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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Bradford region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank87
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.011 %
As % of the category below36.36 %52.94 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£300
Average daily rate£300£325
% change on same period last year-7.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£324
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.23£29.62
% change on same period last year-11.44 %
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bradford
Matching contract IT job ads1117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.021 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£300£329
Average daily rate£300£354
% change on same period last year-15.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£23.86£26.75
Average hourly rate£24.57£30.25
% change on same period last year-18.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.29£33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£32.45
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
SQL West YorkshireSQL
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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bradford SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13 (25.00 %)ITIL
13 (25.00 %)Windows
13 (25.00 %)Oracle
13 (25.00 %)SQL Server
13 (25.00 %)Windows XP
13 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (25.00 %)Microsoft
13 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
22 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
22 (16.67 %)NHS
22 (16.67 %)LAN
22 (16.67 %)WAN
22 (16.67 %)Business Objects
31 (8.333 %)PeopleSoft
31 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
31 (8.333 %)ETL
31 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
31 (8.333 %)VB
31 (8.333 %)VBA
31 (8.333 %)Windows 2000
31 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (8.333 %)MS Excel
31 (8.333 %)MS Access
31 (8.333 %)Cognos
31 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
31 (8.333 %)TOAD

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (16.67 %)LAN
22 (16.67 %)WAN
31 (8.333 %)SAN
31 (8.333 %)Firewall
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)SQL Server
13 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
31 (8.333 %)BusinessObjects XI
31 (8.333 %)Oracle OWB
31 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (8.333 %)MS Access
31 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
31 (8.333 %)ETL
31 (8.333 %)TOAD
31 (8.333 %)VLDB
31 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Finance
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (25.00 %)Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Developer
22 (16.67 %)1st Line Support
31 (8.333 %)Administrator
31 (8.333 %)Report Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Data Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse Developer
31 (8.333 %)Database Developer
31 (8.333 %)SQL DBA
31 (8.333 %)Network Manager
31 (8.333 %)Data Manager
31 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence Developer
31 (8.333 %)MI Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Business Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Tester
31 (8.333 %)Systems Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Business Developer
31 (8.333 %)Systems Administrator
31 (8.333 %)DBA
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)NHS
21 (8.333 %)Blackberry
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)Windows
13 (25.00 %)Windows XP
13 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (8.333 %)Windows 2000
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)ITIL
22 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
31 (8.333 %)Migration
31 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
31 (8.333 %)Test Scripting
31 (8.333 %)System Testing
31 (8.333 %)Data Migration
31 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
11 (8.333 %)VB
11 (8.333 %)VBA
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Active Directory
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Oracle
13 (25.00 %)Microsoft
22 (16.67 %)Business Objects
31 (8.333 %)PeopleSoft
31 (8.333 %)Cognos
31 (8.333 %)Sophos
31 (8.333 %)Teradata