The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 5 2 7
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing SQL 76 132 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 14.02% 19.30% 13.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.92% 35.39% 25.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 61 36
Average daily rate £288 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.53% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £413 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 8
Average hourly rate £33.75 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £30.50 £19.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £60.00 £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
254 373 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.86% 54.53% 52.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 194 120
Average daily rate £306 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 35 38
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £32.50 £15.58
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £39.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
East of England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge -2 56 £285 -8.80%
Peterborough -3 8 £225 -31.03%
SQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 59 (30.41%) Microsoft
2 58 (29.90%) SQL Server
3 57 (29.38%) T-SQL
3 57 (29.38%) Oracle
4 37 (19.07%) C#
5 34 (17.53%) Windows
6 33 (17.01%) .NET
6 33 (17.01%) Business Intelligence
7 32 (16.49%) PL/SQL
7 32 (16.49%) Java
8 31 (15.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 30 (15.46%) SQL Server 2008
10 29 (14.95%) Active Directory
11 27 (13.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 26 (13.40%) Degree
12 26 (13.40%) SQL Server 2005
12 26 (13.40%) Linux
13 25 (12.89%) MS Office
14 23 (11.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 21 (10.82%) HTML
15 21 (10.82%) XML
16 19 (9.794%) MS Exchange
16 19 (9.794%) Windows Server 2008
17 17 (8.763%) Exchange Server 2010
17 17 (8.763%) Tomcat
17 17 (8.763%) Apache
17 17 (8.763%) Agile Software Development
18 16 (8.247%) Finance
18 16 (8.247%) ITIL
18 16 (8.247%) DNS

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 33 (17.01%) .NET
2 21 (10.82%) HTML
2 21 (10.82%) XML
3 15 (7.732%) CSS
4 13 (6.701%) Spring
5 11 (5.670%) ASP.NET
6 10 (5.155%) J2EE
6 10 (5.155%) Hibernate
7 9 (4.639%) JSON
7 9 (4.639%) Web Services
7 9 (4.639%) jQuery
8 8 (4.124%) RESTful
9 7 (3.608%) GWT
10 6 (3.093%) Symfony
10 6 (3.093%) Ajax
10 6 (3.093%) Ruby on Rails
10 6 (3.093%) SOAP
11 5 (2.577%) Apache Flex
11 5 (2.577%) .NET Framework
12 4 (2.062%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 19 (9.794%) MS Exchange
2 17 (8.763%) Apache
2 17 (8.763%) Tomcat
2 17 (8.763%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (6.701%) SharePoint
4 8 (4.124%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (3.608%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (3.093%) IIS
6 6 (3.093%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (2.577%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (2.577%) CMS
8 4 (2.062%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.062%) concrete5
8 4 (2.062%) Confluence
9 3 (1.546%) Drupal
9 3 (1.546%) WordPress
9 3 (1.546%) Lync
10 1 (0.515%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.515%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.515%) Joomla!
Applications
1 25 (12.89%) MS Office
2 7 (3.608%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.546%) Mingle
4 1 (0.515%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.093%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.031%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (0.515%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.515%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.247%) DNS
2 6 (3.093%) DHCP
3 5 (2.577%) HTTP
3 5 (2.577%) NetScaler
4 3 (1.546%) Intranet
4 3 (1.546%) Extranet
5 2 (1.031%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.515%) SMTP
6 1 (0.515%) Wireless
6 1 (0.515%) Network Security
6 1 (0.515%) Internet
6 1 (0.515%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (29.90%) SQL Server
2 31 (15.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 30 (15.46%) SQL Server 2008
4 27 (13.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (13.40%) SQL Server 2005
6 23 (11.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (5.670%) Oracle BI EE
7 11 (5.670%) MySQL
8 9 (4.639%) Oracle OWB
8 9 (4.639%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (4.124%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (4.124%) Oracle 11g
10 6 (3.093%) OLAP
10 6 (3.093%) Oracle 8/8i
11 5 (2.577%) Oracle 10g
11 5 (2.577%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (2.062%) TOAD
12 4 (2.062%) Oracle Discoverer
12 4 (2.062%) Redis
12 4 (2.062%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (6.701%) JIRA
2 12 (6.186%) Subversion
3 9 (4.639%) Git (software)
4 6 (3.093%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (3.093%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.062%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (2.062%) Maven
5 4 (2.062%) Selenium
5 4 (2.062%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.031%) TestNG
7 1 (0.515%) JSUnit
7 1 (0.515%) JMeter
7 1 (0.515%) JUnit
General
1 16 (8.247%) Finance
2 9 (4.639%) Games
3 3 (1.546%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.031%) Front Office
4 2 (1.031%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.031%) Retail
5 1 (0.515%) Marketing
5 1 (0.515%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.515%) Publishing
5 1 (0.515%) Banking
5 1 (0.515%) Back Office
5 1 (0.515%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (23.20%) Developer
2 37 (19.07%) Support Engineer
3 28 (14.43%) Analyst
4 16 (8.247%) Administrator
5 12 (6.186%) Java Developer
5 12 (6.186%) Systems Administrator
6 10 (5.155%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.124%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.608%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (3.608%) Programmer
8 7 (3.608%) DBA
9 6 (3.093%) Tester
9 6 (3.093%) Technical Support
9 6 (3.093%) Report Analyst
9 6 (3.093%) Applications Support Engineer
10 5 (2.577%) Senior Support Engineer
10 5 (2.577%) .NET Developer
10 5 (2.577%) C# Developer
10 5 (2.577%) Technical Support Engineer
10 5 (2.577%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.732%) Computer Science
2 9 (4.639%) PKI
3 8 (4.124%) Machine Learning
4 7 (3.608%) Clustering
4 7 (3.608%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.093%) NHS
6 5 (2.577%) Blackberry
7 4 (2.062%) Informatics
8 3 (1.546%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.546%) Data Integration
9 2 (1.031%) iPhone
9 2 (1.031%) Biology
9 2 (1.031%) LIMS
9 2 (1.031%) Replication
10 1 (0.515%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (0.515%) Streaming Media
10 1 (0.515%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.515%) Physics
10 1 (0.515%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.515%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.53%) Windows
2 26 (13.40%) Linux
3 19 (9.794%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (7.216%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (5.670%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (5.670%) UNIX
6 8 (4.124%) Windows XP
7 7 (3.608%) Windows 7
8 4 (2.062%) HPUX
9 2 (1.031%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (17.01%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (8.763%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (8.247%) ITIL
4 11 (5.670%) OO
5 10 (5.155%) Data Analysis
5 10 (5.155%) MVC
5 10 (5.155%) Migration
5 10 (5.155%) Scrum
6 9 (4.639%) Software Testing
7 8 (4.124%) Unit Testing
7 8 (4.124%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (4.124%) Information Management
8 7 (3.608%) TDD
9 6 (3.093%) Workflow
9 6 (3.093%) OOP
9 6 (3.093%) ERP
9 6 (3.093%) SOA
9 6 (3.093%) Waterfall
9 6 (3.093%) Software Engineering
10 5 (2.577%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.38%) T-SQL
2 37 (19.07%) C#
3 32 (16.49%) PL/SQL
3 32 (16.49%) Java
4 15 (7.732%) JavaScript
5 12 (6.186%) Perl
6 10 (5.155%) PHP
7 8 (4.124%) Ruby
8 7 (3.608%) Python
9 6 (3.093%) Lisp
9 6 (3.093%) C
10 5 (2.577%) PHP5
11 2 (1.031%) Haskell
11 2 (1.031%) Erlang
11 2 (1.031%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.031%) C++
12 1 (0.515%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.515%) F#
12 1 (0.515%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (13.40%) Degree
2 12 (6.186%) ISEB
3 6 (3.093%) OCP
3 6 (3.093%) Oracle Certification
3 6 (3.093%) RHCE
4 5 (2.577%) PhD
5 4 (2.062%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.546%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.031%) NCIE
7 2 (1.031%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.515%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.515%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.155%) QA
2 4 (2.062%) GAMP
3 3 (1.546%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.031%) GxP
5 1 (0.515%) Data Quality
System Software
1 29 (14.95%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.155%) Oracle RMAN
3 6 (3.093%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.093%) vSphere
3 6 (3.093%) VMware ESX
4 5 (2.577%) XenApp
5 3 (1.546%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.031%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.031%) vCloud
7 1 (0.515%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.515%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (4.124%) EMC NetWorker
2 7 (3.608%) WSUS
3 6 (3.093%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 5 (2.577%) SCOM
4 5 (2.577%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (1.546%) SCCM
6 2 (1.031%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 59 (30.41%) Microsoft
2 57 (29.38%) Oracle
3 15 (7.732%) VMware
4 11 (5.670%) Red Hat
5 9 (4.639%) EMC
5 9 (4.639%) SAP
6 7 (3.608%) HP
7 6 (3.093%) Northgate
7 6 (3.093%) Facebook
8 5 (2.577%) Citrix
9 4 (2.062%) NetApp
9 4 (2.062%) Cisco
9 4 (2.062%) Business Objects
10 3 (1.546%) webMethods
10 3 (1.546%) Zend
11 2 (1.031%) Twitter
11 2 (1.031%) Brocade
11 2 (1.031%) Symantec
11 2 (1.031%) McAfee
11 2 (1.031%) Perforce
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