The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint 2010 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Rank 105 120 102
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -18
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 2010 18 8 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.001% 0.398% 1.030%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.294% 2.030% 4.762%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 17
Average salary £43,000 £35,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.27% -15.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £27,500 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £45,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -20.00%
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
340 394 357
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 18.90% 19.62% 21.62%
Number of salaries quoted 282 361 324
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £48,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
SharePoint 2010
North West

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Cheshire SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire SharePoint 2010 Salary Trend

SharePoint 2010
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire SharePoint 2010 Salary Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford - 1 £37,500 -
SharePoint 2010
North West

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010.

1 26 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 21 (80.77%) Windows
3 20 (76.92%) MS Exchange
4 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
5 16 (61.54%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
7 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
7 12 (46.15%) Lync
8 11 (42.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (38.46%) Linux
10 9 (34.62%) UNIX
10 9 (34.62%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (34.62%) Network Management
11 8 (30.77%) Windows 7
11 8 (30.77%) MCITP
11 8 (30.77%) Windows Vista
11 8 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (30.77%) CCNA
11 8 (30.77%) Windows XP
11 8 (30.77%) MCSE
12 7 (26.92%) LAN
12 7 (26.92%) WAN
13 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
14 5 (19.23%) SQL Server 2012
14 5 (19.23%) Project Management
14 5 (19.23%) Finance
15 3 (11.54%) .NET
15 3 (11.54%) Web Development
16 2 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 2 (7.692%) HTML
2 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET
2 2 (7.692%) CSS
2 2 (7.692%) XML
3 1 (3.846%) XSLT
3 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.846%) WCF
3 1 (3.846%) Silverlight
3 1 (3.846%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 26 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 20 (76.92%) MS Exchange
3 16 (61.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (46.15%) Lync
5 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (3.846%) Tomcat
5 1 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Project
1 2 (7.692%) MS Office
1 2 (7.692%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (7.692%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (3.846%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) LAN
1 7 (26.92%) WAN
2 1 (3.846%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (19.23%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (3.846%) MS Access
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Billing
2 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) French Language
2 1 (3.846%) German Language
2 1 (3.846%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Support Technician
2 6 (23.08%) Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (7.692%) SharePoint Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Architect
6 2 (7.692%) SharePoint Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.692%) IT Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Progress Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Manager
Operating Systems
1 21 (80.77%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (38.46%) Linux
4 9 (34.62%) UNIX
4 9 (34.62%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (30.77%) Windows 7
5 8 (30.77%) Windows Vista
5 8 (30.77%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Network Management
2 5 (19.23%) Project Management
3 3 (11.54%) Web Development
4 2 (7.692%) CRM
4 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.846%) TDD
5 1 (3.846%) MVC
5 1 (3.846%) ERP
5 1 (3.846%) ETL
5 1 (3.846%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (3.846%) Network Design
5 1 (3.846%) AOP
5 1 (3.846%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) C#
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
1 2 (7.692%) VBA
2 1 (3.846%) Progress 4GL
2 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
2 1 (3.846%) VB.NET
2 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) MCITP
1 8 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (30.77%) CCNA
1 8 (30.77%) MCSE
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) QAD
2 1 (3.846%) VMware
2 1 (3.846%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.846%) Progress
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle