The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 26 44 41
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 37 19 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 5.110% 2.378% 3.302%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.08% 12.03% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 23
Average daily rate £397 £286 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.68% -15.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £120 £302
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £316 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
123 158 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 16.99% 19.77% 23.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 80 115
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 £260 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £379 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 10
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 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
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 2008 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 11 £388 -
Warrington -2 5 £338 -
Wilmslow +1 1 £275 -3.50%
Macclesfield - 1 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 52 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 36 (69.23%) .NET
3 34 (65.38%) C#
4 32 (61.54%) SQL Server 2005
5 28 (53.85%) SQL
6 26 (50.00%) ASP.NET
7 20 (38.46%) JavaScript
8 19 (36.54%) HTML
8 19 (36.54%) .NET Framework
9 18 (34.62%) MVC
10 17 (32.69%) WCF
11 16 (30.77%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 15 (28.85%) Microsoft
12 15 (28.85%) SQL Server 2000
12 15 (28.85%) XML
13 14 (26.92%) Team Foundation Server
14 13 (25.00%) CSS
14 13 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
15 12 (23.08%) Visual Studio
15 12 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
16 11 (21.15%) IIS
16 11 (21.15%) T-SQL
16 11 (21.15%) Windows
16 11 (21.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 10 (19.23%) jQuery
18 9 (17.31%) Data Modelling
18 9 (17.31%) Disaster Recovery
19 8 (15.38%) VLDB
19 8 (15.38%) SharePoint
19 8 (15.38%) Ajax

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 36 (69.23%) .NET
2 26 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 19 (36.54%) HTML
3 19 (36.54%) .NET Framework
4 17 (32.69%) WCF
5 16 (30.77%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 15 (28.85%) XML
7 13 (25.00%) CSS
8 12 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (19.23%) jQuery
10 8 (15.38%) Ajax
11 7 (13.46%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 7 (13.46%) LINQ to SQL
11 7 (13.46%) LINQ
12 6 (11.54%) Web Services
12 6 (11.54%) Razor View Engine
13 5 (9.615%) WinForms
13 5 (9.615%) JSON
14 4 (7.692%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
14 4 (7.692%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (21.15%) IIS
2 8 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (9.615%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (3.846%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.923%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (1.923%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (11.54%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.769%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.923%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.769%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 32 (61.54%) SQL Server 2005
3 15 (28.85%) SQL Server 2000
4 11 (21.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (15.38%) VLDB
5 8 (15.38%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (11.54%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (11.54%) OLTP
7 5 (9.615%) IDMS
8 4 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (5.769%) NoSQL
9 3 (5.769%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (26.92%) Team Foundation Server
2 12 (23.08%) Visual Studio
3 4 (7.692%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (1.923%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.923%) Subversion
General
1 6 (11.54%) Finance
2 5 (9.615%) Retail
3 4 (7.692%) Banking
4 2 (3.846%) Local Government
5 1 (1.923%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.923%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Developer
2 19 (36.54%) .NET Developer
3 13 (25.00%) DBA
4 7 (13.46%) SQL DBA
5 5 (9.615%) Senior Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Senior .NET Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 4 (7.692%) C# Developer
6 4 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Microsoft Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.692%) Analyst
6 4 (7.692%) CRM Developer
6 4 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (5.769%) Teradata DBA
7 3 (5.769%) Lead Developer
7 3 (5.769%) Administrator
8 2 (3.846%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.846%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.846%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Replication
2 6 (11.54%) Data Integration
3 3 (5.769%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.769%) N-Tier
4 2 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Windows
2 2 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.923%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) MVC
2 13 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (17.31%) Data Modelling
3 9 (17.31%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (13.46%) TDD
5 6 (11.54%) Unit Testing
5 6 (11.54%) Scrum
6 5 (9.615%) MVVM
6 5 (9.615%) CRM
6 5 (9.615%) SOA
6 5 (9.615%) ITIL
7 4 (7.692%) Load Testing
7 4 (7.692%) E-Commerce
7 4 (7.692%) Workflow
8 3 (5.769%) Feature Driven Development
8 3 (5.769%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (5.769%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (5.769%) Migration
8 3 (5.769%) Change Management
8 3 (5.769%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 34 (65.38%) C#
2 28 (53.85%) SQL
3 20 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 11 (21.15%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.769%) Java
5 3 (5.769%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.923%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.923%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.923%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (9.615%) Degree
2 4 (7.692%) MCPD
2 4 (7.692%) MCTS
2 4 (7.692%) MCAD
2 4 (7.692%) MCSD
2 4 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.923%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.923%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (3.846%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (3.846%) UAG
2 1 (1.923%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.923%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.923%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (28.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) Oracle
3 4 (7.692%) IBM
4 3 (5.769%) SAP
5 2 (3.846%) Sage
5 2 (3.846%) Razor Risk
6 1 (1.923%) Mercator
6 1 (1.923%) VMware
Wilmslow, North West
Our client based in Wilmslow is currently looking for a .NET Developer for a 1-3 month rolling contract. This role will suit a motivated and pro-active...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
You should have expert level T-SQL and the key skills for this role include; - SQL Server 2008, 2012 - T-SQL - SSIS - DataWarehouse maintenance - SSRS - Any DBA skills...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
Skills Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 - Required. Visual Studio 2005 (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) - Highly desired. MS Office 2007 - Highly desired. MS Server 2003/2008 - Highly desired. PerformancePoint Server -...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, North West
You will also be responsible for all aspects of SQL Server database development in adherence with iDMS standards, including unit testing and documentation. Key skills: - Demonstrable experience in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £425.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Essential Experience - Microsoft IIS Experience - Windows Server 2003/2008 - Exchange 2003/2007 - Active Directory - Network maintenance, switches, firewalls, routers, lan and wan - Internet, Wi-fi, systems integrity/security...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013