The first table below looks at the demand for RDBMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RDBMS over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Rank - 34 -
Contract jobs citing RDBMS 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.352% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 2.041% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £360
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+8.82% -15.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
40 49 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.28% 17.25% 25.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 33
Average daily rate £350 £325 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +66.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £391 £333
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £16.00 £190.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-91.57% +300.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
RDBMS
East of England

RDBMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire RDBMS Jobs Demand Trend

RDBMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire RDBMS Daily Rate Trend

RDBMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire RDBMS Hourly Rate Trend

RDBMS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing RDBMS 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 RDBMS.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (100.00%) DOC1
1 3 (100.00%) Exstream
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Papyrus

RDBMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Papyrus
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) DOC1
1 3 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
2 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
2 2 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP