The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Cheshire 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
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 33 41 34
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 29 28 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.017% 3.444% 4.630%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.02% 17.39% 19.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 27
Average daily rate £394 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +81.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-14.06% -16.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
126 161 226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.45% 19.80% 23.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 78 122
Average daily rate £388 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £270 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £380 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +81.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £30.00 £12.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £32.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2005
North West

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Chester +6 11 £388 +34.78%
Warrington -4 6 £350 +11.11%
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Macclesfield - 1 - -
SQL Server 2005
North West

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 43 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 33 (76.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 30 (69.77%) SQL
4 25 (58.14%) .NET
5 21 (48.84%) C#
6 20 (46.51%) JavaScript
6 20 (46.51%) .NET Framework
7 19 (44.19%) ASP.NET
8 15 (34.88%) T-SQL
8 15 (34.88%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (32.56%) HTML
9 14 (32.56%) XML
9 14 (32.56%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 13 (30.23%) SQL Server 2000
11 12 (27.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (27.91%) WCF
12 11 (25.58%) jQuery
13 10 (23.26%) Visual Studio
13 10 (23.26%) SQL Server 2012
14 9 (20.93%) Web Services
14 9 (20.93%) Data Modelling
14 9 (20.93%) Disaster Recovery
14 9 (20.93%) LINQ
15 8 (18.60%) Android
15 8 (18.60%) Team Foundation Server
15 8 (18.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (18.60%) VLDB
15 8 (18.60%) Windows
15 8 (18.60%) CSS
15 8 (18.60%) Photoshop

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 25 (58.14%) .NET
2 20 (46.51%) .NET Framework
3 19 (44.19%) ASP.NET
4 14 (32.56%) HTML
4 14 (32.56%) XML
4 14 (32.56%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 12 (27.91%) WCF
6 11 (25.58%) jQuery
7 9 (20.93%) LINQ
7 9 (20.93%) Web Services
8 8 (18.60%) CSS
9 7 (16.28%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (13.95%) Ajax
11 5 (11.63%) WinForms
11 5 (11.63%) JSON
11 5 (11.63%) LINQ to SQL
11 5 (11.63%) Razor View Engine
11 5 (11.63%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 2 (4.651%) WPF
12 2 (4.651%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (16.28%) IIS
2 2 (4.651%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.326%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Photoshop
2 3 (6.977%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.651%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.302%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 33 (76.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (30.23%) SQL Server 2000
4 12 (27.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (23.26%) SQL Server 2012
6 8 (18.60%) VLDB
6 8 (18.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (13.95%) OLTP
8 5 (11.63%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (11.63%) IDMS
9 3 (6.977%) NoSQL
9 3 (6.977%) MySQL
9 3 (6.977%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Visual Studio
2 8 (18.60%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (11.63%) Finance
1 5 (11.63%) Retail
2 3 (6.977%) Banking
3 2 (4.651%) Local Government
4 1 (2.326%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.326%) Billing
Job Titles
1 26 (60.47%) Developer
2 13 (30.23%) .NET Developer
3 12 (27.91%) DBA
4 7 (16.28%) SQL DBA
5 5 (11.63%) Senior .NET Developer
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Analyst
6 3 (6.977%) Lead Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Administrator
6 3 (6.977%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Teradata DBA
7 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Server Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Web Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Team Leader
7 2 (4.651%) SQL Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Lead .NET Developer
7 2 (4.651%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (2.326%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) iPad
2 7 (16.28%) Replication
3 6 (13.95%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.95%) Data Integration
4 3 (6.977%) N-Tier
5 2 (4.651%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.326%) Fat Client
6 1 (2.326%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Windows
1 8 (18.60%) Android
2 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.326%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.326%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (20.93%) Data Modelling
2 9 (20.93%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (16.28%) TDD
3 7 (16.28%) MVC
4 6 (13.95%) Unit Testing
5 5 (11.63%) MVVM
5 5 (11.63%) Scrum
5 5 (11.63%) SOA
6 4 (9.302%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (9.302%) Contact Management
6 4 (9.302%) Load Testing
7 3 (6.977%) Change Management
7 3 (6.977%) ITIL
8 2 (4.651%) ETL
8 2 (4.651%) Migration
8 2 (4.651%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.651%) Data Management
8 2 (4.651%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.651%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) SQL
2 21 (48.84%) C#
3 20 (46.51%) JavaScript
4 15 (34.88%) T-SQL
5 8 (18.60%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.651%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.651%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (9.302%) Degree
2 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.651%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.651%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.326%) XenApp
2 1 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (9.302%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.977%) Oracle
3 2 (4.651%) SAP
3 2 (4.651%) Sage
3 2 (4.651%) IBM
3 2 (4.651%) Razor Risk
4 1 (2.326%) VMware
4 1 (2.326%) Cognos
4 1 (2.326%) Citrix
Chester, North West
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