The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 28 31 35
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 18 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 7.004% 3.433% 3.030%
As % of the Application Platforms category 35.29% 22.86% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 2
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -26.31%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
51 35 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 19.84% 15.02% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 29 16 13
Average salary £45,000 £32,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.46% -27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,600 £27,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +4 16 £35,000 -
County Londonderry - 2 - -
SharePoint
UK

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 20 (74.07%) SQL
2 17 (62.96%) .NET
3 16 (59.26%) ASP.NET
4 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
5 12 (44.44%) VB.NET
5 12 (44.44%) Degree
6 10 (37.04%) XML
6 10 (37.04%) Windows
7 9 (33.33%) SAN
7 9 (33.33%) C#
7 9 (33.33%) VMware
7 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 9 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (33.33%) vSphere
8 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
9 7 (25.93%) Visual Studio
9 7 (25.93%) Oracle
9 7 (25.93%) iPhone
9 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
9 7 (25.93%) iPad
10 6 (22.22%) MS Office
10 6 (22.22%) Progress
11 5 (18.52%) Validation
11 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (18.52%) EMC
11 5 (18.52%) Citrix
11 5 (18.52%) EqualLogic
11 5 (18.52%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (18.52%) 3PAR

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 17 (62.96%) .NET
2 16 (59.26%) ASP.NET
3 10 (37.04%) XML
4 3 (11.11%) Web Services
4 3 (11.11%) HTML
4 3 (11.11%) Silverlight
5 2 (7.407%) CSS
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.704%) WPF
6 1 (3.704%) WF
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint 2010
1 5 (18.52%) Lync
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Office
2 5 (18.52%) Office 365
3 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) SAN
2 5 (18.52%) Network Security
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (7.407%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.407%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Retail
2 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) .NET Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Developer
3 5 (18.52%) VB.NET Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Lead Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Technical Design Authority
4 2 (7.407%) Software Developer
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Microsoft Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Junior Software Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Trainee Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Trainee
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Junior Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Support Specialist
5 1 (3.704%) Junior
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 7 (25.93%) iPhone
2 7 (25.93%) iPad
3 5 (18.52%) EqualLogic
4 2 (7.407%) Open Source
5 1 (3.704%) N-Tier
5 1 (3.704%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Validation
1 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (18.52%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (11.11%) OO
2 3 (11.11%) MVC
2 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 2 (7.407%) Resource Management
3 2 (7.407%) SOA
3 2 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.704%) ERP
4 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.704%) Document Management
4 1 (3.704%) Supplier Management
4 1 (3.704%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.704%) Workflow
4 1 (3.704%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.704%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) VB.NET
3 9 (33.33%) C#
4 1 (3.704%) Java
4 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.704%) XAML
4 1 (3.704%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Degree
2 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.407%) BC Cleared
4 2 (7.407%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.704%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 9 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (33.33%) vSphere
2 5 (18.52%) Hyper-V
2 5 (18.52%) XenServer
2 5 (18.52%) XenDesktop
3 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (25.93%) Oracle
4 6 (22.22%) Progress
5 5 (18.52%) EMC
5 5 (18.52%) Citrix
5 5 (18.52%) 3PAR
6 2 (7.407%) ESRI
7 1 (3.704%) JD Edwards
7 1 (3.704%) SAP