The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basildon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL 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 Programming Languages category for the Basildon 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
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 8 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL 6 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basildon 14.29% 22.86% 18.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% 57.14% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
Average daily rate £250 £288 £216
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +33.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -4.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £27.55 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £31.95 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Programming Languages
Basildon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
9 14 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basildon 21.43% 40.00% 32.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 10
Average daily rate £250 £265 £216
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.66% +22.68%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Essex

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Basildon SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Basildon SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Basildon SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region citing SQL 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.

1 13 (81.25%) Oracle
2 11 (68.75%) PL/SQL
3 10 (62.50%) C++
4 9 (56.25%) Project Management
5 7 (43.75%) J2EE
6 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
6 5 (31.25%) Automotive
6 5 (31.25%) Scrum
6 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
7 4 (25.00%) AccuRev
7 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (25.00%) XML
7 4 (25.00%) UNIX
7 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 4 (25.00%) HTML
7 4 (25.00%) Java
7 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 3 (18.75%) Windows
8 3 (18.75%) Sun
8 3 (18.75%) Sun Certification
8 3 (18.75%) Web Development
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (12.50%) Clustering
9 2 (12.50%) Web Services
9 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (12.50%) HP
9 2 (12.50%) XSLT

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (43.75%) J2EE
2 4 (25.00%) XML
2 4 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (12.50%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) XSLT
3 2 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
4 1 (6.250%) CSS
4 1 (6.250%) WSDL
4 1 (6.250%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10gAS
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.250%) VPN
2 1 (6.250%) CTI
2 1 (6.250%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (6.250%) MySQL
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (31.25%) Automotive
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Development Manager
5 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Development Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Project Leader
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Project Leader
6 1 (6.250%) DBA
6 1 (6.250%) Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Server Administrator
6 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (6.250%) NHS
2 1 (6.250%) Replication
2 1 (6.250%) PACS
2 1 (6.250%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) UNIX
2 3 (18.75%) Windows
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
2 5 (31.25%) Scrum
2 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
3 3 (18.75%) Web Development
4 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.250%) OOD
4 1 (6.250%) UML
4 1 (6.250%) ITIL
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Change Management
4 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.250%) High Availability
4 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) PL/SQL
2 10 (62.50%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (6.250%) PHP
5 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.250%) VBScript
5 1 (6.250%) VB
5 1 (6.250%) Shell Script
5 1 (6.250%) XPath
5 1 (6.250%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Sun Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.250%) MCSE
3 1 (6.250%) MCDBA
3 1 (6.250%) MCITP
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.250%) ISA Server
1 1 (6.250%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) BMC PATROL
1 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Oracle
2 4 (25.00%) AccuRev
3 3 (18.75%) Sun
4 2 (12.50%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.250%) Business Objects
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco
5 1 (6.250%) ADIC
5 1 (6.250%) BMC
5 1 (6.250%) CommVault
5 1 (6.250%) Hyperion
5 1 (6.250%) Siemens
5 1 (6.250%) Veritas
5 1 (6.250%) Compaq
5 1 (6.250%) Dell
5 1 (6.250%) Genesys
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