The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.749% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.448% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
116 135 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.72% 15.88% 21.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 92 77
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 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2012
South West

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Bristol SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Bristol region.

Bristol SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (75.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) OLAP
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (75.00%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Database Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Database Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 3 (75.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) T-SQL