The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.828% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.545% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
132 198 229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 18.21% 24.29% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 120 113
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 £280 £225 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £383 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server 2012
North West

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cheshire SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chester - 4 £425 -
Warrington - 1 £283 - 2
Crewe - - - - 1
Ellesmere Port - - - - 2
Knutsford - - - -
SQL Server 2012
North West

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (84.62%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (76.92%) SQL
4 9 (69.23%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (61.54%) T-SQL
5 8 (61.54%) .NET
5 8 (61.54%) C#
6 6 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (38.46%) jQuery
7 5 (38.46%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
7 5 (38.46%) Web Services
8 4 (30.77%) Photoshop
8 4 (30.77%) VB.NET
8 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
8 4 (30.77%) OLTP
8 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
8 4 (30.77%) Contact Management
8 4 (30.77%) Load Testing
8 4 (30.77%) Unit Testing
8 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (30.77%) .NET Framework
8 4 (30.77%) Replication
8 4 (30.77%) iPad
8 4 (30.77%) Data Integration
8 4 (30.77%) LINQ
8 4 (30.77%) Android
8 4 (30.77%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) jQuery
2 5 (38.46%) Web Services
3 4 (30.77%) .NET Framework
3 4 (30.77%) LINQ
3 4 (30.77%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (7.692%) XML
5 1 (7.692%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (84.62%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (69.23%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (38.46%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (30.77%) OLTP
5 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (23.08%) NoSQL
6 3 (23.08%) IDMS
6 3 (23.08%) VLDB
6 3 (23.08%) MySQL
7 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) DBA
2 4 (30.77%) .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) C# Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Web Developer
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Developer
4 2 (15.38%) SQL DBA
4 2 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) C# Web Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Data Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
1 4 (30.77%) Replication
1 4 (30.77%) iPad
1 4 (30.77%) Data Integration
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
2 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (30.77%) Contact Management
2 4 (30.77%) Load Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Unit Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) MVC
4 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
5 1 (7.692%) Data Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 8 (61.54%) T-SQL
2 8 (61.54%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Sage
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle