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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Report Writer (SQR) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQR over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Report Writer (SQR)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank176185
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.081 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£575£375
% change on same period last year+53.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£20.75
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads24763055
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.900 %3.274 %
Daily rates quoted13421393
Average minimum daily rate£400£464
Average daily rate£434£491
% change on same period last year-11.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£518
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted7250
Average minimum hourly rate£26.37£29.03
Average hourly rate£29.45£31.09
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.53£33.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
SQR LondonSQR
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.

SQR
Demand Trend

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

City of London SQR Demand Trend

SQR
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London SQR Daily Rate Trend

SQR
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SQR 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 SQR.

12 (100.00 %)PeopleSoft
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
21 (50.00 %)Business Objects
21 (50.00 %)WebLogic
21 (50.00 %)COBOL
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Oracle Reports
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (50.00 %)Tuxedo
21 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft Financials
21 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
21 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
21 (50.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
21 (50.00 %)PeopleTools
21 (50.00 %)PeopleCode
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Migration
21 (50.00 %)Data Management
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (50.00 %)Data Mart
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)Data Migration

SQR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SQR 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 SQR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebLogic
11 (50.00 %)Tuxedo
11 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft Financials
11 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
11 (50.00 %)Oracle Reports
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (50.00 %)Data Mart
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)PeopleTools
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)DBA
11 (50.00 %)Oracle DBA
11 (50.00 %)Report Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
11 (50.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)Migration
11 (50.00 %)Data Management
11 (50.00 %)Data Migration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)COBOL
21 (50.00 %)PeopleCode
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)PeopleSoft
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)Business Objects