The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 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 Chester 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 9 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 16 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 11.51% 5.128% 8.589%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 53.33% 30.00% 34.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 8
Average daily rate £356 £331 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.54% -14.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £296 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £366 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
30 20 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 21.58% 17.09% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 14
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £293 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £378 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
Cheshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Chester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chester SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 20 (68.97%) SQL
2 18 (62.07%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (51.72%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (48.28%) .NET
4 14 (48.28%) C#
5 13 (44.83%) ASP.NET
6 10 (34.48%) SQL Server 2000
7 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (27.59%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (27.59%) MVC
8 8 (27.59%) Data Modelling
8 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
8 8 (27.59%) T-SQL
9 7 (24.14%) Windows
9 7 (24.14%) VLDB
10 6 (20.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (20.69%) Change Management
10 6 (20.69%) Replication
10 6 (20.69%) OLTP
10 6 (20.69%) ITIL
10 6 (20.69%) CSS
10 6 (20.69%) HTML
10 6 (20.69%) WCF
10 6 (20.69%) Unit Testing
10 6 (20.69%) Data Integration
10 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2012
11 5 (17.24%) IDMS
11 5 (17.24%) LINQ
11 5 (17.24%) .NET Framework
11 5 (17.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 14 (48.28%) .NET
2 13 (44.83%) ASP.NET
3 6 (20.69%) CSS
3 6 (20.69%) HTML
3 6 (20.69%) WCF
4 5 (17.24%) LINQ
4 5 (17.24%) .NET Framework
4 5 (17.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (17.24%) LINQ to SQL
4 5 (17.24%) XML
4 5 (17.24%) WinForms
5 4 (13.79%) Web Services
5 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (10.34%) jQuery
6 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 2 (6.897%) HTML5
8 1 (3.448%) WPF
8 1 (3.448%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) IIS
2 4 (13.79%) CMS
3 3 (10.34%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (3.448%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) NAS
1 1 (3.448%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (62.07%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (51.72%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (34.48%) SQL Server 2000
4 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (24.14%) VLDB
6 6 (20.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (20.69%) OLTP
6 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2012
7 5 (17.24%) IDMS
8 4 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (10.34%) NoSQL
9 3 (10.34%) MySQL
General
1 2 (6.897%) Retail
1 2 (6.897%) Local Government
2 1 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Developer
2 10 (34.48%) DBA
3 7 (24.14%) .NET Developer
4 6 (20.69%) SQL DBA
5 4 (13.79%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Configuration Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Configuration Management Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Web Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Administrator
7 2 (6.897%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Wintel Engineer
8 1 (3.448%) Wintel Administrator
8 1 (3.448%) CRM Developer
8 1 (3.448%) .NET Software Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Teradata DBA
8 1 (3.448%) Windows Engineer
8 1 (3.448%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Replication
1 6 (20.69%) Data Integration
2 3 (10.34%) CMDB
3 2 (6.897%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.448%) FMCG
4 1 (3.448%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.448%) Windows XP
2 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (27.59%) MVC
1 8 (27.59%) Data Modelling
2 6 (20.69%) Change Management
2 6 (20.69%) ITIL
2 6 (20.69%) Unit Testing
3 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
3 5 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (13.79%) Load Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Configuration Management
5 3 (10.34%) Service Management
6 2 (6.897%) Information Security
7 1 (3.448%) Capacity Management
7 1 (3.448%) CRM
7 1 (3.448%) Migration
7 1 (3.448%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 20 (68.97%) SQL
2 14 (48.28%) C#
3 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
3 8 (27.59%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.448%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.897%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.448%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Sitecore
1 3 (10.34%) Remedy
2 2 (6.897%) VMware
3 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
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