The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Cardiff 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 2008
Rank 23 27 22
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 6 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.261% 3.556% 5.372%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.65% 16.00% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 7
Average daily rate £475 £425 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% +29.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
34 50 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 18.48% 22.22% 25.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 35
Average daily rate £400 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
South Wales

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cardiff SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (83.33%) SQL
3 11 (61.11%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (61.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (61.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (55.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (55.56%) ETL
5 9 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (50.00%) Finance
5 9 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 8 (44.44%) T-SQL
7 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2000
7 7 (38.89%) Kimball Methodology
8 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 6 (33.33%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 6 (33.33%) Cognos
8 6 (33.33%) Clustering
9 5 (27.78%) Project Management
9 5 (27.78%) AS400
9 5 (27.78%) OLTP
9 5 (27.78%) DTS
10 3 (16.67%) WebSphere
10 3 (16.67%) Spring
10 3 (16.67%) JSF
10 3 (16.67%) Subversion
10 3 (16.67%) Jenkins
10 3 (16.67%) J2EE
10 3 (16.67%) J2SE
10 3 (16.67%) IBM

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) WebSphere
1 3 (16.67%) Spring
1 3 (16.67%) JSF
1 3 (16.67%) J2EE
1 3 (16.67%) J2SE
1 3 (16.67%) Hibernate
2 1 (5.556%) DWR
2 1 (5.556%) WCF
2 1 (5.556%) WPF
2 1 (5.556%) Java EE
2 1 (5.556%) MDX
2 1 (5.556%) HTML
2 1 (5.556%) .NET
2 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.556%) CSS
2 1 (5.556%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (16.67%) FileNet
2 1 (5.556%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.556%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
1 2 (11.11%) SAN
1 2 (11.11%) Wireless
1 2 (11.11%) LAN
1 2 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (61.11%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (61.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (61.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (55.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (27.78%) OLTP
7 5 (27.78%) DTS
8 1 (5.556%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (5.556%) Data Mart
8 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (5.556%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Subversion
1 3 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.556%) Maven
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Welsh Language
3 1 (5.556%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) DBA
2 6 (33.33%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) SQL DBA
3 5 (27.78%) SQL Server DBA
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Development Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) J2EE Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) C# Web Developer
6 1 (5.556%) C# Application Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Applications Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Web Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Business Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) Database Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Clustering
2 5 (27.78%) AS400
3 2 (11.11%) Thin Client
3 2 (11.11%) Fat Client
4 1 (5.556%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) ETL
2 9 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (38.89%) Kimball Methodology
4 5 (27.78%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Scrum
5 2 (11.11%) Software Deployment
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.556%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (5.556%) Data Mapping
6 1 (5.556%) OpenUP
6 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) ERP
6 1 (5.556%) SOA
6 1 (5.556%) MVC
6 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.556%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) SQL
2 8 (44.44%) T-SQL
3 2 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.556%) C#
4 1 (5.556%) COBOL
4 1 (5.556%) XAML
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (11.11%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Cognos
3 3 (16.67%) IBM
3 3 (16.67%) Adobe
3 3 (16.67%) ILOG
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
5 1 (5.556%) Business Objects
5 1 (5.556%) SAP
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
BI Developer - South Wales... The skills we'd be most interested in include: The ability to build data warehouse systems using SQL Server 2005 / 2008, providing both skills...
Intapeople
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013