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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Bradford 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank104
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.015 %
As % of the category below28.57 %66.67 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£300£333
Average daily rate£300£358
% change on same period last year-16.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£337
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.33
Average hourly rate-£33.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.53£30.52
% change on same period last year-13.07 %
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Bradford
Matching contract IT job ads718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.022 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£300£314
Average daily rate£300£336
% change on same period last year-10.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£352
% change on same period last year-4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£26.75
Average hourly rate£35.00£30.25
% change on same period last year+15.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.95£31.26
% change on same period last year-16.98 %
SQL Server West YorkshireSQL Server
West Yorkshire

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 Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

14 (30.77 %).NET
23 (23.08 %)C#
23 (23.08 %)SQL
23 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
23 (23.08 %)Windows
23 (23.08 %)Cisco
23 (23.08 %)Active Directory
23 (23.08 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (23.08 %)InfoPath
23 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (15.38 %)Cisco PIX
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
32 (15.38 %)Construction
32 (15.38 %)Health
32 (15.38 %)ITIL
32 (15.38 %)Firewall
32 (15.38 %)GIS
32 (15.38 %)SharePoint
32 (15.38 %)VPN
32 (15.38 %)Crystal Reports
32 (15.38 %)MS Office
32 (15.38 %)Capita
41 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (7.692 %)IIS
41 (7.692 %)CSS
41 (7.692 %)XML
41 (7.692 %)XSLT
41 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
41 (7.692 %)VB

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (30.77 %).NET
23 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
31 (7.692 %)CSS
31 (7.692 %)XML
31 (7.692 %)XSLT
31 (7.692 %)AJAX
31 (7.692 %)HTML
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (15.38 %)SharePoint
21 (7.692 %)CMS
21 (7.692 %)IIS
21 (7.692 %)Lotus Notes
21 (7.692 %)Lotus Domino
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (23.08 %)InfoPath
22 (15.38 %)MS Office
31 (7.692 %)MS Excel
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)VPN
12 (15.38 %)Firewall
12 (15.38 %)Cisco PIX
21 (7.692 %)SAN
21 (7.692 %)Extranet
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2000
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (15.38 %)GIS
22 (15.38 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (15.38 %)Crystal Reports
31 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (7.692 %)Oracle 9i
31 (7.692 %)MS Access
31 (7.692 %)VLDB
31 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (15.38 %)Construction
12 (15.38 %)Health
21 (7.692 %)Finance
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (38.46 %)Developer
23 (23.08 %)Analyst
32 (15.38 %)DBA
32 (15.38 %)Support Analyst
32 (15.38 %)2nd Line Support
32 (15.38 %).NET Developer
41 (7.692 %)C# Developer
41 (7.692 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (7.692 %)Database Developer
41 (7.692 %)SQL DBA
41 (7.692 %)Operations Analyst
41 (7.692 %)MI Analyst
41 (7.692 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
41 (7.692 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Report Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Oracle DBA
41 (7.692 %)Web Developer
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Client/Server
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (23.08 %)Windows
13 (23.08 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)ITIL
21 (7.692 %)OOD
21 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
21 (7.692 %)Change Management
21 (7.692 %)Workflow
21 (7.692 %)Data Analysis
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (23.08 %)SQL
13 (23.08 %)C#
21 (7.692 %)JavaScript
21 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
21 (7.692 %)VB
21 (7.692 %)VBA
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)ITIL Certification
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.692 %)SLA
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (23.08 %)Active Directory
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (23.08 %)Cisco
22 (15.38 %)Capita
31 (7.692 %)Oracle
31 (7.692 %)Microsoft
31 (7.692 %)Lotus
31 (7.692 %)Teradata