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This section looks at the demand for the SQL Developer role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SQL Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3942
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads1225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.025 %
As % of the category below1.860 %2.612 %
Daily rates quoted74
Average minimum daily rate£279£333
Average daily rate£305£343
% change on same period last year-11.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£333
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.54£35.38
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads645957
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.860 %0.955 %
Daily rates quoted160236
Average minimum daily rate£303£331
Average daily rate£329£362
% change on same period last year-9.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted68141
Average minimum hourly rate£21.69£15.68
Average hourly rate£23.17£16.64
% change on same period last year+39.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.66£17.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
SQL Developer West MidlandsSQL Developer
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham SQL Developer Demand Trend

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SQL Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Birmingham SQL Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SQL Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited SQL Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Developer in their job title.

126 (86.67 %)SQL Server
221 (70.00 %)SQL
312 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (30.00 %).NET
49 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
58 (26.67 %)ASP.NET
58 (26.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
67 (23.33 %)C#
67 (23.33 %)VB
76 (20.00 %)Microsoft
76 (20.00 %)Migration
85 (16.67 %)VB6
85 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
94 (13.33 %)Business Analysis
94 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2008
94 (13.33 %)Data Modelling
103 (10.00 %)DTS
103 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
103 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
103 (10.00 %)Windows
103 (10.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
103 (10.00 %)Data Migration
112 (6.667 %)Logistics
112 (6.667 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
112 (6.667 %)Business Objects
112 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
112 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
112 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
112 (6.667 %)MS Excel

SQL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited SQL Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (30.00 %).NET
28 (26.67 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.333 %)CSS
31 (3.333 %)XHTML
31 (3.333 %)ASP
31 (3.333 %)HTML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.333 %)SharePoint
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.667 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (86.67 %)SQL Server
212 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (26.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
48 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
55 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2008
73 (10.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
73 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
73 (10.00 %)DTS
82 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
82 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
82 (6.667 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (3.333 %)ETL
91 (3.333 %)MS Access
91 (3.333 %)OLAP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.333 %)Education
11 (3.333 %)Government
11 (3.333 %)Health
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.333 %)NHS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (10.00 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (20.00 %)Migration
24 (13.33 %)Data Modelling
24 (13.33 %)Business Analysis
33 (10.00 %)Data Migration
42 (6.667 %)Logistics
51 (3.333 %)OOP
51 (3.333 %)Web Design
51 (3.333 %)Business Intelligence
51 (3.333 %)SEO
51 (3.333 %)Workflow
51 (3.333 %)Web Development
51 (3.333 %)System Testing
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (70.00 %)SQL
27 (23.33 %)C#
27 (23.33 %)VB
35 (16.67 %)VB6
43 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
51 (3.333 %)Java
51 (3.333 %)VB.NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (6.667 %)Business Objects
31 (3.333 %)SAP