Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank5666
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads8841654
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.573 %2.148 %
As % of the Application Platforms category19.28 %15.61 %
Daily rates quoted399554
Average daily rate£350£378
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.280 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£375
% change on same period last year-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted6295
Average hourly rate£22.25£29.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-24.57 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.20£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.00£42.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£30.00
% change on same period last year-23.33 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
458510594
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.35 %13.76 %
Daily rates quoted17233142
Average daily rate£335£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£513
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£370
% change on same period last year-14.05 %
Hourly rates quoted419982
Average hourly rate£20.50£23.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-12.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.56£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£22.50
% change on same period last year-8.880 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+9795£350-7.89 %
LondonDown-4341£350-9.67 %
South EastUp+11106£350-12.50 %
City of LondonDown-10102£350-13.58 %
YorkshireUp+1485£330-5.71 %
West YorkshireUp+1573£330-5.71 %
LeedsUp+2059£330+1.53 %
West MidlandsUp+4658£250-37.50 %
South WestUp+954£315-21.25 %
East of EnglandUp+1648£400+10.34 %
North WestUp+3246£355+18.33 %
CambridgeshireUp+633£400+60.00 %
ScotlandUp+2431£300-
East MidlandsUp+2728£230-23.33 %
BerkshireDown-1421£325-27.77 %
WalesUp+3120£285-40.00 %
SurreyUp+4418£369+17.14 %
South WalesUp+2718£285-40.00 %
HampshireUp+1818£374-6.50 %
BirminghamUp+1518£300-34.78 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3117£350+4.47 %
CheshireUp+4016£300-18.91 %
WiltshireUp+815£313-21.87 %
Channel IslandsUp+1014£350-
JerseyUp+814£350-
OxfordshireUp+514£350-22.22 %
GlasgowUp+1712£300+11.11 %
ManchesterUp+1512£558+139.78 %
ReadingUp+912£290-35.55 %
BristolDown-311£350+16.66 %

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1812 (39.38 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2800 (38.80 %)Microsoft
3765 (37.10 %).NET
4564 (27.35 %)SQL Server
5499 (24.20 %)C#
6430 (20.85 %)Windows
7401 (19.45 %)ASP.NET
8352 (17.07 %)SQL
9296 (14.35 %)SQL Server 2005
10289 (14.02 %)MS Office
11268 (13.00 %)MS Excel
12224 (10.86 %)Finance
13223 (10.81 %)Active Directory
14218 (10.57 %)Windows Server 2003
15199 (9.651 %)Intranet
16191 (9.263 %)BizTalk Server
17177 (8.584 %)Security Cleared
18161 (7.808 %)CRM
19159 (7.711 %)IIS
20154 (7.468 %)XML
21150 (7.274 %)Windows SharePoint Services
21150 (7.274 %)Visual Studio
22137 (6.644 %)Oracle
23128 (6.208 %)Project Management
23128 (6.208 %)Government
24125 (6.062 %)NHS
25124 (6.014 %)SC Cleared
26123 (5.965 %)Microsoft Certification
27120 (5.820 %)HTML
28116 (5.626 %)VB.NET

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1765 (37.10 %).NET
2401 (19.45 %)ASP.NET
3154 (7.468 %)XML
4150 (7.274 %)Windows SharePoint Services
5120 (5.820 %)HTML
6102 (4.947 %)CSS
793 (4.510 %)WebServices
874 (3.589 %).NET Framework
951 (2.473 %)ASP
1043 (2.085 %)WCF
1140 (1.940 %)XSLT
1236 (1.746 %)XHTML
1236 (1.746 %)AJAX
1330 (1.455 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1330 (1.455 %)ADO.NET
1428 (1.358 %)MDX
1522 (1.067 %)Silverlight
1618 (0.873 %)WF
1712 (0.582 %)J2EE
1712 (0.582 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1812 (39.38 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2191 (9.263 %)BizTalk Server
3159 (7.711 %)IIS
4111 (5.383 %)MS Exchange
572 (3.492 %)CMS
657 (2.764 %)Exchange Server 2007
752 (2.522 %)SharePoint Portal Server
851 (2.473 %)Exchange Server 2003
943 (2.085 %)Documentum
1029 (1.406 %)Office Project Server
1126 (1.261 %)LiveLink
1221 (1.018 %)WebLogic
1221 (1.018 %)Lotus Notes
1313 (0.630 %)WebLogic Portal
1412 (0.582 %)Commerce Server
1511 (0.533 %)Content Management Server
1511 (0.533 %)Site Server
1511 (0.533 %)Apache
1511 (0.533 %)Office Communications Server
169 (0.436 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1289 (14.02 %)MS Office
2268 (13.00 %)MS Excel
396 (4.656 %)InfoPath
471 (3.443 %)MS Project
543 (2.085 %)MS Visio
638 (1.843 %)MS PowerPoint
78 (0.388 %)Photoshop
87 (0.339 %)Spreadsheet
94 (0.194 %)Authorware
103 (0.145 %)Acrobat
103 (0.145 %)RoboHelp
103 (0.145 %)FreeHand
112 (0.097 %)ImageReady
112 (0.097 %)CA Clarity
121 (0.048 %)Fireworks
121 (0.048 %)Adobe Illustrator
121 (0.048 %)InDesign
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1104 (5.044 %)Dynamics CRM
290 (4.365 %)Dynamics AX
380 (3.880 %)Axapta
445 (2.182 %)Microsoft CRM
59 (0.436 %)Navision
67 (0.339 %)WebTrends
67 (0.339 %)SoftGrid
76 (0.291 %)BPCS
85 (0.242 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
94 (0.194 %)assyst
103 (0.145 %)Dynamics NAV
103 (0.145 %)Oracle EBS
103 (0.145 %)Remedy ITSM
103 (0.145 %)Remedy AR System
103 (0.145 %)Misys Midas
112 (0.097 %)Bond Adapt
112 (0.097 %)Summit
121 (0.048 %)SAP Retail
121 (0.048 %)Oracle 11i
121 (0.048 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1199 (9.651 %)Intranet
280 (3.880 %)Internet
349 (2.376 %)DNS
349 (2.376 %)SAN
444 (2.134 %)WAN
543 (2.085 %)Firewall
636 (1.746 %)LAN
733 (1.600 %)TCP/IP
827 (1.309 %)Extranet
924 (1.164 %)DHCP
1019 (0.921 %)NAS
1112 (0.582 %)VPN
1210 (0.485 %)HTTP
1210 (0.485 %)SMS
139 (0.436 %)LDAP
139 (0.436 %)Ethernet
139 (0.436 %)Kerberos
148 (0.388 %)SMTP
155 (0.242 %)MPLS
164 (0.194 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1564 (27.35 %)SQL Server
2296 (14.35 %)SQL Server 2005
3101 (4.898 %)SQL Server 2000
497 (4.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
585 (4.122 %)SQL Server Integration Services
663 (3.055 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
760 (2.910 %)EDRMS
859 (2.861 %)Datawarehouse
955 (2.667 %)SQL Server 2008
1040 (1.940 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1125 (1.212 %)BusinessObjects
1125 (1.212 %)Crystal Reports
1220 (0.970 %)PerformancePoint
1318 (0.873 %)OLAP
1417 (0.824 %)DTS
1515 (0.727 %)RDBMS
1613 (0.630 %)ETL
1613 (0.630 %)IDOL
1712 (0.582 %)Oracle 10g
1712 (0.582 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1150 (7.274 %)Visual Studio
229 (1.406 %)MorphX
229 (1.406 %)Team Foundation Server
318 (0.873 %)ClearCase
416 (0.776 %)ClearQuest
513 (0.630 %)RequisitePro
513 (0.630 %)Dreamweaver
610 (0.485 %)Visual Studio Team System
77 (0.339 %)Subversion
77 (0.339 %)FrontPage
86 (0.291 %)StarTeam
86 (0.291 %)NUnit
86 (0.291 %)Eclipse
94 (0.194 %)MSI
94 (0.194 %)VSS/SourceSafe
103 (0.145 %)JIRA
112 (0.097 %)TestDirector
112 (0.097 %)QuickTest Pro
112 (0.097 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.097 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1224 (10.86 %)Finance
2128 (6.208 %)Government
389 (4.316 %)Banking
466 (3.201 %)Health
550 (2.425 %)Insurance
647 (2.279 %)Investment Banking
737 (1.794 %)Education
829 (1.406 %)Manufacturing
928 (1.358 %)Publishing
1022 (1.067 %)Pensions
1121 (1.018 %)Retail
1219 (0.921 %)Local Government
1318 (0.873 %)Marketing
1416 (0.776 %)Front Office
1514 (0.679 %)Financial Institution
1613 (0.630 %)Telecoms
1712 (0.582 %)Multimedia
1810 (0.485 %)Legal
199 (0.436 %)Back Office
208 (0.388 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1846 (41.03 %)Developer
2442 (21.44 %)SharePoint Developer
3274 (13.29 %)Consultant
4190 (9.214 %)Analyst
5163 (7.905 %).NET Developer
6153 (7.420 %)SharePoint Consultant
7148 (7.177 %)Architect
8110 (5.335 %)Project Manager
9106 (5.141 %)Administrator
1079 (3.831 %)C# Developer
1161 (2.958 %)Business Analyst
1249 (2.376 %)SharePoint Administrator
1348 (2.328 %)ASP.NET Developer
1447 (2.279 %)Senior Developer
1542 (2.037 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
1641 (1.988 %)Sharepoint Architect
1738 (1.843 %)SQL Developer
1837 (1.794 %)Technical Architect
1837 (1.794 %)Web Developer
1936 (1.746 %)Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1125 (6.062 %)NHS
244 (2.134 %)Taxonomies
334 (1.649 %)Management Information System
431 (1.503 %)Clustering
519 (0.921 %)W3C
617 (0.824 %)Video Conferencing
716 (0.776 %)Computer Science
716 (0.776 %)Mainframe
815 (0.727 %)Blackberry
914 (0.679 %)Client/Server
1012 (0.582 %)PDA
1110 (0.485 %)E-Learning
129 (0.436 %)Thin Client
129 (0.436 %)Fat Client
137 (0.339 %)Replication
146 (0.291 %)Web 2.0
146 (0.291 %)Mathematics
146 (0.291 %)VLE
146 (0.291 %)Credit Risk
146 (0.291 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1430 (20.85 %)Windows
2218 (10.57 %)Windows Server 2003
357 (2.764 %)Windows Server 2008
448 (2.328 %)Windows XP
542 (2.037 %)Windows Vista
639 (1.891 %)Windows 2000
727 (1.309 %)Windows 2000 Server
823 (1.115 %)UNIX
916 (0.776 %)Linux
1010 (0.485 %)AIX
118 (0.388 %)Solaris
118 (0.388 %)NetWare
125 (0.242 %)Windows Mobile
134 (0.194 %)VMS
143 (0.145 %)Red Hat Linux
152 (0.097 %)Mac OS X
152 (0.097 %)SUSE
152 (0.097 %)Windows NT
161 (0.048 %)HPUX
161 (0.048 %)Windows CE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1161 (7.808 %)CRM
2128 (6.208 %)Project Management
3112 (5.432 %)Content Management
4104 (5.044 %)PRINCE2
598 (4.753 %)Migration
693 (4.510 %)Workflow
790 (4.365 %)ITIL
877 (3.734 %)Business Intelligence
970 (3.395 %)Document Management
1045 (2.182 %)ERP
1045 (2.182 %)Business Analysis
1144 (2.134 %)Web Development
1243 (2.085 %)OO
1339 (1.891 %)Agile Software Development
1437 (1.794 %)RUP
1535 (1.697 %)Information Management
1633 (1.600 %)Stakeholder Management
1731 (1.503 %)Configuration Management
1830 (1.455 %)Change Management
1830 (1.455 %)UML
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1499 (24.20 %)C#
2352 (17.07 %)SQL
3116 (5.626 %)VB.NET
486 (4.171 %)JavaScript
573 (3.540 %)X++
665 (3.152 %)VB
755 (2.667 %)T-SQL
827 (1.309 %)C
923 (1.115 %)Java
1019 (0.921 %)PL/SQL
1115 (0.727 %)VBA
1214 (0.679 %)VB6
1312 (0.582 %)PowerShell
1312 (0.582 %)VBScript
1410 (0.485 %)XPath
158 (0.388 %)PHP
166 (0.291 %)Lua
175 (0.242 %)C++
183 (0.145 %)PowerHouse
192 (0.097 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1177 (8.584 %)Security Cleared
2124 (6.014 %)SC Cleared
3123 (5.965 %)Microsoft Certification
465 (3.152 %)Degree
549 (2.376 %)MCSE
624 (1.164 %)MCTS
722 (1.067 %)MCP
815 (0.727 %)MCSA
815 (0.727 %)Cisco Certification
815 (0.727 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
914 (0.679 %)ACCA
914 (0.679 %)CIMA
1013 (0.630 %)ISEB
1112 (0.582 %)CCNA
1112 (0.582 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1112 (0.582 %)DV Cleared
1210 (0.485 %)MCSD
137 (0.339 %)CCNP
137 (0.339 %)MCITP
146 (0.291 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (1.503 %)QA
225 (1.212 %)SLA
32 (0.097 %)WAI
41 (0.048 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1223 (10.81 %)Active Directory
257 (2.764 %)VMware Infrastructure
325 (1.212 %)ISA Server
424 (1.164 %)VMware ESX
511 (0.533 %)Citrix Presentation Server
68 (0.388 %)Terminal Services
77 (0.339 %)Backup Exec
85 (0.242 %)MetaFrame
85 (0.242 %)Hyper-V
93 (0.145 %)XenServer
93 (0.145 %)Oracle RAC
93 (0.145 %)Novell eDirectory
102 (0.097 %)NetBackup
111 (0.048 %)Oracle RMAN
111 (0.048 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.048 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
139 (1.891 %)MOM
235 (1.697 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
319 (0.921 %)SCOM
415 (0.727 %)ZENworks
514 (0.679 %)Tivoli
66 (0.291 %)SCCM
66 (0.291 %)MIIS
75 (0.242 %)ServiceCenter
75 (0.242 %)Legato
84 (0.194 %)OpenView Configuration Management
93 (0.145 %)CA SiteMinder
93 (0.145 %)ARCserve
93 (0.145 %)CiscoWorks
102 (0.097 %)Netcool
102 (0.097 %)AutoSys
102 (0.097 %)Cisco IPCC
111 (0.048 %)Windows Storage Server
111 (0.048 %)DameWare
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1800 (38.80 %)Microsoft
2137 (6.644 %)Oracle
3113 (5.480 %)VMware
478 (3.783 %)Citrix
542 (2.037 %)HP
627 (1.309 %)Cisco
726 (1.261 %)Lotus
825 (1.212 %)Business Objects
923 (1.115 %)SAP
1020 (0.970 %)IBM
1020 (0.970 %)CA
1119 (0.921 %)Remedy
1217 (0.824 %)Open Text
1315 (0.727 %)Vignette
1414 (0.679 %)BEA
1513 (0.630 %)Dell
1610 (0.485 %)EMC
1610 (0.485 %)Cognos
178 (0.388 %)ILOG
178 (0.388 %)Google