Derbyshire SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Derbyshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Abbots Langley Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Aldershot Amersham Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kenilworth Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	5
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	38	50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.053 %
As % of the category below	52.78 %	39.06 %
Daily rates quoted	6	11
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£353
Average daily rate	£365	£373
% change on same period last year	-2.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£394
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.40	£31.33
Average hourly rate	£38.70	£31.33
% change on same period last year	+23.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.00	£31.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.97	£29.75
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Programming Languages Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads	72	128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.095 %	0.136 %
Daily rates quoted	6	20
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£307
Average daily rate	£366	£323
% change on same period last year	+13.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.94	£31.63
Average hourly rate	£37.78	£32.27
% change on same period last year	+17.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.61	£32.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.13	£33.16
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
SQL East Midlands

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.

SQL
Demand Trend

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

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

SQL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SQL within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Derby	+11	26	£338	+22.77 %
Chesterfield	-1	11	£420	+1.20 %

SQL East Midlands

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 18 (29.51 %) .NET 2 17 (27.87 %) Oracle 2 17 (27.87 %) C# 3 16 (26.23 %) SQL Server 3 16 (26.23 %) XML 4 14 (22.95 %) Java 4 14 (22.95 %) WebServices 5 13 (21.31 %) JSP 5 13 (21.31 %) J2EE 5 13 (21.31 %) Spring 6 12 (19.67 %) Microsoft 7 11 (18.03 %) Visual Studio 8 10 (16.39 %) ASP.NET 8 10 (16.39 %) UML 9 9 (14.75 %) OO

9 9 (14.75 %) JavaScript 9 9 (14.75 %) HTML 9 9 (14.75 %) Finance 9 9 (14.75 %) Security Cleared 10 8 (13.11 %) HL7 10 8 (13.11 %) InterSystems 10 8 (13.11 %) SeeBeyond 10 8 (13.11 %) Transact-SQL 10 8 (13.11 %) JUnit 10 8 (13.11 %) EJB 10 8 (13.11 %) CSS 10 8 (13.11 %) WebLogic 11 7 (11.48 %) IIS 11 7 (11.48 %) JDBC 11 7 (11.48 %) Servlets

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 18 (29.51 %) .NET 2 16 (26.23 %) XML 3 14 (22.95 %) WebServices 4 13 (21.31 %) JSP 4 13 (21.31 %) J2EE 4 13 (21.31 %) Spring 5 10 (16.39 %) ASP.NET 6 9 (14.75 %) HTML 7 8 (13.11 %) EJB 7 8 (13.11 %) CSS 8 7 (11.48 %) JDBC 8 7 (11.48 %) Servlets 9 6 (9.836 %) Hibernate 10 5 (8.197 %) WebSphere 11 3 (4.918 %) ADO.NET 11 3 (4.918 %) ASP 12 2 (3.279 %) XSLT 12 2 (3.279 %) Java EE 12 2 (3.279 %) iBATIS 12 2 (3.279 %) Spring MVC	Application Platforms 1 8 (13.11 %) WebLogic 2 7 (11.48 %) IIS 3 6 (9.836 %) Apache 4 5 (8.197 %) Tomcat 5 3 (4.918 %) WebLogic Portal 6 2 (3.279 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 2 (3.279 %) OpenROAD 7 1 (1.639 %) JBoss
Applications 1 2 (3.279 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.639 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.639 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (3.279 %) ResourceLink 2 1 (1.639 %) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.639 %) TCP/IP 1 1 (1.639 %) VPN 1 1 (1.639 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (26.23 %) SQL Server 2 7 (11.48 %) SQL Server 2005 3 6 (9.836 %) Oracle 10g 3 6 (9.836 %) Oracle 9i 4 4 (6.557 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (6.557 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 4 (6.557 %) RDBMS 5 3 (4.918 %) MS Access 5 3 (4.918 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (1.639 %) MySQL 6 1 (1.639 %) DB2 6 1 (1.639 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (1.639 %) Ingres
Development Applications 1 11 (18.03 %) Visual Studio 2 8 (13.11 %) JUnit 3 6 (9.836 %) WebLogic Workshop 3 6 (9.836 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 6 (9.836 %) Eclipse 4 4 (6.557 %) Ant 5 1 (1.639 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 9 (14.75 %) Finance 2 3 (4.918 %) Manufacturing 3 2 (3.279 %) Government 4 1 (1.639 %) Back Office 4 1 (1.639 %) Education
Job Titles 1 34 (55.74 %) Developer 2 16 (26.23 %) Analyst 3 14 (22.95 %) Java Developer 4 8 (13.11 %) .NET Developer 4 8 (13.11 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 6 (9.836 %) C# Developer 5 6 (9.836 %) J2EE Developer 5 6 (9.836 %) Applications Developer 6 5 (8.197 %) Messaging Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Programmer 7 4 (6.557 %) Senior Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Data Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) Senior Data Analyst 8 3 (4.918 %) Systems Developer 8 3 (4.918 %) Support Analyst 8 3 (4.918 %) Senior Developer 8 3 (4.918 %) Lead Developer 8 3 (4.918 %) Administrator 8 3 (4.918 %) Integration Analyst 8 3 (4.918 %) Java Applications Developer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.279 %) NHS 2 1 (1.639 %) PDA 2 1 (1.639 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 3 (4.918 %) Windows 1 3 (4.918 %) Linux 2 1 (1.639 %) Unix	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (16.39 %) UML 2 9 (14.75 %) OO 2 9 (14.75 %) Security Cleared 3 6 (9.836 %) OOD 4 5 (8.197 %) Unit Testing 5 3 (4.918 %) Agile Software Development 5 3 (4.918 %) TDD 5 3 (4.918 %) MVC 5 3 (4.918 %) Validation 6 2 (3.279 %) ITIL 6 2 (3.279 %) Service Delivery 6 2 (3.279 %) Web Development 6 2 (3.279 %) SC Cleared 7 1 (1.639 %) Use Case 7 1 (1.639 %) Migration 7 1 (1.639 %) Benchmarking 7 1 (1.639 %) Configuration Management 7 1 (1.639 %) Process Management
Programming Languages 1 17 (27.87 %) C# 2 14 (22.95 %) Java 3 9 (14.75 %) JavaScript 4 8 (13.11 %) Transact-SQL 5 7 (11.48 %) VB.NET 6 5 (8.197 %) VB 7 4 (6.557 %) C++ 7 4 (6.557 %) VB6 8 2 (3.279 %) PHP 9 1 (1.639 %) C 9 1 (1.639 %) VBScript 9 1 (1.639 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 3 (4.918 %) Sun Certification 1 3 (4.918 %) Degree 2 2 (3.279 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (1.639 %) SCJD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (13.11 %) HL7 2 2 (3.279 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (1.639 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 17 (27.87 %) Oracle 2 12 (19.67 %) Microsoft 3 8 (13.11 %) SeeBeyond 3 8 (13.11 %) InterSystems 4 6 (9.836 %) BEA 5 3 (4.918 %) Red Hat 5 3 (4.918 %) Sun 6 2 (3.279 %) SAP 6 2 (3.279 %) Cognos 6 2 (3.279 %) Agresso 6 2 (3.279 %) Northgate 7 1 (1.639 %) Sage