The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer role 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Developer
Rank - 59 66
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 0 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.877% 0.606%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.960% 0.665%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Average daily rate - £288 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £20.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year
+68.29% -46.75%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
665 729 902
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 90.97% 91.35% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 378 494
Average daily rate £375 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 35
Average hourly rate £38.25 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server Developer
North West

SQL Server Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire SQL Server Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) MDX
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) MDX
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
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