118
Average minimum daily rate£321£285
Average daily rate£342£305
% change on same period last year+12.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£347
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Hourly rates quoted5877
Average minimum hourly rate£25.99£23.51
Average hourly rate£27.83£25.57
% change on same period last year+8.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.67£27.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.10£24.95
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
SharePoint EnglandSharePoint
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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West SharePoint Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South West SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South West SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireUp+3035£469-
BristolUp+2116£370-
DevonUp+1116£337+43.27 %
DorsetUp+211£461-
GloucestershireNew entry-8£330-
SomersetUp+82--
SharePoint EnglandSharePoint
England

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

172 (37.70 %).NET
260 (31.41 %)SharePoint Server 2007
358 (30.37 %)Microsoft
442 (21.99 %)SQL
532 (16.75 %)C#
532 (16.75 %)SQL Server
627 (14.14 %)MS Office
627 (14.14 %)ASP.NET
726 (13.61 %)Intranet
824 (12.57 %)InfoPath
922 (11.52 %)Active Directory
922 (11.52 %)PRINCE2
1021 (10.99 %)Windows
1021 (10.99 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1120 (10.47 %)Oracle
1120 (10.47 %)Security Cleared
1219 (9.948 %)BizTalk Server
1219 (9.948 %)Extranet
1219 (9.948 %)UNIX
1219 (9.948 %)XML
1318 (9.424 %)MS Exchange
1318 (9.424 %)Workflow
1318 (9.424 %)Finance
1318 (9.424 %)Government
1318 (9.424 %)VMware
1417 (8.901 %)Cisco
1417 (8.901 %)Citrix
1417 (8.901 %)SC Cleared
1516 (8.377 %)Content Management
1614 (7.330 %)Document Management

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
172 (37.70 %).NET
227 (14.14 %)ASP.NET
321 (10.99 %)Windows SharePoint Services
419 (9.948 %)XML
513 (6.806 %)WebServices
612 (6.283 %)J2EE
79 (4.712 %)ASP.NET 2.0
79 (4.712 %)XSLT
88 (4.188 %)HTML
97 (3.665 %)AJAX
97 (3.665 %)ADO.NET
106 (3.141 %)CSS
106 (3.141 %).NET Framework
114 (2.094 %)CORBA
114 (2.094 %)XHTML
123 (1.571 %)Silverlight
123 (1.571 %)ASP
132 (1.047 %)WCF
132 (1.047 %)WinForms
141 (0.524 %)WF
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
160 (31.41 %)SharePoint Server 2007
219 (9.948 %)BizTalk Server
318 (9.424 %)MS Exchange
412 (6.283 %)Exchange Server 2007
59 (4.712 %)IIS
64 (2.094 %)SharePoint Portal Server
64 (2.094 %)CMS
73 (1.571 %)Content Management Server
82 (1.047 %)Morello
82 (1.047 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.524 %)Apache
91 (0.524 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (14.14 %)MS Office
224 (12.57 %)InfoPath
38 (4.188 %)MS Project
47 (3.665 %)MS Excel
53 (1.571 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.524 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.524 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.524 %)MS Visio
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (2.618 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.524 %)Oracle Applications
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (13.61 %)Intranet
219 (9.948 %)Extranet
312 (6.283 %)Internet
312 (6.283 %)Firewall
411 (5.759 %)SAN
510 (5.236 %)DNS
67 (3.665 %)LAN
67 (3.665 %)WAN
76 (3.141 %)DHCP
76 (3.141 %)VLAN
84 (2.094 %)MPLS
84 (2.094 %)VoIP
84 (2.094 %)VPN
84 (2.094 %)ATM
84 (2.094 %)Frame Relay
93 (1.571 %)Network Security
93 (1.571 %)TCP/IP
102 (1.047 %)iSCSI
111 (0.524 %)IP Telephony
111 (0.524 %)FTP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (16.75 %)SQL Server
213 (6.806 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (5.236 %)EDRMS
310 (5.236 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (1.047 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.524 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.524 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (0.524 %)DTS
51 (0.524 %)Crystal Reports
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (5.759 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.571 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (1.047 %)Flash
41 (0.524 %)Dreamweaver
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (9.424 %)Finance
118 (9.424 %)Government
210 (5.236 %)Banking
38 (4.188 %)Telecoms
45 (2.618 %)Back Office
54 (2.094 %)Retail Banking
54 (2.094 %)Marketing
54 (2.094 %)Retail
54 (2.094 %)Law
61 (0.524 %)Health
61 (0.524 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.524 %)Auditing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (36.13 %)Developer
239 (20.42 %)SharePoint Developer
329 (15.18 %)Consultant
420 (10.47 %)Project Manager
519 (9.948 %)Analyst
612 (6.283 %)Technical Consultant
612 (6.283 %)SharePoint Consultant
612 (6.283 %).NET Developer
711 (5.759 %)C# Developer
89 (4.712 %)Sharepoint Specialist
98 (4.188 %)ASP.NET Developer
107 (3.665 %)Technical Analyst
107 (3.665 %)Administrator
107 (3.665 %)Web Developer
107 (3.665 %)Architect
116 (3.141 %)Implementation Consultant
125 (2.618 %)Delivery Manager
125 (2.618 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
125 (2.618 %)Systems Administrator
134 (2.094 %)Programme Manager
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (5.759 %)Clustering
26 (3.141 %)Device Driver
33 (1.571 %)Freedom of Information
42 (1.047 %)NHS
42 (1.047 %)Client/Server
42 (1.047 %)Streaming Video
51 (0.524 %)Management Information System
51 (0.524 %)Replication
51 (0.524 %)PACS
51 (0.524 %)SecurID
51 (0.524 %)N-Tier
51 (0.524 %)Blackberry
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (10.99 %)Windows
219 (9.948 %)UNIX
37 (3.665 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (3.665 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (2.094 %)Windows XP
53 (1.571 %)Linux
62 (1.047 %)SUSE
71 (0.524 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.524 %)Windows NT
71 (0.524 %)Solaris
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (11.52 %)PRINCE2
220 (10.47 %)Security Cleared
318 (9.424 %)Workflow
417 (8.901 %)SC Cleared
516 (8.377 %)Content Management
614 (7.330 %)Document Management
712 (6.283 %)Project Management
712 (6.283 %)ITSM
89 (4.712 %)Migration
98 (4.188 %)Business Intelligence
107 (3.665 %)Web Development
116 (3.141 %)UML
116 (3.141 %)ITIL
125 (2.618 %)Load Balancing
125 (2.618 %)Technical Architecture
134 (2.094 %)Project Planning
134 (2.094 %)Enterprise Architecture
134 (2.094 %)Information Management
134 (2.094 %)Change Management
134 (2.094 %)Business Continuity
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (21.99 %)SQL
232 (16.75 %)C#
312 (6.283 %)JavaScript
410 (5.236 %)VB.NET
54 (2.094 %)Java
54 (2.094 %)C
54 (2.094 %)VB
63 (1.571 %)VBA
63 (1.571 %)VBScript
63 (1.571 %)C++
72 (1.047 %)ActionScript
72 (1.047 %)VB6
81 (0.524 %)DHTML
81 (0.524 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.524 %)Transact-SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (6.806 %)Cisco Certification
113 (6.806 %)CCNA
27 (3.665 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (3.141 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
36 (3.141 %)MCSE
44 (2.094 %)PRINCE2 Certification
53 (1.571 %)MCSA
61 (0.524 %)MCTS
61 (0.524 %)MCPD
61 (0.524 %)Degree
61 (0.524 %)MCP
61 (0.524 %)MCAD
61 (0.524 %)MCSD
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (11.52 %)Active Directory
211 (5.759 %)VMware Server
35 (2.618 %)Backup Exec
42 (1.047 %)NFS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (6.283 %)OVPI
24 (2.094 %)MOM
24 (2.094 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (2.094 %)SCOM
33 (1.571 %)SCCM
41 (0.524 %)Unicenter
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
158 (30.37 %)Microsoft
220 (10.47 %)Oracle
318 (9.424 %)VMware
417 (8.901 %)Cisco
417 (8.901 %)Citrix
57 (3.665 %)Meridio
57 (3.665 %)PeopleSoft
64 (2.094 %)SAP
73 (1.571 %)Juniper
73 (1.571 %)Sun
82 (1.047 %)NetApp
82 (1.047 %)Mediasurface
91 (0.524 %)Fujitsu
91 (0.524 %)Symantec
91 (0.524 %)CA
91 (0.524 %)Avaya
91 (0.524 %)Nortel