The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 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 Swindon 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 2010
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.333% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 15.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £349 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
46 39 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 15.33% 10.74% 9.148%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 28 17
Average daily rate £425 £415 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.40% +18.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £233 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £464 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint 2010
Wiltshire

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Swindon SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Swindon region.

Swindon SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010.

1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (75.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) XML
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (75.00%) WCF
3 5 (62.50%) Silverlight
3 5 (62.50%) LINQ
3 5 (62.50%) jQuery
3 5 (62.50%) Subversion
3 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (12.50%) Finance
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
6 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Management

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
1 6 (75.00%) XML
1 6 (75.00%) WCF
2 5 (62.50%) Silverlight
2 5 (62.50%) LINQ
2 5 (62.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Subversion
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
2 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft