The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank232328527
Rank change year-on-year
Up+96Up+199
Matching permanent IT job ads1322825232
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.096 %0.673 %0.243 %
As % of the Application Platforms category5.371 %3.539 %1.406 %
Number of salaries quoted1195755144
Average salary£45,000£50,000£50,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-1.47 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,650£34,000£37,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£72,500£120,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,500£50,000£62,500
% change year-on-year
-17.00 %-20.00 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246122331416502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.41 %19.01 %17.28 %
Number of salaries quoted213852008713741
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£36,000
% change year-on-year
-+4.16 %

SharePoint 2010
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SharePoint 2010 Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the UK.

SharePoint 2010 Salary Trend

SharePoint 2010
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

SharePoint 2010 Salary Histogram

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1041244£45,000-10.00 %
LondonUp+118667£49,500-1.00 %
South EastUp+9203£45,000-14.28 %
City of LondonUp+90187£50,000-
East of EnglandUp+24100£44,000-12.00 %
SurreyDown-290£47,500-17.39 %
North WestDown-171£37,500-11.76 %
South WestUp+1151£30,000-7.69 %
BerkshireDown-151£50,000+21.21 %
West MidlandsDown-351£37,500-42.30 %
CambridgeshireUp+2747£45,000+12.50 %
YorkshireUp+1146£40,000+6.66 %
ManchesterUp+1645£36,500-27.00 %
ScotlandUp+4343£37,500-8.90 %
CambridgeUp+2940£45,000+12.50 %
West YorkshireUp+830£38,000-
East MidlandsUp+829£28,000-30.00 %
ReadingDown-329£50,000+25.00 %
LeedsDown-424£40,000+3.22 %
EdinburghNew entry-23£35,000-
HertfordshireUp+922£45,000-33.33 %
SolihullNew entry-19£32,500-
North YorkshireUp+1918£40,000+45.45 %
GloucestershireDown-218£27,500-
HampshireDown-1518£37,500-15.25 %
WiltshireUp+1017£30,000-14.28 %
LeatherheadDown-916£51,000+13.33 %
West SussexNew entry-16£27,500-
NottinghamshireUp+2214£27,250-48.09 %
NottinghamUp+2014£27,250-46.82 %

SharePoint 2010
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010.

12531 (100.00 %)SharePoint
21650 (65.19 %).NET
31432 (56.58 %)Microsoft
41386 (54.76 %)C#
51321 (52.19 %)SQL Server
61023 (40.42 %)ASP.NET
7810 (32.00 %)SQL
8698 (27.58 %)SharePoint Server
9653 (25.80 %)SQL Server 2008
10640 (25.29 %)MS Excel
11595 (23.51 %)Windows
12529 (20.90 %)CSS
13515 (20.35 %)JavaScript
14496 (19.60 %)HTML
15436 (17.23 %)WCF
16430 (16.99 %)XML
17428 (16.91 %)Finance
18415 (16.40 %)Visual Studio
19402 (15.88 %)SQL Server 2005
20336 (13.28 %)Web Services
21299 (11.81 %)CRM
22297 (11.73 %).NET Framework
23292 (11.54 %)Intranet
24288 (11.38 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
25287 (11.34 %)Active Directory
26283 (11.18 %)VB.NET
27276 (10.90 %)Microsoft Certification
28269 (10.63 %)Windows Server 2008
29251 (9.917 %)SQL Server Integration Services
30247 (9.759 %)Business Intelligence

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing SharePoint 2010 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 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11650 (65.19 %).NET
21023 (40.42 %)ASP.NET
3529 (20.90 %)CSS
4496 (19.60 %)HTML
5436 (17.23 %)WCF
6430 (16.99 %)XML
7336 (13.28 %)Web Services
8297 (11.73 %).NET Framework
9231 (9.127 %)jQuery
10223 (8.811 %)Silverlight
11204 (8.060 %)Ajax
12198 (7.823 %)XSLT
13143 (5.650 %)Windows SharePoint Services
14128 (5.057 %)WPF
15101 (3.991 %)ASP.NET MVC
1698 (3.872 %)ASP
1776 (3.003 %)XHTML
1866 (2.608 %)WF
1961 (2.410 %)ADO.NET
2054 (2.134 %)NHibernate
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12531 (100.00 %)SharePoint
2698 (27.58 %)SharePoint Server
3227 (8.969 %)IIS
4201 (7.942 %)MS Exchange
5155 (6.124 %)Exchange Server 2010
6122 (4.820 %)BizTalk Server
7107 (4.228 %)CMS
884 (3.319 %)Exchange Server 2007
944 (1.738 %)Lync
944 (1.738 %)SharePoint Foundation
1029 (1.146 %)Exchange Server 2003
1124 (0.948 %)Apache
1222 (0.869 %)Lotus Notes
1320 (0.790 %)LiveLink
1416 (0.632 %)Documentum
1416 (0.632 %)Sitecore CMS
1515 (0.593 %)Alfresco
1515 (0.593 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1515 (0.593 %)FileNet
1613 (0.514 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1640 (25.29 %)MS Excel
2242 (9.561 %)MS Office
3173 (6.835 %)InfoPath
482 (3.240 %)MS Visio
536 (1.422 %)PowerPivot
628 (1.106 %)Office 365
719 (0.751 %)Photoshop
814 (0.553 %)Google Apps
910 (0.395 %)MS PowerPoint
106 (0.237 %)Fireworks
106 (0.237 %)Adobe Captivate
115 (0.198 %)MS Project
121 (0.040 %)Adobe Illustrator
121 (0.040 %)InDesign
121 (0.040 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1235 (9.285 %)Dynamics CRM
224 (0.948 %)Pivotal CRM
320 (0.790 %)Dynamics AX
415 (0.593 %)Google Analytics
57 (0.277 %)Dynamics NAV
66 (0.237 %)Maximo
75 (0.198 %)Dynamics GP
84 (0.158 %)Oracle Financials
84 (0.158 %)Tridion
92 (0.079 %)Oracle Applications
101 (0.040 %)SAP CRM
101 (0.040 %)BusinessWorks
101 (0.040 %)TeleForm
101 (0.040 %)LiquidOffice
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1292 (11.54 %)Intranet
2105 (4.149 %)Internet
393 (3.674 %)Extranet
486 (3.398 %)DNS
565 (2.568 %)SAN
662 (2.450 %)TCP/IP
748 (1.896 %)WAN
843 (1.699 %)Firewall
940 (1.580 %)DHCP
1038 (1.501 %)LAN
1134 (1.343 %)VPN
1225 (0.988 %)HTTP
1319 (0.751 %)Kerberos
1414 (0.553 %)SSL
1513 (0.514 %)Wireless
1513 (0.514 %)VoIP
1611 (0.435 %)VLAN
1611 (0.435 %)Ethernet
179 (0.356 %)DMZ
187 (0.277 %)NetScreen
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11321 (52.19 %)SQL Server
2653 (25.80 %)SQL Server 2008
3402 (15.88 %)SQL Server 2005
4288 (11.38 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5251 (9.917 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6130 (5.136 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
796 (3.793 %)Data Warehouse
873 (2.884 %)ETL
948 (1.896 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1042 (1.659 %)PerformancePoint
1042 (1.659 %)RDBMS
1042 (1.659 %)DTS
1139 (1.541 %)OLAP
1226 (1.027 %)MySQL
1325 (0.988 %)SQL Server 2000
1418 (0.711 %)MS Access
1513 (0.514 %)Data Mining
1612 (0.474 %)Crystal Reports
1711 (0.435 %)QlikView
184 (0.158 %)EDRMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1415 (16.40 %)Visual Studio
2189 (7.467 %)Team Foundation Server
376 (3.003 %)NUnit
447 (1.857 %)Rhino Mocks
544 (1.738 %)Subversion
627 (1.067 %)Visual Studio Team System
723 (0.909 %)VSS/SourceSafe
818 (0.711 %)CruiseControl
917 (0.672 %)MSBuild
1010 (0.395 %)StyleCop
1010 (0.395 %)Dreamweaver
119 (0.356 %)TeamCity
119 (0.356 %)Moq
119 (0.356 %)K2 blackpoint
128 (0.316 %)FitNesse
136 (0.237 %)Selenium
136 (0.237 %)Xcode
136 (0.237 %)Cucumber
145 (0.198 %)ClearCase
154 (0.158 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1428 (16.91 %)Finance
2105 (4.149 %)Advertising
3104 (4.109 %)Law
479 (3.121 %)Legal
575 (2.963 %)Marketing
653 (2.094 %)Telecoms
752 (2.055 %)Banking
833 (1.304 %)Retail
833 (1.304 %)Back Office
923 (0.909 %)Publishing
1012 (0.474 %)Multimedia
1111 (0.435 %)Front Office
1210 (0.395 %)Manufacturing
138 (0.316 %)Financial Institution
147 (0.277 %)Investment Banking
156 (0.237 %)Music
156 (0.237 %)Games
164 (0.158 %)Aerospace
173 (0.119 %)Swedish Language
182 (0.079 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11371 (54.17 %)Developer
2806 (31.85 %)SharePoint Developer
3345 (13.63 %).NET Developer
4314 (12.41 %)Consultant
5307 (12.13 %)Analyst
6226 (8.929 %)SharePoint Consultant
7225 (8.890 %)Architect
8182 (7.191 %)C# Developer
9153 (6.045 %)C# .NET Developer
10145 (5.729 %)Senior Developer
11127 (5.018 %)Administrator
12126 (4.978 %)SharePoint Architect
13117 (4.623 %)Support Analyst
14102 (4.030 %)SharePoint Administrator
1586 (3.398 %)ASP.NET Developer
1685 (3.358 %)Applications Developer
1780 (3.161 %)Senior SharePoint Developer
1879 (3.121 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1974 (2.924 %)Programmer
2073 (2.884 %)Solutions Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
171 (2.805 %)N-Tier
248 (1.896 %)Computer Science
347 (1.857 %)Blackberry
442 (1.659 %)Management Information System
539 (1.541 %)Taxonomies
632 (1.264 %)iPhone
728 (1.106 %)W3C
821 (0.830 %)Tandem
919 (0.751 %)Clustering
1018 (0.711 %)Kindle
1117 (0.672 %)Mathematics
1215 (0.593 %)RIA
1314 (0.553 %)Smartphone
1413 (0.514 %)Open Source
1512 (0.474 %)Social Media
1611 (0.435 %)Digital Media
1611 (0.435 %)E-Learning
1710 (0.395 %)SaaS
188 (0.316 %)Graphic Design
197 (0.277 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1595 (23.51 %)Windows
2269 (10.63 %)Windows Server 2008
3150 (5.927 %)Windows Server 2003
4110 (4.346 %)Windows 7
549 (1.936 %)Windows XP
624 (0.948 %)Linux
624 (0.948 %)Android
714 (0.553 %)Windows Vista
812 (0.474 %)UNIX
910 (0.395 %)VMS
108 (0.316 %)Apple iOS
112 (0.079 %)NetWare
121 (0.040 %)SUSE
121 (0.040 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.040 %)HPUX
121 (0.040 %)Solaris
121 (0.040 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1299 (11.81 %)CRM
2247 (9.759 %)Business Intelligence
3221 (8.732 %)Agile Software Development
4212 (8.376 %)Workflow
5186 (7.349 %)Content Management
6183 (7.230 %)Migration
6183 (7.230 %)Web Development
7144 (5.689 %)OO
8138 (5.452 %)Web Application Development
9137 (5.413 %)Scrum
10136 (5.373 %)Document Management
11133 (5.255 %)MVC
12131 (5.176 %)Project Management
13122 (4.820 %)TDD
14119 (4.702 %)ITIL
1591 (3.595 %)PRINCE2
1673 (2.884 %)UML
1771 (2.805 %)Change Management
1771 (2.805 %)Business Analysis
1868 (2.687 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11386 (54.76 %)C#
2810 (32.00 %)SQL
3515 (20.35 %)JavaScript
4283 (11.18 %)VB.NET
5220 (8.692 %)T-SQL
6107 (4.228 %)PowerShell
7100 (3.951 %)VB
880 (3.161 %)Java
971 (2.805 %)VBA
1048 (1.896 %)C
1145 (1.778 %)VBScript
1238 (1.501 %)PL/SQL
1238 (1.501 %)VB6
1333 (1.304 %)PHP
1427 (1.067 %)XPath
1524 (0.948 %)C++
1614 (0.553 %)Perl
1713 (0.514 %)XAML
1811 (0.435 %)Shell Script
198 (0.316 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1276 (10.90 %)Microsoft Certification
2223 (8.811 %)Degree
3148 (5.847 %)MCTS
4114 (4.504 %)MCP
5112 (4.425 %)MCITP
6104 (4.109 %)Security Cleared
792 (3.635 %)SC Cleared
881 (3.200 %)MCSD
970 (2.766 %)MCSE
1065 (2.568 %)MCAD
1138 (1.501 %)MCSA
1235 (1.383 %)MCPD
1334 (1.343 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1429 (1.146 %)Cisco Certification
1429 (1.146 %)CCNA
1519 (0.751 %)MOS
1519 (0.751 %)ITIL Certification
1612 (0.474 %)CCA
1612 (0.474 %)Citrix Certification
1612 (0.474 %)Microsoft Certified Master
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (1.501 %)QA
232 (1.264 %)SLA
318 (0.711 %)ISO 9001
410 (0.395 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
55 (0.198 %)ISO/IEC 27001
64 (0.158 %)WAI
73 (0.119 %)Dublin Core
82 (0.079 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1287 (11.34 %)Active Directory
281 (3.200 %)VMware Infrastructure
350 (1.976 %)Hyper-V
350 (1.976 %)vSphere
434 (1.343 %)UAG
531 (1.225 %)VMware ESX
629 (1.146 %)XenApp
713 (0.514 %)XenDesktop
811 (0.435 %)Terminal Services
811 (0.435 %)ISA Server
98 (0.316 %)VMware Workstation
107 (0.277 %)Terminal Server
107 (0.277 %)XenServer
115 (0.198 %)VMware ESXi
115 (0.198 %)vCloud
123 (0.119 %)WebMarshal
132 (0.079 %)Squid
141 (0.040 %)Xen
141 (0.040 %)Shibboleth
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
137 (1.462 %)SCOM
232 (1.264 %)SCCM
315 (0.593 %)SolarWinds Orion
412 (0.474 %)Backup Exec
56 (0.237 %)Plesk
65 (0.198 %)WSUS
74 (0.158 %)MOM
74 (0.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
74 (0.158 %)Norton AntiVirus
83 (0.119 %)SCVMM
83 (0.119 %)Cisco UCCX
92 (0.079 %)Cisco CUCM
92 (0.079 %)MIMEsweeper
92 (0.079 %)CA SiteMinder
101 (0.040 %)HP Data Protector
101 (0.040 %)Splunk
101 (0.040 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11432 (56.58 %)Microsoft
2124 (4.899 %)VMware
370 (2.766 %)Oracle
455 (2.173 %)HP
550 (1.976 %)Citrix
645 (1.778 %)Cisco
741 (1.620 %)IBM
836 (1.422 %)Business Objects
931 (1.225 %)Dell
1029 (1.146 %)Google
1122 (0.869 %)Lotus
1218 (0.711 %)Vignette
1218 (0.711 %)Open Text
1317 (0.672 %)Mitel
1317 (0.672 %)SAP
1317 (0.672 %)F5
1416 (0.632 %)Sitecore
1416 (0.632 %)NetApp
1515 (0.593 %)SolarWinds
1614 (0.553 %)Juniper