The first table below looks at the demand for Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Development 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.059% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.254% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £358 £323
% change year-on-year
+2.09% +10.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
393 516 515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.08% 22.76% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 287 277
Average daily rate £300 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 20
Average hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% +23.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
Windows SharePoint Services
England

Windows SharePoint Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Windows SharePoint Services Jobs Demand Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Windows SharePoint Services Daily Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Windows SharePoint Services Hourly Rate Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows SharePoint Services within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Shropshire - 1 - -
Birmingham - - - -
Windows SharePoint Services
England

Windows SharePoint Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) Swedish Language
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) RUP
2 1 (50.00%) MQSeries
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) WPF
2 1 (50.00%) WF
2 1 (50.00%) Silverlight
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

Windows SharePoint Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows SharePoint Services 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 Windows SharePoint Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ADO.NET
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) WPF
2 1 (50.00%) WF
2 1 (50.00%) Silverlight
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Foundation
2 1 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) NUnit
1 1 (50.00%) CruiseControl
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (50.00%) MSBuild
General
1 1 (50.00%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Developer
2 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) MSF
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft