Berkshire SharePoint Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SharePoint
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Altrincham Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Brackley Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley City of London Clapham Clevedon Colchester Conwy Corby County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dudley Durham Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edgware Edinburgh Egham Elland England Essex Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horley Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Keighley Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liphook Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Lymington Macclesfield Maidenhead Malmesbury Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Monmouth Monmouthshire Moreton-in-Marsh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newport Pagnell Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Rayleigh Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Ringwood Romford Rotherham Sale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stamford Stanford-le-Hope Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Street Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swindon Teddington Thame Thames Ditton Thames Valley Thetford Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Waltham Cross Wantage Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Whitehaven Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	66	122
Rank change on same period last year	+56
Matching permanent IT job ads	304	199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.149 %	0.085 %
As % of the category below	16.41 %	8.932 %
Salaries quoted	270	173
Average minimum salary	£36,214	£47,440
Average salary	£41,424	£52,851
% change on same period last year	-21.62 %
Average maximum salary	£46,634	£58,263
UK excluding London average salary	£39,578	£40,693
% change on same period last year	-2.73 %
Application Platforms Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	1853	2228
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.906 %	0.957 %
Salaries quoted	1589	1838
Average minimum salary	£36,886	£39,737
Average salary	£40,901	£43,349
% change on same period last year	-5.64 %
Average maximum salary	£44,916	£46,960
UK excluding London average salary	£37,061	£38,439
% change on same period last year	-3.58 %
SharePoint South East

SharePoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing SharePoint across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint
Salary Trend

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

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

SharePoint
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Reading	+34	114	£41,309	-6.50 %
2	Bracknell	+24	49	£43,141	-34.81 %
3	Maidenhead	+23	17	£47,321	-16.61 %
3	Slough	-10	17	£43,688	-35.27 %
4	Newbury	+11	11	£37,182	+11.82 %
5	Wokingham	-	7	£41,071	-
6	Windsor	+5	5	£34,000	-

SharePoint South East

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SharePoint also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint.

1 354 (61.25 %) .NET 2 349 (60.38 %) Microsoft 3 288 (49.83 %) SQL Server 4 283 (48.96 %) C# 5 220 (38.06 %) ASP.NET 6 216 (37.37 %) Windows 7 195 (33.74 %) SQL 8 193 (33.39 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 143 (24.74 %) MS Excel 10 138 (23.88 %) BizTalk Server 11 120 (20.76 %) Microsoft Certification 12 108 (18.69 %) XML 13 97 (16.78 %) IIS 14 94 (16.26 %) SQL Server 7 15 89 (15.40 %) MS Office

16 86 (14.88 %) SQL Server 2005 17 85 (14.71 %) VB.NET 18 82 (14.19 %) WebServices 19 79 (13.67 %) Active Directory 20 69 (11.94 %) MS Exchange 21 67 (11.59 %) MCSD 21 67 (11.59 %) JavaScript 21 67 (11.59 %) SharePoint Portal Server 22 65 (11.25 %) Oracle 23 63 (10.90 %) CRM 24 58 (10.03 %) HTML 25 53 (9.170 %) Visual Studio 26 48 (8.304 %) Scrum 27 46 (7.958 %) VMware 28 44 (7.612 %) Extreme Programming

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SharePoint also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SharePoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 354 (61.25 %) .NET 2 220 (38.06 %) ASP.NET 3 108 (18.69 %) XML 4 82 (14.19 %) WebServices 5 58 (10.03 %) HTML 6 44 (7.612 %) WinForms 7 35 (6.055 %) Windows SharePoint Services 7 35 (6.055 %) .NET Framework 8 34 (5.882 %) CSS 9 33 (5.709 %) WebSphere 10 26 (4.498 %) ASP 11 15 (2.595 %) XHTML 12 14 (2.422 %) COM+ 13 12 (2.076 %) ADO.NET 14 11 (1.903 %) J2EE 14 11 (1.903 %) XSLT 14 11 (1.903 %) AJAX 15 8 (1.384 %) Adobe Flex 15 8 (1.384 %) WCF 16 6 (1.038 %) Java EE	Application Platforms 1 193 (33.39 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 138 (23.88 %) BizTalk Server 3 97 (16.78 %) IIS 4 69 (11.94 %) MS Exchange 5 67 (11.59 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 39 (6.747 %) CMS 7 36 (6.228 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 26 (4.498 %) Apache 9 23 (3.979 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 22 (3.806 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 15 (2.595 %) WebLogic 12 14 (2.422 %) WebLogic Portal 13 13 (2.249 %) MQSeries 14 12 (2.076 %) Lotus Domino 15 9 (1.557 %) Content Management Server 16 6 (1.038 %) Tomcat 17 5 (0.865 %) ColdFusion 17 5 (0.865 %) Live Communications Server 17 5 (0.865 %) Commerce Server 18 4 (0.692 %) JBoss
Applications 1 143 (24.74 %) MS Excel 2 89 (15.40 %) MS Office 3 27 (4.671 %) InfoPath 4 12 (2.076 %) Photoshop 5 11 (1.903 %) MS PowerPoint 6 10 (1.730 %) MS Project 7 8 (1.384 %) Acrobat 8 6 (1.038 %) RoboHelp 9 4 (0.692 %) Paint Shop Pro 10 3 (0.519 %) MS Visio 10 3 (0.519 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 35 (6.055 %) Microsoft CRM 2 16 (2.768 %) Axapta 3 12 (2.076 %) Summit 4 10 (1.730 %) Dynamics AX 5 9 (1.557 %) Dynamics CRM 6 6 (1.038 %) SAP Business One 6 6 (1.038 %) Dynamics NAV 6 6 (1.038 %) Navision 6 6 (1.038 %) Oracle EBS 7 5 (0.865 %) Great Plains 8 3 (0.519 %) Applix TM1 9 2 (0.346 %) Changepoint 10 1 (0.173 %) Pivotal CRM 10 1 (0.173 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 42 (7.266 %) Intranet 2 30 (5.190 %) Firewall 3 28 (4.844 %) LAN 4 27 (4.671 %) WAN 4 27 (4.671 %) Internet 5 25 (4.325 %) TCP/IP 6 18 (3.114 %) SAN 7 17 (2.941 %) DNS 8 16 (2.768 %) VPN 9 7 (1.211 %) HTTP 10 5 (0.865 %) Wireless 10 5 (0.865 %) DHCP 10 5 (0.865 %) VoIP 10 5 (0.865 %) MPLS 11 2 (0.346 %) IP Telephony 11 2 (0.346 %) VLAN 12 1 (0.173 %) SMTP 12 1 (0.173 %) FTP 12 1 (0.173 %) IPsec 12 1 (0.173 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 288 (49.83 %) SQL Server 2 94 (16.26 %) SQL Server 7 3 86 (14.88 %) SQL Server 2005 4 39 (6.747 %) SQL Server 2000 5 38 (6.574 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 33 (5.709 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 21 (3.633 %) Datawarehouse 8 20 (3.460 %) DB2 9 13 (2.249 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 10 (1.730 %) OLAP 10 10 (1.730 %) ETL 11 9 (1.557 %) EDMS 12 8 (1.384 %) Oracle 10g 12 8 (1.384 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 13 6 (1.038 %) IDOL 13 6 (1.038 %) Oracle OLAP 13 6 (1.038 %) Oracle 9i 14 5 (0.865 %) DTS 15 4 (0.692 %) MySQL 15 4 (0.692 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 53 (9.170 %) Visual Studio 2 7 (1.211 %) LoadRunner 3 6 (1.038 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 6 (1.038 %) Flash 4 3 (0.519 %) ClearCase 5 2 (0.346 %) TestDirector 5 2 (0.346 %) MSI 5 2 (0.346 %) PVCS 6 1 (0.173 %) FrontPage	General 1 34 (5.882 %) Pensions 2 26 (4.498 %) Finance 3 23 (3.979 %) Education 4 18 (3.114 %) Health 5 12 (2.076 %) Billing 6 11 (1.903 %) Government 7 9 (1.557 %) Manufacturing 7 9 (1.557 %) Home Office 7 9 (1.557 %) Telecoms 8 7 (1.211 %) Retail 8 7 (1.211 %) Pharmaceutical 9 3 (0.519 %) Graphic Design 10 2 (0.346 %) Marketing 11 1 (0.173 %) Insurance 11 1 (0.173 %) Back Office 11 1 (0.173 %) Electronics 11 1 (0.173 %) Games 11 1 (0.173 %) Law
Job Titles 1 233 (40.31 %) Developer 2 134 (23.18 %) Consultant 3 113 (19.55 %) .NET Developer 4 63 (10.90 %) C# Developer 5 52 (8.997 %) SharePoint Consultant 6 43 (7.439 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 40 (6.920 %) Analyst 8 37 (6.401 %) Web Developer 8 37 (6.401 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 35 (6.055 %) Support Analyst 10 33 (5.709 %) Microsoft Developer 11 30 (5.190 %) Microsoft Consultant 12 28 (4.844 %) Systems Engineer 13 27 (4.671 %) Architect 13 27 (4.671 %) Technical Consultant 14 26 (4.498 %) SharePoint Developer 15 23 (3.979 %) SQL Developer 16 22 (3.806 %) Support Engineer 17 20 (3.460 %) Software Developer 18 19 (3.287 %) Applications Support	Miscellaneous 1 18 (3.114 %) Tandem 2 12 (2.076 %) VLE 3 9 (1.557 %) Management Information System 4 8 (1.384 %) Computer Science 4 8 (1.384 %) PKI 4 8 (1.384 %) French Language 4 8 (1.384 %) German Language 5 6 (1.038 %) N-Tier 6 5 (0.865 %) Replication 7 4 (0.692 %) Blackberry 8 3 (0.519 %) Client/Server 8 3 (0.519 %) Statistics 9 2 (0.346 %) PMI 9 2 (0.346 %) Clustering 10 1 (0.173 %) Handset 10 1 (0.173 %) Life Science 10 1 (0.173 %) Pocket PC 10 1 (0.173 %) Asset Management
Operating Systems 1 216 (37.37 %) Windows 2 34 (5.882 %) Windows XP 3 23 (3.979 %) Unix 4 22 (3.806 %) Windows Server 2003 5 14 (2.422 %) Windows 2000 6 12 (2.076 %) Linux 7 6 (1.038 %) Windows NT 8 4 (0.692 %) AIX 8 4 (0.692 %) HPUX 8 4 (0.692 %) Solaris 8 4 (0.692 %) SUSE 8 4 (0.692 %) Debian	Processes & Methodologies 1 63 (10.90 %) CRM 2 48 (8.304 %) Scrum 3 44 (7.612 %) Extreme Programming 3 44 (7.612 %) TDD 4 37 (6.401 %) ERP 5 35 (6.055 %) OO 6 30 (5.190 %) PRINCE2 6 30 (5.190 %) Business Intelligence 7 22 (3.806 %) ITIL 7 22 (3.806 %) Content Management 7 22 (3.806 %) Web Development 8 21 (3.633 %) Performance Testing 8 21 (3.633 %) Web Design 9 19 (3.287 %) Workflow 10 18 (3.114 %) Project Management 11 16 (2.768 %) BPM 12 15 (2.595 %) Security Testing 13 14 (2.422 %) EAI 14 13 (2.249 %) OOD 14 13 (2.249 %) Pair Programming
Programming Languages 1 283 (48.96 %) C# 2 195 (33.74 %) SQL 3 85 (14.71 %) VB.NET 4 67 (11.59 %) JavaScript 5 44 (7.612 %) Java 6 40 (6.920 %) VB 7 28 (4.844 %) Transact-SQL 8 21 (3.633 %) C 9 15 (2.595 %) PL/SQL 10 14 (2.422 %) DHTML 11 7 (1.211 %) C++ 12 5 (0.865 %) Delphi 12 5 (0.865 %) VBA 13 4 (0.692 %) VC++ 14 3 (0.519 %) PHP 15 2 (0.346 %) COBOL 15 2 (0.346 %) Perl 15 2 (0.346 %) Shell Script 16 1 (0.173 %) LotusScript 16 1 (0.173 %) Ada	Qualifications 1 120 (20.76 %) Microsoft Certification 2 67 (11.59 %) MCSD 3 42 (7.266 %) MCSE 4 31 (5.363 %) MCP 5 27 (4.671 %) Degree 6 26 (4.498 %) MCAD 7 15 (2.595 %) MCTS 8 10 (1.730 %) PMP 8 10 (1.730 %) PMI Certification 8 10 (1.730 %) Citrix Certification 9 5 (0.865 %) CCEA 9 5 (0.865 %) CCA 9 5 (0.865 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 4 (0.692 %) Cisco Certification 11 3 (0.519 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 3 (0.519 %) CCNA 11 3 (0.519 %) MCDBA 12 2 (0.346 %) MCSA 12 2 (0.346 %) HND 12 2 (0.346 %) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.346 %) SLA 1 2 (0.346 %) QA	System Software 1 79 (13.67 %) Active Directory 2 13 (2.249 %) MSMQ 3 9 (1.557 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 6 (1.038 %) MetaFrame 5 4 (0.692 %) Backup Exec 6 3 (0.519 %) NetBackup 6 3 (0.519 %) VMware ESX 7 2 (0.346 %) ISA Server 8 1 (0.173 %) VMware GSX 8 1 (0.173 %) Terminal Server 8 1 (0.173 %) VMware Workstation
Systems Management 1 17 (2.941 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 15 (2.595 %) MOM 3 12 (2.076 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 7 (1.211 %) Netcool 5 4 (0.692 %) Unicenter 5 4 (0.692 %) SCCM 6 2 (0.346 %) SCOM 7 1 (0.173 %) Legato	Vendors 1 349 (60.38 %) Microsoft 2 65 (11.25 %) Oracle 3 46 (7.958 %) VMware 4 40 (6.920 %) Citrix 5 14 (2.422 %) Sybase 6 13 (2.249 %) SeeBeyond 7 12 (2.076 %) HP 7 12 (2.076 %) Vitria 7 12 (2.076 %) TIBCO 8 10 (1.730 %) Meridio 8 10 (1.730 %) EMC 9 9 (1.557 %) Cisco 9 9 (1.557 %) IBM 9 9 (1.557 %) Epicor 10 8 (1.384 %) Lotus 10 8 (1.384 %) Symantec 10 8 (1.384 %) SAP 11 7 (1.211 %) VERITAS 12 6 (1.038 %) NCR 12 6 (1.038 %) Cognos