The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 13 12 9
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 18 20 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 9.474% 7.353% 13.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.73% 32.26% 40.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 13
Average daily rate £325 £300 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +53.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £185 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £371 £308
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
55 62 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 28.95% 22.79% 32.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 29 40
Average daily rate £338 £325 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +52.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £24.38 £38.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.85% -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
East of England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +2 8 £325 +85.71%
Bedford +4 7 £375 -
SQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 14 (31.11%) SQL Server
1 14 (31.11%) Windows
2 13 (28.89%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
3 11 (24.44%) Web Services
4 9 (20.00%) .NET
4 9 (20.00%) ETL
4 9 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (17.78%) Bugzilla
5 8 (17.78%) VMware
5 8 (17.78%) DHCP
5 8 (17.78%) MS Exchange
5 8 (17.78%) DNS
5 8 (17.78%) C#
5 8 (17.78%) IIS
5 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
5 8 (17.78%) Test Scripting
5 8 (17.78%) FogBugz
6 7 (15.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (15.56%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (15.56%) ISTQB
6 7 (15.56%) Client/Server
6 7 (15.56%) XML
6 7 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (15.56%) HP
6 7 (15.56%) ISEB
6 7 (15.56%) Citrix
6 7 (15.56%) SAN
6 7 (15.56%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (13.33%) DMZ

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 11 (24.44%) Web Services
2 9 (20.00%) .NET
3 7 (15.56%) XML
4 4 (8.889%) .NET Framework
5 3 (6.667%) ASP.NET
6 2 (4.444%) WCF
6 2 (4.444%) jQuery
7 1 (2.222%) WF
7 1 (2.222%) Application Packaging
7 1 (2.222%) NHibernate
7 1 (2.222%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (2.222%) Hibernate
7 1 (2.222%) HTML
7 1 (2.222%) CSS
7 1 (2.222%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.78%) MS Exchange
1 8 (17.78%) IIS
1 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (4.444%) CMS
5 1 (2.222%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.222%) Lync
5 1 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.667%) MS Office
3 2 (4.444%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.444%) DOC1
3 2 (4.444%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Agresso
1 2 (4.444%) Exstream
2 1 (2.222%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle iRecruitment
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) DHCP
1 8 (17.78%) DNS
2 7 (15.56%) SAN
3 6 (13.33%) DMZ
4 3 (6.667%) Firewall
4 3 (6.667%) Internet
5 2 (4.444%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.444%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (31.11%) SQL Server
2 13 (28.89%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (15.56%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (6.667%) QlikView
6 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (4.444%) OLAP
7 2 (4.444%) RDBMS
7 2 (4.444%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (4.444%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (2.222%) GIS
8 1 (2.222%) MS Access
8 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Bugzilla
1 8 (17.78%) FogBugz
2 3 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.222%) NUnit
General
1 5 (11.11%) Finance
1 5 (11.11%) Back Office
2 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Developer
1 15 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Test Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 4 (8.889%) .NET Developer
4 4 (8.889%) C# Developer
4 4 (8.889%) QA Analyst
4 4 (8.889%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 3 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Tester
6 2 (4.444%) SQL DBA
6 2 (4.444%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.444%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (4.444%) Administrator
6 2 (4.444%) Web Developer
6 2 (4.444%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Client/Server
2 3 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.444%) Data Integration
4 1 (2.222%) Statistics
4 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.222%) Clustering
4 1 (2.222%) Replication
4 1 (2.222%) PACS
4 1 (2.222%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.222%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.11%) Windows
2 7 (15.56%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (15.56%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (6.667%) Windows 7
4 2 (4.444%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.222%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.00%) ETL
2 8 (17.78%) Test Scripting
3 7 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 5 (11.11%) Project Management
5 4 (8.889%) Change Management
5 4 (8.889%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (6.667%) OO
7 2 (4.444%) OOP
7 2 (4.444%) ITIL
7 2 (4.444%) Data Modelling
7 2 (4.444%) TDD
7 2 (4.444%) Data Management
7 2 (4.444%) MVC
7 2 (4.444%) Kimball Methodology
7 2 (4.444%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (4.444%) Dimensional Modelling
7 2 (4.444%) Web Development
7 2 (4.444%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.444%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) C#
2 5 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 3 (6.667%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.222%) VB6
4 1 (2.222%) VB
4 1 (2.222%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) ISTQB
1 7 (15.56%) ISEB
2 4 (8.889%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.667%) Degree
4 1 (2.222%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.222%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.222%) VCP4
4 1 (2.222%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.222%) MCSE
4 1 (2.222%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (2.222%) DICOM
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.889%) Forefront TMG
2 4 (8.889%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.222%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) NetBackup
2 3 (6.667%) WhatsUp Gold
2 3 (6.667%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.222%) SCOM
3 1 (2.222%) WSUS
3 1 (2.222%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.78%) VMware
3 7 (15.56%) HP
3 7 (15.56%) Citrix
4 4 (8.889%) Symantec
5 2 (4.444%) Oracle
5 2 (4.444%) Cognos
5 2 (4.444%) Adobe
5 2 (4.444%) IBM
6 1 (2.222%) Sitecore
6 1 (2.222%) SolarWinds