The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 24 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 Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank - 64 71
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 0 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - 1.127% 0.655%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 5.340% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 3
Average daily rate - £300 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+14.16% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
135 206 210
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 16.67% 21.11% 19.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 103 86
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -3.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £259 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £23.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.50 - £14.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.50 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2000
South East

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Buckinghamshire SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) VB6
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) MCPD
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Windows NT
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DBA
1 2 (66.67%) SQL DBA
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows NT
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Web Development
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCITP
1 1 (33.33%) MCPD
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft