The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 8 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL 96 127 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.02% 12.59% 10.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.02% 47.04% 36.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 86 62
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £174 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
246 270 300
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 30.79% 26.76% 28.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 144 130
Average daily rate £320 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 9
Average hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.25 £35.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
South East

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Buckinghamshire SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Milton Keynes -2 55 £253 -15.83%
Aylesbury - 7 £175 -
Beaconsfield 0 2 £260 -30.66%
High Wycombe -15 1 - -
Iver - 1 £300 -
Marlow - 1 - -
SQL
South East

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 62 (34.07%) Windows
2 57 (31.32%) SQL Server
3 53 (29.12%) .NET
4 40 (21.98%) Microsoft
5 37 (20.33%) VMware
6 32 (17.58%) C#
7 30 (16.48%) Oracle
8 29 (15.93%) T-SQL
9 28 (15.38%) ITIL
10 25 (13.74%) UNIX
11 24 (13.19%) ASP.NET
11 24 (13.19%) HP
11 24 (13.19%) Citrix
11 24 (13.19%) Agile Software Development
11 24 (13.19%) Security Cleared
12 23 (12.64%) Windows Server 2008
13 21 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
13 21 (11.54%) Finance
13 21 (11.54%) Linux
14 20 (10.99%) MS Exchange
15 19 (10.44%) MySQL
16 17 (9.341%) Scrum
16 17 (9.341%) SQL Server 2008
17 16 (8.791%) Exchange Server 2003
17 16 (8.791%) JavaScript
17 16 (8.791%) MS Excel
17 16 (8.791%) SharePoint
17 16 (8.791%) SAN
17 16 (8.791%) Windows Server 2003
18 15 (8.242%) Active Directory

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 (29.12%) .NET
2 24 (13.19%) ASP.NET
3 15 (8.242%) XML
4 13 (7.143%) SOAP
4 13 (7.143%) .NET Framework
5 11 (6.044%) Web Services
6 10 (5.495%) WCF
6 10 (5.495%) HTML
7 9 (4.945%) CSS
7 9 (4.945%) ASP.NET MVC
8 8 (4.396%) jQuery
9 6 (3.297%) XSLT
9 6 (3.297%) soapUI
10 5 (2.747%) Ajax
11 4 (2.198%) BPEL4WS
11 4 (2.198%) WSDL
12 3 (1.648%) WinForms
12 3 (1.648%) LINQ
13 2 (1.099%) WPF
13 2 (1.099%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 20 (10.99%) MS Exchange
2 16 (8.791%) SharePoint
2 16 (8.791%) Exchange Server 2003
3 12 (6.593%) IIS
4 7 (3.846%) CMS
4 7 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (3.297%) GlassFish
6 5 (2.747%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (2.747%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (2.198%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (2.198%) Lync
8 3 (1.648%) Umbraco
8 3 (1.648%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (1.099%) Joomla!
9 2 (1.099%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (1.099%) Apache
9 2 (1.099%) Drupal
9 2 (1.099%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.549%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.549%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (8.791%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.846%) MS Office
3 2 (1.099%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.549%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.549%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.747%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.099%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.549%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.549%) Movex
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.791%) SAN
2 10 (5.495%) Firewall
2 10 (5.495%) LAN
2 10 (5.495%) WAN
3 8 (4.396%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.297%) DHCP
4 6 (3.297%) DNS
5 5 (2.747%) VPN
5 5 (2.747%) VoIP
6 3 (1.648%) NAS
7 2 (1.099%) 3G
7 2 (1.099%) WLAN
7 2 (1.099%) Broadband
7 2 (1.099%) HTTP
7 2 (1.099%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.099%) Wireless
8 1 (0.549%) Symposium
8 1 (0.549%) DMZ
8 1 (0.549%) Internet
8 1 (0.549%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (31.32%) SQL Server
2 19 (10.44%) MySQL
3 17 (9.341%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (6.593%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (5.495%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (4.945%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (3.846%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (3.297%) DB2
8 6 (3.297%) RDBMS
9 5 (2.747%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (2.198%) OLAP
10 4 (2.198%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (1.648%) MS Access
11 3 (1.648%) Oracle 10g
11 3 (1.648%) BODI
11 3 (1.648%) OLTP
11 3 (1.648%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 3 (1.648%) Oracle 11g
12 2 (1.099%) BusinessObjects XI
12 2 (1.099%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 15 (8.242%) Selenium
2 8 (4.396%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (4.396%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (3.846%) NUnit
3 7 (3.846%) Subversion
4 6 (3.297%) WATIR
4 6 (3.297%) WatiN
4 6 (3.297%) MSTest
5 3 (1.648%) WebDriver
5 3 (1.648%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.648%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.549%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.549%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.549%) Ant
6 1 (0.549%) Maven
6 1 (0.549%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (0.549%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.549%) NMock
6 1 (0.549%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (11.54%) Finance
2 13 (7.143%) Retail
3 4 (2.198%) Banking
4 3 (1.648%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.648%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.099%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.099%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.549%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.549%) Marketing
6 1 (0.549%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 60 (32.97%) Developer
2 53 (29.12%) Analyst
3 27 (14.84%) Support Analyst
4 24 (13.19%) .NET Developer
5 21 (11.54%) SQL Developer
6 17 (9.341%) Applications Support
7 13 (7.143%) Applications Support Analyst
8 11 (6.044%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.495%) ASP.NET Developer
9 10 (5.495%) Architect
10 9 (4.945%) Consultant
10 9 (4.945%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (4.945%) Database Developer
11 8 (4.396%) C# Developer
11 8 (4.396%) Senior Developer
11 8 (4.396%) Test Analyst
11 8 (4.396%) C# .NET Developer
12 7 (3.846%) DBA
12 7 (3.846%) QA Engineer
13 6 (3.297%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.846%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.747%) EPoS
2 5 (2.747%) Blackberry
3 4 (2.198%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (2.198%) N-Tier
4 3 (1.648%) Client/Server
4 3 (1.648%) AS400
4 3 (1.648%) Cryptography
4 3 (1.648%) PDA
4 3 (1.648%) iSeries
5 2 (1.099%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.099%) Open Source
5 2 (1.099%) SaaS
5 2 (1.099%) Social Media
5 2 (1.099%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.099%) Replication
5 2 (1.099%) NHS
6 1 (0.549%) HACMP
6 1 (0.549%) Clustering
6 1 (0.549%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 62 (34.07%) Windows
2 25 (13.74%) UNIX
3 23 (12.64%) Windows Server 2008
4 21 (11.54%) Linux
5 16 (8.791%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (6.044%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.297%) Windows Vista
8 5 (2.747%) Solaris
9 4 (2.198%) AIX
9 4 (2.198%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.648%) Windows NT
10 3 (1.648%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.099%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.099%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (1.099%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.38%) ITIL
2 24 (13.19%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (9.341%) Scrum
4 15 (8.242%) Service Delivery
5 12 (6.593%) TDD
5 12 (6.593%) Service Management
6 11 (6.044%) MVC
7 10 (5.495%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (5.495%) ERP
7 10 (5.495%) Automated Testing
8 9 (4.945%) Data Analysis
8 9 (4.945%) CRM
9 8 (4.396%) Change Management
9 8 (4.396%) Content Management
9 8 (4.396%) Load Balancing
9 8 (4.396%) Automation Testing
10 7 (3.846%) Web Development
10 7 (3.846%) Software Testing
10 7 (3.846%) OO
11 6 (3.297%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.58%) C#
2 29 (15.93%) T-SQL
3 16 (8.791%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.692%) PowerShell
5 13 (7.143%) Perl
6 12 (6.593%) Java
7 11 (6.044%) VBA
8 10 (5.495%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.198%) PHP
9 4 (2.198%) VB
10 1 (0.549%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.549%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.549%) Korn
10 1 (0.549%) PHP5
10 1 (0.549%) Groovy
10 1 (0.549%) COBOL
10 1 (0.549%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.692%) DV Cleared
3 12 (6.593%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (6.044%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.495%) MCSE
6 9 (4.945%) MCP
6 9 (4.945%) Degree
7 4 (2.198%) ISEB
7 4 (2.198%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.198%) ISEB Practitioner
8 3 (1.648%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.549%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.549%) MCSA
9 1 (0.549%) CCNA
9 1 (0.549%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.692%) QA
2 4 (2.198%) SLA
3 3 (1.648%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.099%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 21 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (8.242%) Active Directory
3 10 (5.495%) VMware ESX
4 9 (4.945%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.945%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.297%) vSphere
6 1 (0.549%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.549%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.549%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.549%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.549%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (5.495%) Backup Exec
2 4 (2.198%) SCCM
3 3 (1.648%) OpenView
3 3 (1.648%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.099%) CA SiteMinder
4 2 (1.099%) SCOM
4 2 (1.099%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.549%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.549%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.549%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.549%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.549%) Unicenter
5 1 (0.549%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 37 (20.33%) VMware
3 30 (16.48%) Oracle
4 24 (13.19%) HP
4 24 (13.19%) Citrix
5 9 (4.945%) Business Objects
6 8 (4.396%) SAP
7 5 (2.747%) Compaq
8 3 (1.648%) Sun
8 3 (1.648%) IBM
8 3 (1.648%) Intel
8 3 (1.648%) StorageTek
8 3 (1.648%) Lotus
8 3 (1.648%) Remedy
8 3 (1.648%) Websense
8 3 (1.648%) Dundas
9 2 (1.099%) NetApp
9 2 (1.099%) Zend
9 2 (1.099%) Facebook
9 2 (1.099%) Twitter
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Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £200 - £220 per day
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Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Rate: 400-550
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Rate: £250 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
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DP Connect Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
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