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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) 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 over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below71.43 %42.86 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£280£90
Average daily rate£293£145
% change on same period last year+101.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£337
% change on same period last year-7.79 %
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£26.71£30.53
% change on same period last year-12.53 %
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 LancashireSQL Server
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
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackburn SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackburn SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

17 (77.78 %).NET
26 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
26 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (55.56 %)VB.NET
35 (55.56 %)SQL
44 (44.44 %)C#
53 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
53 (33.33 %)VB
62 (22.22 %)MS Excel
62 (22.22 %)XML
62 (22.22 %)VB6
71 (11.11 %)AJAX
71 (11.11 %)XPath
71 (11.11 %)Degree
71 (11.11 %)XSD
71 (11.11 %)XSLT
71 (11.11 %)ITIL
71 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
71 (11.11 %)UNIX
71 (11.11 %)Windows
71 (11.11 %)AIX
71 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
71 (11.11 %)DHTML
71 (11.11 %)JavaScript
71 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
71 (11.11 %)Oracle
71 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
71 (11.11 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
71 (11.11 %)Microsoft

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (77.78 %).NET
26 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
32 (22.22 %)XML
41 (11.11 %)XSD
41 (11.11 %)XSLT
41 (11.11 %)AJAX
41 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
41 (11.11 %)DHTML
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)MS Excel
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (11.11 %)SQLPlus
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Government
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
25 (55.56 %).NET Developer
34 (44.44 %)VB.NET Developer
43 (33.33 %)C# Developer
51 (11.11 %)DBA
51 (11.11 %)Administrator
51 (11.11 %)VB Developer
51 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (11.11 %)SQL Developer
51 (11.11 %)VB6 Developer
51 (11.11 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
51 (11.11 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)UNIX
11 (11.11 %)Windows
11 (11.11 %)AIX
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)ITIL
11 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
11 (11.11 %)Project Management
11 (11.11 %)Service Management
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (55.56 %)SQL
15 (55.56 %)VB.NET
24 (44.44 %)C#
33 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
33 (33.33 %)VB
42 (22.22 %)VB6
51 (11.11 %)XPath
51 (11.11 %)JavaScript
51 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Oracle Certification
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Oracle RMAN
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Oracle
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft
11 (11.11 %)NetApp
11 (11.11 %)Reuters
11 (11.11 %)Bloomberg
11 (11.11 %)Infragistics