The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Croydon 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 15 18 17
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 5 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 6.849% 3.125% 9.697%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 55.56% 22.22% 59.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
Average daily rate £398 £450 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.66% +52.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £450 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £450 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.07%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9 18 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 12.33% 14.06% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 17
Average daily rate £370 £443 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.38% +21.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £348 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £643 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
SQL Server
London

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Croydon region.

Croydon SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
3 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 4 (44.44%) DHCP
3 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (44.44%) DNS
3 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Server
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 3 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) Adobe
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (33.33%) Photoshop
4 3 (33.33%) MS Office
4 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) ISEB
6 1 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) WinForms
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
1 4 (44.44%) DHCP
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Network Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) ETL
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) System Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Adobe
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Cognos