The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 21 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 Preston region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 17 28 11
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -17
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 12 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 10.17% 2.362% 6.250%
As % of the Application Platforms category 66.67% 13.64% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 2
Average salary £30,500 £32,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.15% -29.34%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
18 22 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 15.25% 17.32% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 5
Average salary £30,500 £34,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.59% -5.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,300 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £46,000 £37,050
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SharePoint
Lancashire

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Preston region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Preston SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) MS Excel
3 9 (64.29%) MS Office
4 8 (57.14%) .NET
4 8 (57.14%) Windows
4 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (42.86%) TeamSite
5 6 (42.86%) VB
5 6 (42.86%) VBA
5 6 (42.86%) C++
5 6 (42.86%) ASP
5 6 (42.86%) Waterfall
5 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (42.86%) .NET Framework
6 5 (35.71%) IIS
7 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (21.43%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (21.43%) ITIL
8 3 (21.43%) DNS
8 3 (21.43%) SLA
8 3 (21.43%) Internet
8 3 (21.43%) Retail
8 3 (21.43%) Change Management
9 2 (14.29%) Firewall
9 2 (14.29%) Wireless
9 2 (14.29%) VMware
9 2 (14.29%) Clustering
9 2 (14.29%) Cisco
9 2 (14.29%) HP

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 8 (57.14%) .NET
2 6 (42.86%) ASP
2 6 (42.86%) .NET Framework
3 2 (14.29%) COM
4 1 (7.143%) jQuery
4 1 (7.143%) CSS
4 1 (7.143%) XML
4 1 (7.143%) XSLT
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.143%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) TeamSite
2 5 (35.71%) IIS
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (21.43%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
5 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (14.29%) Lync
Applications
1 11 (78.57%) MS Excel
2 9 (64.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) DNS
1 3 (21.43%) Internet
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
2 2 (14.29%) SAN
2 2 (14.29%) Intranet
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (14.29%) VoIP
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.143%) SMTP
3 1 (7.143%) FTP
3 1 (7.143%) HTTP
3 1 (7.143%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (7.143%) QlikView
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (21.43%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Storage Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (7.143%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Clustering
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
1 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (14.29%) Solaris
3 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (42.86%) Waterfall
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.143%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) Document Management
4 1 (7.143%) Workflow
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) VB
1 6 (42.86%) VBA
1 6 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) C
3 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (14.29%) XenApp
1 2 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
1 2 (14.29%) SCOM
1 2 (14.29%) HP SIM
1 2 (14.29%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) Juniper
2 2 (14.29%) NetApp
2 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 2 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle
Preston, Lancashire
This role would suit an experienced SharePoint Developer with experience of SharePoint in an enterprise environment, together with first-rate ASP.Net / C# / SQL / Windows Server knowledge... Microsoft...
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, North West
Your role as SharePoint Developer will be to develop the core functionality of the business systems and services upon a SharePoint 2010 platform You will have proven experience...
IQ Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
This will focus on a Supplier-oriented extranet, internal workflow/process improvements, Intranet and document management. Experience of building custom applications, features, web parts, event handlers, workflows, timer...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, North West
The primary focus of the role is to understand, develop, maintain and integrate Sharepoint 2010 in to the company. This will focus on a Supplier-oriented extranet, internal...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Preston, North West
A small but rapidly expanding business intelligence consultancy is looking for an experienced Microsoft BI specialist to join their company on a permanent basis, in a technical lead /...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + remote working
Posted: 15 May 2013