Cheshire SQL Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) 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 over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location Aberdeen Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Banbury Barnet Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenhithe Greenwich Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	5
Rank change on same period last year	-23
Matching contract IT job ads	61	108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.081 %	0.111 %
As % of the category below	40.67 %	53.47 %
Daily rates quoted	7	24
Average minimum daily rate	£259	£352
Average daily rate	£287	£382
% change on same period last year	-24.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£411
UK excluding London average daily rate	£322	£331
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.45	£26.80
Average hourly rate	£34.41	£27.60
% change on same period last year	+24.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.36	£28.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.11	£30.48
% change on same period last year	+2.04 %
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 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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

SQL Server
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 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	-4	24	£303	+21.33 %
Macclesfield	0	6	-	-
Warrington	-10	4	-	-

SQL Server North West

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SQL Server 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.

1 93 (59.24 %) .NET 2 80 (50.96 %) SQL Server 2005 3 75 (47.77 %) C# 4 72 (45.86 %) ASP.NET 5 59 (37.58 %) SQL 6 48 (30.57 %) SQL Server 2000 7 37 (23.57 %) Microsoft 8 30 (19.11 %) XML 9 29 (18.47 %) WebServices 10 23 (14.65 %) CRM 11 22 (14.01 %) VB.NET 12 21 (13.38 %) HTML 12 21 (13.38 %) Oracle 12 21 (13.38 %) SharePoint 12 21 (13.38 %) ASP.NET 2.0

13 19 (12.10 %) CSS 13 19 (12.10 %) JavaScript 14 17 (10.83 %) VB 14 17 (10.83 %) .NET Framework 15 16 (10.19 %) Finance 16 14 (8.917 %) BizTalk Server 16 14 (8.917 %) Datawarehouse 17 13 (8.280 %) MS Excel 17 13 (8.280 %) ASP 17 13 (8.280 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 17 13 (8.280 %) WCF 17 13 (8.280 %) WF 18 12 (7.643 %) Dynamics CRM 18 12 (7.643 %) Local Government 18 12 (7.643 %) Government

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 93 (59.24 %) .NET 2 72 (45.86 %) ASP.NET 3 30 (19.11 %) XML 4 29 (18.47 %) WebServices 5 21 (13.38 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 21 (13.38 %) HTML 6 19 (12.10 %) CSS 7 17 (10.83 %) .NET Framework 8 13 (8.280 %) WCF 8 13 (8.280 %) WF 8 13 (8.280 %) ASP 9 11 (7.006 %) XSLT 10 10 (6.369 %) AJAX 11 6 (3.822 %) SOAP 12 5 (3.185 %) XHTML 12 5 (3.185 %) XSD 12 5 (3.185 %) WinForms 13 4 (2.548 %) ArcObjects 13 4 (2.548 %) J2EE 13 4 (2.548 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 21 (13.38 %) SharePoint 2 14 (8.917 %) BizTalk Server 3 10 (6.369 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 8 (5.096 %) IIS 5 4 (2.548 %) ArcGIS 6 1 (0.637 %) Apache 6 1 (0.637 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 13 (8.280 %) MS Excel 2 9 (5.732 %) InfoPath 3 3 (1.911 %) MS Office 4 2 (1.274 %) Doxygen	Business Applications 1 12 (7.643 %) Dynamics CRM 2 11 (7.006 %) Microsoft CRM 3 10 (6.369 %) Oracle EBS 4 2 (1.274 %) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.911 %) SSL 2 1 (0.637 %) DMZ 2 1 (0.637 %) Intranet 2 1 (0.637 %) Internet 2 1 (0.637 %) Firewall 2 1 (0.637 %) IPsec 2 1 (0.637 %) ATM 2 1 (0.637 %) HTTP 2 1 (0.637 %) VPN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 80 (50.96 %) SQL Server 2005 2 48 (30.57 %) SQL Server 2000 3 14 (8.917 %) Datawarehouse 4 13 (8.280 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 11 (7.006 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 8 (5.096 %) BusinessObjects 6 8 (5.096 %) OLAP 7 7 (4.459 %) SQL Server 7 7 7 (4.459 %) BusinessObjects XI 8 6 (3.822 %) Crystal Reports 9 5 (3.185 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 10 4 (2.548 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 4 (2.548 %) MS Access 10 4 (2.548 %) DTS 11 3 (1.911 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 12 2 (1.274 %) ETL 12 2 (1.274 %) RDBMS 12 2 (1.274 %) Oracle Reports 13 1 (0.637 %) TOAD 13 1 (0.637 %) Data Mart
Development Applications 1 6 (3.822 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (1.274 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 2 (1.274 %) Visual LANSA 2 2 (1.274 %) NUnit 2 2 (1.274 %) Selenium 3 1 (0.637 %) Oracle Forms 3 1 (0.637 %) Ant	General 1 16 (10.19 %) Finance 2 12 (7.643 %) Government 2 12 (7.643 %) Local Government 3 3 (1.911 %) Auditing 4 2 (1.274 %) Marketing 4 2 (1.274 %) Health 4 2 (1.274 %) Banking 5 1 (0.637 %) Retail 5 1 (0.637 %) General Ledger 5 1 (0.637 %) Insurance 5 1 (0.637 %) Games 5 1 (0.637 %) Front Office 5 1 (0.637 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 105 (66.88 %) Developer 2 42 (26.75 %) .NET Developer 3 27 (17.20 %) C# Developer 4 21 (13.38 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 20 (12.74 %) SQL Developer 6 17 (10.83 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 14 (8.917 %) Architect 7 14 (8.917 %) DBA 7 14 (8.917 %) Solutions Architect 8 13 (8.280 %) Analyst 8 13 (8.280 %) SQL DBA 9 12 (7.643 %) SQL Server Developer 9 12 (7.643 %) Web Developer 9 12 (7.643 %) Programmer 10 11 (7.006 %) VB.NET Developer 11 9 (5.732 %) Analyst Programmer 12 7 (4.459 %) Senior Developer 13 6 (3.822 %) Software Developer 13 6 (3.822 %) Business Architect 13 6 (3.822 %) Server Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 9 (5.732 %) N-Tier 2 5 (3.185 %) Replication 3 2 (1.274 %) Clustering 3 2 (1.274 %) NHS 3 2 (1.274 %) W3C 3 2 (1.274 %) AS400 3 2 (1.274 %) Chemistry 3 2 (1.274 %) Biology 4 1 (0.637 %) Asset Management 4 1 (0.637 %) CCTV
Operating Systems 1 12 (7.643 %) Windows 2 3 (1.911 %) OS/400 3 2 (1.274 %) UNIX 3 2 (1.274 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (14.65 %) CRM 2 11 (7.006 %) E-Commerce 3 10 (6.369 %) UML 4 7 (4.459 %) Business Intelligence 5 5 (3.185 %) OO 5 5 (3.185 %) Business Analysis 6 4 (2.548 %) Web Development 6 4 (2.548 %) Migration 6 4 (2.548 %) SSADM 6 4 (2.548 %) ITIL 6 4 (2.548 %) OOD 6 4 (2.548 %) Configuration Management 7 3 (1.911 %) OOP 7 3 (1.911 %) OOA/OOD 7 3 (1.911 %) Workflow 8 2 (1.274 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (1.274 %) Risk Analysis 8 2 (1.274 %) Dimensional Modelling 8 2 (1.274 %) Data Migration 8 2 (1.274 %) Web Design
Programming Languages 1 75 (47.77 %) C# 2 59 (37.58 %) SQL 3 22 (14.01 %) VB.NET 4 19 (12.10 %) JavaScript 5 17 (10.83 %) VB 6 6 (3.822 %) Transact-SQL 6 6 (3.822 %) Java 6 6 (3.822 %) C++ 7 5 (3.185 %) DHTML 7 5 (3.185 %) VB6 8 3 (1.911 %) RPG 8 3 (1.911 %) VBA 9 2 (1.274 %) VBScript 9 2 (1.274 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.637 %) PHP 10 1 (0.637 %) C 10 1 (0.637 %) Delphi 10 1 (0.637 %) Uniface 10 1 (0.637 %) ABAP 10 1 (0.637 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 4 (2.548 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (1.911 %) MCDBA 3 1 (0.637 %) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.274 %) SLA	Systems Management 1 1 (0.637 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 1 1 (0.637 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.637 %) MOM 1 1 (0.637 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 37 (23.57 %) Microsoft 2 21 (13.38 %) Oracle 3 8 (5.096 %) Business Objects 4 4 (2.548 %) ESRI 5 3 (1.911 %) LANSA 6 2 (1.274 %) ProClarity 6 2 (1.274 %) Citrix 7 1 (0.637 %) Tridion 7 1 (0.637 %) Agresso 7 1 (0.637 %) Sage 7 1 (0.637 %) SAP 7 1 (0.637 %) Dell