West Midlands SharePoint Server 2007 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server 2007 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	70	114
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching contract IT job ads	52	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.067 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	11.93 %	0.937 %
Daily rates quoted	17	0
Average minimum daily rate	£431	-
Average daily rate	£448	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£466	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£369
% change on same period last year	+20.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.05	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+180.28 %
Application Platforms West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	436	427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.559 %	0.480 %
Daily rates quoted	80	108
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£338
Average daily rate	£354	£359
% change on same period last year	-1.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.96	£15.99
Average hourly rate	£14.03	£17.94
% change on same period last year	-21.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.09	£19.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
SharePoint Server 2007 England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SharePoint Server 2007
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the West Midlands region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint Server 2007
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SharePoint Server 2007 across the West Midlands region.

SharePoint Server 2007
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Server 2007 within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Birmingham	+33	32	£447	-
2	Coventry	-	8	£442	-
3	Staffordshire	-4	1	-	-

SharePoint Server 2007 England

SharePoint Server 2007
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007.

1 65 (85.53 %) SharePoint 2 49 (64.47 %) .NET 3 33 (43.42 %) SQL Server 4 32 (42.11 %) Microsoft 5 31 (40.79 %) ASP.NET 6 27 (35.53 %) C# 6 27 (35.53 %) Windows SharePoint Services 7 24 (31.58 %) SQL Server 2005 8 23 (30.26 %) Visual Studio 9 20 (26.32 %) Windows 10 19 (25.00 %) SQL Server 7 11 17 (22.37 %) InfoPath 12 15 (19.74 %) SQL 13 13 (17.11 %) MS Office 13 13 (17.11 %) Active Directory

13 13 (17.11 %) Workflow 14 11 (14.47 %) Internet 15 9 (11.84 %) WF 15 9 (11.84 %) ASP.NET 2.0 16 8 (10.53 %) Office Project Server 16 8 (10.53 %) MS Excel 17 7 (9.211 %) Web Design 17 7 (9.211 %) Intranet 18 6 (7.895 %) CMS 18 6 (7.895 %) MS Exchange 19 5 (6.579 %) HTML 19 5 (6.579 %) SharePoint Portal Server 19 5 (6.579 %) .NET Framework 20 4 (5.263 %) CAML 20 4 (5.263 %) MAPI

SharePoint Server 2007
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SharePoint Server 2007 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint Server 2007. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 49 (64.47 %) .NET 2 31 (40.79 %) ASP.NET 3 27 (35.53 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 9 (11.84 %) WF 4 9 (11.84 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 5 (6.579 %) .NET Framework 5 5 (6.579 %) HTML 6 4 (5.263 %) CAML 6 4 (5.263 %) MAPI 7 3 (3.947 %) XML 8 2 (2.632 %) XSL 8 2 (2.632 %) AJAX 8 2 (2.632 %) ADO.NET 9 1 (1.316 %) CSS 9 1 (1.316 %) WebServices 9 1 (1.316 %) WCF	Application Platforms 1 65 (85.53 %) SharePoint 2 8 (10.53 %) Office Project Server 3 6 (7.895 %) MS Exchange 3 6 (7.895 %) CMS 4 5 (6.579 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 3 (3.947 %) IIS 6 2 (2.632 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (1.316 %) Content Management Server 7 1 (1.316 %) Live Communications Server 7 1 (1.316 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 1 (1.316 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 17 (22.37 %) InfoPath 2 13 (17.11 %) MS Office 3 8 (10.53 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 11 (14.47 %) Internet 2 7 (9.211 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.316 %) Extranet 3 1 (1.316 %) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence 1 33 (43.42 %) SQL Server 2 24 (31.58 %) SQL Server 2005 3 19 (25.00 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (1.316 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.316 %) Datawarehouse	Development Applications 1 23 (30.26 %) Visual Studio
General 1 1 (1.316 %) Financial Institution 1 1 (1.316 %) Finance 1 1 (1.316 %) Education 1 1 (1.316 %) Legal 1 1 (1.316 %) Retail 1 1 (1.316 %) Graphic Design	Job Titles 1 54 (71.05 %) Developer 2 36 (47.37 %) SharePoint Developer 3 9 (11.84 %) Architect 3 9 (11.84 %) Consultant 3 9 (11.84 %) Solutions Architect 4 5 (6.579 %) SQL Developer 4 5 (6.579 %) SQL Server Developer 4 5 (6.579 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 4 (5.263 %) .NET Developer 5 4 (5.263 %) Web Developer 6 3 (3.947 %) C# Developer 6 3 (3.947 %) Sharepoint Specialist 7 2 (2.632 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 2 (2.632 %) Analyst 8 1 (1.316 %) Test Analyst 8 1 (1.316 %) Project Manager 8 1 (1.316 %) Business Analyst 8 1 (1.316 %) VB.NET Developer 8 1 (1.316 %) Senior Developer 8 1 (1.316 %) Programmer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.316 %) NHS 1 1 (1.316 %) W3C 1 1 (1.316 %) VLE	Operating Systems 1 20 (26.32 %) Windows 2 1 (1.316 %) Windows NT 2 1 (1.316 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (17.11 %) Workflow 2 7 (9.211 %) Web Design 3 2 (2.632 %) Migration 4 1 (1.316 %) Document Management 4 1 (1.316 %) Validation 4 1 (1.316 %) OOA/OOD 4 1 (1.316 %) OO 4 1 (1.316 %) CRM 4 1 (1.316 %) Data Modelling 4 1 (1.316 %) Data Security	Programming Languages 1 27 (35.53 %) C# 2 15 (19.74 %) SQL 3 3 (3.947 %) XAML 4 1 (1.316 %) Caml Language 4 1 (1.316 %) C 4 1 (1.316 %) VB.NET 4 1 (1.316 %) Java 4 1 (1.316 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 1 (1.316 %) MCSE 1 1 (1.316 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.316 %) WAI
System Software 1 13 (17.11 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.316 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 2 (2.632 %) MIIS 2 1 (1.316 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 32 (42.11 %) Microsoft 2 3 (3.947 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.316 %) Citrix