Bristol SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Bristol 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	14
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	63	80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.084 %	0.081 %
As % of the category below	25.10 %	25.32 %
Daily rates quoted	28	28
Average minimum daily rate	£265	£321
Average daily rate	£295	£357
% change on same period last year	-17.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£334
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.56	£23.57
Average hourly rate	£27.17	£25.71
% change on same period last year	+5.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.78	£27.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.88	£29.55
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Programming Languages Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	251	316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.335 %	0.320 %
Daily rates quoted	75	82
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£327
Average daily rate	£302	£374
% change on same period last year	-19.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£336	£422
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	59
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.92	£31.14
Average hourly rate	£33.09	£35.59
% change on same period last year	-7.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.26	£40.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
SQL South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 75 (47.77 %) SQL Server 2 53 (33.76 %) .NET 3 33 (21.02 %) C# 4 32 (20.38 %) Oracle 5 30 (19.11 %) SQL Server 2005 6 22 (14.01 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 21 (13.38 %) Finance 8 19 (12.10 %) Datawarehouse 9 18 (11.46 %) PL/SQL 9 18 (11.46 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 16 (10.19 %) Transact-SQL 10 16 (10.19 %) HTML 11 15 (9.554 %) VB 11 15 (9.554 %) Microsoft 12 14 (8.917 %) ASP.NET

12 14 (8.917 %) CSS 13 13 (8.280 %) Visual Studio 13 13 (8.280 %) Telecoms 13 13 (8.280 %) .NET Framework 14 12 (7.643 %) XML 14 12 (7.643 %) Windows 15 11 (7.006 %) QuickTest Pro 15 11 (7.006 %) LoadRunner 16 10 (6.369 %) Java 17 9 (5.732 %) Active Directory 17 9 (5.732 %) FitNesse 18 8 (5.096 %) Compuware 18 8 (5.096 %) WinRunner 18 8 (5.096 %) VB.NET 18 8 (5.096 %) SharePoint

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Development 1 53 (33.76 %) .NET 2 16 (10.19 %) HTML 3 14 (8.917 %) ASP.NET 3 14 (8.917 %) CSS 4 13 (8.280 %) .NET Framework 5 12 (7.643 %) XML 6 8 (5.096 %) XHTML 7 7 (4.459 %) WebServices 8 5 (3.185 %) ASP 9 4 (2.548 %) AJAX 10 3 (1.911 %) ADO.NET 10 3 (1.911 %) J2EE 11 2 (1.274 %) ADO 11 2 (1.274 %) SOAP 11 2 (1.274 %) WSDL 11 2 (1.274 %) MDX 11 2 (1.274 %) WebSphere 12 1 (0.637 %) .NET Remoting 12 1 (0.637 %) WCF 12 1 (0.637 %) WPF	Application Platforms 1 8 (5.096 %) SharePoint 2 6 (3.822 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (3.822 %) IIS 2 6 (3.822 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (2.548 %) CMS 3 4 (2.548 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 3 (1.911 %) Oracle Application Server 5 2 (1.274 %) Apache 5 2 (1.274 %) WebLogic 5 2 (1.274 %) Oracle 9iAS 6 1 (0.637 %) WebSphere MQ 6 1 (0.637 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 1 (0.637 %) ATG Dynamo 6 1 (0.637 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 8 (5.096 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.637 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.637 %) SAP HR 1 1 (0.637 %) Oracle EBS 1 1 (0.637 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 4 (2.548 %) LAN 1 4 (2.548 %) WAN 1 4 (2.548 %) Firewall 2 3 (1.911 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (1.911 %) VLAN 2 3 (1.911 %) SAN 3 2 (1.274 %) Intranet 3 2 (1.274 %) DHCP 3 2 (1.274 %) DNS 4 1 (0.637 %) Frame Relay 4 1 (0.637 %) IP Telephony 4 1 (0.637 %) ATM 4 1 (0.637 %) FTP 4 1 (0.637 %) SMS 4 1 (0.637 %) Internet 4 1 (0.637 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 75 (47.77 %) SQL Server 2 30 (19.11 %) SQL Server 2005 3 22 (14.01 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 19 (12.10 %) Datawarehouse 5 18 (11.46 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 7 (4.459 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 7 (4.459 %) Crystal Reports 6 7 (4.459 %) ETL 7 6 (3.822 %) Oracle 10g 7 6 (3.822 %) DB2 7 6 (3.822 %) SQL Server 2000 7 6 (3.822 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 5 (3.185 %) Data Cleansing 8 5 (3.185 %) VLDB 9 4 (2.548 %) OLTP 9 4 (2.548 %) OLAP 9 4 (2.548 %) Oracle 9i 9 4 (2.548 %) MS Access 10 3 (1.911 %) DTS 10 3 (1.911 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 13 (8.280 %) Visual Studio 2 11 (7.006 %) QuickTest Pro 2 11 (7.006 %) LoadRunner 3 9 (5.732 %) FitNesse 4 8 (5.096 %) WinRunner 5 5 (3.185 %) Oracle APEX 6 4 (2.548 %) Oracle Forms 7 3 (1.911 %) Flash 7 3 (1.911 %) PVCS 7 3 (1.911 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 3 (1.911 %) WATIR 7 3 (1.911 %) TestDirector 8 1 (0.637 %) Rational Performance Tester 8 1 (0.637 %) JUnit 8 1 (0.637 %) ClearCase	General 1 21 (13.38 %) Finance 2 13 (8.280 %) Telecoms 3 5 (3.185 %) Multimedia 3 5 (3.185 %) Insurance 4 4 (2.548 %) Government 4 4 (2.548 %) Law 5 2 (1.274 %) Aerospace 5 2 (1.274 %) Music 5 2 (1.274 %) Retail 6 1 (0.637 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (0.637 %) Marketing 6 1 (0.637 %) Back Office 6 1 (0.637 %) Banking 6 1 (0.637 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 73 (46.50 %) Developer 2 30 (19.11 %) Analyst 3 25 (15.92 %) DBA 4 19 (12.10 %) SQL Developer 5 18 (11.46 %) Test Analyst 6 15 (9.554 %) .NET Developer 7 13 (8.280 %) SQL DBA 8 12 (7.643 %) Web Developer 9 10 (6.369 %) Tester 9 10 (6.369 %) SQL Server DBA 10 9 (5.732 %) SQL Server Developer 10 9 (5.732 %) Programmer 11 8 (5.096 %) Technical Analyst 12 7 (4.459 %) Analyst Programmer 12 7 (4.459 %) Network Support 13 6 (3.822 %) C# Developer 13 6 (3.822 %) Systems Developer 14 5 (3.185 %) Senior Test Analyst 14 5 (3.185 %) Database Developer 14 5 (3.185 %) 3rd Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 6 (3.822 %) Replication 1 6 (3.822 %) W3C 2 4 (2.548 %) Clustering 3 2 (1.274 %) Streaming Video 4 1 (0.637 %) N-Tier 4 1 (0.637 %) French Language 4 1 (0.637 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 12 (7.643 %) Windows 2 6 (3.822 %) UNIX 3 4 (2.548 %) AIX 3 4 (2.548 %) Windows XP 4 3 (1.911 %) Windows NT 5 2 (1.274 %) Linux 6 1 (0.637 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (4.459 %) E-Commerce 2 6 (3.822 %) Migration 2 6 (3.822 %) Unit Testing 3 5 (3.185 %) Data Migration 4 4 (2.548 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 4 (2.548 %) Test Scripting 4 4 (2.548 %) Agile Software Development 4 4 (2.548 %) Regression Testing 4 4 (2.548 %) Business Intelligence 5 3 (1.911 %) Data Management 5 3 (1.911 %) Software Testing 5 3 (1.911 %) Dimensional Modelling 6 2 (1.274 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (1.274 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (1.274 %) Manual Testing 6 2 (1.274 %) Performance Management 6 2 (1.274 %) Test Management 6 2 (1.274 %) Automated Testing 6 2 (1.274 %) CMMI 7 1 (0.637 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 33 (21.02 %) C# 2 18 (11.46 %) PL/SQL 3 16 (10.19 %) Transact-SQL 4 15 (9.554 %) VB 5 10 (6.369 %) Java 6 8 (5.096 %) VB.NET 7 6 (3.822 %) VBA 8 5 (3.185 %) Shell Script 9 4 (2.548 %) VB6 9 4 (2.548 %) JavaScript 10 3 (1.911 %) C++ 10 3 (1.911 %) ActionScript 11 2 (1.274 %) Delphi 11 2 (1.274 %) VBScript 12 1 (0.637 %) ABAP 12 1 (0.637 %) Perl 12 1 (0.637 %) C 12 1 (0.637 %) Python 12 1 (0.637 %) SAPscript 12 1 (0.637 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 5 (3.185 %) ISEB 2 3 (1.911 %) MCSE 2 3 (1.911 %) MCSA 2 3 (1.911 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (1.274 %) Degree 4 1 (0.637 %) ISTQB 4 1 (0.637 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.637 %) Cisco Certification
System Software 1 9 (5.732 %) Active Directory 2 5 (3.185 %) NetBackup 3 4 (2.548 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (0.637 %) Oracle RMAN 4 1 (0.637 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 4 (2.548 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (1.911 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.637 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 3 1 (0.637 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.637 %) Netcool/Proviso
Vendors 1 32 (20.38 %) Oracle 2 15 (9.554 %) Microsoft 3 8 (5.096 %) Compuware 4 7 (4.459 %) Citrix 5 6 (3.822 %) Sybase 6 4 (2.548 %) SAP 6 4 (2.548 %) Siebel 6 4 (2.548 %) VMware 7 3 (1.911 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.274 %) BEA 9 1 (0.637 %) CA 9 1 (0.637 %) Informatica 9 1 (0.637 %) Red Hat 9 1 (0.637 %) webMethods 9 1 (0.637 %) Infragistics 9 1 (0.637 %) ATG 9 1 (0.637 %) Cramer 9 1 (0.637 %) Hummingbird 9 1 (0.637 %) Ab Initio 9 1 (0.637 %) ComponentOne