The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 21 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 Tyne and Wear 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 26 25 27
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 3 16 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.657% 4.878% 3.802%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.00% 22.22% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 7
Average daily rate £430 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £350 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £443 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £344
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.81 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -5.19%
All Application Platforms
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
25 72 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 13.81% 21.95% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 44 31
Average daily rate £270 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £250 £184
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £444 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 1
Average hourly rate £13.11 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.00% -9.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SharePoint
North East

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 3 £430 +22.85%
SharePoint
North East

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) CSS
3 4 (33.33%) XML
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) W3C
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (25.00%) jQuery
4 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (25.00%) HTML
4 3 (25.00%) HTML5
5 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) XSL
5 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) Publishing
5 2 (16.67%) OCaml
5 2 (16.67%) CAML
5 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (8.333%) XMLUnit

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) CSS
3 4 (33.33%) XML
3 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (25.00%) jQuery
4 3 (25.00%) HTML
4 3 (25.00%) HTML5
5 2 (16.67%) XSL
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (16.67%) CAML
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.333%) XMLUnit
General
1 2 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
1 7 (58.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Architect
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Integration Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Supplier Management
1 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
2 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) OCaml
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle