The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 20 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 Staffordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 13 25 36
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +11
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 7 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 8.235% 3.687% 1.810%
As % of the Application Platforms category 43.75% 18.60% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
Average daily rate £206 £296 £224
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.37% +32.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -3.33%
All Application Platforms
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
16 43 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 18.82% 19.82% 6.787%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 4
Average daily rate £135 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.00% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £275 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £435 £293
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +59.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint
West Midlands

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 3 £238 -
Stafford - 1 £175 -
SharePoint
West Midlands

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 5 (62.50%) SQL
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Sage
2 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) MS Office
3 2 (25.00%) NHS
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Symantec
4 1 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (12.50%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Director
3 1 (12.50%) Project Director
3 1 (12.50%) Report Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Sage
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Nortel
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Avaya
3 1 (12.50%) Symantec