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The table below looks at the demand for Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows SharePoint Services over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows SharePoint Services (WSS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank121124
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.268 %1.966 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£325
Average daily rate-£338
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£399
% change on same period last year-5.96 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£32.13
% change on same period last year+40.07 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads746814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.008 %0.803 %
Daily rates quoted179163
Average minimum daily rate£295£295
Average daily rate£314£316
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted2865
Average minimum hourly rate£29.98£29.01
Average hourly rate£31.64£31.46
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.30£33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Windows SharePoint Services EnglandWindows SharePoint Services
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.

Windows SharePoint Services
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Windows SharePoint Services
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

116 (100.00 %)SharePoint
212 (75.00 %)Windows
311 (68.75 %)SharePoint Server 2007
410 (62.50 %)ASP.NET
59 (56.25 %)C#
59 (56.25 %).NET
59 (56.25 %)Visual Studio
68 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
76 (37.50 %)Microsoft
76 (37.50 %)Workflow
84 (25.00 %)CAML
93 (18.75 %)SharePoint Portal Server
93 (18.75 %)Office Project Server
93 (18.75 %)InfoPath
93 (18.75 %)MS Office
102 (12.50 %)MS Project
102 (12.50 %)Active Directory
102 (12.50 %)Document Management
102 (12.50 %)Migration
102 (12.50 %)MS Excel
102 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (12.50 %)Knowledge Management
111 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
111 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2000
111 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
111 (6.250 %)Data Migration
111 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
111 (6.250 %)WF
111 (6.250 %)Intranet

Windows SharePoint Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (62.50 %)ASP.NET
29 (56.25 %).NET
38 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
44 (25.00 %)CAML
51 (6.250 %)HTML
51 (6.250 %)WF
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (100.00 %)SharePoint
211 (68.75 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (18.75 %)SharePoint Portal Server
33 (18.75 %)Office Project Server
41 (6.250 %)Lotus Notes
41 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
41 (6.250 %)GroupWise
41 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (18.75 %)MS Office
13 (18.75 %)InfoPath
22 (12.50 %)MS Project
22 (12.50 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)LDAP
11 (6.250 %)LAN
11 (6.250 %)WAN
11 (6.250 %)DHCP
11 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
11 (6.250 %)DNS
11 (6.250 %)Intranet
11 (6.250 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (56.25 %)Visual Studio
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (75.00 %)Developer
112 (75.00 %)SharePoint Developer
23 (18.75 %)SharePoint Consultant
23 (18.75 %)Consultant
31 (6.250 %)Migration Engineer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (6.250 %)UNIX
31 (6.250 %)NetWare
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (37.50 %)Workflow
22 (12.50 %)Migration
22 (12.50 %)Document Management
22 (12.50 %)Knowledge Management
31 (6.250 %)Data Migration
31 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (56.25 %)C#
21 (6.250 %)VB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (12.50 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (37.50 %)Microsoft
21 (6.250 %)Lotus