The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 19 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 Platforms category for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 25 33 27
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 13 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 6.250% 1.796% 3.191%
As % of the Application Platforms category 48.15% 15.79% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 0
Average salary £41,250 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 19 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 12.98% 11.38% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 20 8 10
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £15,390 £29,950
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
SharePoint
County Antrim

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Belfast SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 12 (54.55%) .NET
3 11 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 11 (50.00%) Windows
4 10 (45.45%) XML
4 10 (45.45%) Degree
5 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
5 9 (40.91%) VMware
5 9 (40.91%) SAN
5 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
5 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (40.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (40.91%) vSphere
6 8 (36.36%) VB.NET
7 7 (31.82%) iPad
7 7 (31.82%) iPhone
7 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
8 6 (27.27%) Oracle
8 6 (27.27%) MS Office
9 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (22.73%) C#
9 5 (22.73%) EMC
9 5 (22.73%) Citrix
9 5 (22.73%) Validation
9 5 (22.73%) Network Security
9 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
9 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
9 5 (22.73%) XenServer
9 5 (22.73%) XenDesktop

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 12 (54.55%) .NET
2 11 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 10 (45.45%) XML
4 3 (13.64%) Silverlight
4 3 (13.64%) HTML
4 3 (13.64%) Web Services
5 2 (9.091%) CSS
6 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
6 1 (4.545%) WPF
6 1 (4.545%) WF
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Lync
2 1 (4.545%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.545%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) MS Office
2 5 (22.73%) Office 365
3 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
4 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) SAN
2 5 (22.73%) Network Security
3 4 (18.18%) LAN
3 4 (18.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) GIS
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Retail
2 1 (4.545%) Investment Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Developer
2 6 (27.27%) .NET Developer
3 5 (22.73%) VB.NET Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Technical Design Authority
4 4 (18.18%) Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Senior Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.545%) C# Developer
7 1 (4.545%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Support Specialist
7 1 (4.545%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
2 7 (31.82%) iPad
2 7 (31.82%) iPhone
3 5 (22.73%) EqualLogic
4 2 (9.091%) Open Source
5 1 (4.545%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 9 (40.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (22.73%) Validation
2 4 (18.18%) Unit Testing
3 3 (13.64%) MVC
3 3 (13.64%) OO
4 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.091%) SOA
5 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.545%) Demand Management
5 1 (4.545%) Document Management
5 1 (4.545%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.545%) Workflow
5 1 (4.545%) Supplier Management
5 1 (4.545%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.545%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) VB.NET
3 5 (22.73%) C#
4 1 (4.545%) XAML
4 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.091%) BC Cleared
4 2 (9.091%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (40.91%) vSphere
2 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
2 5 (22.73%) XenServer
2 5 (22.73%) XenDesktop
3 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) VMware
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 5 (22.73%) EMC
3 5 (22.73%) Citrix
3 5 (22.73%) 3PAR
4 2 (9.091%) ESRI
5 1 (4.545%) Progress
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