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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Portal Server over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank258273
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads35
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.186 %0.251 %
Salaries quoted25
Average minimum salary£25,000£27,600
Average salary£25,163£29,800
% change on same period last year-15.56 %
Average maximum salary£25,325£32,000
UK excluding London average salary£49,948£37,820
% change on same period last year+32.06 %
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads16171993
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.898 %0.840 %
Salaries quoted13671737
Average minimum salary£30,473£32,949
Average salary£33,735£37,367
% change on same period last year-9.71 %
Average maximum salary£36,998£41,786
UK excluding London average salary£38,007£39,071
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
SharePoint Portal Server EnglandSharePoint Portal Server
England

SharePoint Portal Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint Portal Server across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

North West SharePoint Portal Server Demand Trend

SharePoint Portal Server
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint Portal Server across the North West region.

North West SharePoint Portal Server Salary Trend

SharePoint Portal Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint Portal Server within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+242£32,000+7.38 %
MerseysideNew entry-1£18,325-
SharePoint Portal Server EnglandSharePoint Portal Server
England

SharePoint Portal Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing SharePoint Portal 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 Portal Server.

122 (61.11 %)SQL
122 (61.11 %)SQL Server
221 (58.33 %).NET
320 (55.56 %)Transact-SQL
416 (44.44 %)C#
416 (44.44 %)SharePoint
515 (41.67 %)CSS
515 (41.67 %)HTML
515 (41.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
614 (38.89 %)SQL Server 2005
614 (38.89 %)SQL Server 2000
712 (33.33 %)DTS
712 (33.33 %)Clustering
712 (33.33 %)Business Continuity
712 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
712 (33.33 %)Migration
712 (33.33 %)Replication
811 (30.56 %)ASP.NET
811 (30.56 %)CRM
98 (22.22 %)VB
107 (19.44 %)C++
107 (19.44 %)JavaScript
107 (19.44 %)Extranet
115 (13.89 %)Legal
115 (13.89 %)MySQL
115 (13.89 %)Oracle
115 (13.89 %)Sybase
115 (13.89 %)Windows
115 (13.89 %)Windows Server 2003
115 (13.89 %)Intranet

SharePoint Portal Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing SharePoint Portal 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 Portal Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (58.33 %).NET
215 (41.67 %)HTML
215 (41.67 %)CSS
311 (30.56 %)ASP.NET
44 (11.11 %)Windows SharePoint Services
44 (11.11 %)ASP
53 (8.333 %)XML
53 (8.333 %)EDI
61 (2.778 %).NET Framework
61 (2.778 %)ADO
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (44.44 %)SharePoint
215 (41.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (2.778 %)IIS
31 (2.778 %)BizTalk Server
31 (2.778 %)Content Management Server
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.778 %)MS Excel
11 (2.778 %)InfoPath
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (19.44 %)Extranet
25 (13.89 %)Intranet
25 (13.89 %)Internet
31 (2.778 %)SAN
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (61.11 %)SQL Server
214 (38.89 %)SQL Server 2000
214 (38.89 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (33.33 %)DTS
45 (13.89 %)MySQL
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (13.89 %)Eclipse
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (13.89 %)Legal
24 (11.11 %)Finance
33 (8.333 %)Insurance
42 (5.556 %)Pensions
51 (2.778 %)Local Government
51 (2.778 %)Government
51 (2.778 %)Health
51 (2.778 %)Retail
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (52.78 %)Developer
212 (33.33 %)DBA
212 (33.33 %)SQL DBA
310 (27.78 %)C# Developer
310 (27.78 %)Web Developer
49 (25.00 %)Junior
49 (25.00 %)C# Web Developer
57 (19.44 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
65 (13.89 %)ASP.NET Developer
65 (13.89 %).NET Developer
65 (13.89 %)Junior Developer
74 (11.11 %).NET Web Developer
74 (11.11 %)Trainee Developer
74 (11.11 %)Trainee
74 (11.11 %)Junior DBA
83 (8.333 %)Sharepoint Specialist
83 (8.333 %)Graduate Developer
83 (8.333 %)Graduate
92 (5.556 %)Administrator
92 (5.556 %)Systems Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (33.33 %)Replication
112 (33.33 %)Clustering
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (13.89 %)Windows
15 (13.89 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
112 (33.33 %)Migration
112 (33.33 %)Business Continuity
211 (30.56 %)CRM
31 (2.778 %)Project Management
31 (2.778 %)Content Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (61.11 %)SQL
220 (55.56 %)Transact-SQL
316 (44.44 %)C#
48 (22.22 %)VB
57 (19.44 %)JavaScript
57 (19.44 %)C++
64 (11.11 %)VBScript
73 (8.333 %)Java
73 (8.333 %)VBA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.778 %)VMware Infrastructure
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (13.89 %)Oracle
15 (13.89 %)Sybase
21 (2.778 %)Microsoft
21 (2.778 %)VMware