SharePoint Roles & Salaries#SPSJHB – 6th September 2014

Session Overview

Three Main Topics:˃ SharePoint Job Titles – is yours correct?˃ Are you being paid according to your Skill Level?˃ Where is the best place to work in South Africa from a Financial

Perspective?

Why Me?

˃ General Manager of It’s About People˃ Specialised in SharePoint, CRM & BI Recruitment for 5 years ˃ Only non-techie person to present at SPSJHB/SPSCPT for the 4th year

in a row ˃ Passionate about ‘Blinging up People’s Careers and placing them in

Challenging new Jobs’˃ Love being part of this unique SharePoint Community

Roles

SharePoint Roles Quote

‘With SharePoint being so large, and users’ needs being so varied, I really do mean it when I say that Job Roles are as diverse as the product itself. Choosing the area you want to work in, then specialising in it, increases your chances of landing that perfect job.’

Jeff Adkin, Tech Trainer TrainSignal @jeffadkin

SharePoint Roles

DO NOT PANIC!!˃ You can overlap some of these roles especially if the project is a small

one˃ Make sure the Key Roles are driven by business and in place FIRST˃ SharePoint Roles are constantly maturing and changing – keep this in

mind!

Some SharePoint Roles

Evangelist/ChampionProject ManagerEnd UserQA/QCHelp DeskBusiness AnalystFarm AdministratorDeveloper

Site Collection AdministratorTrainerSite OwnerArchitectPower UserGraphic/Web DesignerFeature Administrator

Core Roles used in South Africa

User/End User˃ SharePoint is just another business tool that enables them to get

their job done˃ User Adoption has to be done properly or else project will fall flat˃ These people need constant communication and ‘hand holding’˃ Primarily update and upload documents

Core Roles used in South Africa

Site Owner˃ Creates and manages all the team & project documentation˃ In charge of all communication and information for the site (and sub

sites)˃ Usually Instructor led but have a good understanding of site

administration, security and content creation

Core Roles used in South Africa

Site Collection Administrator˃ Bridge between Business and SharePoint Team˃ Manage and administer site content making sure that the correct

governance is in place˃ Need training on specific tasks and governance˃ Must understand how Lists and Libraries work

Core Roles used in South Africa

Helpdesk Administrator˃ Supports all users in the Organisation. Will need to have an

understanding of other technologies too˃ Need to be patient with excellent communication skills

Core Roles used in South Africa

Farm Administrator˃ Runs the production, pilot, test and development environments˃ Control the application on the Operating System (and above) and

help execute approved change requests˃ Have FULL Administrator rights˃ An essential member of the SharePoint Team and frequently

collaborates with other Farm Administrators and Site Collection Managers to resolve problems, assist with issues or knowledge transfer

Core Roles used in South Africa

Evangelist / Champion˃ Public Face of SharePoint in an organisation˃ Key to User Adoption / ‘buy in’ through Demos and Knowledge

Sharing˃ Ensure that Business and IT work together and all systems integrate

successfully˃ Champions will be comprised from a combination of IT PM and

Business Operations

Core Roles used in South Africa

Architect˃ Someone who crosses several Roles˃ Someone with a holistic view and approach to the platform˃ Has a high level overview of SharePoint’s Capabilities˃ AKA Technical Team Lead

Core Roles used in South Africa

SharePoint Developer˃ Needed for any customisation – Extending Platforms, Apps,

Workflows, UI/Branding, CSR˃ Most common base skill = .NET˃ Should have full control of non-production systems˃ Manage site layout and structure

Core Roles used in South Africa

SharePoint Business Analyst˃ Could also be a generic IT BA with solid business acumen˃ Would need to have a high level understanding of Knowledge

Management˃ Needs to compose excellent documentation that translates Business

needs to the Techies

Salaries

SharePoint Salaries

In order of the Best Paid Roles:1. Architect2. Evangelist/Champion3. Business Analyst4. Farm Administrator5. Site Owner6. Site Collection Administrator7. Helpdesk Administrator

Where are they Hiring?

Region Jobs(Title Contained the word SharePoint)

Gauteng Available Jobs: 74Salary Range: R15k – R63K

KZN Available Jobs: 25Salary Range: R10k – R35K

Western Cape Available Jobs: 53Salary Range: R12k – R62K

TOTAL 152

Know your Competition

Region Candidate Info(Current Title contained the word SharePoint)

Gauteng No of Applicants: 36Average Years Exp: 5Average Salary: R41K/month

KZN No of Applicants: 7Average Years Exp: 2Average Salary: R21K/month

Western Cape No of Applicants: 28Average Years Exp: 4Average Salary: R37k/month

TOTAL 71

Who’s Holding the Cards?

152 Jobs+ 71 Candidates= You do the Maths!

Are you Ready to start Looking?

Do you fully understand you Cost to Company?Is your Internet Footprint Clean

˃ Twitter˃ Facebook˃ LinkedIn˃ Blog Sites

Do you know what you want˃ Corporate vs Consulting?

What Job Portals is your CV on?

Thank You!

Vanessa Raathinfo@itsaboutpeople.co.zawww.facebook.com/itsaboutpeoplewww.linkedin.com/vanessaraath@Its_about_peopl