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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint
Rank 33 47 31
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -16
Permanent jobs citing SharePoint 304 203 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 6.068% 4.497% 5.459%
As % of the Application Platforms category 30.93% 25.79% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 268 155 201
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
983 787 793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.62% 17.43% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 844 681 723
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £61,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands SharePoint Salary Trend

SharePoint
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham +13 99 £42,500 +6.25%
Coventry +10 65 £45,500 -9.00%
Staffordshire +14 42 £34,050 -2.71%
Shropshire +14 18 £30,000 -61.29%
Warwickshire -5 18 £40,000 +23.07%
Worcestershire -1 17 £38,500 -
Solihull -27 14 £38,500 +7.69%
Herefordshire +21 7 £45,000 +28.57%
Wolverhampton -2 3 £34,050 -17.95%
West Bromwich -1 1 £27,500 -35.29%
Willenhall - 1 £35,000 -
Wednesbury - 1 £35,000 -
Halesowen - 1 £35,000 -
SharePoint
England

SharePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 441 (65.43%) Microsoft
2 364 (54.01%) .NET
3 333 (49.41%) SQL Server
4 289 (42.88%) C#
5 251 (37.24%) ASP.NET
6 205 (30.42%) SQL
7 201 (29.82%) Windows
8 171 (25.37%) SharePoint 2010
9 170 (25.22%) JavaScript
10 160 (23.74%) MS Excel
11 135 (20.03%) CSS
12 120 (17.80%) Degree
13 114 (16.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 110 (16.32%) HTML
15 109 (16.17%) Active Directory
16 106 (15.73%) SQL Server 2008
17 102 (15.13%) XML
17 102 (15.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 93 (13.80%) MS Exchange
19 90 (13.35%) VMware
20 88 (13.06%) .NET Framework
21 86 (12.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
22 84 (12.46%) CRM
23 78 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
24 77 (11.42%) Dynamics CRM
25 76 (11.28%) SAP
26 74 (10.98%) Finance
27 73 (10.83%) WCF
28 72 (10.68%) Agile Software Development
29 69 (10.24%) SharePoint Server

SharePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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
1 364 (54.01%) .NET
2 251 (37.24%) ASP.NET
3 135 (20.03%) CSS
4 110 (16.32%) HTML
5 102 (15.13%) XML
6 88 (13.06%) .NET Framework
7 73 (10.83%) WCF
8 64 (9.496%) WPF
9 58 (8.605%) Web Services
10 55 (8.160%) Silverlight
11 53 (7.864%) jQuery
12 41 (6.083%) ASP.NET MVC
13 36 (5.341%) Ajax
14 32 (4.748%) COM
15 30 (4.451%) HTML5
16 27 (4.006%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 27 (4.006%) DHTML
17 25 (3.709%) MDX
18 24 (3.561%) LINQ
18 24 (3.561%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 171 (25.37%) SharePoint 2010
2 93 (13.80%) MS Exchange
3 69 (10.24%) SharePoint Server
4 58 (8.605%) BizTalk Server
5 51 (7.567%) Lync
6 46 (6.825%) Exchange Server 2010
7 36 (5.341%) Exchange Server 2007
8 35 (5.193%) Exchange Server 2003
9 30 (4.451%) IIS
10 20 (2.967%) Windows Azure
11 16 (2.374%) Tomcat
12 15 (2.226%) CMS
13 13 (1.929%) SharePoint Foundation
13 13 (1.929%) Apache
13 13 (1.929%) Umbraco
14 11 (1.632%) SAP Portal
14 11 (1.632%) NetWeaver
14 11 (1.632%) SAS
15 10 (1.484%) Sitecore CMS
15 10 (1.484%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 160 (23.74%) MS Excel
2 69 (10.24%) MS Office
3 45 (6.677%) InfoPath
4 16 (2.374%) Office 365
5 10 (1.484%) PowerPivot
6 7 (1.039%) MS Project
7 4 (0.593%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (0.297%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.297%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.148%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.148%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.148%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 77 (11.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (7.418%) SAP Business One
3 32 (4.748%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (1.039%) Infor M3
4 7 (1.039%) Lawson
5 5 (0.742%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.742%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.593%) Line 500
6 4 (0.593%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.445%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.148%) Agresso
8 1 (0.148%) Maximo
8 1 (0.148%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.528%) SAN
1 44 (6.528%) DNS
2 38 (5.638%) Intranet
3 30 (4.451%) DHCP
4 28 (4.154%) Firewall
4 28 (4.154%) NAS
5 24 (3.561%) WAN
6 19 (2.819%) LAN
7 16 (2.374%) Unified Communications
8 13 (1.929%) TCP/IP
9 12 (1.780%) Wireless
10 11 (1.632%) PBX
11 9 (1.335%) Internet
12 7 (1.039%) VoIP
13 4 (0.593%) iSCSI
13 4 (0.593%) VPN
14 3 (0.445%) SMTP
15 2 (0.297%) Network Security
15 2 (0.297%) HTTP
15 2 (0.297%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 333 (49.41%) SQL Server
2 114 (16.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 106 (15.73%) SQL Server 2008
4 102 (15.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 86 (12.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 44 (6.528%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (6.380%) SQL Server 2005
8 21 (3.116%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 20 (2.967%) PerformancePoint
10 16 (2.374%) SQL Server 2000
11 15 (2.226%) MySQL
12 14 (2.077%) DB2
12 14 (2.077%) Oracle 8/8i
13 13 (1.929%) Oracle 10g
13 13 (1.929%) OLAP
13 13 (1.929%) QlikView
14 11 (1.632%) Oracle Exadata
15 6 (0.890%) Crystal Reports
15 6 (0.890%) Data Mining
16 4 (0.593%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 65 (9.644%) Visual Studio
2 39 (5.786%) Team Foundation Server
3 26 (3.858%) NUnit
4 17 (2.522%) Visual Studio Team System
5 14 (2.077%) CruiseControl
5 14 (2.077%) MSBuild
6 11 (1.632%) Xcode
7 9 (1.335%) MSI
8 8 (1.187%) TeamCity
9 7 (1.039%) NCover
9 7 (1.039%) GitHub
9 7 (1.039%) MorphX
9 7 (1.039%) ReSharper
10 3 (0.445%) ClearQuest
10 3 (0.445%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.445%) Selenium
11 2 (0.297%) Subversion
11 2 (0.297%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 2 (0.297%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.297%) Bugzilla
General
1 74 (10.98%) Finance
2 19 (2.819%) Advertising
3 17 (2.522%) Marketing
4 16 (2.374%) Back Office
4 16 (2.374%) Telecoms
5 13 (1.929%) Legal
5 13 (1.929%) Banking
5 13 (1.929%) Investment Banking
6 9 (1.335%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.187%) Retail
8 7 (1.039%) Local Government
9 5 (0.742%) Publishing
9 5 (0.742%) French Language
10 4 (0.593%) Billing
11 3 (0.445%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.148%) Law
12 1 (0.148%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 314 (46.59%) Developer
2 95 (14.09%) SharePoint Developer
3 92 (13.65%) .NET Developer
4 78 (11.57%) Consultant
5 74 (10.98%) Architect
6 53 (7.864%) Analyst
7 52 (7.715%) Senior Developer
8 43 (6.380%) C# Developer
9 34 (5.045%) Technical Architect
10 32 (4.748%) Web Developer
11 29 (4.303%) CRM Developer
11 29 (4.303%) Junior
12 27 (4.006%) Senior SharePoint Developer
13 26 (3.858%) Junior Developer
14 24 (3.561%) CRM Architect
15 23 (3.412%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 22 (3.264%) Senior .NET Developer
16 22 (3.264%) SharePoint Consultant
16 22 (3.264%) ASP.NET Developer
17 21 (3.116%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.341%) Computer Science
2 30 (4.451%) Blackberry
3 17 (2.522%) Clustering
4 13 (1.929%) Wiki
5 12 (1.780%) iPhone
6 11 (1.632%) Symmetrix DMX
6 11 (1.632%) W3C
7 10 (1.484%) N-Tier
7 10 (1.484%) NHS
8 8 (1.187%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.187%) iSeries
8 8 (1.187%) Mobile App
9 6 (0.890%) Client/Server
10 5 (0.742%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.742%) Replication
10 5 (0.742%) Mathematics
11 3 (0.445%) AS400
11 3 (0.445%) CCTV
11 3 (0.445%) CMDB
12 2 (0.297%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 201 (29.82%) Windows
2 69 (10.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 68 (10.09%) UNIX
4 66 (9.792%) Solaris
5 55 (8.160%) Linux
6 50 (7.418%) OpenVMS
7 30 (4.451%) Windows Server 2003
8 29 (4.303%) Android
9 23 (3.412%) Windows Phone
10 19 (2.819%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (2.522%) Windows 7
12 16 (2.374%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (1.780%) AIX
14 11 (1.632%) Windows Phone 7
14 11 (1.632%) SUSE
15 8 (1.187%) Windows XP
16 5 (0.742%) Windows 2000 Server
16 5 (0.742%) Apple iOS
17 4 (0.593%) Windows 8
18 3 (0.445%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (12.46%) CRM
2 78 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (10.68%) Agile Software Development
4 65 (9.644%) MVC
5 54 (8.012%) Project Management
6 52 (7.715%) Scrum
7 45 (6.677%) ITIL
8 44 (6.528%) ERP
9 43 (6.380%) OO
10 35 (5.193%) Web Development
10 35 (5.193%) Service Delivery
10 35 (5.193%) Workflow
11 32 (4.748%) Resource Management
12 28 (4.154%) TDD
13 23 (3.412%) ETL
14 22 (3.264%) PRINCE2
14 22 (3.264%) Migration
15 21 (3.116%) Change Management
15 21 (3.116%) Data Modelling
16 20 (2.967%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 289 (42.88%) C#
2 205 (30.42%) SQL
3 170 (25.22%) JavaScript
4 66 (9.792%) VB.NET
5 57 (8.457%) T-SQL
6 56 (8.309%) Java
7 38 (5.638%) VB
8 27 (4.006%) C++
9 22 (3.264%) Perl
10 21 (3.116%) PHP
11 17 (2.522%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.929%) VBA
13 11 (1.632%) Shell Script
13 11 (1.632%) XAML
13 11 (1.632%) Python
13 11 (1.632%) Delphi
13 11 (1.632%) Korn
13 11 (1.632%) X++
14 9 (1.335%) VB6
15 5 (0.742%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 120 (17.80%) Degree
2 65 (9.644%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (4.599%) MCITP
4 30 (4.451%) MCSE
5 18 (2.671%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.671%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.077%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.187%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.039%) CCNA
8 7 (1.039%) MCTS
9 6 (0.890%) MCPD
9 6 (0.890%) MCP
9 6 (0.890%) MCAD
9 6 (0.890%) MCSD
9 6 (0.890%) VCP5
10 5 (0.742%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 4 (0.593%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.593%) MCSA
12 3 (0.445%) CCNP
12 3 (0.445%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.638%) SLA
2 14 (2.077%) QA
3 5 (0.742%) ISO 9000
4 2 (0.297%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.148%) WCAG
5 1 (0.148%) WAI
5 1 (0.148%) COBIT
System Software
1 109 (16.17%) Active Directory
2 57 (8.457%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (5.193%) Hyper-V
4 23 (3.412%) vSphere
5 16 (2.374%) UAG
5 16 (2.374%) XenDesktop
6 14 (2.077%) XenServer
7 13 (1.929%) ISA Server
8 11 (1.632%) XenApp
8 11 (1.632%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 11 (1.632%) Veritas File System
8 11 (1.632%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 9 (1.335%) Forefront TMG
10 8 (1.187%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.742%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.593%) VMware ESX
13 2 (0.297%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.297%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.148%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.148%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (5.193%) SCCM
1 35 (5.193%) SCOM
2 10 (1.484%) SCVMM
3 8 (1.187%) Backup Exec
4 5 (0.742%) EMC NetWorker
5 4 (0.593%) Nagios
6 3 (0.445%) WSUS
7 2 (0.297%) WMI
7 2 (0.297%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.297%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 2 (0.297%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.148%) Cisco UCCE
8 1 (0.148%) Splunk
8 1 (0.148%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.148%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.148%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 441 (65.43%) Microsoft
2 90 (13.35%) VMware
3 76 (11.28%) SAP
4 60 (8.902%) Oracle
5 54 (8.012%) Cisco
6 50 (7.418%) Citrix
7 37 (5.490%) HP
8 24 (3.561%) IBM
9 22 (3.264%) Sybase
10 21 (3.116%) Veritas
11 20 (2.967%) Sun
11 20 (2.967%) EMC
12 19 (2.819%) Red Hat
13 16 (2.374%) JD Edwards
13 16 (2.374%) NetApp
14 14 (2.077%) Dell
14 14 (2.077%) Sage
14 14 (2.077%) Avaya
15 13 (1.929%) Apple
16 12 (1.780%) Nortel
West Midlands
The following technical skills are relevant: *SharePoint Solution Development using Visual Studio *SharePoint Administration *ASP.NET *MVC *C# *Microsoft SQLServer *Test Driven Development *NHibernate *Microsoft SharePoint WSS *Microsoft...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
Programming / technical levels of expertise required *Essential - Software development using Visual Studio Some exposure to the following: *ASP.NET (Foundation knowledge) *MVC (Foundation knowledge) *C# (Foundation knowledge) *Microsoft...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The SharePoint candidate will also provide document management, application development, custom themes and site branding as well as being experienced in use of SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3...
Robert Walters
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SQL Server, T-SQL A cutting edge Business Intelligence consultancy based in the Midlands is looking for a talented and experienced...
Venturi
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Shropshire
Roc Search is currently working with their client, a global outsourcing brand, to source an experienced SharePoint Architect for a permanent opportunity. The successful candidate will have experience...
Roc Search
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Application / Front - end Developer - Classic ASP / HTML / XML / CSS... Exposure to HTML, XML and CSS is essential... Awareness of MS SQL / T - SQL, SQL Server, MS SharePoint and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £27000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Exposure to HTML, XML and CSS is essential. Any exposure to classic ASP and Javascript would be extremely advantageous but not essential. Awareness of MS SQL / T - SQL,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £27000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
For this position the client is looking for a candidate with strong, .Net, C#, ASP.Net, MVC, WCF and SQL Server skills... Therefore my client is looking for...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Prepare and execute test scripts... Manual testing... In addition, we also deliver services and solutions on non Microsoft Products and Technologies, such as SAP Business One, OpenVMS, Solaris...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum (dep on exp), plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
IT Operations Engineer - Support, Linux, SQL Server - Midlands... Technical skills needed include: Linux (Redhat ideally) Nagios Windows Server / Desktop Sharepoint SQL / MySQL Tomcat The company is looking to...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Prince2, PMI, APMP, Agile, PMBOK) - Solid background programming with the following languages and technologies for both Windows and web-based scenarios: C#.net, Visual Basic 6, COM, Microsoft...
Connectus
Salary: £65000 - £72000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Global financial institution requires an experienced reporting developer for both Business Intelligence Reporting and Nintex SharePoint workflow who is able to develop reports and workflow on to the...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Lichfield, Staffordshire
This includes the full spectrum of current Technology products, including Collaborative Working Environment (CWE), Sharepoint, E&AM systems and our new advanced data analytics and visualisation tools... Some...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013