The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SharePoint Server skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SharePoint Server 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 Server (inc MOSS & SPS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank301255178
Rank change year-on-year
Down-46Down-77
Matching permanent IT job ads93911251194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.779 %0.917 %1.251 %
As % of the Application Platforms category3.815 %4.825 %7.235 %
Number of salaries quoted859993964
Average salary£47,500£50,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00 %+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,100£32,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,000£40,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
+7.50 %-5.88 %
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 Server
Demand Trend

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

SharePoint Server Demand Trend

SharePoint Server
Salary Trend

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

SharePoint Server Salary Trend

SharePoint Server
Salary Histogram

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

SharePoint Server Salary Histogram

SharePoint Server
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 Server 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
EnglandDown-62884£47,500-5.00 %
LondonDown-40482£50,000-4.76 %
South EastDown-71128£47,500+5.55 %
City of LondonUp+15115£52,500+1.94 %
East of EnglandUp+62109£45,000+4.04 %
SurreyDown-1663£50,000-20.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+1641£45,000+12.50 %
North WestDown-4039£40,000-4.76 %
CambridgeUp+2235£45,000+12.50 %
South WestDown-235£37,500+11.11 %
BerkshireDown-4535£55,000+37.50 %
West MidlandsDown-2533£37,500-42.30 %
ManchesterDown-1327£40,000-11.11 %
GloucestershireUp+1225£37,500-40.00 %
YorkshireDown-7924£40,000+14.28 %
HertfordshireUp+2822£49,500-1.00 %
SuffolkUp+1520£45,000+20.00 %
ScotlandDown-318£37,000+13.84 %
ReadingDown-1816£55,250+10.50 %
LeatherheadNew entry-16£51,000-
IpswichUp+1315£45,000+20.00 %
GuildfordDown-1814£42,500+6.25 %
SurbitonNew entry-14£40,000-
EssexNo change013£42,500-0.58 %
BedfordshireDown-613£36,000-49.47 %
BirminghamDown-1513£40,000-5.88 %
HampshireDown-1412£37,000-26.00 %
CirencesterNew entry-12£37,500-
CheltenhamNew entry-12£37,500-
BuckinghamshireUp+811£35,000-23.07 %

SharePoint Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11752 (96.11 %)SharePoint
21350 (74.05 %).NET
31169 (64.13 %)Microsoft
41055 (57.87 %)SQL Server
51046 (57.38 %)C#
6799 (43.83 %)ASP.NET
7698 (38.29 %)SharePoint 2010
8584 (32.04 %)SQL
9464 (25.45 %)SQL Server 2008
10445 (24.41 %)Windows
11423 (23.20 %)WCF
12419 (22.98 %)MS Excel
13380 (20.84 %)Finance
14363 (19.91 %)JavaScript
15360 (19.75 %)Visual Studio
16359 (19.69 %)HTML
17353 (19.36 %)CSS
17353 (19.36 %)XML
18308 (16.90 %)Web Services
19304 (16.68 %)Microsoft Certification
20301 (16.51 %)MS Office
21299 (16.40 %)CRM
21299 (16.40 %)BizTalk Server
22280 (15.36 %)Windows SharePoint Services
23261 (14.32 %).NET Framework
24254 (13.93 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
25250 (13.71 %)VB.NET
26240 (13.17 %)Dynamics CRM
27235 (12.89 %)SQL Server 2005
28229 (12.56 %)Ajax

SharePoint Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11350 (74.05 %).NET
2799 (43.83 %)ASP.NET
3423 (23.20 %)WCF
4359 (19.69 %)HTML
5353 (19.36 %)CSS
5353 (19.36 %)XML
6308 (16.90 %)Web Services
7280 (15.36 %)Windows SharePoint Services
8261 (14.32 %).NET Framework
9229 (12.56 %)Ajax
9229 (12.56 %)WPF
10174 (9.545 %)ASP.NET MVC
11173 (9.490 %)NHibernate
12156 (8.557 %)Silverlight
13134 (7.351 %)XSLT
14129 (7.076 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
15115 (6.308 %)WF
16112 (6.144 %)jQuery
17106 (5.815 %)Razor View Engine
18102 (5.595 %)LINQ
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11752 (96.11 %)SharePoint
2698 (38.29 %)SharePoint 2010
3299 (16.40 %)BizTalk Server
4165 (9.051 %)IIS
5100 (5.485 %)CMS
676 (4.169 %)MS Exchange
743 (2.359 %)SharePoint Foundation
831 (1.700 %)Exchange Server 2007
924 (1.317 %)Office Project Server
1021 (1.152 %)Exchange Server 2010
1021 (1.152 %)Office Communications Server
1120 (1.097 %)WordPress
1120 (1.097 %)Drupal
1219 (1.042 %)Alfresco
1219 (1.042 %)Movable Type
1219 (1.042 %)Liferay
1219 (1.042 %)Apache Solr
1219 (1.042 %)Joomla!
1219 (1.042 %)WebLogic
1219 (1.042 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1419 (22.98 %)MS Excel
2301 (16.51 %)MS Office
3132 (7.241 %)InfoPath
445 (2.468 %)MS Visio
516 (0.878 %)DOC1
611 (0.603 %)PrintSoft PReS
710 (0.549 %)MS PowerPoint
89 (0.494 %)Photoshop
89 (0.494 %)MS Project
96 (0.329 %)Office 365
104 (0.219 %)Fireworks
112 (0.110 %)Adobe Captivate
121 (0.055 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1240 (13.17 %)Dynamics CRM
2128 (7.021 %)Dynamics AX
324 (1.317 %)Pivotal CRM
419 (1.042 %)Dynamics NAV
419 (1.042 %)Google Analytics
511 (0.603 %)Exstream
68 (0.439 %)Dynamics GP
76 (0.329 %)Tridion
85 (0.274 %)Line 500
94 (0.219 %)Oracle Financials
101 (0.055 %)BusinessWorks
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1113 (6.199 %)Intranet
275 (4.114 %)Internet
348 (2.633 %)DNS
441 (2.249 %)Extranet
522 (1.207 %)Firewall
621 (1.152 %)SAN
719 (1.042 %)Kerberos
816 (0.878 %)HTTP
816 (0.878 %)WAN
915 (0.823 %)LAN
1013 (0.713 %)DHCP
1112 (0.658 %)TCP/IP
128 (0.439 %)VoIP
128 (0.439 %)NAS
128 (0.439 %)Unified Communications
137 (0.384 %)DMZ
146 (0.329 %)LDAP
155 (0.274 %)Broadband
155 (0.274 %)IP Telephony
155 (0.274 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11055 (57.87 %)SQL Server
2464 (25.45 %)SQL Server 2008
3254 (13.93 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
4235 (12.89 %)SQL Server 2005
5165 (9.051 %)SQL Server Integration Services
697 (5.321 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
782 (4.498 %)Data Warehouse
845 (2.468 %)ETL
942 (2.304 %)SQL Server 2000
1035 (1.920 %)RDBMS
1133 (1.810 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1223 (1.262 %)EDRMS
1322 (1.207 %)Crystal Reports
1420 (1.097 %)Oracle Reports
1420 (1.097 %)OLAP
1420 (1.097 %)ProClarity
1518 (0.987 %)GIS
1518 (0.987 %)Data Mining
1616 (0.878 %)PerformancePoint
1714 (0.768 %)Business Intelligence Development Studio
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1360 (19.75 %)Visual Studio
2148 (8.118 %)NUnit
3117 (6.418 %)Team Foundation Server
4106 (5.815 %)Rhino Mocks
5100 (5.485 %)Subversion
637 (2.030 %)Moq
733 (1.810 %)MSBuild
733 (1.810 %)CruiseControl
831 (1.700 %)Selenium
831 (1.700 %)Cucumber
923 (1.262 %)Visual Studio Team System
1022 (1.207 %)VSS/SourceSafe
119 (0.494 %)K2 blackpoint
128 (0.439 %)TeamCity
128 (0.439 %)FitNesse
135 (0.274 %)ClearCase
135 (0.274 %)StyleCop
144 (0.219 %)MSTest
144 (0.219 %)PowerBuilder
153 (0.165 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1380 (20.84 %)Finance
2110 (6.034 %)Banking
354 (2.962 %)Advertising
450 (2.743 %)Legal
532 (1.755 %)Manufacturing
630 (1.646 %)Investment Banking
729 (1.591 %)Law
828 (1.536 %)Music
919 (1.042 %)Retail
1018 (0.987 %)Telecoms
1117 (0.933 %)Marketing
1215 (0.823 %)Billing
139 (0.494 %)Publishing
147 (0.384 %)Financial Institution
147 (0.384 %)German Language
156 (0.329 %)Front Office
156 (0.329 %)Games
165 (0.274 %)Pharmaceutical
174 (0.219 %)Back Office
174 (0.219 %)Local Government
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1985 (54.03 %)Developer
2496 (27.21 %)SharePoint Developer
3374 (20.52 %)Consultant
4329 (18.05 %).NET Developer
5173 (9.490 %)SharePoint Consultant
6161 (8.832 %)Architect
7146 (8.009 %)Analyst
8127 (6.967 %)C# Developer
9115 (6.308 %)Senior Developer
10113 (6.199 %)C# .NET Developer
11111 (6.089 %)SharePoint Architect
12110 (6.034 %)ASP.NET Developer
1380 (4.388 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1479 (4.334 %)Team Leader
1575 (4.114 %)Lead Developer
1673 (4.004 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
1770 (3.840 %)Senior SharePoint Developer
1863 (3.456 %)Technical Consultant
1962 (3.401 %)Administrator
2057 (3.127 %)Axapta Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
156 (3.072 %)Computer Science
255 (3.017 %)Blackberry
346 (2.523 %)Tandem
445 (2.468 %)Management Information System
445 (2.468 %)Data Integration
536 (1.975 %)Taxonomies
634 (1.865 %)W3C
732 (1.755 %)Clustering
828 (1.536 %)Client/Server
925 (1.371 %)iPhone
1021 (1.152 %)iPad
1120 (1.097 %)SaaS
1219 (1.042 %)Inversion of Control
1317 (0.933 %)PaaS
1317 (0.933 %)N-Tier
1415 (0.823 %)Replication
1512 (0.658 %)Social Media
1611 (0.603 %)Mathematics
178 (0.439 %)NHS
178 (0.439 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1445 (24.41 %)Windows
2113 (6.199 %)Windows Server 2008
3108 (5.924 %)Windows Server 2003
426 (1.426 %)Windows 7
519 (1.042 %)webOS
519 (1.042 %)Android
616 (0.878 %)Linux
715 (0.823 %)Windows Vista
814 (0.768 %)Windows XP
98 (0.439 %)VMS
107 (0.384 %)Windows 2000 Server
116 (0.329 %)UNIX
125 (0.274 %)AIX
125 (0.274 %)HPUX
125 (0.274 %)Solaris
125 (0.274 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
134 (0.219 %)Windows NT
141 (0.055 %)Windows 2000
141 (0.055 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1299 (16.40 %)CRM
2229 (12.56 %)MVC
3212 (11.63 %)Workflow
4204 (11.19 %)TDD
5202 (11.08 %)Agile Software Development
6196 (10.75 %)Content Management
7194 (10.64 %)Web Application Development
8189 (10.37 %)Scrum
9177 (9.709 %)Business Intelligence
10158 (8.667 %)ERP
11117 (6.418 %)Web Development
12109 (5.979 %)Project Management
13106 (5.815 %)ITIL
1496 (5.266 %)OO
1590 (4.937 %)PRINCE2
1688 (4.827 %)UML
1786 (4.717 %)Unit Testing
1885 (4.663 %)Document Management
1979 (4.334 %)BDD
2077 (4.224 %)Kanban
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11046 (57.38 %)C#
2584 (32.04 %)SQL
3363 (19.91 %)JavaScript
4250 (13.71 %)VB.NET
5182 (9.984 %)T-SQL
6115 (6.308 %)X++
770 (3.840 %)PowerShell
863 (3.456 %)VB
961 (3.346 %)Java
1035 (1.920 %)PHP
1128 (1.536 %)PL/SQL
1128 (1.536 %)XPath
1226 (1.426 %)C
1313 (0.713 %)C++
1411 (0.603 %)VBA
1510 (0.549 %)Python
1510 (0.549 %)Shell Script
1510 (0.549 %)PowerHouse
169 (0.494 %)VBScript
174 (0.219 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1304 (16.68 %)Microsoft Certification
2216 (11.85 %)MCTS
3207 (11.35 %)MCSD
4193 (10.59 %)MCP
5185 (10.15 %)Degree
6173 (9.490 %)MCAD
751 (2.798 %)Security Cleared
838 (2.084 %)MCITP
937 (2.030 %)SC Cleared
1028 (1.536 %)MCSE
1120 (1.097 %)ITIL Certification
1213 (0.713 %)Microsoft Certified Master
1312 (0.658 %)DV Cleared
1312 (0.658 %)MCPD
149 (0.494 %)ACCA
149 (0.494 %)Cisco Certification
157 (0.384 %)ISEB
157 (0.384 %)MCDBA
157 (0.384 %)PMI Certification
157 (0.384 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (1.207 %)QA
213 (0.713 %)SLA
36 (0.329 %)WAI
43 (0.165 %)ISO/IEC 27001
43 (0.165 %)ISO 9001
52 (0.110 %)WCAG
52 (0.110 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.055 %)COBIT
61 (0.055 %)Dublin Core
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1159 (8.722 %)Active Directory
251 (2.798 %)Hyper-V
349 (2.688 %)VMware Infrastructure
430 (1.646 %)UAG
528 (1.536 %)VMware ESX
623 (1.262 %)ISA Server
712 (0.658 %)VMware Workstation
89 (0.494 %)Oracle RMAN
89 (0.494 %)Citrix Presentation Server
98 (0.439 %)vSphere
107 (0.384 %)XenApp
107 (0.384 %)Terminal Services
115 (0.274 %)Shibboleth
124 (0.219 %)VMware ESXi
124 (0.219 %)Squid
124 (0.219 %)Xen
132 (0.110 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
126 (1.426 %)SCOM
211 (0.603 %)SCCM
39 (0.494 %)Data Guard
45 (0.274 %)SCVMM
45 (0.274 %)Backup Exec
54 (0.219 %)Norton AntiVirus
54 (0.219 %)OpenView
54 (0.219 %)HP SIM
63 (0.165 %)HP Quality Center
63 (0.165 %)Sysprep
63 (0.165 %)McAfee ePO
63 (0.165 %)Unicenter
63 (0.165 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (0.165 %)Netcool
63 (0.165 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.110 %)Legato
72 (0.110 %)Tivoli
72 (0.110 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
72 (0.110 %)MOM
72 (0.110 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11169 (64.13 %)Microsoft
2104 (5.705 %)Oracle
383 (4.553 %)VMware
446 (2.523 %)Google
533 (1.810 %)Citrix
632 (1.755 %)IBM
728 (1.536 %)HP
728 (1.536 %)Sitecore
827 (1.481 %)Ektron
921 (1.152 %)Vignette
1020 (1.097 %)SAP
1020 (1.097 %)Cisco
1119 (1.042 %)Symbian
1119 (1.042 %)hybris
1119 (1.042 %)Omniture
1119 (1.042 %)ATG
1119 (1.042 %)Open Text
1216 (0.878 %)F5
1315 (0.823 %)Symantec
1414 (0.768 %)Sage