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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the Blackburn region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2005
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below42.86 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£348
% change on same period last year-12.18 %
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£29.00£31.78
% change on same period last year-8.75 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£290£108
Average daily rate£304£154
% change on same period last year+97.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£350
% change on same period last year-4.88 %
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£26.09£31.34
% change on same period last year-16.74 %
SQL Server 2005 LancashireSQL Server 2005
Lancashire

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 Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Blackburn region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Blackburn SQL Server 2005 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Blackburn region.

Blackburn SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Blackburn region.

Blackburn SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
25 (83.33 %).NET
25 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
34 (66.67 %)C#
34 (66.67 %)SQL
43 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
43 (50.00 %)VB.NET
52 (33.33 %)VB
61 (16.67 %)DHTML
61 (16.67 %)JavaScript
61 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
61 (16.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
61 (16.67 %)VB6
61 (16.67 %)AJAX
61 (16.67 %)XML
61 (16.67 %)XSD
61 (16.67 %)Infragistics

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
15 (83.33 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
21 (16.67 %)DHTML
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)XSD
21 (16.67 %)AJAX
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (50.00 %).NET Developer
23 (50.00 %)C# Developer
32 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)VB Developer
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
41 (16.67 %)VB6 Developer
41 (16.67 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)C#
14 (66.67 %)SQL
23 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
23 (50.00 %)VB.NET
32 (33.33 %)VB
41 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (16.67 %)VB6
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Infragistics