The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Bristol 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 2005
Rank 44 52 45
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 8 13 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.566% 1.555% 1.682%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.407% 10.40% 7.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 6
Average daily rate £363 £288 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.08% -0.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £220 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £320 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Average hourly rate - £33.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -17.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-14.06% -13.51%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
108 125 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.14% 14.95% 22.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 82 80
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £415 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2005
South West

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (88.89%) .NET
3 13 (72.22%) C#
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (55.56%) ASP.NET
4 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 8 (44.44%) Finance
5 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (38.89%) Windows
6 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
7 6 (33.33%) OO
8 5 (27.78%) Banking
8 5 (27.78%) VB6
8 5 (27.78%) SAP
8 5 (27.78%) VB
8 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
9 4 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (22.22%) Oracle
9 4 (22.22%) Delphi
9 4 (22.22%) SQL
9 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
9 4 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
9 4 (22.22%) Subversion
9 4 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (16.67%) Refactoring
11 2 (11.11%) WCF
11 2 (11.11%) Silverlight

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Development
1 16 (88.89%) .NET
2 10 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
4 2 (11.11%) WCF
4 2 (11.11%) Silverlight
4 2 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (5.556%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) LAN
1 1 (5.556%) WAN
1 1 (5.556%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (72.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (5.556%) OLAP
6 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Subversion
2 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) C# Developer
4 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (11.11%) MI Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Information Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Business Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.556%) AIX
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) OO
2 3 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (16.67%) Refactoring
3 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
3 2 (11.11%) Workflow
3 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Data Validation
3 2 (11.11%) Validation
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) ETL
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) Quality Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Security
4 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.556%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) C#
2 5 (27.78%) VB6
2 5 (27.78%) VB
3 4 (22.22%) Delphi
3 4 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (11.11%) PHP
4 2 (11.11%) VBA
5 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) SAP
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) HP
4 1 (5.556%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (5.556%) Symantec
4 1 (5.556%) VMware
4 1 (5.556%) ProCurve