The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 12 10 15
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 87 100 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 9.529% 10.46% 8.983%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 55.41% 59.88% 44.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 38 37
Average daily rate £325 £319 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.88% +2.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £272 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £433 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £18.75 £20.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +40.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £20.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £20.00 £20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.07%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
157 167 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 17.20% 17.47% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 68 88
Average daily rate £350 £319 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.71% -6.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £262 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
Average hourly rate £22.50 £16.38 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.40% -13.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.25 £13.48 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £19.28 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Buckinghamshire SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -1 52 £373 +17.60% 20
High Wycombe -3 7 £275 -8.33% 1
Beaconsfield -1 3 £450 -
Marlow - 3 £283 - 1
Aylesbury - 2 £325 -
Amersham - - - - 1
Buckingham - - - -
Chesham - - - - 2
Gerrards Cross - - - - 3
Newport Pagnell - - - -
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing SQL Server 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.

1 70 (49.65%) SQL
2 64 (45.39%) .NET
3 55 (39.01%) Microsoft
4 51 (36.17%) C#
5 45 (31.91%) SQL Server 2008
6 38 (26.95%) ASP.NET
6 38 (26.95%) Windows
7 34 (24.11%) MVC
8 31 (21.99%) T-SQL
8 31 (21.99%) Oracle
9 29 (20.57%) HTML
10 28 (19.86%) JavaScript
10 28 (19.86%) SharePoint
11 26 (18.44%) .NET Framework
12 25 (17.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 24 (17.02%) MS Excel
13 24 (17.02%) CSS
13 24 (17.02%) jQuery
14 23 (16.31%) VMware
15 21 (14.89%) Citrix
15 21 (14.89%) Security Cleared
16 20 (14.18%) SC Cleared
16 20 (14.18%) SQL Server 2005
17 19 (13.48%) Scrum
17 19 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
18 18 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
18 18 (12.77%) LINQ
19 17 (12.06%) ASP.NET MVC
19 17 (12.06%) Windows Server 2008
20 16 (11.35%) SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 64 (45.39%) .NET
2 38 (26.95%) ASP.NET
3 29 (20.57%) HTML
4 26 (18.44%) .NET Framework
5 24 (17.02%) CSS
5 24 (17.02%) jQuery
6 18 (12.77%) LINQ
7 17 (12.06%) ASP.NET MVC
8 16 (11.35%) Web Services
8 16 (11.35%) XML
9 11 (7.801%) WCF
10 10 (7.092%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 10 (7.092%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 8 (5.674%) Ajax
12 7 (4.965%) WPF
13 6 (4.255%) XSL
14 5 (3.546%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 4 (2.837%) Razor View Engine
15 4 (2.837%) JMS
15 4 (2.837%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 28 (19.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (10.64%) MS Exchange
3 10 (7.092%) IIS
4 9 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (3.546%) CMS
5 5 (3.546%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.546%) Lync
6 3 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (1.418%) Drupal
7 2 (1.418%) Joomla!
7 2 (1.418%) Apache
8 1 (0.709%) Lotus Domino
8 1 (0.709%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.709%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.709%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.709%) Kentico
8 1 (0.709%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.709%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 24 (17.02%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.965%) MS Office
3 4 (2.837%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.709%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.709%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.255%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.709%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.929%) Firewall
1 14 (9.929%) SAN
2 8 (5.674%) NAS
2 8 (5.674%) WAN
2 8 (5.674%) LAN
3 5 (3.546%) WLAN
3 5 (3.546%) Internet
3 5 (3.546%) Wireless
4 4 (2.837%) VoIP
4 4 (2.837%) SMTP
5 3 (2.128%) iSCSI
5 3 (2.128%) Network Security
6 2 (1.418%) ICMP
6 2 (1.418%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.709%) VPN
7 1 (0.709%) DNS
7 1 (0.709%) DHCP
7 1 (0.709%) HTTP
7 1 (0.709%) 3G
7 1 (0.709%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (31.91%) SQL Server 2008
2 25 (17.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 20 (14.18%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (11.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (11.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 15 (10.64%) MS Access
6 14 (9.929%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (4.255%) DTS
8 5 (3.546%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (2.837%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (2.837%) OLAP
10 3 (2.128%) MySQL
10 3 (2.128%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (2.128%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (2.128%) OLTP
10 3 (2.128%) BusinessObjects XI
11 2 (1.418%) SQL Server 2012
11 2 (1.418%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (0.709%) DB2
12 1 (0.709%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 11 (7.801%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (7.092%) NUnit
3 8 (5.674%) Moq
3 8 (5.674%) Visual Studio
4 7 (4.965%) FogBugz
4 7 (4.965%) Mercurial
5 3 (2.128%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 3 (2.128%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.709%) Ant
6 1 (0.709%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.709%) MSI
6 1 (0.709%) Maven
6 1 (0.709%) NMock
6 1 (0.709%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.709%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 5 (3.546%) Finance
2 3 (2.128%) Telecoms
2 3 (2.128%) Marketing
3 2 (1.418%) Automotive
4 1 (0.709%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (54.61%) Developer
2 40 (28.37%) .NET Developer
3 26 (18.44%) C# Developer
4 23 (16.31%) Analyst
5 20 (14.18%) C# .NET Developer
6 17 (12.06%) SQL Developer
7 15 (10.64%) ASP.NET Developer
8 14 (9.929%) Architect
8 14 (9.929%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 10 (7.092%) Web Developer
9 10 (7.092%) Consultant
10 9 (6.383%) C# Web Developer
10 9 (6.383%) Data Analyst
11 8 (5.674%) Database Developer
11 8 (5.674%) Senior Developer
11 8 (5.674%) Technical Architect
12 5 (3.546%) DBA
12 5 (3.546%) Report Analyst
12 5 (3.546%) Technical Specialist
12 5 (3.546%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.383%) Clustering
2 8 (5.674%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.674%) Cryptography
3 7 (4.965%) CESG
4 4 (2.837%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.837%) N-Tier
5 3 (2.128%) Web 2.0
5 3 (2.128%) SaaS
6 2 (1.418%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.418%) Open Source
6 2 (1.418%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.418%) Social Media
6 2 (1.418%) Statistics
6 2 (1.418%) PKI
6 2 (1.418%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.709%) NHS
7 1 (0.709%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (26.95%) Windows
2 17 (12.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (7.801%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (7.801%) UNIX
4 6 (4.255%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (4.255%) Linux
5 5 (3.546%) Windows NT
6 4 (2.837%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.128%) AIX
7 3 (2.128%) Solaris
7 3 (2.128%) Windows 8
7 3 (2.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.709%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.709%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.11%) MVC
2 19 (13.48%) Scrum
2 19 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (11.35%) Data Analysis
4 12 (8.511%) Web Development
5 11 (7.801%) Content Management
5 11 (7.801%) Migration
6 9 (6.383%) MVVM
6 9 (6.383%) Unit Testing
6 9 (6.383%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (5.674%) Information Security
7 8 (5.674%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (5.674%) TDD
8 7 (4.965%) ETL
8 7 (4.965%) Project Management
9 6 (4.255%) Time Management
9 6 (4.255%) Data Migration
9 6 (4.255%) Service Management
9 6 (4.255%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (4.255%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 70 (49.65%) SQL
2 51 (36.17%) C#
3 31 (21.99%) T-SQL
4 28 (19.86%) JavaScript
5 11 (7.801%) VBA
6 4 (2.837%) VB
6 4 (2.837%) VB.NET
7 3 (2.128%) Java
7 3 (2.128%) PHP
7 3 (2.128%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.709%) VB6
Qualifications
1 21 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.383%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.965%) MCP
4 7 (4.965%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.837%) MCTS
5 4 (2.837%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.837%) CCSP
5 4 (2.837%) CCNA
5 4 (2.837%) MCAD
6 3 (2.128%) MCSE
6 3 (2.128%) ISEB
6 3 (2.128%) MCITP
6 3 (2.128%) MCPD
7 2 (1.418%) Degree
8 1 (0.709%) MCSD
8 1 (0.709%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.383%) QA
2 4 (2.837%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.418%) SLA
4 1 (0.709%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (11.35%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.220%) Active Directory
4 9 (6.383%) XenApp
5 5 (3.546%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.837%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.128%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.418%) vSphere
9 1 (0.709%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (5.674%) OpenView
2 6 (4.255%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (2.837%) SCCM
4 3 (2.128%) SCOM
5 2 (1.418%) SCVMM
5 2 (1.418%) OVSD
5 2 (1.418%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.418%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 55 (39.01%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.99%) Oracle
3 23 (16.31%) VMware
4 21 (14.89%) Citrix
5 11 (7.801%) HP
5 11 (7.801%) Business Objects
6 7 (4.965%) Dundas
7 6 (4.255%) StorageTek
7 6 (4.255%) Sun
8 4 (2.837%) NetApp
9 3 (2.128%) Intel
9 3 (2.128%) Cisco
9 3 (2.128%) Twitter
9 3 (2.128%) Jaspersoft
10 2 (1.418%) Zend
10 2 (1.418%) Facebook
11 1 (0.709%) JBoss
11 1 (0.709%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.709%) SAP
11 1 (0.709%) Dell
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Contract SQL Server Reports Developer / Analyst - 6 Months Initial Contract - Buckinghamshire - Major Service Provider - Rate Negotiable Depending on Experience SQL, Transact SQL, Data Analysis, Report Writing, Crystal Reports...
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Rate: Rate Negotiable Depending on Experience
Posted: 12 June 2013
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Contract SQL Server Reports Developer / Analyst - 6 Months Initial Contract - Buckinghamshire - Major Service Provider - Rate Negotiable Depending on Experience SQL, Transact SQL, Data Analysis, Report Writing, (Dundas Reporting...
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Rate: Competitive
Posted: 31 May 2013
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Windows Server 2008 (SBS), SQL Server, Exchange, MCSE/MCSA... The engineer will also be required to occasionally provide end user support by configuring servers (SQL, Exchange, Windows Server)...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
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