Canary Wharf SQL Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
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Rank	22	16
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	24	48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	31.17 %	57.14 %
Daily rates quoted	11	18
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£468
Average daily rate	£414	£491
% change on same period last year	-15.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£423	£515
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.49	£30.39
% change on same period last year	+3.60 %
Database & Business Intelligence Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads	77	84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.103 %	0.085 %
Daily rates quoted	38	35
Average minimum daily rate	£422	£451
Average daily rate	£435	£474
% change on same period last year	-8.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£448	£496
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£39.00	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+122.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server across the Canary Wharf region.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Canary Wharf region.

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 32 (53.33 %) Finance 2 30 (50.00 %) SQL 3 27 (45.00 %) C# 4 24 (40.00 %) .NET 5 22 (36.67 %) Banking 6 19 (31.67 %) SQL Server 2000 7 16 (26.67 %) Front Office 8 15 (25.00 %) Derivative 9 14 (23.33 %) SQL Server 2005 9 14 (23.33 %) Investment Banking 10 12 (20.00 %) Oracle 11 10 (16.67 %) C++ 11 10 (16.67 %) Transact-SQL 11 10 (16.67 %) OO 11 10 (16.67 %) Microsoft

12 9 (15.00 %) WinForms 13 8 (13.33 %) MS Excel 13 8 (13.33 %) Java 13 8 (13.33 %) Sybase 14 7 (11.67 %) Agile Software Development 15 6 (10.00 %) Degree 15 6 (10.00 %) RDBMS 16 5 (8.333 %) SQL Server 7 16 5 (8.333 %) Fixed Income 16 5 (8.333 %) ASP.NET 16 5 (8.333 %) Windows 16 5 (8.333 %) Equity Derivative 16 5 (8.333 %) CruiseControl 17 4 (6.667 %) NUnit 17 4 (6.667 %) Data Analysis

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 24 (40.00 %) .NET 2 9 (15.00 %) WinForms 3 5 (8.333 %) ASP.NET 4 4 (6.667 %) XML 5 3 (5.000 %) .NET Framework 5 3 (5.000 %) STL 5 3 (5.000 %) WebServices 6 2 (3.333 %) Middleware 6 2 (3.333 %) MVC 6 2 (3.333 %) WCF 6 2 (3.333 %) HTML 7 1 (1.667 %) WPF 7 1 (1.667 %) Spring 7 1 (1.667 %) WebSphere 7 1 (1.667 %) XSL 7 1 (1.667 %) XML Schema 7 1 (1.667 %) CGI 7 1 (1.667 %) CSS 7 1 (1.667 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 4 (6.667 %) SharePoint 2 2 (3.333 %) SAS 2 2 (3.333 %) BizTalk Server 2 2 (3.333 %) IIS 2 2 (3.333 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 1 (1.667 %) WebLogic 3 1 (1.667 %) Apache 3 1 (1.667 %) SmartSockets
Applications 1 8 (13.33 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.667 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 3 (5.000 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 2 1 (1.667 %) Global One 2 1 (1.667 %) FRONT ARENA
Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.333 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (3.333 %) SAN 2 1 (1.667 %) DNS 2 1 (1.667 %) POP3 2 1 (1.667 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (31.67 %) SQL Server 2000 2 14 (23.33 %) SQL Server 2005 3 6 (10.00 %) RDBMS 4 5 (8.333 %) SQL Server 7 5 4 (6.667 %) Datawarehouse 6 3 (5.000 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 3 (5.000 %) OLAP 6 3 (5.000 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 2 (3.333 %) Oracle OLAP 7 2 (3.333 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 2 (3.333 %) DTS 7 2 (3.333 %) ETL 8 1 (1.667 %) DB2 8 1 (1.667 %) Data Mart 8 1 (1.667 %) Sybase ASE 8 1 (1.667 %) PostgreSQL 8 1 (1.667 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 1 (1.667 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (1.667 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (1.667 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 5 (8.333 %) CruiseControl 2 4 (6.667 %) Subversion 2 4 (6.667 %) ClearCase 2 4 (6.667 %) ClearQuest 2 4 (6.667 %) NUnit 3 1 (1.667 %) Flash	General 1 32 (53.33 %) Finance 2 22 (36.67 %) Banking 3 16 (26.67 %) Front Office 4 14 (23.33 %) Investment Banking 5 2 (3.333 %) Construction 5 2 (3.333 %) Government 6 1 (1.667 %) Publishing 6 1 (1.667 %) Private Banking 6 1 (1.667 %) Back Office 6 1 (1.667 %) Telecoms 6 1 (1.667 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 35 (58.33 %) Developer 2 17 (28.33 %) C# Developer 3 12 (20.00 %) Analyst 4 7 (11.67 %) .NET Developer 4 7 (11.67 %) SQL Developer 5 5 (8.333 %) SQL Server Developer 5 5 (8.333 %) Senior Developer 5 5 (8.333 %) DBA 6 4 (6.667 %) Front Office Developer 6 4 (6.667 %) Support Analyst 7 3 (5.000 %) Database Analyst 7 3 (5.000 %) Architect 7 3 (5.000 %) Data Analyst 7 3 (5.000 %) C++ Developer 7 3 (5.000 %) SQL Server DBA 7 3 (5.000 %) Senior C# Developer 7 3 (5.000 %) SQL DBA 7 3 (5.000 %) .NET Architect 7 3 (5.000 %) Server Analyst 8 2 (3.333 %) MI Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 15 (25.00 %) Derivative 2 5 (8.333 %) Equity Derivative 2 5 (8.333 %) Fixed Income 3 4 (6.667 %) Computer Science 3 4 (6.667 %) Multithreading 4 2 (3.333 %) Swaptions 4 2 (3.333 %) Equities 4 2 (3.333 %) Replication 4 2 (3.333 %) Contract for Difference 5 1 (1.667 %) Mathematics 5 1 (1.667 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 1 (1.667 %) Clustering 5 1 (1.667 %) Credit Derivative 5 1 (1.667 %) French Language 5 1 (1.667 %) Spanish Language 5 1 (1.667 %) Credit Risk 5 1 (1.667 %) Market Risk
Operating Systems 1 5 (8.333 %) Windows 2 3 (5.000 %) UNIX 3 2 (3.333 %) Linux 4 1 (1.667 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.667 %) Windows NT 4 1 (1.667 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (1.667 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (16.67 %) OO 2 7 (11.67 %) Agile Software Development 3 4 (6.667 %) Data Analysis 3 4 (6.667 %) Business Intelligence 3 4 (6.667 %) Disaster Recovery 4 2 (3.333 %) Migration 4 2 (3.333 %) Scrum 4 2 (3.333 %) OOA/OOD 4 2 (3.333 %) Systems Analysis 4 2 (3.333 %) TDD 4 2 (3.333 %) Asset Management 4 2 (3.333 %) SWOT Analysis 4 2 (3.333 %) Unit Testing 5 1 (1.667 %) Investment Management 5 1 (1.667 %) Data Architecture 5 1 (1.667 %) Wealth Management 5 1 (1.667 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (1.667 %) Web Development 5 1 (1.667 %) OOP 5 1 (1.667 %) RUP
Programming Languages 1 30 (50.00 %) SQL 2 27 (45.00 %) C# 3 10 (16.67 %) C++ 3 10 (16.67 %) Transact-SQL 4 8 (13.33 %) Java 5 4 (6.667 %) VB 6 3 (5.000 %) VB.NET 6 3 (5.000 %) VBScript 6 3 (5.000 %) Perl 7 2 (3.333 %) JavaScript 7 2 (3.333 %) VB6 7 2 (3.333 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (1.667 %) Korn 8 1 (1.667 %) VBA 8 1 (1.667 %) Python 8 1 (1.667 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 6 (10.00 %) Degree 2 1 (1.667 %) OCP 2 1 (1.667 %) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.333 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 2 (3.333 %) Basel II	System Software 1 1 (1.667 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 1 (1.667 %) BMC Performance Manager	Vendors 1 12 (20.00 %) Oracle 2 10 (16.67 %) Microsoft 3 8 (13.33 %) Sybase 4 3 (5.000 %) ION Trading 4 3 (5.000 %) PeopleSoft 5 2 (3.333 %) Tradeweb 5 2 (3.333 %) TIBCO 5 2 (3.333 %) Murex 5 2 (3.333 %) Calypso 6 1 (1.667 %) HP 6 1 (1.667 %) BMC 6 1 (1.667 %) Tridion 6 1 (1.667 %) Business Objects 6 1 (1.667 %) Sun 6 1 (1.667 %) Ab Initio 6 1 (1.667 %) VMware