The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 22 23 21
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 27 16 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 10.76% 7.921% 10.37%
As % of the Application Platforms category 40.91% 38.10% 44.74%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 17
Average salary £41,250 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.12% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,178 £35,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
66 42 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 26.29% 20.79% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 64 39 38
Average salary £43,750 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £58,750
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
SharePoint
Bedfordshire

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford SharePoint Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Bedford region.

Bedford SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedford SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SharePoint.

1 26 (68.42%) SQL
2 24 (63.16%) SQL Server
2 24 (63.16%) Microsoft
3 22 (57.89%) Windows
4 19 (50.00%) .NET
4 19 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
5 18 (47.37%) T-SQL
6 17 (44.74%) C#
7 16 (42.11%) CRM
8 15 (39.47%) Dynamics CRM
9 14 (36.84%) ASP.NET
10 13 (34.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (34.21%) WCF
11 11 (28.95%) SQL Server 2008
11 11 (28.95%) Team Foundation Server
11 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
11 11 (28.95%) MS Excel
12 10 (26.32%) MVC
12 10 (26.32%) Scrum
12 10 (26.32%) TDD
12 10 (26.32%) Cisco
13 9 (23.68%) SharePoint 2013
14 8 (21.05%) Silverlight
14 8 (21.05%) Kanban
14 8 (21.05%) SharePoint Server
14 8 (21.05%) ASP
14 8 (21.05%) XML
14 8 (21.05%) HTML
15 7 (18.42%) XSLT
15 7 (18.42%) CSS

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SharePoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (50.00%) .NET
2 14 (36.84%) ASP.NET
3 13 (34.21%) WCF
4 8 (21.05%) Silverlight
4 8 (21.05%) ASP
4 8 (21.05%) XML
4 8 (21.05%) HTML
5 7 (18.42%) XSLT
5 7 (18.42%) CSS
5 7 (18.42%) .NET Framework
6 6 (15.79%) WinForms
7 5 (13.16%) Software Packaging
8 4 (10.53%) Ajax
9 3 (7.895%) Web Services
9 3 (7.895%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (7.895%) jQuery
10 2 (5.263%) LINQ
10 2 (5.263%) WPF
10 2 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 19 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 9 (23.68%) SharePoint 2013
3 8 (21.05%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (18.42%) MS Exchange
4 7 (18.42%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (18.42%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (13.16%) IIS
6 3 (7.895%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.895%) MS Office
3 1 (2.632%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) HTTP
1 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
1 7 (18.42%) DNS
1 7 (18.42%) HTTPS
1 7 (18.42%) Network Security
2 6 (15.79%) Intranet
3 5 (13.16%) Firewall
3 5 (13.16%) SSL
4 2 (5.263%) VLAN
4 2 (5.263%) VPN
4 2 (5.263%) Internet
4 2 (5.263%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (63.16%) SQL Server
2 13 (34.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (28.95%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (7.895%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (5.263%) Informix
8 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (13.16%) Moq
3 3 (7.895%) Visual Studio
3 3 (7.895%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (5.263%) Subversion
General
1 2 (5.263%) Billing
1 2 (5.263%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 6 (15.79%) Data Centre Specialist
3 6 (15.79%) SharePoint Consultant
3 6 (15.79%) Consultant
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Consultant
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Deployment Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) SQL Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Development Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Senior Development Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Data Centre Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (7.895%) C# Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.263%) Systems Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.263%) N-Tier
1 2 (5.263%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.632%) Social Network
2 1 (2.632%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 22 (57.89%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Windows XP
2 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (18.42%) Windows Vista
2 7 (18.42%) Windows 7
2 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) CRM
2 10 (26.32%) MVC
2 10 (26.32%) Scrum
2 10 (26.32%) TDD
3 8 (21.05%) Kanban
4 6 (15.79%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (13.16%) ETL
6 2 (5.263%) Multithreading
6 2 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.263%) OOD
6 2 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.263%) OO
7 1 (2.632%) Process Management
7 1 (2.632%) Workflow
7 1 (2.632%) Migration
7 1 (2.632%) Data Modelling
7 1 (2.632%) Strategic Management
7 1 (2.632%) Web Development
7 1 (2.632%) Data Management
7 1 (2.632%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (68.42%) SQL
2 18 (47.37%) T-SQL
3 17 (44.74%) C#
4 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
5 4 (10.53%) VBScript
6 1 (2.632%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (13.16%) CCSP
1 5 (13.16%) CCNP
1 5 (13.16%) CCIP
1 5 (13.16%) CCNA
1 5 (13.16%) MCSE
1 5 (13.16%) MCP
2 3 (7.895%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.16%) Novell eDirectory
3 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.53%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (10.53%) UAG
3 4 (10.53%) ISA Server
4 2 (5.263%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) ZENworks
1 5 (13.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 10 (26.32%) Cisco
3 5 (13.16%) Novell
3 5 (13.16%) LANDesk
4 4 (10.53%) VMware
5 3 (7.895%) Typemock
6 1 (2.632%) Capita
Bedford, South East
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... Essential Experience/Skills: We are looking for someone...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, South East
We are a small team with a large responsibility which ranges from keeping the customer-facing websites and customer portal on line and operational to maintaining a CRM...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Ability to customise sites with SharePoint Templates and a working knowledge of HTML and CSS... Ability to develop and maintain Apps, Workflows, Web Parts and Content Types in...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead Developer / Solution Architect (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF, MVC) We are looking for a Technical Lead, Lead Developer or Solution Architect with good experience...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Job type: SharePoint Technical Consultant Package: £40-50,000 + Excellent Benefits Location: Bedford Position type: Permanent Contact name: Chris Pearson Contact Company: JAM Dynamics Ltd Keywords: SharePoint 2010,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bedford, South East
Job Ref: 40479Job type: SharePoint Technical ConsultantPackage: £40-50,000 + Excellent BenefitsLocation: BedfordPosition type: PermanentContact name: Chris PearsonContact Company: JAM Dynamics LtdKeywords: SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2007, SQL, Dynamics...
JAM
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Ideal skill set will include DNS Services, Microsoft Exchange 2007 /2010 and SharePoint services 2007 / 2010. You will have ideally had experience in installing, usage and/or...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013