The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 City of London 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 2008
Rank 72 66 83
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +17
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 165 191 202
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.587% 2.428% 2.062%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.01% 13.29% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 147 145
Average daily rate £420 £400 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £316
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £51.00 £33.25 £41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.38% -19.39%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1374 1437 1816
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 21.54% 18.27% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1030 1034 1360
Average daily rate £425 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 14
Average hourly rate £36.04 £33.75 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.79% +31.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £17.10 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.75 £47.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
London

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

City of London SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the City of London region.

City of London SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the City of London region.

City of London SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 330 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 175 (53.03%) SQL
3 165 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 159 (48.18%) .NET
5 143 (43.33%) C#
6 130 (39.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 128 (38.79%) Microsoft
8 83 (25.15%) ASP.NET
8 83 (25.15%) Finance
9 82 (24.85%) Banking
10 78 (23.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 75 (22.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 75 (22.73%) T-SQL
12 74 (22.42%) Windows
13 61 (18.48%) ETL
14 60 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
14 60 (18.18%) .NET Framework
15 57 (17.27%) WCF
15 57 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
16 47 (14.24%) Visual Studio
17 42 (12.73%) JavaScript
17 42 (12.73%) MVC
17 42 (12.73%) Investment Banking
18 41 (12.42%) SharePoint
19 39 (11.82%) Agile Software Development
20 38 (11.52%) TDD
20 38 (11.52%) ASP.NET MVC
20 38 (11.52%) MS Excel
21 37 (11.21%) SQL Server 2012
22 36 (10.91%) Windows Server 2008

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 159 (48.18%) .NET
2 83 (25.15%) ASP.NET
3 60 (18.18%) .NET Framework
4 57 (17.27%) WCF
5 38 (11.52%) ASP.NET MVC
6 35 (10.61%) Web Services
6 35 (10.61%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 33 (10.00%) jQuery
8 32 (9.697%) XML
9 29 (8.788%) CSS
10 24 (7.273%) MDX
11 21 (6.364%) HTML
12 15 (4.545%) WPF
12 15 (4.545%) Ajax
13 14 (4.242%) Silverlight
14 12 (3.636%) XSL
14 12 (3.636%) XSLT
15 11 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 10 (3.030%) WinForms
17 9 (2.727%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 41 (12.42%) SharePoint
2 20 (6.061%) SharePoint 2010
3 19 (5.758%) IIS
4 11 (3.333%) MS Exchange
5 7 (2.121%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (2.121%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (1.515%) WebSphere MQ
7 4 (1.212%) ESB
7 4 (1.212%) Windows Azure
7 4 (1.212%) MQSeries
7 4 (1.212%) CMS
8 3 (0.909%) MSMQ
8 3 (0.909%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.606%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.606%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.606%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.606%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.606%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.606%) FileNet
10 1 (0.303%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 38 (11.52%) MS Excel
2 13 (3.939%) MS Office
3 9 (2.727%) PowerPivot
4 6 (1.818%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.303%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.242%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.212%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.606%) Khalix
3 2 (0.606%) HFM
3 2 (0.606%) LongView
4 1 (0.303%) Agresso
4 1 (0.303%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.939%) HTTP
2 9 (2.727%) Firewall
2 9 (2.727%) SAN
3 7 (2.121%) Internet
4 6 (1.818%) NAS
5 5 (1.515%) DNS
6 4 (1.212%) DHCP
7 2 (0.606%) Network Security
7 2 (0.606%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.303%) FTP
8 1 (0.303%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 165 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 130 (39.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 78 (23.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 75 (22.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 60 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (11.21%) SQL Server 2012
8 23 (6.970%) SQL Server 2000
9 21 (6.364%) OLAP
9 21 (6.364%) Oracle 8/8i
10 19 (5.758%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 12 (3.636%) PerformancePoint
12 11 (3.333%) MS Access
13 9 (2.727%) Oracle 10g
13 9 (2.727%) QlikView
14 8 (2.424%) DTS
15 7 (2.121%) Data Mining
15 7 (2.121%) OLTP
15 7 (2.121%) Oracle 11g
16 5 (1.515%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 47 (14.24%) Visual Studio
2 20 (6.061%) NUnit
3 19 (5.758%) Team Foundation Server
4 13 (3.939%) CruiseControl
4 13 (3.939%) Subversion
5 8 (2.424%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 6 (1.818%) Rhino Mocks
7 3 (0.909%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.909%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
7 3 (0.909%) JIRA
7 3 (0.909%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.606%) WiX
8 2 (0.606%) TortoiseSVN
8 2 (0.606%) MSTest
8 2 (0.606%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.606%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.606%) ClearCase
8 2 (0.606%) MSI
9 1 (0.303%) InstallShield
9 1 (0.303%) ERwin
General
1 83 (25.15%) Finance
2 82 (24.85%) Banking
3 42 (12.73%) Investment Banking
4 14 (4.242%) Front Office
5 10 (3.030%) Advertising
6 5 (1.515%) Marketing
7 4 (1.212%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.212%) Law
7 4 (1.212%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.909%) Legal
8 3 (0.909%) Retail
9 2 (0.606%) Publishing
10 1 (0.303%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.303%) Back Office
10 1 (0.303%) Music
10 1 (0.303%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.303%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 197 (59.70%) Developer
2 55 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 49 (14.85%) .NET Developer
4 36 (10.91%) Analyst
5 32 (9.697%) DBA
6 31 (9.394%) C# Developer
7 23 (6.970%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 23 (6.970%) SQL DBA
8 22 (6.667%) SQL Server Developer
9 19 (5.758%) C# .NET Developer
10 17 (5.152%) Senior Developer
11 14 (4.242%) SQL Server DBA
12 12 (3.636%) SharePoint Developer
12 12 (3.636%) Architect
13 11 (3.333%) Consultant
14 8 (2.424%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 7 (2.121%) ASP.NET Developer
15 7 (2.121%) Data Warehouse Developer
15 7 (2.121%) Data Architect
15 7 (2.121%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.333%) Credit Risk
2 9 (2.727%) Clustering
2 9 (2.727%) Fixed Income
2 9 (2.727%) Computer Science
2 9 (2.727%) Market Risk
3 8 (2.424%) iPad
3 8 (2.424%) Replication
4 7 (2.121%) Data Extraction
4 7 (2.121%) Visualisation
4 7 (2.121%) Derivative
4 7 (2.121%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.818%) iPhone
5 6 (1.818%) N-Tier
6 5 (1.515%) Kindle
7 4 (1.212%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.212%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.212%) Equities
8 3 (0.909%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.909%) Open Source
8 3 (0.909%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 74 (22.42%) Windows
2 36 (10.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (5.758%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (4.242%) Linux
5 9 (2.727%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.121%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.909%) UNIX
7 3 (0.909%) Windows 2000
8 2 (0.606%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.606%) Android
8 2 (0.606%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (0.606%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.303%) AIX
9 1 (0.303%) Solaris
9 1 (0.303%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.303%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.303%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (18.48%) ETL
2 57 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (12.73%) MVC
4 39 (11.82%) Agile Software Development
5 38 (11.52%) TDD
6 34 (10.30%) Scrum
7 32 (9.697%) OO
8 24 (7.273%) Migration
9 20 (6.061%) Data Modelling
10 19 (5.758%) Data Analysis
10 19 (5.758%) Unit Testing
10 19 (5.758%) CRM
11 15 (4.545%) ITIL
11 15 (4.545%) Analytics
12 14 (4.242%) Business Analysis
12 14 (4.242%) Workflow
13 13 (3.939%) Release Management
14 12 (3.636%) Capacity Planning
14 12 (3.636%) MVVM
15 11 (3.333%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (53.03%) SQL
2 143 (43.33%) C#
3 75 (22.73%) T-SQL
4 42 (12.73%) JavaScript
5 29 (8.788%) VBA
6 24 (7.273%) VB.NET
7 17 (5.152%) Java
8 13 (3.939%) Perl
9 11 (3.333%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.121%) VB
11 5 (1.515%) C++
11 5 (1.515%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.909%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.909%) Python
13 2 (0.606%) VB6
13 2 (0.606%) VBScript
13 2 (0.606%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.303%) XAML
14 1 (0.303%) Bash shell
14 1 (0.303%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 21 (6.364%) Degree
1 21 (6.364%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (4.545%) MCTS
3 10 (3.030%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.424%) MCP
5 7 (2.121%) MCSD
6 6 (1.818%) MCITP
6 6 (1.818%) MCAD
7 4 (1.212%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 4 (1.212%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.212%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.212%) CCNA
8 3 (0.909%) MCSE
8 3 (0.909%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.606%) MCSA
9 2 (0.606%) MCDBA
10 1 (0.303%) OCP
10 1 (0.303%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.303%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.303%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.030%) WCAG
1 10 (3.030%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.515%) QA
3 3 (0.909%) Dublin Core
3 3 (0.909%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.909%) Basel III
4 1 (0.303%) Basel II
4 1 (0.303%) SLA
4 1 (0.303%) WAI
System Software
1 23 (6.970%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.939%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.515%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.909%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (0.909%) XenApp
5 2 (0.606%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.606%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.303%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.121%) SCCM
2 4 (1.212%) BMC Performance Manager
2 4 (1.212%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (0.909%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.909%) SCOM
4 2 (0.606%) Control-M
5 1 (0.303%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.303%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.303%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.303%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.303%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.303%) Splunk
Vendors
1 128 (38.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.091%) Oracle
3 28 (8.485%) VMware
4 19 (5.758%) Business Objects
5 13 (3.939%) Tableau
6 11 (3.333%) Cisco
6 11 (3.333%) NetApp
7 10 (3.030%) IBM
8 9 (2.727%) MicroStrategy
9 7 (2.121%) Reuters
9 7 (2.121%) JBoss
10 6 (1.818%) SAP
10 6 (1.818%) HP
10 6 (1.818%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.515%) Mercator
12 4 (1.212%) Sybase
12 4 (1.212%) Citrix
12 4 (1.212%) BMC
12 4 (1.212%) Charles River
13 3 (0.909%) Symantec
City of London
The ideal candidate will have very strong in-depth knowledge of SQL server 2008, SSIS and SSRS... Essential Skills: Strong SQL Server 2008 Strong experience developing within SSIS...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
An experienced SQL Developer with first classs VBA skills is required on an initial 3 month minimum term project for a leading consultancy in London. Core Skills - Extensive...
Venturi
Rate: competitive rates
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
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Hudson IT London
Rate: neg
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
SKILLS REQUIRED C# .NET4.5 WPF (MVVM, PRISM) SQL server (2008/2012) The standards of the team are high and the role is highly competitive; applicants will face...
Aston Carter
Rate: £650 - £700 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
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JAM
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
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Rate: From £100 to £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
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Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
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Sand Resources
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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Harrington Starr
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
I am currently looking for .Net Team Leader to work on a contract basis for 3 months for an excellent Financial client based in Central London. The role...
Computer Futures
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
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JM
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
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Aston Carter
Rate: market rate
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
MOSS, 2007, 2010, ASP, LINQ, XML, WSS, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint SQL Server, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL SSRS, OOP, UML, SharePoint Developer, Microsoft Investment Bank - London City 3...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of Fixed Income, Equity and/or Futures processing through investment banking experience KEY SKILLS REQUIRED oC# and .Net framework (version...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Urgent Requirement: Business Intelligence Developer - 12 Month contract - £240 - £250 per day - London / ReadingBusiness Intelligence Developer / Business Intelligence / SSIS / SSRS / SSAS / SQL Server 2012, 2008, 2005 / Data Warehouse /...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £240 - £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
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Venturi
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
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bridgenoble
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
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Capita Resourcing
Rate: £200.00 - £330 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
City of London
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Argyll Scott International
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
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Posted: 7 May 2013
City, London
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Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
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Aston Carter
Rate: market rate
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013