The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 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 for the Wales 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 28 36 47
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +11
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 17 20 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.981% 3.484% 1.835%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.42% 17.39% 8.889%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 8
Average daily rate £305 £375 £246
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.66% +52.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £184 £215 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £480 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £349 £350 £341
% change year-on-year
-0.35% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.38 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.09% -7.06%
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
62 115 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 14.52% 20.03% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 46 71
Average daily rate £350 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £9.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.65 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales SharePoint Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales SharePoint Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region 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
South Wales +1 12 £325 -16.12%
West Wales +12 4 £225 -40.00%
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 11 (47.83%) Windows
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
1 11 (47.83%) MS Excel
2 9 (39.13%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
3 6 (26.09%) Intranet
3 6 (26.09%) MS Office
3 6 (26.09%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (21.74%) HTML
4 5 (21.74%) UML
4 5 (21.74%) CSS
4 5 (21.74%) MS Visio
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (21.74%) NHS
4 5 (21.74%) TDD
4 5 (21.74%) InterBase
4 5 (21.74%) Firebird
5 4 (17.39%) Degree
6 3 (13.04%) Scrum
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Finance
7 2 (8.696%) InfoPath
7 2 (8.696%) Workflow
7 2 (8.696%) Project Management
7 2 (8.696%) XML
7 2 (8.696%) RAD
7 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
7 2 (8.696%) SQL

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 5 (21.74%) HTML
1 5 (21.74%) CSS
2 2 (8.696%) XML
2 2 (8.696%) jQuery
3 1 (4.348%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.348%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (4.348%) WCF
3 1 (4.348%) WPF
3 1 (4.348%) Silverlight
3 1 (4.348%) .NET
3 1 (4.348%) ASP
3 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.348%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 9 (39.13%) SharePoint 2010
2 6 (26.09%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (4.348%) IIS
3 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) MS Excel
2 6 (26.09%) MS Office
3 5 (21.74%) MS Visio
4 2 (8.696%) InfoPath
5 1 (4.348%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Maximo
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Intranet
2 1 (4.348%) DNS
2 1 (4.348%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) InterBase
1 5 (21.74%) Firebird
2 1 (4.348%) EDRMS
2 1 (4.348%) GIS
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Back Office
2 1 (4.348%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Author
3 5 (21.74%) Technical Author
4 2 (8.696%) Intranet Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Administrator
4 2 (8.696%) Junior
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) SharePoint Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) SharePoint Architect
5 1 (4.348%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Integration Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.348%) IT Auditor
5 1 (4.348%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) NHS
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.348%) Android
5 1 (4.348%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) UML
1 5 (21.74%) TDD
2 3 (13.04%) Scrum
2 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.696%) Workflow
3 2 (8.696%) Project Management
3 2 (8.696%) RAD
3 2 (8.696%) Web Development
4 1 (4.348%) System Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.348%) MVC
4 1 (4.348%) Document Management
4 1 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (4.348%) Migration
4 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
1 2 (8.696%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) C#
2 1 (4.348%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.348%) CISA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.348%) WatchGuard
2 1 (4.348%) Cisco
2 1 (4.348%) HP
2 1 (4.348%) Sage