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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 47 35 71
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +36
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 38 64 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.548% 4.699% 1.912%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.87% 24.81% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20 50 25
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,950 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £43,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
274 258 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 25.58% 18.94% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 177 193 165
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
SharePoint
Scotland

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 51 (62.20%) .NET
2 46 (56.10%) Microsoft
3 45 (54.88%) SQL Server
4 42 (51.22%) C#
5 35 (42.68%) Finance
5 35 (42.68%) ASP.NET
6 23 (28.05%) SQL
7 21 (25.61%) JavaScript
8 20 (24.39%) MS Excel
8 20 (24.39%) jQuery
9 18 (21.95%) Windows
10 17 (20.73%) Project Management
10 17 (20.73%) SharePoint 2010
11 16 (19.51%) CSS
12 15 (18.29%) HTML
13 14 (17.07%) Intranet
13 14 (17.07%) WCF
14 13 (15.85%) ITIL
14 13 (15.85%) Active Directory
15 12 (14.63%) MS Office
15 12 (14.63%) MVC
15 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (14.63%) .NET Framework
16 11 (13.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (12.20%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (12.20%) PRINCE2
17 10 (12.20%) Unified Communications
18 9 (10.98%) IIS
18 9 (10.98%) Visual Studio

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 51 (62.20%) .NET
2 35 (42.68%) ASP.NET
3 20 (24.39%) jQuery
4 16 (19.51%) CSS
5 15 (18.29%) HTML
6 14 (17.07%) WCF
7 12 (14.63%) .NET Framework
8 6 (7.317%) Silverlight
9 5 (6.098%) WPF
9 5 (6.098%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (6.098%) Ajax
9 5 (6.098%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 5 (6.098%) WinForms
10 4 (4.878%) XSLT
10 4 (4.878%) WF
11 3 (3.659%) XML
12 2 (2.439%) Web Services
12 2 (2.439%) ADO.NET
13 1 (1.220%) JSON
13 1 (1.220%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 17 (20.73%) SharePoint 2010
2 9 (10.98%) IIS
3 8 (9.756%) MS Exchange
4 3 (3.659%) SAP Portal
4 3 (3.659%) Lync
4 3 (3.659%) SharePoint 2013
4 3 (3.659%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (3.659%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.220%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (24.39%) MS Excel
2 12 (14.63%) MS Office
3 2 (2.439%) InfoPath
4 1 (1.220%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (8.537%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.439%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.439%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.07%) Intranet
2 10 (12.20%) Unified Communications
3 4 (4.878%) SAN
3 4 (4.878%) Internet
4 2 (2.439%) DHCP
4 2 (2.439%) DNS
5 1 (1.220%) HTTP
5 1 (1.220%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.220%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (54.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (13.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.098%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (6.098%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.878%) OLAP
4 4 (4.878%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (3.659%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (3.659%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (3.659%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 9 (10.98%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.220%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.220%) Oracle Forms
General
1 35 (42.68%) Finance
2 8 (9.756%) Banking
3 5 (6.098%) Back Office
4 3 (3.659%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.439%) Front Office
5 2 (2.439%) Legal
6 1 (1.220%) Retail
6 1 (1.220%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.220%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.220%) Advertising
6 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (45.12%) Developer
2 20 (24.39%) .NET Developer
3 9 (10.98%) ASP.NET Developer
3 9 (10.98%) Systems Support
4 8 (9.756%) C# Developer
4 8 (9.756%) Microsoft Developer
5 7 (8.537%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (8.537%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (8.537%) Analyst
5 7 (8.537%) Consultant
6 6 (7.317%) Software Developer
7 5 (6.098%) SharePoint Developer
8 4 (4.878%) Systems Support Analyst
8 4 (4.878%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (4.878%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.878%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.878%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.878%) Systems Support Engineer
9 3 (3.659%) Service Desk Team Leader
9 3 (3.659%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.878%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.659%) Mainframe
2 3 (3.659%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.439%) Clustering
3 2 (2.439%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.220%) Web 2.0
4 1 (1.220%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.220%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.220%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) Windows
2 8 (9.756%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (8.537%) Windows XP
4 4 (4.878%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.439%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.220%) Android
6 1 (1.220%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.73%) Project Management
2 13 (15.85%) ITIL
3 12 (14.63%) MVC
3 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (12.20%) PRINCE2
5 9 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.537%) CRM
7 5 (6.098%) Investment Management
7 5 (6.098%) Workflow
8 4 (4.878%) SOA
8 4 (4.878%) ETL
8 4 (4.878%) Business Analysis
8 4 (4.878%) Asset Management
8 4 (4.878%) Dimensional Modelling
9 3 (3.659%) Resource Management
9 3 (3.659%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (3.659%) ITIL V3
9 3 (3.659%) Scrum
9 3 (3.659%) OO
10 2 (2.439%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 42 (51.22%) C#
2 23 (28.05%) SQL
3 21 (25.61%) JavaScript
4 8 (9.756%) VB.NET
5 7 (8.537%) VB
6 4 (4.878%) Java
7 3 (3.659%) VB6
8 2 (2.439%) PHP
8 2 (2.439%) VBA
8 2 (2.439%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.220%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (12.20%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (7.317%) Degree
4 3 (3.659%) MCSA
5 2 (2.439%) MCSE
6 1 (1.220%) MCP
6 1 (1.220%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.756%) SLA
2 2 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 13 (15.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.098%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.878%) vSphere
4 2 (2.439%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.220%) XenApp
5 1 (1.220%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (3.659%) DameWare
Vendors
1 46 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.756%) VMware
3 7 (8.537%) Citrix
4 4 (4.878%) Apple
5 3 (3.659%) Lotus
5 3 (3.659%) SAP
5 3 (3.659%) Juniper
5 3 (3.659%) Cisco
6 2 (2.439%) HP
6 2 (2.439%) Dell
6 2 (2.439%) Open Text
7 1 (1.220%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.220%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.220%) Altiris
7 1 (1.220%) Symantec
7 1 (1.220%) AppSense
7 1 (1.220%) Oracle
7 1 (1.220%) CommVault
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