Cheshire SQL Server 2005 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the Cheshire 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 2005 over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Cirencester City of London Clapham Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hornchurch Huddersfield Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Rotherham Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sittingbourne Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	48	32
Rank change on same period last year	-16
Matching contract IT job ads	33	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	22.00 %	13.86 %
Daily rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum daily rate	£244	£250
Average daily rate	£275	£300
% change on same period last year	-8.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£306	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£351
% change on same period last year	-7.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.67	£26.00
Average hourly rate	£34.17	£27.50
% change on same period last year	+24.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.67	£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.38	£34.04
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
Database & Business Intelligence Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	150	202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.199 %	0.207 %
Daily rates quoted	31	47
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£361
Average daily rate	£305	£375
% change on same period last year	-18.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£331	£389
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.29	£28.15
Average hourly rate	£32.98	£29.85
% change on same period last year	+10.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.66	£31.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.75	£31.10
% change on same period last year	+5.30 %
SQL Server 2005 North West

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 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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.

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cheshire region.

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 18 July 2008.

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cheshire region.

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

SQL Server 2005
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SQL Server 2005 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	+2	10	-	-
Warrington	-4	4	-	-

SQL Server 2005 North West

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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 80 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 46 (57.50 %) .NET 3 38 (47.50 %) C# 3 38 (47.50 %) ASP.NET 4 37 (46.25 %) SQL 5 34 (42.50 %) SQL Server 2000 6 21 (26.25 %) WebServices 7 20 (25.00 %) Microsoft 8 19 (23.75 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 18 (22.50 %) SharePoint 10 15 (18.75 %) CRM 10 15 (18.75 %) XML 11 14 (17.50 %) .NET Framework 12 13 (16.25 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 13 (16.25 %) Datawarehouse

13 12 (15.00 %) HTML 13 12 (15.00 %) WCF 13 12 (15.00 %) WF 14 11 (13.75 %) Dynamics CRM 15 10 (12.50 %) CSS 15 10 (12.50 %) BizTalk Server 16 9 (11.25 %) Oracle EBS 16 9 (11.25 %) Microsoft CRM 16 9 (11.25 %) MS Excel 16 9 (11.25 %) JavaScript 16 9 (11.25 %) Oracle 16 9 (11.25 %) VB.NET 16 9 (11.25 %) SQL Server Integration Services 17 8 (10.00 %) InfoPath 17 8 (10.00 %) Local Government

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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 46 (57.50 %) .NET 2 38 (47.50 %) ASP.NET 3 21 (26.25 %) WebServices 4 19 (23.75 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 15 (18.75 %) XML 6 14 (17.50 %) .NET Framework 7 12 (15.00 %) HTML 7 12 (15.00 %) WCF 7 12 (15.00 %) WF 8 10 (12.50 %) CSS 9 8 (10.00 %) XSLT 10 6 (7.500 %) ASP 11 5 (6.250 %) XSD 11 5 (6.250 %) AJAX 12 4 (5.000 %) ADO.NET 13 2 (2.500 %) MDX 14 1 (1.250 %) CSLA 14 1 (1.250 %) XSL 14 1 (1.250 %) WMI 14 1 (1.250 %) Microsoft Enterprise Library	Application Platforms 1 18 (22.50 %) SharePoint 2 10 (12.50 %) BizTalk Server 3 8 (10.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 4 (5.000 %) IIS
Applications 1 9 (11.25 %) MS Excel 2 8 (10.00 %) InfoPath 3 2 (2.500 %) Doxygen 4 1 (1.250 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 11 (13.75 %) Dynamics CRM 2 9 (11.25 %) Microsoft CRM 2 9 (11.25 %) Oracle EBS 3 2 (2.500 %) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.750 %) SSL 2 1 (1.250 %) Internet 2 1 (1.250 %) Firewall 2 1 (1.250 %) IPsec 2 1 (1.250 %) ATM 2 1 (1.250 %) HTTP 2 1 (1.250 %) VPN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 80 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 34 (42.50 %) SQL Server 2000 3 13 (16.25 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 13 (16.25 %) Datawarehouse 4 9 (11.25 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 8 (10.00 %) OLAP 6 5 (6.250 %) SQL Server 7 7 4 (5.000 %) DTS 7 4 (5.000 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 3 (3.750 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 2 (2.500 %) MS Access 10 1 (1.250 %) Crystal Reports 10 1 (1.250 %) ETL 10 1 (1.250 %) RDBMS 10 1 (1.250 %) BusinessObjects 10 1 (1.250 %) BODI 10 1 (1.250 %) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications 1 4 (5.000 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (2.500 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 2 (2.500 %) NUnit 2 2 (2.500 %) Selenium	General 1 8 (10.00 %) Government 1 8 (10.00 %) Local Government 2 5 (6.250 %) Finance 3 3 (3.750 %) Auditing 4 1 (1.250 %) Marketing 4 1 (1.250 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 54 (67.50 %) Developer 2 22 (27.50 %) .NET Developer 3 15 (18.75 %) SQL Developer 4 14 (17.50 %) DBA 5 13 (16.25 %) SQL DBA 6 12 (15.00 %) C# Developer 7 7 (8.750 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 7 (8.750 %) Solutions Architect 7 7 (8.750 %) Architect 8 6 (7.500 %) Web Developer 8 6 (7.500 %) VB.NET Developer 9 5 (6.250 %) SQL Server Developer 9 5 (6.250 %) Senior Developer 9 5 (6.250 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 10 4 (5.000 %) SQL Server DBA 11 3 (3.750 %) C# Web Developer 11 3 (3.750 %) .NET Web Developer 11 3 (3.750 %) Programmer 11 3 (3.750 %) Lead Developer 11 3 (3.750 %) Software Developer	Miscellaneous 1 5 (6.250 %) Replication 2 2 (2.500 %) Clustering 2 2 (2.500 %) NHS 2 2 (2.500 %) W3C 3 1 (1.250 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 6 (7.500 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (18.75 %) CRM 2 7 (8.750 %) E-Commerce 3 5 (6.250 %) UML 4 3 (3.750 %) Workflow 5 2 (2.500 %) Migration 5 2 (2.500 %) OO 5 2 (2.500 %) B2B 5 2 (2.500 %) Configuration Management 5 2 (2.500 %) ERP 5 2 (2.500 %) Data Migration 5 2 (2.500 %) ITIL 6 1 (1.250 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (1.250 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (1.250 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (1.250 %) SSADM 6 1 (1.250 %) Web Design 6 1 (1.250 %) Data Management 6 1 (1.250 %) Operations Management 6 1 (1.250 %) Resource Management 6 1 (1.250 %) Use Case
Programming Languages 1 38 (47.50 %) C# 2 37 (46.25 %) SQL 3 9 (11.25 %) JavaScript 3 9 (11.25 %) VB.NET 4 7 (8.750 %) VB 5 5 (6.250 %) DHTML 6 3 (3.750 %) C++ 6 3 (3.750 %) VB6 7 2 (2.500 %) VBA 7 2 (2.500 %) Transact-SQL 8 1 (1.250 %) VBScript 8 1 (1.250 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (1.250 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 3 (3.750 %) MCDBA 1 3 (3.750 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.500 %) SLA	Systems Management 1 1 (1.250 %) Tivoli 1 1 (1.250 %) MOM 1 1 (1.250 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 20 (25.00 %) Microsoft 2 9 (11.25 %) Oracle 3 2 (2.500 %) ProClarity 4 1 (1.250 %) Business Objects