The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Cambridge 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 2005
Rank 24 37 32
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 12 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.647% 2.594% 0.781%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.09% 9.167% 4.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 2
Average daily rate £300 £338 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -5.59%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69% -12.50%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
46 120 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 13.98% 28.30% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 62 24
Average daily rate £300 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +3.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2005
Cambridgeshire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cambridge SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (95.65%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (91.30%) SQL
4 19 (82.61%) T-SQL
4 19 (82.61%) Microsoft
5 18 (78.26%) MS Office
5 18 (78.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (78.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (73.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 17 (73.91%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (65.22%) Oracle
7 15 (65.22%) PL/SQL
8 5 (21.74%) Windows
9 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
9 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
9 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
10 3 (13.04%) .NET
10 3 (13.04%) OLAP
10 3 (13.04%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (8.696%) C#
11 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (8.696%) Systems Analysis
12 1 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
12 1 (4.348%) Network Security
12 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (4.348%) ISA Server

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 1 (4.348%) CSS
2 1 (4.348%) Web Services
2 1 (4.348%) XML
2 1 (4.348%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
1 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.348%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (78.26%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (95.65%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (78.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (78.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (73.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (13.04%) OLAP
5 3 (13.04%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Senior Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Developer
3 2 (8.696%) Applications Support
3 2 (8.696%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
4 1 (4.348%) SQL DBA
4 1 (4.348%) DBA
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
3 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.696%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (91.30%) SQL
2 19 (82.61%) T-SQL
3 15 (65.22%) PL/SQL
4 2 (8.696%) C#
5 1 (4.348%) VB.NET
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.348%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (65.22%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) VMware
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