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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Cardiff region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads4118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.018 %
As % of the category below67.21 %27.69 %
Daily rates quoted163
Average minimum daily rate£306£317
Average daily rate£364£367
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£331
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£23.00
Average hourly rate£32.00£25.50
% change on same period last year+25.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.11£30.48
% change on same period last year+2.04 %
Database & Business Intelligence CardiffDatabase & Business Intelligence
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads6165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.067 %
Daily rates quoted2014
Average minimum daily rate£295£348
Average daily rate£336£375
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£354
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£18.50
Average hourly rate£32.00£20.50
% change on same period last year+56.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.75£31.10
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
SQL Server South WalesSQL Server
South Wales

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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cardiff SQL Server Demand Trend

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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cardiff SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

141 (48.81 %)SQL
230 (35.71 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (28.57 %).NET
423 (27.38 %)SQL Server 2000
519 (22.62 %)Finance
618 (21.43 %)Transact-SQL
717 (20.24 %)XML
717 (20.24 %)Windows
717 (20.24 %)Microsoft
717 (20.24 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
816 (19.05 %)CSS
915 (17.86 %)VB
915 (17.86 %)C#
915 (17.86 %)DTS
1014 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
1113 (15.48 %)JavaScript
1113 (15.48 %)ASP.NET
1212 (14.29 %)VBA
1212 (14.29 %)MS Access
1310 (11.90 %)Oracle
1310 (11.90 %)HTML
149 (10.71 %)WebServices
149 (10.71 %)MS Excel
158 (9.524 %)UNIX
167 (8.333 %)Windows XP
167 (8.333 %)VB.NET
167 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
167 (8.333 %)Active Directory
167 (8.333 %)Internet
176 (7.143 %)Government

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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
124 (28.57 %).NET
217 (20.24 %)XML
316 (19.05 %)CSS
413 (15.48 %)ASP.NET
510 (11.90 %)HTML
69 (10.71 %)WebServices
76 (7.143 %)AJAX
84 (4.762 %)SOAP
93 (3.571 %)ASP
93 (3.571 %)XSLT
93 (3.571 %)CORBA
102 (2.381 %)XHTML
102 (2.381 %).NET Framework
102 (2.381 %)ADO.NET
111 (1.190 %)JSP
111 (1.190 %)MDX
111 (1.190 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
15 (5.952 %)Tomcat
15 (5.952 %)MS Exchange
24 (4.762 %)ColdFusion
24 (4.762 %)IIS
24 (4.762 %)Apache
24 (4.762 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (2.381 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (2.381 %)SharePoint
41 (1.190 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.190 %)ArcGIS
Applications
19 (10.71 %)MS Excel
22 (2.381 %)MS Office
Business Applications
12 (2.381 %)Oracle Applications
21 (1.190 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
17 (8.333 %)Internet
23 (3.571 %)LAN
23 (3.571 %)WAN
23 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
23 (3.571 %)IIOP
23 (3.571 %)VLAN
32 (2.381 %)Network Security
32 (2.381 %)SSL
41 (1.190 %)Intranet
41 (1.190 %)HTTP
41 (1.190 %)Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
130 (35.71 %)SQL Server 2005
223 (27.38 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (20.24 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
415 (17.86 %)DTS
514 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
612 (14.29 %)MS Access
77 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
86 (7.143 %)Oracle Discoverer
95 (5.952 %)EDRMS
95 (5.952 %)Datawarehouse
104 (4.762 %)ETL
104 (4.762 %)Oracle Reports
104 (4.762 %)Oracle 9i
104 (4.762 %)SQL Server 7
113 (3.571 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
122 (2.381 %)MySQL
122 (2.381 %)GIS
122 (2.381 %)Data Mart
122 (2.381 %)Oracle 10g
131 (1.190 %)ReportNet
Development Applications
16 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
24 (4.762 %)Oracle Forms
31 (1.190 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (1.190 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
119 (22.62 %)Finance
26 (7.143 %)Government
34 (4.762 %)Health
43 (3.571 %)Banking
43 (3.571 %)Retail
52 (2.381 %)Law
61 (1.190 %)Legal
61 (1.190 %)Advertising
61 (1.190 %)Publishing
61 (1.190 %)Marketing
61 (1.190 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (1.190 %)Back Office
Job Titles
141 (48.81 %)Developer
215 (17.86 %)DBA
215 (17.86 %)SQL Developer
312 (14.29 %)SQL DBA
312 (14.29 %).NET Developer
49 (10.71 %)C# Developer
58 (9.524 %)Analyst
58 (9.524 %)SQL Server Developer
67 (8.333 %)Analyst Programmer
67 (8.333 %)Programmer
76 (7.143 %)Architect
76 (7.143 %)SQL Server DBA
76 (7.143 %)ASP.NET Developer
84 (4.762 %)Oracle Developer
84 (4.762 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
93 (3.571 %)Crystal Reports Developer
93 (3.571 %)Server Specialist
93 (3.571 %)Report Developer
93 (3.571 %)Applications Developer
93 (3.571 %)ColdFusion Developer
Miscellaneous
13 (3.571 %)Management Information System
22 (2.381 %)Clustering
22 (2.381 %)Data Extraction
31 (1.190 %)Data Integration
31 (1.190 %)PKI
31 (1.190 %)AS400
31 (1.190 %)Client/Server
31 (1.190 %)NHS
Operating Systems
117 (20.24 %)Windows
28 (9.524 %)UNIX
37 (8.333 %)Windows XP
44 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (4.762 %)AIX
52 (2.381 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
16 (7.143 %)Document Management
24 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
24 (4.762 %)RAD
24 (4.762 %)Data Modelling
24 (4.762 %)SOA
24 (4.762 %)Information Security
33 (3.571 %)Project Management
33 (3.571 %)Business Intelligence
33 (3.571 %)Knowledge Management
42 (2.381 %)Web Development
42 (2.381 %)ITIL
42 (2.381 %)UML
42 (2.381 %)Agile Software Development
42 (2.381 %)Data Management
51 (1.190 %)Content Management
51 (1.190 %)Information Management
51 (1.190 %)Change Management
51 (1.190 %)SEO
51 (1.190 %)Migration
51 (1.190 %)OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
141 (48.81 %)SQL
218 (21.43 %)Transact-SQL
315 (17.86 %)VB
315 (17.86 %)C#
413 (15.48 %)JavaScript
512 (14.29 %)VBA
67 (8.333 %)VB.NET
76 (7.143 %)VB6
76 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
84 (4.762 %)Perl
84 (4.762 %)Java
92 (2.381 %)PHP
92 (2.381 %)Shell Script
101 (1.190 %)XPath
Qualifications
13 (3.571 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (2.381 %)CCNA
22 (2.381 %)Cisco Certification
22 (2.381 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (2.381 %)OCA
22 (2.381 %)Oracle Certification
31 (1.190 %)MCSE
31 (1.190 %)MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.381 %)SLA
21 (1.190 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.190 %)QA
System Software
17 (8.333 %)Active Directory
24 (4.762 %)Squid
24 (4.762 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
24 (4.762 %)VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
117 (20.24 %)Microsoft
210 (11.90 %)Oracle
36 (7.143 %)Sybase
36 (7.143 %)Cognos
44 (4.762 %)VMware
52 (2.381 %)Dell
52 (2.381 %)Cisco
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