The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Altrincham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Altrincham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 2 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Altrincham 11.11% 50.00% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 50.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.66% -18.46%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Altrincham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Altrincham 22.22% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £250 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
Manchester

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Altrincham SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Altrincham SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Altrincham SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Altrincham region citing SQL 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server.

1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Ext JS
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (33.33%) MSF
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Office 365
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) InfoPath
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) CMMI
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Altrincham region citing SQL 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Ext JS
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) InfoPath
1 1 (33.33%) Office 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Report Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (33.33%) MI Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) MSF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) RUP
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
2 1 (33.33%) VB6