The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 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
Rank 29 37 25
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -12
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 79 77 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.838% 3.434% 5.338%
As % of the Application Platforms category 31.23% 21.51% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 44 55
Average daily rate £290 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £224 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £468 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 £14.25 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+165.26% +29.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.70 £11.65 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £16.85 £38.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-4.59% -5.43%
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
England

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands SharePoint Hourly Rate Trend

SharePoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands SharePoint Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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 +4 17 £204 -57.55%
Birmingham -1 13 £258 -31.33%
Staffordshire +14 7 £206 -30.37%
Shropshire +12 5 £275 -13.72%
Worcestershire -8 5 £475 +40.59%
Herefordshire - 4 - -
West Bromwich - 4 £350 -
Solihull - 3 - -
Warwickshire -5 2 - -
Wolverhampton - 2 £260 -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 63 (35.80%) SharePoint 2010
2 56 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 47 (26.70%) .NET
4 39 (22.16%) C#
5 33 (18.75%) SQL
6 30 (17.05%) SQL Server
6 30 (17.05%) MS Excel
7 27 (15.34%) Windows
8 23 (13.07%) CRM
9 21 (11.93%) Project Management
10 20 (11.36%) Dynamics CRM
11 19 (10.80%) VMware
11 19 (10.80%) XML
12 18 (10.23%) MS Office
12 18 (10.23%) ASP.NET
12 18 (10.23%) MS Exchange
12 18 (10.23%) PRINCE2
12 18 (10.23%) InfoPath
13 17 (9.659%) Finance
13 17 (9.659%) Windows Server 2008
14 16 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (8.523%) MS Project
15 15 (8.523%) Web Services
16 14 (7.955%) JavaScript
16 14 (7.955%) Business Intelligence
16 14 (7.955%) Workflow
16 14 (7.955%) SharePoint Server
16 14 (7.955%) Exchange Server 2010
17 13 (7.386%) Degree
17 13 (7.386%) Change Management

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 47 (26.70%) .NET
2 19 (10.80%) XML
3 18 (10.23%) ASP.NET
4 15 (8.523%) Web Services
5 12 (6.818%) HTML
6 10 (5.682%) .NET Framework
7 7 (3.977%) Ajax
8 5 (2.841%) CSS
9 4 (2.273%) XSLT
10 3 (1.705%) WCF
11 2 (1.136%) ADO.NET
11 2 (1.136%) COM
11 2 (1.136%) XSL
11 2 (1.136%) DHTML
11 2 (1.136%) Flash
11 2 (1.136%) Silverlight
11 2 (1.136%) jQuery
11 2 (1.136%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 2 (1.136%) Application Packaging
12 1 (0.568%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 63 (35.80%) SharePoint 2010
2 18 (10.23%) MS Exchange
3 14 (7.955%) SharePoint Server
3 14 (7.955%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.273%) IIS
4 4 (2.273%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (2.273%) CMS
5 3 (1.705%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (1.705%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.568%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.568%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.568%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.568%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.568%) Lync
6 1 (0.568%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 30 (17.05%) MS Excel
2 18 (10.23%) MS Office
2 18 (10.23%) InfoPath
3 15 (8.523%) MS Project
4 6 (3.409%) MS Visio
4 6 (3.409%) CATIA
5 3 (1.705%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (1.136%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (11.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.841%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.136%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.250%) SAN
1 11 (6.250%) Internet
2 10 (5.682%) Intranet
3 9 (5.114%) NAS
4 8 (4.545%) Firewall
5 4 (2.273%) DHCP
5 4 (2.273%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.273%) DNS
6 3 (1.705%) Network Security
6 3 (1.705%) MPLS
7 2 (1.136%) HTTP
7 2 (1.136%) Wireless
8 1 (0.568%) DMZ
8 1 (0.568%) Broadband
8 1 (0.568%) LAN
8 1 (0.568%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (17.05%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.114%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (5.114%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (3.409%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.409%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.273%) MS Access
4 4 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.705%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.136%) DTS
6 2 (1.136%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.136%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.568%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.568%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 12 (6.818%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (5.114%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.136%) MSI
4 1 (0.568%) NUnit
4 1 (0.568%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.568%) Selenium
4 1 (0.568%) JIRA
4 1 (0.568%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.568%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.568%) WebDriver
General
1 17 (9.659%) Finance
2 4 (2.273%) Advertising
3 3 (1.705%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.568%) Military
4 1 (0.568%) Law
4 1 (0.568%) Banking
4 1 (0.568%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.568%) Swedish Language
4 1 (0.568%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (34.09%) Developer
2 43 (24.43%) SharePoint Developer
3 18 (10.23%) Administrator
4 17 (9.659%) Analyst
5 14 (7.955%) Consultant
6 11 (6.250%) Programmer
7 10 (5.682%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.682%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (5.682%) SharePoint Administrator
8 9 (5.114%) SharePoint Consultant
8 9 (5.114%) Architect
9 8 (4.545%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.545%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.977%) SharePoint Architect
10 7 (3.977%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (3.409%) Programme Support Officer
12 5 (2.841%) Web Developer
13 4 (2.273%) Teradata DBA
13 4 (2.273%) Project Manager
13 4 (2.273%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.409%) NHS
2 4 (2.273%) SaaS
2 4 (2.273%) E-Learning
3 3 (1.705%) Clustering
3 3 (1.705%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.136%) iSeries
4 2 (1.136%) PMI
4 2 (1.136%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.136%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (1.136%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.136%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.136%) CESG
4 2 (1.136%) CESG CLAS
5 1 (0.568%) Informatics
5 1 (0.568%) Pocket PC
5 1 (0.568%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.34%) Windows
2 17 (9.659%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (4.545%) UNIX
4 8 (4.545%) Linux
5 2 (1.136%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.136%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.136%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.568%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (13.07%) CRM
2 21 (11.93%) Project Management
3 18 (10.23%) PRINCE2
4 14 (7.955%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (7.955%) Workflow
5 13 (7.386%) Change Management
6 12 (6.818%) Migration
7 10 (5.682%) Resource Management
7 10 (5.682%) Service Delivery
7 10 (5.682%) Programme Management
8 9 (5.114%) Configuration Management
9 8 (4.545%) Content Management
10 7 (3.977%) Data Migration
10 7 (3.977%) ITIL
11 6 (3.409%) CAD
12 5 (2.841%) Risk Assessment
12 5 (2.841%) Process Management
12 5 (2.841%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (2.841%) Project Planning
12 5 (2.841%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 39 (22.16%) C#
2 33 (18.75%) SQL
3 14 (7.955%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.977%) VBA
5 6 (3.409%) VB.NET
6 4 (2.273%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.136%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.568%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.568%) Delphi
8 1 (0.568%) VBScript
8 1 (0.568%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (7.386%) Degree
2 12 (6.818%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (6.250%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.682%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.114%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (2.841%) MCAD
6 5 (2.841%) MCSD
7 3 (1.705%) MCSE
7 3 (1.705%) MCP
8 2 (1.136%) PgMP
8 2 (1.136%) APMP
8 2 (1.136%) PMP
8 2 (1.136%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.136%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.568%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.568%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.568%) MCITP
9 1 (0.568%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.568%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.273%) QA
2 2 (1.136%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (7.386%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.818%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.273%) vSphere
4 3 (1.705%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.136%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (1.136%) UAG
6 1 (0.568%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.568%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (2.273%) SCOM
2 3 (1.705%) SCCM
3 2 (1.136%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.568%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.568%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.568%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.568%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 56 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.80%) VMware
3 8 (4.545%) Citrix
4 7 (3.977%) Cisco
5 6 (3.409%) Google
6 3 (1.705%) Sage
6 3 (1.705%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.705%) IBM
6 3 (1.705%) Oracle
6 3 (1.705%) SAP
7 2 (1.136%) CA
7 2 (1.136%) HP
7 2 (1.136%) Dell
7 2 (1.136%) Primavera
8 1 (0.568%) Altiris
8 1 (0.568%) Symantec
8 1 (0.568%) EMC
8 1 (0.568%) Nortel
8 1 (0.568%) Avaya
8 1 (0.568%) Veritas
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