The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 23 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 Coventry 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 16 4 19
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +15
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 14 39 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 7.000% 15.18% 4.396%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 45.16% 70.91% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 3
Average daily rate £325 £338 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +16.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £304 £106
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £28.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +56.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
31 55 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 15.50% 21.40% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 33 6
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £300 £60
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £510 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £28.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +56.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 30 (58.82%) SQL
2 20 (39.22%) .NET
3 17 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (31.37%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (31.37%) T-SQL
5 14 (27.45%) C#
5 14 (27.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
6 12 (23.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET
7 11 (21.57%) Finance
8 9 (17.65%) JavaScript
9 8 (15.69%) Oracle
9 8 (15.69%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (15.69%) jQuery
10 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
11 6 (11.76%) Telecoms
11 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
11 6 (11.76%) MS Access
11 6 (11.76%) Cognos
11 6 (11.76%) CSS
11 6 (11.76%) Teradata
11 6 (11.76%) Business Analysis
11 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (9.804%) Degree
12 5 (9.804%) Windows
12 5 (9.804%) CRM
12 5 (9.804%) PL/SQL
12 5 (9.804%) HTML

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 20 (39.22%) .NET
2 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET
3 8 (15.69%) jQuery
4 6 (11.76%) CSS
5 5 (9.804%) HTML
6 4 (7.843%) Web Services
6 4 (7.843%) JSON
6 4 (7.843%) .NET Framework
7 3 (5.882%) WCF
7 3 (5.882%) LINQ
7 3 (5.882%) HTML5
7 3 (5.882%) XML
7 3 (5.882%) SOAP
8 2 (3.922%) CSS3
8 2 (3.922%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (3.922%) XHTML
8 2 (3.922%) BAPI
8 2 (3.922%) WF
9 1 (1.961%) Silverlight
9 1 (1.961%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.843%) CMS
2 3 (5.882%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.961%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.882%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.843%) FTP
2 3 (5.882%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.961%) SMTP
3 1 (1.961%) HTTP
3 1 (1.961%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (31.37%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (27.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (23.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (15.69%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (11.76%) MS Access
6 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 4 (7.843%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (3.922%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (3.922%) DB2
8 2 (3.922%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (1.961%) JasperReports
9 1 (1.961%) UniData
9 1 (1.961%) OLAP
9 1 (1.961%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (5.882%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.922%) LSMW
3 1 (1.961%) Subversion
General
1 11 (21.57%) Finance
2 6 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.922%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.961%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (84.31%) Developer
2 13 (25.49%) SQL Developer
3 10 (19.61%) Analyst
4 8 (15.69%) Analyst Developer
4 8 (15.69%) .NET Developer
5 5 (9.804%) MI Analyst
5 5 (9.804%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (7.843%) Programmer
6 4 (7.843%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (5.882%) Report Developer
7 3 (5.882%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
7 3 (5.882%) Architect
7 3 (5.882%) Applications Support
8 2 (3.922%) CRM Developer
8 2 (3.922%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.922%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.922%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.922%) Analyst Programmer
8 2 (3.922%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.961%) Data Integration
1 1 (1.961%) FMCG
1 1 (1.961%) N-Tier
1 1 (1.961%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.804%) Windows
2 3 (5.882%) Linux
3 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.961%) UNIX
3 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (11.76%) Business Analysis
3 5 (9.804%) CRM
3 5 (9.804%) MVC
3 5 (9.804%) Analytics
4 4 (7.843%) E-Commerce
4 4 (7.843%) ITIL
4 4 (7.843%) Web Development
5 3 (5.882%) Incident Management
5 3 (5.882%) Unit Testing
5 3 (5.882%) Migration
5 3 (5.882%) ETL
5 3 (5.882%) PRINCE
6 2 (3.922%) Web Application Development
6 2 (3.922%) Validation
6 2 (3.922%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.922%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.922%) Data Migration
6 2 (3.922%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (1.961%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 30 (58.82%) SQL
2 16 (31.37%) T-SQL
3 14 (27.45%) C#
4 9 (17.65%) JavaScript
5 5 (9.804%) PL/SQL
5 5 (9.804%) VB
6 4 (7.843%) VB.NET
7 2 (3.922%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (9.804%) Degree
2 1 (1.961%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Oracle
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.76%) Cognos
3 6 (11.76%) Teradata
4 2 (3.922%) IBM
4 2 (3.922%) SAP
5 1 (1.961%) RedPrairie
5 1 (1.961%) Business Objects