The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 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 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 57 53 64
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +11
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 75 90 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.204% 4.496% 3.580%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.66% 22.96% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 64 84 58
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -19.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £28,550
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £44,300 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
331 392 365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 18.55% 19.58% 21.78%
Number of salaries quoted 273 360 330
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £48,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SharePoint
North West

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Macclesfield +9 20 £37,500 +36.36%
Warrington -25 6 £30,000 -4.76%
Northwich - 6 £42,500 -
Knutsford - 4 £41,000 -
Chester - 3 £35,500 -
Runcorn -2 2 £30,000 -40.00%
Wilmslow -14 1 £35,000 +22.80%
SharePoint
North West

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 78 (62.40%) Microsoft
2 62 (49.60%) Windows
3 56 (44.80%) SQL Server
4 49 (39.20%) MS Exchange
5 46 (36.80%) Windows Server 2008
6 44 (35.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 41 (32.80%) .NET
8 40 (32.00%) ITIL
9 38 (30.40%) Windows Server 2003
10 32 (25.60%) Active Directory
11 30 (24.00%) MS Excel
12 29 (23.20%) ITIL Certification
13 27 (21.60%) SharePoint 2010
14 26 (20.80%) Microsoft Certification
14 26 (20.80%) ASP.NET
14 26 (20.80%) Exchange Server 2003
15 25 (20.00%) C#
16 24 (19.20%) VMware
17 23 (18.40%) Lync
18 22 (17.60%) SQL Server 2005
18 22 (17.60%) NetApp
19 20 (16.00%) CRM
19 20 (16.00%) HP
19 20 (16.00%) Dynamics CRM
20 19 (15.20%) Web Development
20 19 (15.20%) SQL
20 19 (15.20%) MCSE
21 18 (14.40%) SAN
21 18 (14.40%) Exchange Server 2007
21 18 (14.40%) MCITP

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 41 (32.80%) .NET
2 26 (20.80%) ASP.NET
3 14 (11.20%) ASP.NET MVC
4 13 (10.40%) HTML
4 13 (10.40%) CSS
5 11 (8.800%) WCF
6 10 (8.000%) jQuery
6 10 (8.000%) Ajax
6 10 (8.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 9 (7.200%) .NET Framework
8 8 (6.400%) Web Services
9 7 (5.600%) XML
10 6 (4.800%) SOAP
11 5 (4.000%) HTML5
11 5 (4.000%) Razor View Engine
11 5 (4.000%) JSON
11 5 (4.000%) WPF
12 4 (3.200%) Silverlight
13 3 (2.400%) REST
13 3 (2.400%) PostGIS
Application Platforms
1 49 (39.20%) MS Exchange
2 44 (35.20%) Exchange Server 2010
3 27 (21.60%) SharePoint 2010
4 26 (20.80%) Exchange Server 2003
5 23 (18.40%) Lync
6 18 (14.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (11.20%) SharePoint Server
8 12 (9.600%) IIS
9 10 (8.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 10 (8.000%) Office Communications Server
10 6 (4.800%) CMS
11 5 (4.000%) Umbraco
12 4 (3.200%) LiveLink
13 3 (2.400%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (2.400%) ArcGIS
14 2 (1.600%) SharePoint 2013
15 1 (0.800%) IBM HTTP Server
15 1 (0.800%) BizTalk Server
15 1 (0.800%) Oracle HTTP Server
15 1 (0.800%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (24.00%) MS Excel
2 11 (8.800%) MS Visio
2 11 (8.800%) MS Project
2 11 (8.800%) MS Office
3 6 (4.800%) Office 365
4 3 (2.400%) InfoPath
5 2 (1.600%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (16.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (9.600%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.800%) MFGPRO
3 1 (0.800%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.800%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.40%) SAN
2 15 (12.00%) VoIP
3 12 (9.600%) DNS
3 12 (9.600%) DHCP
4 9 (7.200%) LAN
4 9 (7.200%) WAN
5 7 (5.600%) Intranet
6 6 (4.800%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.800%) VPN
6 6 (4.800%) Firewall
7 3 (2.400%) HTTP
8 1 (0.800%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.800%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (0.800%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (44.80%) SQL Server
2 22 (17.60%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (11.20%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (8.800%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.800%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (3.200%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.400%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.400%) GIS
7 3 (2.400%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.400%) MS Access
8 1 (0.800%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.800%) QlikView
8 1 (0.800%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.800%) Informix
Development Applications
1 5 (4.000%) StarTeam
2 4 (3.200%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (2.400%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.800%) FrontPage
4 1 (0.800%) Oracle Forms
General
1 14 (11.20%) Finance
2 10 (8.000%) Advertising
3 4 (3.200%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (3.200%) Billing
4 3 (2.400%) Automotive
5 2 (1.600%) Legal
5 2 (1.600%) Marketing
5 2 (1.600%) Local Government
6 1 (0.800%) Games
6 1 (0.800%) Retail
6 1 (0.800%) French Language
6 1 (0.800%) German Language
6 1 (0.800%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.800%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (24.00%) Developer
2 20 (16.00%) Analyst
3 18 (14.40%) Consultant
4 17 (13.60%) .NET Developer
5 14 (11.20%) Service Manager
6 12 (9.600%) Server Engineer
7 11 (8.800%) Delivery Manager
7 11 (8.800%) Senior Server Engineer
7 11 (8.800%) Services Delivery Manager
8 8 (6.400%) Support Technician
8 8 (6.400%) Support Engineer
8 8 (6.400%) SharePoint Developer
8 8 (6.400%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.400%) SharePoint Consultant
9 7 (5.600%) .NET Consultant
9 7 (5.600%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.800%) Architect
10 6 (4.800%) Applications Support
10 6 (4.800%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (4.800%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.000%) Blackberry
2 7 (5.600%) Open Source
3 4 (3.200%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.600%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.800%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.800%) Replication
5 1 (0.800%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.800%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (0.800%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 62 (49.60%) Windows
2 46 (36.80%) Windows Server 2008
3 38 (30.40%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (13.60%) Linux
5 14 (11.20%) Windows XP
6 11 (8.800%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (8.800%) UNIX
7 8 (6.400%) Windows Vista
7 8 (6.400%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.600%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.800%) VME
9 1 (0.800%) zOS
9 1 (0.800%) AIX
9 1 (0.800%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (32.00%) ITIL
2 20 (16.00%) CRM
3 19 (15.20%) Web Development
4 13 (10.40%) Project Management
5 12 (9.600%) Service Delivery
5 12 (9.600%) Change Control
6 11 (8.800%) Service Management
7 10 (8.000%) MVC
7 10 (8.000%) Business Development
7 10 (8.000%) Network Management
8 9 (7.200%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (5.600%) Capacity Management
9 7 (5.600%) Systems Analysis
9 7 (5.600%) Agile Software Development
9 7 (5.600%) Content Management
9 7 (5.600%) Performance Management
10 6 (4.800%) Scrum
11 5 (4.000%) Unit Testing
11 5 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (4.000%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.00%) C#
2 19 (15.20%) SQL
3 17 (13.60%) JavaScript
4 11 (8.800%) PowerShell
5 10 (8.000%) Java
5 10 (8.000%) VBScript
6 9 (7.200%) VB.NET
7 4 (3.200%) VBA
8 3 (2.400%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.600%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 1 (0.800%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.800%) JCL
10 1 (0.800%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.800%) C
Qualifications
1 29 (23.20%) ITIL Certification
2 26 (20.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (15.20%) MCSE
4 18 (14.40%) MCITP
5 13 (10.40%) MCP
6 9 (7.200%) CCNA
6 9 (7.200%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (6.400%) Degree
8 1 (0.800%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 32 (25.60%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.000%) ISA Server
2 10 (8.000%) vSphere
3 9 (7.200%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.600%) Xen
4 2 (1.600%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (8.800%) SCCM
2 7 (5.600%) SolarWinds Orion
3 6 (4.800%) MOM
3 6 (4.800%) Nagios
Vendors
1 78 (62.40%) Microsoft
2 24 (19.20%) VMware
3 22 (17.60%) NetApp
4 20 (16.00%) HP
5 17 (13.60%) Cisco
6 12 (9.600%) Oracle
7 11 (8.800%) EMC
8 10 (8.000%) IBM
8 10 (8.000%) SolarWinds
9 8 (6.400%) FrontRange
10 6 (4.800%) Avaya
10 6 (4.800%) Remedy
11 5 (4.000%) EPiServer
12 4 (3.200%) Citrix
12 4 (3.200%) Sitecore
13 3 (2.400%) ESRI
14 2 (1.600%) Dell
14 2 (1.600%) Red Hat
15 1 (0.800%) Twitter
15 1 (0.800%) RedDot
Chester, North West
You will also take part in small projects and may be given some reasonability with these; therefore an understanding of the workings in a project would be an...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £36000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, North West
My Client are a SharePoint consultancy based close to Chester, they are currently looking for a senior developer / technical lead to lead a team of C# developers on...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Episerver Web DeveloperLeading digital design and development company... You will have ideally skills in .Net, C#, SQL Server and EpiServer with experience in other leading CMS platforms such...
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 27 April 2013
Knutsford, North West
The role would focus on user support (mainly by telephone) and be in a Microsoft environment (Windows 7, Office 2010/2013, Windows Servers, Office 365 - Email, SharePoint, Lync).
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £19000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
The role would focus on user support (mainly by telephone) and be in a Microsoft environment (Windows 7, Office 2010/2013, Windows Servers, Office 365 - Email, SharePoint, Lync).
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £19000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key projects underway at present: *Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans *Rework and Creation of New SSRS Reports to support business needs *Upgrading of SQL Server 2000 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Warrington, North West
As part the role there will also be the opportunity to become involved in project work.Key projects underway at present:*Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans*Rework...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Own Change Control process for Infrastructure Services in the UKJob Qualifications:Solid technical experience of server technologies which should include the following:*Windows 2003 / 2008 Server (Windows Server...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
The role will report to a Project Manager on the application compatibility and packaging project for a Windows 7 desktop migration programme... Use of MS-Office suite inclusive...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013