The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Foundation skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint Foundation over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation (WSS 4.0)
Rank 531 580 580
Rank change year-on-year
+49 0
Contract jobs citing SharePoint Foundation 3 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.010% 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.035% 0.062% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
Average daily rate £325 £304 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.99% -24.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £358
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -16.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8518 9671 10055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.07% 16.31% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4829 5304 5361
Average daily rate £355 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 438 552
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

SharePoint Foundation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SharePoint Foundation Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint Foundation
Daily Rate Trend

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

SharePoint Foundation Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint Foundation
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Foundation within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +53 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
Manchester - 2 - -

SharePoint Foundation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SharePoint Foundation 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 Foundation.

1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) HTML
3 4 (66.67%) XML
4 3 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (50.00%) IIS
4 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 3 (50.00%) InfoPath
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 3 (50.00%) .NET Framework
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) QA
5 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (33.33%) Content Management
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (33.33%) CRM

SharePoint Foundation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SharePoint Foundation 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 Foundation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) XML
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 3 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 2 (33.33%) DHTML
4 2 (33.33%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET
5 1 (16.67%) Ajax
5 1 (16.67%) WCF
5 1 (16.67%) WPF
5 1 (16.67%) WF
5 1 (16.67%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (50.00%) IIS
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
1 3 (50.00%) InfoPath
2 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (16.67%) NUnit
3 1 (16.67%) CruiseControl
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (16.67%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (33.33%) CRM Developer
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Content Management
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Unified Process
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) RUP
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) MSF
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe
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