The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 20 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 5 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.571% 1.026% 3.261%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.63% 11.11% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £375 £410 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.53% +36.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
32 18 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 22.86% 9.231% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 6
Average daily rate £375 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £280 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £563 £500 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
Scotland

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Aberdeen SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SQL Server 2008 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server 2008.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) .NET
3 5 (71.43%) .NET Framework
4 3 (42.86%) InfoPath
4 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (42.86%) MVC
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 2 (28.57%) HTML5
5 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 2 (28.57%) TDD
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (14.29%) WCF
6 1 (14.29%) WPF
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
6 1 (14.29%) Unity DI Container
6 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (14.29%) KnockoutJS

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SQL Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) .NET Framework
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) WPF
5 1 (14.29%) Unity DI Container
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (14.29%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Rhino Mocks
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
3 1 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL