The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Rank 70 66 80
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +14
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 25 38 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.531% 1.695% 1.163%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.881% 10.61% 7.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 16
Average daily rate £290 £350 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £111 £303 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £437 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £349 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Average hourly rate £42.20 - £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
253 358 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 15.97% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 160 159
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £205 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SharePoint 2010
England

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

West Midlands SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SharePoint 2010 Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands SharePoint 2010 Hourly Rate Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Coventry -2 6 £108 -78.92%
Birmingham +6 4 £290 -17.14%
West Bromwich - 4 £350 -
Staffordshire +12 2 £125 -58.33%
Warwickshire -4 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 £260 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
SharePoint 2010
England

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010.

1 63 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 23 (36.51%) .NET
3 20 (31.75%) C#
4 16 (25.40%) Microsoft
5 13 (20.63%) SQL Server
6 12 (19.05%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (17.46%) Windows
8 10 (15.87%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (14.29%) MS Exchange
9 9 (14.29%) InfoPath
10 8 (12.70%) VMware
10 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (12.70%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
11 7 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
11 7 (11.11%) .NET Framework
12 6 (9.524%) Firewall
12 6 (9.524%) HTML
12 6 (9.524%) SQL
12 6 (9.524%) MS Office
13 5 (7.937%) JavaScript
13 5 (7.937%) Cisco
13 5 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (7.937%) Workflow
13 5 (7.937%) SQL Server 2005
13 5 (7.937%) SharePoint Server
14 4 (6.349%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (6.349%) TCP/IP
14 4 (6.349%) DNS
14 4 (6.349%) Active Directory

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (36.51%) .NET
2 7 (11.11%) .NET Framework
3 6 (9.524%) HTML
4 4 (6.349%) ASP.NET
4 4 (6.349%) XML
4 4 (6.349%) CSS
5 3 (4.762%) Web Services
6 2 (3.175%) Application Packaging
6 2 (3.175%) jQuery
6 2 (3.175%) XSL
6 2 (3.175%) COM
7 1 (1.587%) ADO.NET
7 1 (1.587%) XSLT
7 1 (1.587%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (1.587%) WCF
7 1 (1.587%) WPF
7 1 (1.587%) WF
7 1 (1.587%) Silverlight
7 1 (1.587%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 63 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) MS Exchange
3 7 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (7.937%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (6.349%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (4.762%) IIS
6 3 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.587%) Lync
7 1 (1.587%) SharePoint Foundation
7 1 (1.587%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.587%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (1.587%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (14.29%) InfoPath
2 6 (9.524%) MS Office
3 2 (3.175%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.587%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.524%) Firewall
2 4 (6.349%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.349%) DNS
2 4 (6.349%) SAN
2 4 (6.349%) DHCP
3 3 (4.762%) MPLS
3 3 (4.762%) Network Security
4 2 (3.175%) Wireless
4 2 (3.175%) Intranet
4 2 (3.175%) NAS
5 1 (1.587%) HTTP
5 1 (1.587%) LAN
5 1 (1.587%) WAN
5 1 (1.587%) Internet
5 1 (1.587%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.63%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.70%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (7.937%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.587%) PerformancePoint
5 1 (1.587%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.587%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (6.349%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.175%) MSI
4 1 (1.587%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.587%) MSBuild
4 1 (1.587%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (1.587%) Selenium
4 1 (1.587%) JIRA
4 1 (1.587%) NUnit
4 1 (1.587%) CruiseControl
General
1 1 (1.587%) Finance
1 1 (1.587%) Law
1 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (53.97%) Developer
2 32 (50.79%) SharePoint Developer
3 9 (14.29%) SharePoint Administrator
3 9 (14.29%) Administrator
4 8 (12.70%) Architect
5 7 (11.11%) Consultant
5 7 (11.11%) SharePoint Architect
6 6 (9.524%) SharePoint Consultant
7 3 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.762%) Analyst
7 3 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (3.175%) Coordinator
9 1 (1.587%) 3rd Line Server Support
9 1 (1.587%) Head of Information Management
9 1 (1.587%) Head of Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.587%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
9 1 (1.587%) SharePoint Business Analyst
9 1 (1.587%) C# .NET Developer
9 1 (1.587%) Software Developer
9 1 (1.587%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.762%) Clustering
2 2 (3.175%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.587%) NHS
3 1 (1.587%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Windows
2 10 (15.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.175%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.937%) Workflow
2 4 (6.349%) Project Management
3 3 (4.762%) Web Development
3 3 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (3.175%) Migration
4 2 (3.175%) Content Management
4 2 (3.175%) CRM
4 2 (3.175%) Change Control
4 2 (3.175%) Web Application Development
5 1 (1.587%) User Stories
5 1 (1.587%) Test Automation
5 1 (1.587%) Information Architecture
5 1 (1.587%) MSF
5 1 (1.587%) BDD
5 1 (1.587%) ERP
5 1 (1.587%) UML
5 1 (1.587%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (1.587%) OO
5 1 (1.587%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 20 (31.75%) C#
2 6 (9.524%) SQL
3 5 (7.937%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.175%) VB.NET
4 2 (3.175%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.587%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.587%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.349%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.762%) MCP
2 3 (4.762%) Degree
3 1 (1.587%) VCP5
3 1 (1.587%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.587%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.587%) MCITP
3 1 (1.587%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.175%) SLA
2 1 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.349%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.349%) vSphere
3 1 (1.587%) XenApp
3 1 (1.587%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (4.762%) SCCM
2 2 (3.175%) SCOM
3 1 (1.587%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.587%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 16 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) VMware
3 5 (7.937%) Cisco
4 4 (6.349%) Citrix
5 2 (3.175%) HP
5 2 (3.175%) Dell
6 1 (1.587%) Oracle
6 1 (1.587%) EMC
6 1 (1.587%) Nortel
6 1 (1.587%) Avaya
6 1 (1.587%) Veritas
6 1 (1.587%) Symantec
6 1 (1.587%) Altiris