Thames Valley SharePoint Portal Server Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) skills within the Thames Valley 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 Portal Server over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS)
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire City of London Dartford Docklands, London Dorset East of England England Essex Kent Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands North West Poole Reading South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£369	£392
% change on same period last year	-5.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.00	£25.00
% change on same period last year	+24.00 %
Application Platforms Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads	33	109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.108 %
Daily rates quoted	8	16
Average minimum daily rate	£273	£467
Average daily rate	£287	£482
% change on same period last year	-40.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£301	£498
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£345
% change on same period last year	+2.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£27.50
Average hourly rate	-	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.53	£24.35
% change on same period last year	+4.85 %
SharePoint Portal Server South East

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 Portal Server
Demand Trend

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

SharePoint Portal Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint Portal Server across the Thames Valley region.

SharePoint Portal Server
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing SharePoint Portal 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 Portal Server.

1 1 (100.00 %) SharePoint 1 1 (100.00 %) N-Tier 1 1 (100.00 %) SOA 1 1 (100.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Portal Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing SharePoint Portal 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 Portal Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (100.00 %) SharePoint 1 1 (100.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Developer 1 1 (100.00 %) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (100.00 %) N-Tier	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) SOA