The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 17 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 34 15 17
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +2
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 16 40 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.222% 10.20% 8.225%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.19% 42.11% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13 34 18
Average salary £37,500 £43,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,357 £35,750 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,700 £55,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
69 95 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 18.21% 24.23% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 58 82 44
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% -8.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,271 £35,000 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £100,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SharePoint
Bedfordshire

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Luton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Luton SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 41 (80.39%) SQL Server
2 33 (64.71%) Microsoft
3 29 (56.86%) BizTalk Server
4 24 (47.06%) Web Services
4 24 (47.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (45.10%) .NET
5 23 (45.10%) Business Intelligence
6 22 (43.14%) Windows
7 19 (37.25%) E-Commerce
7 19 (37.25%) SharePoint Server
8 17 (33.33%) MS Excel
8 17 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (31.37%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (29.41%) C#
11 14 (27.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (27.45%) SharePoint 2010
12 13 (25.49%) XML
12 13 (25.49%) ETL
13 12 (23.53%) N-Tier
13 12 (23.53%) Change Management
14 11 (21.57%) TDD
14 11 (21.57%) GIS
14 11 (21.57%) Internet
14 11 (21.57%) Refactoring
14 11 (21.57%) Unit Testing
14 11 (21.57%) Continuous Integration
15 10 (19.61%) .NET Framework
15 10 (19.61%) Data Modelling
15 10 (19.61%) SQL
16 9 (17.65%) MS Office

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 24 (47.06%) Web Services
2 23 (45.10%) .NET
3 13 (25.49%) XML
4 10 (19.61%) .NET Framework
5 5 (9.804%) Software Packaging
5 5 (9.804%) WinForms
6 4 (7.843%) ASP.NET
7 3 (5.882%) EDI
7 3 (5.882%) SAP PI
8 1 (1.961%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 29 (56.86%) BizTalk Server
2 19 (37.25%) SharePoint Server
3 14 (27.45%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (9.804%) Windows Azure
5 3 (5.882%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (1.961%) MS Exchange
6 1 (1.961%) NetWeaver
6 1 (1.961%) Lync
6 1 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 17 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 9 (17.65%) MS Office
3 4 (7.843%) DOC1
4 3 (5.882%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) Internet
2 7 (13.73%) FTP
3 1 (1.961%) DNS
3 1 (1.961%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (80.39%) SQL Server
2 24 (47.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (27.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (21.57%) GIS
6 9 (17.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (15.69%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (3.922%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 16 (31.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (9.804%) Finance
2 3 (5.882%) Manufacturing
2 3 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (50.98%) Architect
2 18 (35.29%) Solutions Architect
3 15 (29.41%) Business Intelligence Architect
4 10 (19.61%) Developer
4 10 (19.61%) .NET Developer
5 9 (17.65%) Analyst
6 5 (9.804%) Project Manager
6 5 (9.804%) C# Developer
6 5 (9.804%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (9.804%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (9.804%) Deployment Analyst
6 5 (9.804%) Development Analyst
6 5 (9.804%) Senior Development Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) Business Architect
7 4 (7.843%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) Business Process Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) Process Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (3.922%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) N-Tier
2 3 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.922%) Visualisation
4 1 (1.961%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.961%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (43.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.961%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (37.25%) E-Commerce
3 13 (25.49%) ETL
4 12 (23.53%) Change Management
5 11 (21.57%) TDD
5 11 (21.57%) Refactoring
5 11 (21.57%) Unit Testing
5 11 (21.57%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (19.61%) Data Modelling
7 9 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (15.69%) SOA
8 8 (15.69%) OO
8 8 (15.69%) AOP
8 8 (15.69%) Workflow
9 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (11.76%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (9.804%) Data Transformation
10 5 (9.804%) Scrum
11 4 (7.843%) Project Management
11 4 (7.843%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (29.41%) C#
2 10 (19.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Degree
2 2 (3.922%) ISEB
3 1 (1.961%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.961%) MCITP
3 1 (1.961%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.804%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.804%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 5 (9.804%) ZENworks
1 5 (9.804%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) Oracle
3 6 (11.76%) Cisco
4 5 (9.804%) Novell
4 5 (9.804%) LANDesk
5 4 (7.843%) XMPie
6 3 (5.882%) Sybase
6 3 (5.882%) SAP
7 1 (1.961%) Nortel
7 1 (1.961%) Avaya
7 1 (1.961%) Dialogic
7 1 (1.961%) Mitel