Yorkshire SharePoint Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint skills within the Yorkshire 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 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Woking Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	66
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching contract IT job ads	117	80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.165 %	0.081 %
As % of the category below	25.27 %	14.18 %
Daily rates quoted	30	14
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£324
Average daily rate	£377	£342
% change on same period last year	+10.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£359
% change on same period last year	-2.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.75	£23.00
Average hourly rate	£31.88	£23.30
% change on same period last year	+36.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£23.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.88	£27.21
% change on same period last year	+9.83 %
Application Platforms Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	463	564
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.655 %	0.571 %
Daily rates quoted	71	153
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£334
Average daily rate	£368	£347
% change on same period last year	+5.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£338
% change on same period last year	+3.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	47	50
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.70	£20.57
Average hourly rate	£20.26	£21.79
% change on same period last year	-7.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.81	£23.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.77	£24.01
% change on same period last year	+3.15 %
SharePoint 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint across the Yorkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
West Yorkshire	+24	97	£383	+14.87 %
South Yorkshire	+12	7	£343	-
North Yorkshire	-8	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 134 (51.54 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 131 (50.38 %) .NET 3 110 (42.31 %) SQL Server 4 98 (37.69 %) C# 5 89 (34.23 %) ASP.NET 6 63 (24.23 %) Microsoft 7 51 (19.62 %) NHS 8 44 (16.92 %) SQL Server 2005 9 39 (15.00 %) Health 9 39 (15.00 %) Windows 10 35 (13.46 %) SQL 11 32 (12.31 %) Active Directory 12 30 (11.54 %) Windows Server 2003 12 30 (11.54 %) MS Office 13 28 (10.77 %) CSS

13 28 (10.77 %) EDRMS 14 25 (9.615 %) Windows SharePoint Services 15 24 (9.231 %) XML 15 24 (9.231 %) HTML 15 24 (9.231 %) MS Excel 16 23 (8.846 %) InfoPath 17 21 (8.077 %) Visual Studio 18 20 (7.692 %) PRINCE2 19 18 (6.923 %) Document Management 20 17 (6.538 %) .NET Framework 21 16 (6.154 %) IIS 21 16 (6.154 %) VB.NET 21 16 (6.154 %) Workflow 22 15 (5.769 %) Migration 22 15 (5.769 %) SharePoint Portal Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 1 131 (50.38 %) .NET 2 89 (34.23 %) ASP.NET 3 28 (10.77 %) CSS 4 25 (9.615 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 24 (9.231 %) XML 5 24 (9.231 %) HTML 6 17 (6.538 %) .NET Framework 7 14 (5.385 %) WebServices 8 11 (4.231 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 9 (3.462 %) AJAX 9 9 (3.462 %) XSLT 9 9 (3.462 %) ASP 10 6 (2.308 %) XML Schema 11 5 (1.923 %) XHTML 12 4 (1.538 %) Silverlight 13 2 (0.769 %) XSL 13 2 (0.769 %) SOAP 14 1 (0.385 %) XSD 14 1 (0.385 %) ADO.NET 14 1 (0.385 %) SVG	Application Platforms 1 134 (51.54 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 16 (6.154 %) IIS 3 15 (5.769 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 12 (4.615 %) MS Exchange 5 9 (3.462 %) CMS 6 7 (2.692 %) BizTalk Server 7 6 (2.308 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 3 (1.154 %) Content Management Server 9 2 (0.769 %) EPiServer 10 1 (0.385 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 30 (11.54 %) MS Office 2 24 (9.231 %) MS Excel 3 23 (8.846 %) InfoPath 4 4 (1.538 %) MS Visio 5 3 (1.154 %) Spreadsheet 6 2 (0.769 %) Photoshop 6 2 (0.769 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 1 (0.385 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 13 (5.000 %) Internet 2 10 (3.846 %) DNS 3 6 (2.308 %) Intranet 3 6 (2.308 %) DHCP 3 6 (2.308 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (1.538 %) Firewall 5 2 (0.769 %) Extranet 5 2 (0.769 %) WAN 6 1 (0.385 %) SAN 6 1 (0.385 %) VPN 6 1 (0.385 %) LDAP 6 1 (0.385 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 110 (42.31 %) SQL Server 2 44 (16.92 %) SQL Server 2005 3 28 (10.77 %) EDRMS 4 9 (3.462 %) MS Access 5 8 (3.077 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 6 (2.308 %) SQL Server 2000 7 4 (1.538 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 3 (1.154 %) Datawarehouse 9 2 (0.769 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 2 (0.769 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 1 (0.385 %) BusinessObjects 10 1 (0.385 %) Crystal Reports 10 1 (0.385 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 21 (8.077 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (1.154 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (0.385 %) Flash	General 1 39 (15.00 %) Health 2 14 (5.385 %) Government 3 12 (4.615 %) Publishing 4 8 (3.077 %) Education 5 5 (1.923 %) Finance 5 5 (1.923 %) Marketing 6 3 (1.154 %) Graphic Design 7 1 (0.385 %) Construction 7 1 (0.385 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 112 (43.08 %) Developer 2 67 (25.77 %) SharePoint Developer 3 33 (12.69 %) .NET Developer 4 30 (11.54 %) Analyst 5 19 (7.308 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 17 (6.538 %) Project Manager 7 14 (5.385 %) C# Developer 8 12 (4.615 %) Systems Engineer 8 12 (4.615 %) Administrator 9 11 (4.231 %) Business Analyst 9 11 (4.231 %) SharePoint Administrator 10 10 (3.846 %) Senior Manager 10 10 (3.846 %) Senior Project Manager 11 9 (3.462 %) Senior Developer 11 9 (3.462 %) Architect 12 8 (3.077 %) Support Analyst 12 8 (3.077 %) Infrastructure Engineer 12 8 (3.077 %) Data Analyst 12 8 (3.077 %) Senior Sharepoint Developer 13 7 (2.692 %) Data Migration Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 51 (19.62 %) NHS 2 12 (4.615 %) Taxonomies 3 9 (3.462 %) Data Protection Act 3 9 (3.462 %) VLE 4 8 (3.077 %) Freedom of Information 4 8 (3.077 %) Client/Server 5 7 (2.692 %) Freedom of Information Act 6 4 (1.538 %) Management Information System 6 4 (1.538 %) E-Learning 7 1 (0.385 %) NPfIT 7 1 (0.385 %) Blog
Operating Systems 1 39 (15.00 %) Windows 2 30 (11.54 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (2.308 %) Windows 2000 4 5 (1.923 %) NetWare 5 4 (1.538 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (0.385 %) Windows Server 2008 6 1 (0.385 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (7.692 %) PRINCE2 2 18 (6.923 %) Document Management 3 16 (6.154 %) Workflow 4 15 (5.769 %) Migration 5 13 (5.000 %) Stakeholder Management 5 13 (5.000 %) ITIL 6 12 (4.615 %) Project Management 7 11 (4.231 %) OO 7 11 (4.231 %) Web Development 7 11 (4.231 %) Data Migration 8 10 (3.846 %) Knowledge Management 9 9 (3.462 %) Content Management 9 9 (3.462 %) Data Protection 10 7 (2.692 %) Release Management 11 6 (2.308 %) Asset Management 11 6 (2.308 %) Service Delivery 12 5 (1.923 %) Information Management 13 4 (1.538 %) Web Design 13 4 (1.538 %) Business Analysis 13 4 (1.538 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 98 (37.69 %) C# 2 35 (13.46 %) SQL 3 16 (6.154 %) VB.NET 4 14 (5.385 %) JavaScript 5 7 (2.692 %) C 6 3 (1.154 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.385 %) VB 7 1 (0.385 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 11 (4.231 %) MCSE 1 11 (4.231 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (1.538 %) MCSA 2 4 (1.538 %) ITIL Certification 2 4 (1.538 %) MCP 3 3 (1.154 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 3 (1.154 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 2 (0.769 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.769 %) QA 2 1 (0.385 %) SLA	System Software 1 32 (12.31 %) Active Directory 2 11 (4.231 %) ISA Server 3 5 (1.923 %) Novell eDirectory 3 5 (1.923 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 4 (1.538 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 10 (3.846 %) OpenView 1 10 (3.846 %) OVSD 2 8 (3.077 %) SCOM 3 5 (1.923 %) SCCM 4 3 (1.154 %) MOM 4 3 (1.154 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 63 (24.23 %) Microsoft 2 11 (4.231 %) HP 3 9 (3.462 %) VMware 4 6 (2.308 %) Meridio 4 6 (2.308 %) Oracle 5 2 (0.769 %) Adobe 6 1 (0.385 %) Business Objects 6 1 (0.385 %) SAP 6 1 (0.385 %) Google 6 1 (0.385 %) BladeLogic 6 1 (0.385 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.385 %) Remedy