The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL 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 Programming Languages category for the Crawley 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
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 5 22 5
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -17
Contract jobs citing SQL 21 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 14.58% 4.693% 19.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.26% 22.41% 55.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 6
Average daily rate £358 £250 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.00% -31.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £225 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £273 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.58% -26.15%
All Programming Languages
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
38 58 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 26.39% 20.94% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 10
Average daily rate £360 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £225 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
West Sussex

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Crawley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Crawley SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Crawley SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Crawley SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley region citing SQL 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.

1 12 (34.29%) SQL Server
2 11 (31.43%) C#
2 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
3 10 (28.57%) .NET
3 10 (28.57%) SAP
3 10 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
4 8 (22.86%) MS Office
5 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 7 (20.00%) MS Visio
5 7 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 7 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (17.14%) Data Analysis
6 6 (17.14%) Migration
6 6 (17.14%) XML
6 6 (17.14%) Business Objects
6 6 (17.14%) VB
7 5 (14.29%) T-SQL
7 5 (14.29%) Oracle
7 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 5 (14.29%) ETL
7 5 (14.29%) Smart Meter
7 5 (14.29%) WCF
7 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (11.43%) Razor View Engine
8 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 4 (11.43%) .NET Framework
8 4 (11.43%) Web Testing
8 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (28.57%) .NET
2 6 (17.14%) XML
3 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 5 (14.29%) WCF
4 4 (11.43%) Razor View Engine
4 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 4 (11.43%) .NET Framework
4 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (11.43%) SOAP
5 2 (5.714%) Web Services
5 2 (5.714%) CSS
6 1 (2.857%) HTML
6 1 (2.857%) Google Maps API
6 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (5.714%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.714%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.857%) IIS
3 1 (2.857%) Apache
3 1 (2.857%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.857%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
1 8 (22.86%) MS Office
2 7 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 4 (11.43%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) Firewall
1 2 (5.714%) IPsec
1 2 (5.714%) DHCP
1 2 (5.714%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.714%) VPN
1 2 (5.714%) DNS
2 1 (2.857%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (34.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (11.43%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (5.714%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.714%) SAP BI
6 1 (2.857%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) ReSharper
1 1 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.857%) FxCop
1 1 (2.857%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 3 (8.571%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Developer
2 12 (34.29%) Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Systems Developer
4 5 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 5 (14.29%) Systems Architect
5 4 (11.43%) XML Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (5.714%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Team Leader
6 2 (5.714%) SQL Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Team Leader
6 2 (5.714%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Support Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.714%) Senior Systems Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Smart Meter
2 2 (5.714%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.571%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (5.714%) AIX
2 2 (5.714%) Linux
2 2 (5.714%) UNIX
2 2 (5.714%) Windows XP
2 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 6 (17.14%) Data Analysis
2 6 (17.14%) Migration
3 5 (14.29%) ETL
4 4 (11.43%) Web Testing
4 4 (11.43%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (11.43%) Data Modelling
4 4 (11.43%) SOA
5 1 (2.857%) Automation Testing
5 1 (2.857%) Code Coverage
5 1 (2.857%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.857%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.857%) OOP
5 1 (2.857%) OO
5 1 (2.857%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.857%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.857%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (2.857%) OWASP
5 1 (2.857%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) C#
2 6 (17.14%) VB
3 5 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 4 (11.43%) VB6
4 4 (11.43%) C
5 2 (5.714%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.857%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.857%) VBA
6 1 (2.857%) C++
6 1 (2.857%) Java
6 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.714%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.714%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.857%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.857%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) vSphere
1 2 (5.714%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (5.714%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (28.57%) SAP
3 6 (17.14%) Business Objects
4 5 (14.29%) Oracle
5 4 (11.43%) HP
6 2 (5.714%) VMware
6 2 (5.714%) Cisco
6 2 (5.714%) Citrix
6 2 (5.714%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.857%) Google
Crawley, West Sussex
My client is looking for a PL/SQL Developer to join them on an initial 3 month contract basis... Skills, Qualification, Expertise and Experience * 3 - 5 years experience...
Clearwater People Solutions
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
PL/SQL Analyst Developer ideally with Oracle skills and a knowledge of Data Warehousing currently required by my extremely well known West Sussex based client... PL/SQL (PL /...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £275 - £300 per annum + Excellent chance of extension.
Posted: 17 May 2013