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The table below looks at the demand for the SharePoint Developer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 16 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SharePoint Developer
Location
3 months to
16 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank230343
Rank change on same period last yearUp+113
Matching contract IT job ads439357
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.626 %0.369 %
As % of the category below0.707 %0.404 %
Daily rates quoted13771
Average minimum daily rate£401£354
Average daily rate£424£379
% change on same period last year+11.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£376
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted1212
Average minimum hourly rate£32.15£34.58
Average hourly rate£35.42£37.08
% change on same period last year-4.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.69£39.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.79£36.36
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6210888291
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.61 %91.33 %
Daily rates quoted2002626426
Average minimum daily rate£370£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-4.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted57527808
Average minimum hourly rate£22.68£23.66
Average hourly rate£24.17£25.21
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.67£26.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.61£24.97
% change on same period last year-5.43 %

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SharePoint Developer Demand Trend

SharePoint Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint Developer within the UK.

SharePoint Developer Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 16 October 2008.

SharePoint Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint Developer within the UK.

SharePoint Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 16 October 2008.

SharePoint Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 16 October 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
EnglandUp+124425£424+10.66 %
LondonUp+139187£450+17.42 %
South EastUp+5273£388+1.63 %
West MidlandsUp+1249£361-9.74 %
YorkshireUp+2535£349+8.98 %
West YorkshireUp+2230£341-
City of LondonUp+922£436+0.65 %
BerkshireUp+2920£318-23.73 %
LeedsUp+1119£341-
South WestUp+1718£350-
North WestUp+2218£440-
North EastUp+2017£258-44.02 %
HerefordshireUp+617£275-
East of EnglandUp+815£397+12.14 %
HampshireUp+2814£375-
KentUp+2111£405-
ScotlandUp+1511£350+42.13 %
SurreyUp+2210£467-
MidlandsUp+89£460-
M4 CorridorNew entry-7--
ManchesterUp+37£294-
ReadingDown-87£250-39.94 %
HertfordshireUp+166£500+42.85 %
GlasgowUp+236£350-
CoventryUp+36£365-2.66 %
BirminghamUp+145--
BristolNew entry-5--
DartfordNew entry-5£421-
Tyne and WearUp+135--
MerseysideUp+34£550-

SharePoint Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SharePoint Developer in their job title 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 with SharePoint Developer in their job title.

1739 (100.00 %)SharePoint
2479 (64.82 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3469 (63.46 %).NET
4387 (52.37 %)C#
5306 (41.41 %)ASP.NET
6236 (31.94 %)SQL Server
7211 (28.55 %)Microsoft
8106 (14.34 %)SQL
9105 (14.21 %)XML
1099 (13.40 %)SQL Server 2005
1193 (12.58 %)Intranet
1292 (12.45 %)CSS
1391 (12.31 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1489 (12.04 %)MS Excel
1581 (10.96 %)JavaScript
1673 (9.878 %)MS Office
1673 (9.878 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1772 (9.743 %)Workflow
1868 (9.202 %)Finance
1966 (8.931 %)InfoPath
2065 (8.796 %)Web Development
2156 (7.578 %)Visual Studio
2156 (7.578 %)Windows
2254 (7.307 %)HTML
2353 (7.172 %).NET Framework
2451 (6.901 %)VB.NET
2451 (6.901 %)XHTML
2549 (6.631 %)Banking
2644 (5.954 %)WebServices
2743 (5.819 %)Agile Software Development

SharePoint Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SharePoint Developer in their job title 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 with SharePoint Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1469 (63.46 %).NET
2306 (41.41 %)ASP.NET
3105 (14.21 %)XML
492 (12.45 %)CSS
591 (12.31 %)Windows SharePoint Services
673 (9.878 %)ASP.NET 2.0
754 (7.307 %)HTML
853 (7.172 %).NET Framework
951 (6.901 %)XHTML
1044 (5.954 %)WebServices
1127 (3.654 %)XSLT
1226 (3.518 %)AJAX
1321 (2.842 %)ASP
1413 (1.759 %)ADO.NET
1511 (1.488 %)SOAP
1610 (1.353 %)WF
178 (1.083 %)CAML
187 (0.947 %)Silverlight
196 (0.812 %)WinForms
196 (0.812 %)RSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1739 (100.00 %)SharePoint
2479 (64.82 %)SharePoint Server 2007
326 (3.518 %)CMS
422 (2.977 %)BizTalk Server
521 (2.842 %)SharePoint Portal Server
618 (2.436 %)IIS
711 (1.488 %)Commerce Server
711 (1.488 %)Commerce Server 2007
88 (1.083 %)Content Management Server
95 (0.677 %)MS Exchange
103 (0.406 %)TeamSite
103 (0.406 %)Exchange Server 2003
103 (0.406 %)Office Project Server
112 (0.271 %)Exchange Server 5.5
112 (0.271 %)ColdFusion
121 (0.135 %)Lotus Notes
121 (0.135 %)Lotus Domino
121 (0.135 %)Apache
121 (0.135 %)Exchange Server 2007
121 (0.135 %)Sitecore CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
189 (12.04 %)MS Excel
273 (9.878 %)MS Office
366 (8.931 %)InfoPath
43 (0.406 %)MS Visio
51 (0.135 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.135 %)Photoshop
51 (0.135 %)MS Project
51 (0.135 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.947 %)Dynamics CRM
26 (0.812 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.135 %)Navision
31 (0.135 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
193 (12.58 %)Intranet
231 (4.195 %)Internet
322 (2.977 %)Extranet
44 (0.541 %)TCP/IP
44 (0.541 %)DNS
44 (0.541 %)DHCP
52 (0.271 %)LDAP
52 (0.271 %)SSL
52 (0.271 %)Firewall
61 (0.135 %)SAN
61 (0.135 %)Kerberos
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1236 (31.94 %)SQL Server
299 (13.40 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (2.300 %)SQL Server 2000
412 (1.624 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
56 (0.812 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (0.541 %)MySQL
73 (0.406 %)EDRMS
73 (0.406 %)SQL Server 2008
73 (0.406 %)PerformancePoint
82 (0.271 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (0.271 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.135 %)OLAP
91 (0.135 %)MS Access
91 (0.135 %)Data Mining
91 (0.135 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
156 (7.578 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.541 %)Flash
24 (0.541 %)MSI
24 (0.541 %)Subversion
33 (0.406 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.271 %)FrontPage
51 (0.135 %)NUnit
51 (0.135 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
168 (9.202 %)Finance
249 (6.631 %)Banking
332 (4.330 %)Investment Banking
413 (1.759 %)Publishing
512 (1.624 %)Retail
611 (1.488 %)Education
710 (1.353 %)Government
710 (1.353 %)Health
710 (1.353 %)Insurance
84 (0.541 %)Financial Institution
84 (0.541 %)Marketing
93 (0.406 %)Auditing
93 (0.406 %)Graphic Design
93 (0.406 %)Front Office
102 (0.271 %)Back Office
111 (0.135 %)Automotive
111 (0.135 %)Legal
111 (0.135 %)Local Government
111 (0.135 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.135 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (3.383 %)NHS
27 (0.947 %)W3C
27 (0.947 %)E-Learning
27 (0.947 %)Blog
36 (0.812 %)Wiki
45 (0.677 %)German Language
54 (0.541 %)Taxonomies
62 (0.271 %)Computer Science
62 (0.271 %)N-Tier
62 (0.271 %)SCORM
62 (0.271 %)VLE
62 (0.271 %)Tandem
62 (0.271 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.135 %)Thin Client
71 (0.135 %)Blackberry
71 (0.135 %)Management Information System
71 (0.135 %)Fat Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (7.578 %)Windows
216 (2.165 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (0.406 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (0.135 %)Linux
41 (0.135 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.135 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (9.743 %)Workflow
265 (8.796 %)Web Development
343 (5.819 %)Agile Software Development
343 (5.819 %)Content Management
430 (4.060 %)Document Management
520 (2.706 %)E-Commerce
615 (2.030 %)CRM
615 (2.030 %)Migration
711 (1.488 %)Business Intelligence
711 (1.488 %)OO
711 (1.488 %)Security Cleared
810 (1.353 %)B2C
810 (1.353 %)Web Design
98 (1.083 %)User Acceptance Testing
98 (1.083 %)RAD
107 (0.947 %)GAP Analysis
107 (0.947 %)SC Cleared
116 (0.812 %)Project Management
116 (0.812 %)UML
116 (0.812 %)Knowledge Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1387 (52.37 %)C#
2106 (14.34 %)SQL
381 (10.96 %)JavaScript
451 (6.901 %)VB.NET
516 (2.165 %)C
68 (1.083 %)DHTML
68 (1.083 %)VB
75 (0.677 %)VBScript
84 (0.541 %)Transact-SQL
84 (0.541 %)VBA
84 (0.541 %)PL/SQL
93 (0.406 %)PHP
93 (0.406 %)Java
101 (0.135 %)C++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (0.812 %)MCSD
16 (0.812 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (0.406 %)MCTS
32 (0.271 %)Degree
41 (0.135 %)MCAD
41 (0.135 %)MCITP
41 (0.135 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.135 %)WCAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
129 (3.924 %)Active Directory
28 (1.083 %)ISA Server
33 (0.406 %)VMware ESX
33 (0.406 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.135 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1211 (28.55 %)Microsoft
27 (0.947 %)VMware
36 (0.812 %)Mercator
45 (0.677 %)Google
54 (0.541 %)Oracle
63 (0.406 %)Adobe
71 (0.135 %)Dell
71 (0.135 %)VERITAS
71 (0.135 %)Lotus
71 (0.135 %)JD Edwards
71 (0.135 %)Business Objects
71 (0.135 %)SAP
71 (0.135 %)IBM
71 (0.135 %)Dundas
71 (0.135 %)Sitecore
71 (0.135 %)Meridio