The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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 35 45 48
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 15 17 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.742% 2.478% 0.567%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.05% 9.884% 3.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 3
Average daily rate £300 £333 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.77% -19.87%
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
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
88 172 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 16.09% 25.07% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 90 44
Average daily rate £300 £320 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £236 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £450 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 8
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2005
East of England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cambridge +13 12 £300 -11.11%
Peterborough +3 1 - -
SQL Server 2005
East of England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 30 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 29 (96.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (86.67%) SQL
4 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
5 23 (76.67%) T-SQL
6 22 (73.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (73.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (73.33%) MS Office
7 21 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (70.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 20 (66.67%) Oracle
9 19 (63.33%) PL/SQL
10 6 (20.00%) Windows
11 5 (16.67%) MS Exchange
11 5 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
11 5 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (13.33%) Windows XP
12 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
13 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (10.00%) .NET
13 3 (10.00%) OLAP
13 3 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (6.667%) C#
14 2 (6.667%) HTML
14 2 (6.667%) CSS
14 2 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
14 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (3.333%) Exinda
15 1 (3.333%) Network Security

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (6.667%) HTML
2 2 (6.667%) CSS
3 1 (3.333%) jQuery
3 1 (3.333%) Web Services
3 1 (3.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 5 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.333%) Lync
2 1 (3.333%) ColdFusion
2 1 (3.333%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (73.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Network Security
1 1 (3.333%) Firewall
1 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
1 1 (3.333%) LAN
1 1 (3.333%) WAN
1 1 (3.333%) SMTP
1 1 (3.333%) Intranet
1 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 29 (96.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (73.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 22 (73.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (70.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (10.00%) OLAP
5 3 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 23 (76.67%) Support Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (6.667%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (6.667%) SQL Developer
4 2 (6.667%) Applications Support
5 1 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.333%) Network Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) SQL DBA
5 1 (3.333%) ColdFusion Developer
5 1 (3.333%) Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) DBA
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.333%) Database Specialist
5 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (3.333%) Senior .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (3.333%) OO
3 1 (3.333%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 26 (86.67%) SQL
2 23 (76.67%) T-SQL
3 19 (63.33%) PL/SQL
4 2 (6.667%) C#
5 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.333%) VB.NET
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (3.333%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.333%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.333%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (3.333%) Exinda
3 1 (3.333%) VMware
3 1 (3.333%) HP
3 1 (3.333%) Altiris
3 1 (3.333%) Riverbed
3 1 (3.333%) Cisco
3 1 (3.333%) Adobe
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