The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 8 4 11
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 31 73 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 9.422% 17.22% 10.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 67.39% 60.83% 61.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 45 18
Average daily rate £300 £303 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.82% +0.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £356 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
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
Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 44 (57.14%) SQL
2 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
3 34 (44.16%) T-SQL
4 31 (40.26%) Oracle
5 30 (38.96%) SQL Server 2008
6 26 (33.77%) .NET
7 24 (31.17%) C#
8 23 (29.87%) SQL Server 2005
9 21 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (25.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (25.97%) MS Office
11 19 (24.68%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (24.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
13 16 (20.78%) PL/SQL
13 16 (20.78%) Windows
14 14 (18.18%) ASP.NET
15 12 (15.58%) CSS
15 12 (15.58%) HTML
15 12 (15.58%) JavaScript
15 12 (15.58%) MS Exchange
15 12 (15.58%) Exchange Server 2010
16 10 (12.99%) ITIL
17 9 (11.69%) Linux
17 9 (11.69%) MVC
17 9 (11.69%) Degree
17 9 (11.69%) jQuery
18 8 (10.39%) TDD
18 8 (10.39%) Web Services
18 8 (10.39%) PHP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 26 (33.77%) .NET
2 14 (18.18%) ASP.NET
3 12 (15.58%) CSS
3 12 (15.58%) HTML
4 9 (11.69%) jQuery
5 8 (10.39%) Web Services
6 7 (9.091%) XML
7 5 (6.494%) WebSphere
8 4 (5.195%) .NET Framework
8 4 (5.195%) WCF
8 4 (5.195%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (3.896%) KnockoutJS
9 3 (3.896%) ADO.NET
9 3 (3.896%) ASP
10 2 (2.597%) WPF
10 2 (2.597%) RESTful
11 1 (1.299%) HTML5
11 1 (1.299%) CSS3
11 1 (1.299%) XHTML
11 1 (1.299%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.58%) MS Exchange
1 12 (15.58%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (9.091%) IIS
3 6 (7.792%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (7.792%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (5.195%) Drupal
5 2 (2.597%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.597%) Lync
6 1 (1.299%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.299%) Magento
6 1 (1.299%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (25.97%) MS Office
2 1 (1.299%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.792%) DNS
1 6 (7.792%) DHCP
2 3 (3.896%) Wireless
3 2 (2.597%) Firewall
3 2 (2.597%) Intranet
3 2 (2.597%) Internet
3 2 (2.597%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (2.597%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.299%) Network Security
4 1 (1.299%) CTI
4 1 (1.299%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (38.96%) SQL Server 2008
2 23 (29.87%) SQL Server 2005
3 21 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (25.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (24.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (6.494%) MySQL
6 5 (6.494%) OLAP
7 3 (3.896%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (2.597%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (2.597%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (1.299%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (5.195%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.896%) JSUnit
3 2 (2.597%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.299%) QUnit
4 1 (1.299%) Subversion
General
1 2 (2.597%) Manufacturing
1 2 (2.597%) Front Office
1 2 (2.597%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.299%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.299%) Finance
2 1 (1.299%) Back Office
2 1 (1.299%) Games
2 1 (1.299%) Banking
2 1 (1.299%) Retail
2 1 (1.299%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (38.96%) Developer
2 28 (36.36%) Support Engineer
3 15 (19.48%) .NET Developer
4 7 (9.091%) Applications Support
4 7 (9.091%) Administrator
5 6 (7.792%) Applications Support Engineer
5 6 (7.792%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (5.195%) PHP Web Developer
6 4 (5.195%) PHP Developer
6 4 (5.195%) Senior Support Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) C# Developer
6 4 (5.195%) Web Developer
6 4 (5.195%) Senior Developer
7 3 (3.896%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (3.896%) Agile .NET Developer
7 3 (3.896%) Technical Support
7 3 (3.896%) SQL Developer
7 3 (3.896%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 3 (3.896%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.792%) PKI
1 6 (7.792%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.195%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.299%) Social Media
3 1 (1.299%) Machine Learning
3 1 (1.299%) W3C
3 1 (1.299%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (20.78%) Windows
2 9 (11.69%) Linux
3 6 (7.792%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (5.195%) Windows XP
4 4 (5.195%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (3.896%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.896%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.896%) UNIX
6 2 (2.597%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.68%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (12.99%) ITIL
3 9 (11.69%) MVC
4 8 (10.39%) TDD
5 7 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (7.792%) Software Engineering
7 5 (6.494%) Web Development
8 4 (5.195%) Migration
8 4 (5.195%) OO
8 4 (5.195%) Unit Testing
9 3 (3.896%) OOD
9 3 (3.896%) OOA/OOD
10 2 (2.597%) Systems Analysis
10 2 (2.597%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (2.597%) Logistics
10 2 (2.597%) MVVM
11 1 (1.299%) Waterfall
11 1 (1.299%) BDD
11 1 (1.299%) Data Migration
11 1 (1.299%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 44 (57.14%) SQL
2 34 (44.16%) T-SQL
3 24 (31.17%) C#
4 16 (20.78%) PL/SQL
5 12 (15.58%) JavaScript
6 8 (10.39%) PHP
7 3 (3.896%) C
8 2 (2.597%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.299%) Java
9 1 (1.299%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.597%) GAMP
2 1 (1.299%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.597%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.299%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.299%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (7.792%) WSUS
1 6 (7.792%) Backup Exec
1 6 (7.792%) SCOM
1 6 (7.792%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 31 (40.26%) Oracle
3 6 (7.792%) Symantec
3 6 (7.792%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.597%) Altiris
4 2 (2.597%) Cisco
4 2 (2.597%) HP
4 2 (2.597%) Riverbed
4 2 (2.597%) Exinda
5 1 (1.299%) Facebook
5 1 (1.299%) Remedy
5 1 (1.299%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.299%) SAP
5 1 (1.299%) VMware
5 1 (1.299%) Telerik
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