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The table below looks at the demand for the SQL Developer role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SQL Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9382
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads128127
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.179 %0.130 %
As % of the category below1.766 %1.971 %
Daily rates quoted6556
Average minimum daily rate£407£420
Average daily rate£437£449
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£336
% change on same period last year-8.30 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£38.33
% change on same period last year+17.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£41.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.54£34.65
% change on same period last year-8.99 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads72506442
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.15 %6.608 %
Daily rates quoted39382638
Average minimum daily rate£408£444
Average daily rate£444£472
% change on same period last year-5.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted315231
Average minimum hourly rate£22.89£23.10
Average hourly rate£24.72£24.42
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.55£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
SQL Developer LondonSQL Developer
London

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Developer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London SQL Developer Demand Trend

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Developer across the City of London region.

City of London SQL Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Developer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

City of London SQL Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Developer across the City of London region.

City of London SQL Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited SQL 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 Developer in their job title.

1220 (76.92 %)SQL Server
2208 (72.73 %)SQL
3123 (43.01 %)SQL Server 2005
4117 (40.91 %)Banking
5116 (40.56 %)C#
5116 (40.56 %)Finance
6113 (39.51 %).NET
798 (34.27 %)SQL Server Integration Services
888 (30.77 %)Investment Banking
972 (25.17 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1066 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
1159 (20.63 %)Transact-SQL
1254 (18.88 %)SQL Server 2000
1348 (16.78 %)Front Office
1445 (15.73 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1539 (13.64 %)Datawarehouse
1636 (12.59 %)Oracle
1735 (12.24 %)Microsoft
1834 (11.89 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1933 (11.54 %)DTS
2032 (11.19 %)Insurance
2128 (9.790 %)XML
2226 (9.091 %)MS Excel
2226 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
2226 (9.091 %)OLAP
2324 (8.392 %)Sybase
2324 (8.392 %)Migration
2422 (7.692 %)UNIX
2520 (6.993 %)Java
2520 (6.993 %)Data Migration

SQL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited SQL 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1113 (39.51 %).NET
266 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
328 (9.790 %)XML
412 (4.196 %)WinForms
59 (3.147 %)ASP.NET 2.0
68 (2.797 %)MDX
68 (2.797 %)WebServices
68 (2.797 %)HTML
68 (2.797 %)CSS
77 (2.448 %)XML Schema
86 (2.098 %).NET Framework
94 (1.399 %)WCF
94 (1.399 %)AJAX
103 (1.049 %)ASP
112 (0.699 %)Struts
112 (0.699 %)XSL
112 (0.699 %)JSP
112 (0.699 %)ADO.NET
112 (0.699 %)MVC
112 (0.699 %)XHTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (2.098 %)SharePoint
22 (0.699 %)CMS
22 (0.699 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (0.699 %)Apache
31 (0.350 %)ColdFusion
31 (0.350 %)TeamSite
31 (0.350 %)WebLogic
31 (0.350 %)IIS
31 (0.350 %)JBoss
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (9.091 %)MS Excel
22 (0.699 %)MATLAB
22 (0.699 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.350 %)Photoshop
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.748 %)Intranet
21 (0.350 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1220 (76.92 %)SQL Server
2123 (43.01 %)SQL Server 2005
398 (34.27 %)SQL Server Integration Services
472 (25.17 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
554 (18.88 %)SQL Server 2000
645 (15.73 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
739 (13.64 %)Datawarehouse
834 (11.89 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
933 (11.54 %)DTS
1026 (9.091 %)OLAP
1116 (5.594 %)ETL
1215 (5.245 %)Oracle 10g
1313 (4.545 %)BusinessObjects
1412 (4.196 %)Data Mining
157 (2.448 %)Oracle 9i
166 (2.098 %)Oracle 8/8i
174 (1.399 %)Star Schema
174 (1.399 %)PowerCenter
183 (1.049 %)TOAD
183 (1.049 %)MS Access
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.748 %)ClearCase
15 (1.748 %)Oracle APEX
24 (1.399 %)NUnit
33 (1.049 %)Subversion
33 (1.049 %)Ant
42 (0.699 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.350 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.350 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.350 %)Flash
51 (0.350 %)Selenium
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1117 (40.91 %)Banking
2116 (40.56 %)Finance
388 (30.77 %)Investment Banking
448 (16.78 %)Front Office
532 (11.19 %)Insurance
69 (3.147 %)Billing
74 (1.399 %)Back Office
83 (1.049 %)Law
83 (1.049 %)Legal
83 (1.049 %)Retail
83 (1.049 %)Corporate Banking
83 (1.049 %)Marketing
92 (0.699 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.699 %)Government
92 (0.699 %)Telecoms
101 (0.350 %)Construction
101 (0.350 %)Education
101 (0.350 %)Health
101 (0.350 %)Advertising
101 (0.350 %)Pensions
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (3.846 %)Replication
29 (3.147 %)Credit Risk
38 (2.797 %)Data Conversion
47 (2.448 %)Derivative
56 (2.098 %)Equities
64 (1.399 %)Fixed Income
64 (1.399 %)Data Extraction
73 (1.049 %)Market Risk
82 (0.699 %)Credit Derivative
82 (0.699 %)Computer Science
82 (0.699 %)Mathematics
91 (0.350 %)Physics
91 (0.350 %)Tandem
91 (0.350 %)Clustering
91 (0.350 %)N-Tier
91 (0.350 %)NHS
91 (0.350 %)Management Information System
91 (0.350 %)Multithreading
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (7.692 %)UNIX
210 (3.497 %)Windows
33 (1.049 %)Solaris
42 (0.699 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.350 %)Windows 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (8.392 %)Migration
220 (6.993 %)Data Migration
316 (5.594 %)RAD
415 (5.245 %)OO
513 (4.545 %)Data Modelling
610 (3.497 %)Logistics
78 (2.797 %)Validation
87 (2.448 %)Business Intelligence
87 (2.448 %)User Acceptance Testing
96 (2.098 %)Asset Management
105 (1.748 %)Requirements Analysis
105 (1.748 %)Risk Management
114 (1.399 %)SOA
114 (1.399 %)Agile Software Development
114 (1.399 %)CRM
114 (1.399 %)E-Commerce
114 (1.399 %)Dimensional Modelling
123 (1.049 %)Security Cleared
123 (1.049 %)Quality Management
123 (1.049 %)Web Development
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1208 (72.73 %)SQL
2116 (40.56 %)C#
359 (20.63 %)Transact-SQL
426 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
520 (6.993 %)Java
615 (5.245 %)VB
615 (5.245 %)VB.NET
711 (3.846 %)VBA
89 (3.147 %)Perl
89 (3.147 %)VB6
97 (2.448 %)C
97 (2.448 %)JavaScript
97 (2.448 %)C++
104 (1.399 %)Shell Script
112 (0.699 %)VC++
121 (0.350 %)Lingo
121 (0.350 %)ActionScript
121 (0.350 %)COBOL
121 (0.350 %)DHTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (3.147 %)Degree
21 (0.350 %)MCP
21 (0.350 %)Microsoft Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.699 %)Basel II
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.699 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (3.147 %)AutoSys
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (12.59 %)Oracle
235 (12.24 %)Microsoft
324 (8.392 %)Sybase
413 (4.545 %)Business Objects
55 (1.748 %)ProClarity
64 (1.399 %)Informatica
73 (1.049 %)Apple
73 (1.049 %)Trillium
82 (0.699 %)Mantas
82 (0.699 %)Sony
82 (0.699 %)Cognos
91 (0.350 %)HP