The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Rank 99 87 73
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -14
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint Server 15 13 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.890% 0.898% 1.388%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.043% 4.577% 5.921%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 11
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,800 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £68,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
All Application Platforms
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
371 284 304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.00% 19.61% 23.44%
Number of salaries quoted 313 251 276
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -8.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £25,500 £25,625
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SharePoint Server
West Midlands

SharePoint Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SharePoint Server Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint Server
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham SharePoint Server Salary Trend

SharePoint Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint Server across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham SharePoint Server Salary Histogram

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SharePoint Server 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 Server.

1 31 (88.57%) SharePoint
2 28 (80.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 25 (71.43%) .NET
4 24 (68.57%) Microsoft
5 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
6 21 (60.00%) C#
7 20 (57.14%) JavaScript
8 19 (54.29%) ASP.NET
9 17 (48.57%) Visual Studio
10 16 (45.71%) HTML
10 16 (45.71%) CSS
10 16 (45.71%) SQL Server 2008
11 14 (40.00%) InfoPath
11 14 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
12 13 (37.14%) Ajax
13 12 (34.29%) Windows
13 12 (34.29%) SQL
13 12 (34.29%) T-SQL
13 12 (34.29%) MS Office
14 11 (31.43%) IIS
14 11 (31.43%) OO
15 10 (28.57%) VB.NET
15 10 (28.57%) Silverlight
16 9 (25.71%) WCF
16 9 (25.71%) Windows SharePoint Services
16 9 (25.71%) .NET Framework
16 9 (25.71%) Continuous Integration
16 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
16 9 (25.71%) DV Cleared
16 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SharePoint Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (71.43%) .NET
2 19 (54.29%) ASP.NET
3 16 (45.71%) HTML
3 16 (45.71%) CSS
4 13 (37.14%) Ajax
5 10 (28.57%) Silverlight
6 9 (25.71%) WCF
6 9 (25.71%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 9 (25.71%) .NET Framework
7 8 (22.86%) XML
7 8 (22.86%) ADO.NET
7 8 (22.86%) WPF
7 8 (22.86%) WF
8 3 (8.571%) WebSphere
8 3 (8.571%) jQuery
8 3 (8.571%) DOM
8 3 (8.571%) XHTML
8 3 (8.571%) HTML5
8 3 (8.571%) CSS3
9 2 (5.714%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 31 (88.57%) SharePoint
2 28 (80.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (31.43%) IIS
4 9 (25.71%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (22.86%) SharePoint Foundation
6 3 (8.571%) CMS
6 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (8.571%) Drupal
6 3 (8.571%) MS Exchange
6 3 (8.571%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (5.714%) Documentum
7 2 (5.714%) WordPress
7 2 (5.714%) Umbraco
7 2 (5.714%) Joomla!
8 1 (2.857%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 14 (40.00%) InfoPath
2 12 (34.29%) MS Office
3 2 (5.714%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.571%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.714%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Intranet
2 2 (5.714%) Kerberos
2 2 (5.714%) Internet
3 1 (2.857%) VoIP
3 1 (2.857%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (65.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (45.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (17.14%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (8.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (48.57%) Visual Studio
2 9 (25.71%) Visual Studio Team System
2 9 (25.71%) NUnit
2 9 (25.71%) CruiseControl
2 9 (25.71%) MSBuild
3 3 (8.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (17.14%) Telecoms
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (11.43%) Local Government
4 2 (5.714%) Legal
5 1 (2.857%) Advertising
5 1 (2.857%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (60.00%) Developer
2 17 (48.57%) SharePoint Developer
3 4 (11.43%) Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) SharePoint Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
4 3 (8.571%) SharePoint Architect
4 3 (8.571%) Analyst
4 3 (8.571%) Web Developer
4 3 (8.571%) Senior Developer
4 3 (8.571%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.571%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (8.571%) Front-End Web Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Senior SharePoint Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Development Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (2.857%) Implementation Specialist
6 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (2.857%) SharePoint Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.571%) Open Source
2 1 (2.857%) Clustering
2 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (34.29%) Windows
2 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.857%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (31.43%) OO
3 9 (25.71%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (25.71%) Unified Process
3 9 (25.71%) RUP
3 9 (25.71%) UML
3 9 (25.71%) OOA/OOD
3 9 (25.71%) MSF
4 4 (11.43%) Workflow
4 4 (11.43%) Information Management
4 4 (11.43%) Migration
5 3 (8.571%) Content Management
5 3 (8.571%) Web Development
5 3 (8.571%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.571%) CRM
5 3 (8.571%) High Availability
6 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (5.714%) ITSM
6 2 (5.714%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.714%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (60.00%) C#
2 20 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 12 (34.29%) SQL
3 12 (34.29%) T-SQL
4 10 (28.57%) VB.NET
5 4 (11.43%) VB
6 2 (5.714%) VBScript
6 2 (5.714%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.714%) VB6
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
1 9 (25.71%) DV Cleared
1 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.714%) MCTS
3 1 (2.857%) MCITP
3 1 (2.857%) MCPD
3 1 (2.857%) MCAD
3 1 (2.857%) MCSD
3 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.857%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (8.571%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.714%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.857%) ISA Server
3 1 (2.857%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (2.857%) UAG
3 1 (2.857%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.571%) SCCM
1 3 (8.571%) SCOM
2 2 (5.714%) WMI
Vendors
1 24 (68.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) VMware
3 3 (8.571%) ATG
3 3 (8.571%) EPiServer
3 3 (8.571%) IBM
3 3 (8.571%) Adobe
3 3 (8.571%) hybris
4 2 (5.714%) Citrix
4 2 (5.714%) Remedy
5 1 (2.857%) Altiris
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle