The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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 Bradford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 14 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 10 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 6.329% 0.662% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.22% 1.786% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
45 56 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 28.48% 37.09% 23.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 20 8
Average daily rate £300 £365 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% +73.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £450 £274
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +58.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2008
West Yorkshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Bradford SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Bradford region.

Bradford SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Bradford region.

Bradford SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (64.71%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle 8/8i
3 7 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle 10g
4 6 (35.29%) Retail
4 6 (35.29%) MS Excel
4 6 (35.29%) .NET
4 6 (35.29%) SQL
4 6 (35.29%) C#
5 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
5 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET
5 5 (29.41%) Oracle 9i
5 5 (29.41%) Data Modelling
5 5 (29.41%) Banking
5 5 (29.41%) ETL
5 5 (29.41%) Finance
5 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
6 4 (23.53%) Informatica
6 4 (23.53%) CSS
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) RDBMS
7 3 (17.65%) CMS
7 3 (17.65%) WCF
7 3 (17.65%) EPiServer
7 3 (17.65%) Database Security
8 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC 3

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (35.29%) .NET
2 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET
3 4 (23.53%) CSS
4 3 (17.65%) WCF
5 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (11.76%) jQuery
5 2 (11.76%) XHTML
5 2 (11.76%) HTML
6 1 (5.882%) SOAP
6 1 (5.882%) XML
6 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
6 1 (5.882%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) CMS
2 2 (11.76%) EPiServer CMS
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (64.71%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle 8/8i
3 7 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (29.41%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (17.65%) RDBMS
6 2 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (5.882%) OLAP
7 1 (5.882%) DTS
7 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle APEX
General
1 6 (35.29%) Retail
2 5 (29.41%) Banking
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Architect
3 5 (29.41%) .NET Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (17.65%) DBA
4 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
5 2 (11.76%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Administrator
6 1 (5.882%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.882%) SQL DBA
6 1 (5.882%) Citrix Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Exchange Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) VMware Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (11.76%) UNIX
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) Data Modelling
2 5 (29.41%) ETL
3 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 3 (17.65%) Database Security
4 2 (11.76%) Web Application Development
4 2 (11.76%) Unit Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.76%) SOA
5 1 (5.882%) MVC
5 1 (5.882%) Migration
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.882%) TDD
5 1 (5.882%) Content Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
1 6 (35.29%) C#
2 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
3 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (5.882%) XenApp
2 1 (5.882%) XenServer
2 1 (5.882%) vSphere
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) OVSD
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (11.76%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle
2 4 (23.53%) Informatica
3 3 (17.65%) EPiServer
4 2 (11.76%) Perforce
4 2 (11.76%) HP
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix
5 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.882%) VMware
Bradford, Yorkshire
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