The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 40 44 37
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -7
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 120 111 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 5.331% 4.742% 5.018%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.33% 31.09% 34.53%
Number of salaries quoted 100 111 87
Average salary £42,500 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
439 357 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 19.50% 15.25% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 359 319 226
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SharePoint
Berkshire

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint across the Reading region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Reading SharePoint Salary Histogram

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 143 (61.37%) Microsoft
2 105 (45.06%) Windows
3 103 (44.21%) SQL
4 101 (43.35%) .NET
5 88 (37.77%) MS Excel
6 71 (30.47%) C#
7 62 (26.61%) SQL Server
8 59 (25.32%) Active Directory
9 56 (24.03%) ASP.NET
9 56 (24.03%) Security Cleared
10 50 (21.46%) Finance
10 50 (21.46%) VMware
11 49 (21.03%) SharePoint 2010
12 46 (19.74%) SC Cleared
13 40 (17.17%) SAN
14 39 (16.74%) Windows Server 2003
15 37 (15.88%) SharePoint Server
16 36 (15.45%) Oracle
17 35 (15.02%) MS Office
18 33 (14.16%) Visual Studio
18 33 (14.16%) UNIX
18 33 (14.16%) Retail
19 31 (13.30%) Telecoms
20 30 (12.88%) Project Management
21 29 (12.45%) Clustering
21 29 (12.45%) Fujitsu
22 28 (12.02%) Windows XP
23 26 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
23 26 (11.16%) Hyper-V
24 25 (10.73%) Windows Server 2008

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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
1 101 (43.35%) .NET
2 56 (24.03%) ASP.NET
3 21 (9.013%) .NET Framework
4 19 (8.155%) WCF
4 19 (8.155%) HTML
5 17 (7.296%) Web Services
6 16 (6.867%) CSS
7 15 (6.438%) jQuery
8 8 (3.433%) XML
9 7 (3.004%) NHibernate
9 7 (3.004%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (3.004%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 7 (3.004%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 7 (3.004%) KnockoutJS
9 7 (3.004%) Kendo UI
10 6 (2.575%) XHTML
11 4 (1.717%) WPF
11 4 (1.717%) XSLT
12 3 (1.288%) COM
12 3 (1.288%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 49 (21.03%) SharePoint 2010
2 37 (15.88%) SharePoint Server
3 23 (9.871%) IIS
4 19 (8.155%) Lotus Domino
4 19 (8.155%) MS Exchange
5 13 (5.579%) BizTalk Server
6 12 (5.150%) Exchange Server 2007
7 10 (4.292%) Office Communications Server
7 10 (4.292%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (3.863%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (3.004%) Lync
10 6 (2.575%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (1.288%) Documentum
11 3 (1.288%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.858%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.858%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.858%) CMS
13 1 (0.429%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 88 (37.77%) MS Excel
2 35 (15.02%) MS Office
3 23 (9.871%) InfoPath
4 15 (6.438%) MS Visio
5 8 (3.433%) Office 365
6 6 (2.575%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.429%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.429%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.429%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 24 (10.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.146%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.717%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (1.717%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.429%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.429%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.17%) SAN
2 19 (8.155%) LAN
2 19 (8.155%) WAN
3 12 (5.150%) Internet
4 11 (4.721%) Intranet
5 9 (3.863%) Firewall
6 6 (2.575%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.146%) Wireless
8 4 (1.717%) Extranet
9 3 (1.288%) VPN
9 3 (1.288%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.288%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.858%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.858%) HTTP
10 2 (0.858%) VLAN
10 2 (0.858%) DNS
10 2 (0.858%) MPLS
10 2 (0.858%) DHCP
10 2 (0.858%) VoIP
11 1 (0.429%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (26.61%) SQL Server
2 21 (9.013%) SQL Server 2005
3 15 (6.438%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (6.438%) IDOL
4 10 (4.292%) EDRMS
5 8 (3.433%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.004%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (3.004%) SQL Server 2012
6 7 (3.004%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.146%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.288%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.429%) MySQL
9 1 (0.429%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.429%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (14.16%) Visual Studio
2 18 (7.725%) LoadRunner
3 12 (5.150%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (3.433%) WinRunner
4 8 (3.433%) TestDirector
4 8 (3.433%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (3.004%) TeamCity
6 6 (2.575%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 3 (1.288%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.858%) Subversion
General
1 50 (21.46%) Finance
2 33 (14.16%) Retail
3 31 (13.30%) Telecoms
4 15 (6.438%) German Language
5 10 (4.292%) French Language
6 9 (3.863%) Local Government
7 4 (1.717%) Banking
8 3 (1.288%) Marketing
8 3 (1.288%) Advertising
9 2 (0.858%) Russian Language
10 1 (0.429%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.429%) Billing
Job Titles
1 71 (30.47%) Developer
2 45 (19.31%) SharePoint Developer
3 27 (11.59%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.30%) Consultant
4 24 (10.30%) Architect
5 23 (9.871%) Technical Support
6 22 (9.442%) .NET Developer
7 21 (9.013%) Technical Support Engineer
7 21 (9.013%) Technical Engineer
8 13 (5.579%) Analyst
9 11 (4.721%) Junior
9 11 (4.721%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 9 (3.863%) Technical Administrator
10 9 (3.863%) Designer
10 9 (3.863%) Systems Administrator
10 9 (3.863%) Administrator
11 8 (3.433%) Test Analyst
12 7 (3.004%) C# Developer
12 7 (3.004%) Security Analyst
12 7 (3.004%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.45%) Clustering
2 15 (6.438%) PKI
3 7 (3.004%) Inversion of Control
3 7 (3.004%) Social Media
4 3 (1.288%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.288%) BBC
5 2 (0.858%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.858%) Statistics
5 2 (0.858%) Taxonomies
5 2 (0.858%) NHS
5 2 (0.858%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.429%) AS400
6 1 (0.429%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.429%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.429%) iPhone
6 1 (0.429%) Open Source
6 1 (0.429%) iPad
6 1 (0.429%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.429%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 105 (45.06%) Windows
2 39 (16.74%) Windows Server 2003
3 33 (14.16%) UNIX
4 28 (12.02%) Windows XP
5 25 (10.73%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (7.725%) Linux
7 14 (6.009%) Windows 7
8 8 (3.433%) Windows 8
9 6 (2.575%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.146%) Windows 2000
11 3 (1.288%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.429%) Android
12 1 (0.429%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.429%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (12.88%) Project Management
2 25 (10.73%) CRM
3 17 (7.296%) Migration
3 17 (7.296%) Continuous Integration
4 16 (6.867%) Data Protection
5 15 (6.438%) Performance Testing
6 14 (6.009%) Service Delivery
7 13 (5.579%) TDD
8 12 (5.150%) Workflow
8 12 (5.150%) ITIL
8 12 (5.150%) Configuration Management
9 11 (4.721%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (4.292%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (3.433%) Test Scripting
11 8 (3.433%) PRINCE2
12 7 (3.004%) MVC
12 7 (3.004%) Business Analysis
13 6 (2.575%) Document Management
13 6 (2.575%) SOA
13 6 (2.575%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (44.21%) SQL
2 71 (30.47%) C#
3 16 (6.867%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.009%) VB.NET
5 10 (4.292%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.863%) C++
7 5 (2.146%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.288%) VBScript
9 1 (0.429%) X++
9 1 (0.429%) Java
9 1 (0.429%) C
Qualifications
1 56 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 46 (19.74%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.296%) Degree
4 16 (6.867%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.004%) MCSE
6 6 (2.575%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.575%) ISEB
7 3 (1.288%) MCP
7 3 (1.288%) MCITP
7 3 (1.288%) MCSA
7 3 (1.288%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.858%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.858%) CCNP
8 2 (0.858%) CCNA
8 2 (0.858%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.429%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.429%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.721%) QA
2 7 (3.004%) SLA
3 4 (1.717%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.288%) HMG Infosec
5 2 (0.858%) COBIT
6 1 (0.429%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (25.32%) Active Directory
2 26 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (11.16%) Hyper-V
3 15 (6.438%) vSphere
4 11 (4.721%) Xen
5 5 (2.146%) XenApp
6 3 (1.288%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 3 (1.288%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.858%) BlackBerry Internet Service
8 1 (0.429%) XenServer
8 1 (0.429%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.429%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.429%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 24 (10.30%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 21 (9.013%) Netcool
3 8 (3.433%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (3.433%) SCCM
4 7 (3.004%) Backup Exec
5 5 (2.146%) SCOM
6 4 (1.717%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 143 (61.37%) Microsoft
2 50 (21.46%) VMware
3 36 (15.45%) Oracle
4 29 (12.45%) Fujitsu
5 24 (10.30%) Meridio
6 18 (7.725%) Citrix
7 15 (6.438%) EMC
8 7 (3.004%) HP
8 7 (3.004%) Veritas
8 7 (3.004%) Telerik
8 7 (3.004%) McAfee
9 5 (2.146%) Lotus
10 4 (1.717%) TIBCO
10 4 (1.717%) Business Objects
10 4 (1.717%) Siebel
11 3 (1.288%) Cisco
11 3 (1.288%) Symantec
12 2 (0.858%) Interwoven
12 2 (0.858%) Google
12 2 (0.858%) Sitecore
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