Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkMicrosoft SharePoint
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank554581
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+36
Matching contract IT job ads126812971507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.897 %2.820 %1.841 %
As % of the Application Platforms category20.69 %20.57 %13.83 %
Daily rates quoted647429467
Average daily rate£350£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£204£250£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£490
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£374£398
% change year-on-year
-16.44 %-5.910 %
Hourly rates quoted767467
Average hourly rate£19.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.90 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£13.55£13.39
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.25£40.75£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£30.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-36.66 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6128630610900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.00 %13.71 %13.32 %
Daily rates quoted266020193074
Average daily rate£350£363£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.440 %-3.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£350£360
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted4455761018
Average hourly rate£19.00£21.61£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08 %+8.060 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.86£37.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.89£21.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-16.79 %+7.500 %

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.

SharePoint
Demand Trend

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

SharePoint Demand Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-81160£350-12.50 %
LondonDown-18579£400-
South EastDown-5189£375-1.31 %
City of LondonDown-15165£400+6.66 %
North WestUp+1380£226-39.66 %
BerkshireUp+1076£375-6.25 %
YorkshireDown-1168£300-21.31 %
East of EnglandUp+5566£305+6.08 %
ScotlandDown-760£238-45.71 %
West YorkshireDown-759£300-29.41 %
South WestUp+1558£263-19.23 %
West MidlandsUp+255£305+5.17 %
East MidlandsUp+2142£325+47.72 %
LeedsUp+442£322-26.40 %
WiltshireUp+2230£225-30.76 %
ManchesterUp+1127£220-48.23 %
DerbyshireUp+1027£310+40.90 %
OxfordshireUp+2425£300+4.34 %
ReadingDown-525£375-6.25 %
HampshireDown-424£256-35.93 %
SwindonUp+2322£225-30.76 %
OxfordUp+2120£325-
BirminghamUp+1020£300-25.00 %
GlasgowDown-719£240-46.66 %
EdinburghDown-1317£325-9.72 %
BuckinghamshireDown-415£275-6.77 %
MiddlesexDown-415£475+34.75 %
SurreyDown-3015£313-7.40 %
DerbyUp+414£310+40.90 %
Docklands, LondonUp+214£450+23.28 %

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11001 (38.46 %).NET
2832 (31.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3825 (31.69 %)Microsoft
4770 (29.58 %)SQL Server
5740 (28.43 %)C#
6606 (23.28 %)ASP.NET
7449 (17.25 %)SQL
8390 (14.98 %)Windows
9316 (12.14 %)SQL Server 2005
10313 (12.02 %)Finance
11312 (11.99 %)MS Excel
12297 (11.41 %)MS Office
13284 (10.91 %)Visual Studio
14270 (10.37 %)Security Cleared
15253 (9.720 %)HTML
16238 (9.143 %)XML
17227 (8.721 %)Intranet
18203 (7.799 %)Banking
19202 (7.760 %)CSS
20200 (7.683 %)SC Cleared
21198 (7.607 %)Web Services
21198 (7.607 %)Project Management
22195 (7.491 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23194 (7.453 %)VB.NET
24187 (7.184 %)IIS
25185 (7.107 %)Active Directory
26179 (6.877 %)JavaScript
26179 (6.877 %)CRM
27177 (6.800 %)InfoPath
28174 (6.685 %)Windows Server 2003

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11001 (38.46 %).NET
2606 (23.28 %)ASP.NET
3253 (9.720 %)HTML
4238 (9.143 %)XML
5202 (7.760 %)CSS
6198 (7.607 %)Web Services
7144 (5.532 %)Windows SharePoint Services
897 (3.726 %)ASP
996 (3.688 %)WCF
1091 (3.496 %)AJAX
1189 (3.419 %)XSLT
1286 (3.304 %).NET Framework
1362 (2.382 %)WF
1457 (2.190 %)Silverlight
1548 (1.844 %)XHTML
1643 (1.652 %)WPF
1733 (1.268 %)SOAP
1832 (1.229 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1928 (1.076 %)Spring
2027 (1.037 %)jQuery
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1832 (31.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2187 (7.184 %)IIS
3132 (5.071 %)BizTalk Server
4119 (4.572 %)MS Exchange
567 (2.574 %)SharePoint Portal Server
664 (2.459 %)Exchange Server 2007
763 (2.420 %)Exchange Server 2003
858 (2.228 %)CMS
947 (1.806 %)Documentum
1029 (1.114 %)Apache
1122 (0.845 %)Lotus Notes
1122 (0.845 %)LiveLink
1217 (0.653 %)Content Management Server
1314 (0.538 %)Lotus Domino
1413 (0.499 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1512 (0.461 %)Confluence
1611 (0.423 %)WebLogic
1710 (0.384 %)TIBCO EMS
189 (0.346 %)Office Communications Server
198 (0.307 %)Office Project Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1312 (11.99 %)MS Excel
2297 (11.41 %)MS Office
3177 (6.800 %)InfoPath
4110 (4.226 %)MS Project
595 (3.650 %)MS PowerPoint
658 (2.228 %)MS Visio
730 (1.153 %)Photoshop
822 (0.845 %)Fireworks
915 (0.576 %)Paint Shop Pro
1011 (0.423 %)CA Clarity
116 (0.231 %)Spreadsheet
124 (0.154 %)Adobe Illustrator
133 (0.115 %)Acrobat
142 (0.077 %)RoboHelp
142 (0.077 %)InDesign
142 (0.077 %)Adobe Captivate
151 (0.038 %)PrintSoft PReS
151 (0.038 %)XMetaL
151 (0.038 %)Niku Workbench
151 (0.038 %)ArcInfo
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
188 (3.381 %)Dynamics CRM
265 (2.497 %)Microsoft CRM
338 (1.460 %)Dynamics AX
435 (1.345 %)Axapta
57 (0.269 %)Remedy ITSM
64 (0.154 %)Great Plains
64 (0.154 %)Oracle Financials
64 (0.154 %)Oracle EBS
64 (0.154 %)Pivotal CRM
64 (0.154 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
64 (0.154 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
73 (0.115 %)Autonomy Scrittura
73 (0.115 %)Interwoven Scrittura
73 (0.115 %)Remedy AR System
73 (0.115 %)Loan IQ
73 (0.115 %)WebTrends
73 (0.115 %)SAP HR
82 (0.077 %)SAP R/3
82 (0.077 %)Navision
82 (0.077 %)PeopleSoft Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1227 (8.721 %)Intranet
291 (3.496 %)Internet
346 (1.767 %)SAN
443 (1.652 %)WAN
443 (1.652 %)DNS
542 (1.614 %)LAN
641 (1.575 %)Extranet
736 (1.383 %)TCP/IP
827 (1.037 %)Firewall
917 (0.653 %)NAS
1015 (0.576 %)HTTP
1113 (0.499 %)VPN
1210 (0.384 %)DHCP
136 (0.231 %)HTTPS
136 (0.231 %)LDAP
136 (0.231 %)iSCSI
145 (0.192 %)BGP
145 (0.192 %)Wireless
154 (0.154 %)Ethernet
154 (0.154 %)VoIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1770 (29.58 %)SQL Server
2316 (12.14 %)SQL Server 2005
3195 (7.491 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
4150 (5.763 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5112 (4.303 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
6111 (4.264 %)SQL Server 2008
792 (3.534 %)SQL Server 2000
868 (2.612 %)PerformancePoint
967 (2.574 %)Datawarehouse
1057 (2.190 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1151 (1.959 %)MySQL
1244 (1.690 %)BusinessObjects
1333 (1.268 %)MS Access
1430 (1.153 %)Crystal Reports
1430 (1.153 %)EDRMS
1526 (0.999 %)OLAP
1622 (0.845 %)ETL
1622 (0.845 %)Oracle 8/8i
1718 (0.692 %)RDBMS
1815 (0.576 %)DTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1284 (10.91 %)Visual Studio
248 (1.844 %)Dreamweaver
339 (1.498 %)Team Foundation Server
432 (1.229 %)NUnit
527 (1.037 %)Subversion
625 (0.960 %)VSS/SourceSafe
718 (0.692 %)JIRA
814 (0.538 %)ClearCase
910 (0.384 %)csUnit
109 (0.346 %)FrontPage
118 (0.307 %)ReSharper
118 (0.307 %)Selenium
127 (0.269 %)NCover
127 (0.269 %)FitNesse
127 (0.269 %)TestDirector
136 (0.231 %)MSTest
136 (0.231 %)OpenSTA
145 (0.192 %)Expression Blend
145 (0.192 %)ClearQuest
154 (0.154 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1313 (12.02 %)Finance
2203 (7.799 %)Banking
3149 (5.724 %)Government
4129 (4.956 %)Investment Banking
550 (1.921 %)Publishing
646 (1.767 %)Health
738 (1.460 %)Insurance
738 (1.460 %)Education
833 (1.268 %)Telecoms
928 (1.076 %)Retail
1026 (0.999 %)Graphic Design
1124 (0.922 %)Marketing
1223 (0.884 %)Front Office
1321 (0.807 %)Financial Institution
1420 (0.768 %)Legal
1519 (0.730 %)Local Government
1613 (0.499 %)Retail Banking
1613 (0.499 %)Construction
1613 (0.499 %)Back Office
1712 (0.461 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11094 (42.03 %)Developer
2630 (24.20 %)SharePoint Developer
3337 (12.95 %)Analyst
4240 (9.220 %)Consultant
5168 (6.454 %).NET Developer
6156 (5.993 %)Architect
7154 (5.916 %)Administrator
8145 (5.570 %)SharePoint Consultant
9119 (4.572 %)Business Analyst
10103 (3.957 %)Project Manager
11101 (3.880 %)C# Developer
1283 (3.189 %)Designer
1376 (2.920 %)Support Analyst
1466 (2.536 %)SharePoint Administrator
1560 (2.305 %)Senior Developer
1654 (2.075 %)Web Developer
1751 (1.959 %)ASP.NET Developer
1847 (1.806 %)SharePoint Architect
1945 (1.729 %)Applications Support
2042 (1.614 %)SQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1143 (5.494 %)NHS
234 (1.306 %)Management Information System
325 (0.960 %)Clustering
423 (0.884 %)Client/Server
521 (0.807 %)Blackberry
521 (0.807 %)W3C
618 (0.692 %)Wiki
717 (0.653 %)Fat Client
717 (0.653 %)Thin Client
815 (0.576 %)Derivative
913 (0.499 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
913 (0.499 %)N-Tier
1010 (0.384 %)Credit Risk
1010 (0.384 %)Open Source
119 (0.346 %)PKI
128 (0.307 %)Fixed Income
128 (0.307 %)Replication
128 (0.307 %)PDA
128 (0.307 %)Statistics
128 (0.307 %)Informatics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1390 (14.98 %)Windows
2174 (6.685 %)Windows Server 2003
395 (3.650 %)Windows Server 2008
452 (1.998 %)Windows XP
530 (1.153 %)Windows Vista
622 (0.845 %)Linux
622 (0.845 %)Windows 2000
721 (0.807 %)UNIX
815 (0.576 %)Solaris
913 (0.499 %)Windows 2000 Server
1012 (0.461 %)Windows Mobile
117 (0.269 %)Red Hat Linux
126 (0.231 %)Windows NT
135 (0.192 %)Windows 7
135 (0.192 %)HPUX
142 (0.077 %)VMS
151 (0.038 %)Mac OS
151 (0.038 %)Ubuntu
151 (0.038 %)Debian
151 (0.038 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1198 (7.607 %)Project Management
2179 (6.877 %)CRM
3169 (6.493 %)Workflow
4135 (5.186 %)Content Management
5129 (4.956 %)Migration
6117 (4.495 %)Business Intelligence
7105 (4.034 %)Agile Software Development
8100 (3.842 %)PRINCE2
983 (3.189 %)Document Management
1082 (3.150 %)Web Development
1175 (2.881 %)ITIL
1269 (2.651 %)UML
1362 (2.382 %)OO
1455 (2.113 %)Business Analysis
1455 (2.113 %)Scrum
1544 (1.690 %)Unit Testing
1643 (1.652 %)TDD
1643 (1.652 %)ERP
1643 (1.652 %)Configuration Management
1739 (1.498 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1740 (28.43 %)C#
2449 (17.25 %)SQL
3194 (7.453 %)VB.NET
4179 (6.877 %)JavaScript
5140 (5.378 %)T-SQL
684 (3.227 %)Java
684 (3.227 %)C
757 (2.190 %)VB
836 (1.383 %)VBScript
934 (1.306 %)PHP
1031 (1.191 %)X++
1116 (0.615 %)PL/SQL
1214 (0.538 %)C++
1313 (0.499 %)VBA
1410 (0.384 %)PowerShell
158 (0.307 %)VB6
167 (0.269 %)XAML
176 (0.231 %)ABAP
185 (0.192 %)XPath
185 (0.192 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1270 (10.37 %)Security Cleared
2200 (7.683 %)SC Cleared
3103 (3.957 %)Microsoft Certification
454 (2.075 %)Degree
542 (1.614 %)MCSE
626 (0.999 %)PRINCE2 Certification
722 (0.845 %)DV Cleared
821 (0.807 %)ISEB
919 (0.730 %)MCP
1014 (0.538 %)MCTS
1112 (0.461 %)CTC Cleared
1211 (0.423 %)MCPD
1211 (0.423 %)MCSD
1310 (0.384 %)MCAD
148 (0.307 %)PMP
148 (0.307 %)PMI Certification
157 (0.269 %)BC Cleared
157 (0.269 %)MCDBA
166 (0.231 %)ITIL Certification
175 (0.192 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (1.460 %)QA
224 (0.922 %)SLA
39 (0.346 %)WCAG
45 (0.192 %)BS25999
54 (0.154 %)ISO9001
63 (0.115 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.077 %)ISO9000
72 (0.077 %)ISO27001
72 (0.077 %)COBIT
72 (0.077 %)WAI
81 (0.038 %)HL7
81 (0.038 %)TickIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1185 (7.107 %)Active Directory
252 (1.998 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (0.538 %)ISA Server
413 (0.499 %)VMware ESX
413 (0.499 %)Terminal Services
512 (0.461 %)XenApp
610 (0.384 %)MSMQ
78 (0.307 %)Hyper-V
85 (0.192 %)Citrix Presentation Server
85 (0.192 %)NetBackup
93 (0.115 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.115 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.077 %)RACF
102 (0.077 %)MetaFrame
102 (0.077 %)NDS
102 (0.077 %)Squid
111 (0.038 %)vSphere
111 (0.038 %)VMware Server
111 (0.038 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.038 %)WebMarshal
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (0.692 %)OpenView
118 (0.692 %)SCOM
216 (0.615 %)SCCM
313 (0.499 %)OpenView Configuration Management
411 (0.423 %)EMC NetWorker
59 (0.346 %)OVSD
59 (0.346 %)ZENworks
67 (0.269 %)Tivoli
76 (0.231 %)Norton AntiVirus
76 (0.231 %)ServiceCenter
85 (0.192 %)WSUS
94 (0.154 %)Netcool
94 (0.154 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
94 (0.154 %)MOM
94 (0.154 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
94 (0.154 %)MAILsweeper
102 (0.077 %)Unicenter
102 (0.077 %)ARCserve
102 (0.077 %)MSI
111 (0.038 %)McAfee ePO
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1825 (31.69 %)Microsoft
2171 (6.569 %)Oracle
388 (3.381 %)VMware
465 (2.497 %)HP
550 (1.921 %)Citrix
644 (1.690 %)Business Objects
743 (1.652 %)SAP
837 (1.421 %)IBM
935 (1.345 %)Remedy
935 (1.345 %)Cisco
1030 (1.153 %)Lotus
1125 (0.960 %)Meridio
1216 (0.615 %)Adobe
1315 (0.576 %)NetApp
1315 (0.576 %)TIBCO
1414 (0.538 %)Open Text
1414 (0.538 %)ProClarity
1414 (0.538 %)DevExpress
1513 (0.499 %)Sybase
1611 (0.423 %)EMC