Docklands, London SQL Server Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Docklands, London region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Aldershot Aylesbury Ayr Ballymena Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Caerphilly Camberley Camborne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Cleveland Clydebank Colchester Coleraine Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dalkeith Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dumfries and Galloway Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Kilbride East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Felixstowe Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grampian Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Haslemere Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horley Hull Ipswich Isle of Man Isleworth Jersey Johnstone Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lyndhurst Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrew Renfrewshire Rochdale Romford Ross-on-Wye Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton-in-Ashfield Swindon Tadworth Tamworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Dunbartonshire West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wycombe York Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	17	24
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	46	96
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.074 %	0.105 %
As % of the category below	40.00 %	39.34 %
Daily rates quoted	18	41
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£448
Average daily rate	£384	£471
% change on same period last year	-18.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£403	£494
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£334
% change on same period last year	-6.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£26.00
Average hourly rate	-	£26.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.34	£30.73
% change on same period last year	-11.03 %
Database & Business Intelligence Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads	115	244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.186 %	0.266 %
Daily rates quoted	47	116
Average minimum daily rate	£395	£442
Average daily rate	£414	£468
% change on same period last year	-11.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£434	£495
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£347
% change on same period last year	-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£55.00	£39.20
Average hourly rate	£62.50	£41.20
% change on same period last year	+51.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£70.00	£43.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.60	£31.68
% change on same period last year	-16.03 %
SQL Server 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.

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 52 (51.49 %) Oracle 2 51 (50.50 %) SQL 3 44 (43.56 %) Banking 4 38 (37.62 %) C# 5 36 (35.64 %) Finance 6 34 (33.66 %) Windows 7 30 (29.70 %) Perl 7 30 (29.70 %) Sybase 8 26 (25.74 %) Java 9 24 (23.76 %) Investment Banking 10 21 (20.79 %) .NET 11 20 (19.80 %) UNIX 12 16 (15.84 %) SQL Server 2005 13 14 (13.86 %) SQL Server 2000 14 13 (12.87 %) Microsoft

14 13 (12.87 %) C++ 14 13 (12.87 %) dBASE 15 12 (11.88 %) ASP.NET 16 11 (10.89 %) Shell Script 16 11 (10.89 %) SQL Server Integration Services 16 11 (10.89 %) Derivative 16 11 (10.89 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 17 10 (9.901 %) Windows Server 2003 17 10 (9.901 %) HTML 18 9 (8.911 %) Solaris 18 9 (8.911 %) Linux 18 9 (8.911 %) Clustering 18 9 (8.911 %) Front Office 19 8 (7.921 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 19 8 (7.921 %) Oracle 10g

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 21 (20.79 %) .NET 2 12 (11.88 %) ASP.NET 3 10 (9.901 %) HTML 4 7 (6.931 %) WinForms 5 5 (4.950 %) WPF 6 4 (3.960 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 4 (3.960 %) XML 6 4 (3.960 %) ASP 6 4 (3.960 %) STL 7 3 (2.970 %) WebServices 7 3 (2.970 %) J2EE 7 3 (2.970 %) CSS 7 3 (2.970 %) MVC 7 3 (2.970 %) WCF 8 2 (1.980 %) XSL 8 2 (1.980 %) WebSphere 9 1 (0.990 %) .NET Framework 9 1 (0.990 %) AJAX 9 1 (0.990 %) Windows SharePoint Services 9 1 (0.990 %) CGI	Application Platforms 1 8 (7.921 %) IIS 2 2 (1.980 %) Tomcat 2 2 (1.980 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (1.980 %) Documentum 2 2 (1.980 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 2 (1.980 %) WebLogic 2 2 (1.980 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 1 (0.990 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 1 (0.990 %) SAS 3 1 (0.990 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 6 (5.941 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.990 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (0.990 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (0.990 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (1.980 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 1 2 (1.980 %) ZaiNet
Communications & Networking 1 7 (6.931 %) LAN 1 7 (6.931 %) WAN 1 7 (6.931 %) TCP/IP 2 5 (4.950 %) DHCP 3 3 (2.970 %) SAN 4 2 (1.980 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.990 %) VLAN 5 1 (0.990 %) LDAP 5 1 (0.990 %) Intranet 5 1 (0.990 %) Internet 5 1 (0.990 %) VPN 5 1 (0.990 %) DNS 5 1 (0.990 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (15.84 %) SQL Server 2005 2 14 (13.86 %) SQL Server 2000 3 13 (12.87 %) dBASE 4 11 (10.89 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 11 (10.89 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 8 (7.921 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 8 (7.921 %) Oracle 10g 5 8 (7.921 %) Datawarehouse 6 7 (6.931 %) BusinessObjects 7 6 (5.941 %) Oracle 9i 8 5 (4.950 %) Oracle Reports 9 4 (3.960 %) OLAP 9 4 (3.960 %) DTS 9 4 (3.960 %) ETL 9 4 (3.960 %) Data Mart 10 3 (2.970 %) BusinessObjects XI 10 3 (2.970 %) Reference Data 10 3 (2.970 %) RDBMS 11 2 (1.980 %) PerformancePoint 11 2 (1.980 %) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications 1 7 (6.931 %) ClearCase 2 5 (4.950 %) ClearQuest 2 5 (4.950 %) JIRA 3 3 (2.970 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (1.980 %) CruiseControl 4 2 (1.980 %) Ant 5 1 (0.990 %) JUnit 5 1 (0.990 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.990 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 44 (43.56 %) Banking 2 36 (35.64 %) Finance 3 24 (23.76 %) Investment Banking 4 9 (8.911 %) Front Office 5 3 (2.970 %) Corporate Banking 5 3 (2.970 %) Legal 6 2 (1.980 %) Billing 6 2 (1.980 %) Construction 6 2 (1.980 %) Law 7 1 (0.990 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 43 (42.57 %) Developer 2 26 (25.74 %) DBA 3 17 (16.83 %) Oracle DBA 4 13 (12.87 %) C# Developer 5 12 (11.88 %) SQL Developer 6 11 (10.89 %) Analyst 7 9 (8.911 %) Administrator 8 7 (6.931 %) SQL Server Developer 8 7 (6.931 %) SQL DBA 9 6 (5.941 %) .NET Developer 9 6 (5.941 %) C++ Developer 10 4 (3.960 %) Java Developer 10 4 (3.960 %) Applications Support 10 4 (3.960 %) SQL Server DBA 10 4 (3.960 %) Business Developer 10 4 (3.960 %) Support Analyst 11 3 (2.970 %) Senior Developer 11 3 (2.970 %) Architect 11 3 (2.970 %) Web Developer 11 3 (2.970 %) Data Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 11 (10.89 %) Derivative 2 9 (8.911 %) Clustering 3 7 (6.931 %) Credit Risk 4 5 (4.950 %) Replication 5 4 (3.960 %) Multithreading 6 3 (2.970 %) Mathematics 6 3 (2.970 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 2 (1.980 %) Fixed Income 7 2 (1.980 %) Equities 7 2 (1.980 %) N-Tier 8 1 (0.990 %) Data Extraction 8 1 (0.990 %) French Language 8 1 (0.990 %) Spanish Language 8 1 (0.990 %) Credit Derivative 8 1 (0.990 %) VAX 8 1 (0.990 %) Streaming Video
Operating Systems 1 34 (33.66 %) Windows 2 20 (19.80 %) UNIX 3 10 (9.901 %) Windows Server 2003 4 9 (8.911 %) Solaris 4 9 (8.911 %) Linux 5 5 (4.950 %) Red Hat Linux 6 3 (2.970 %) OpenVMS 7 2 (1.980 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (1.980 %) VMS 7 2 (1.980 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 1 (0.990 %) SUSE	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (5.941 %) ITIL 1 6 (5.941 %) Data Analysis 1 6 (5.941 %) Unit Testing 2 4 (3.960 %) Business Intelligence 2 4 (3.960 %) Configuration Management 3 3 (2.970 %) Change Management 3 3 (2.970 %) UML 3 3 (2.970 %) OO 3 3 (2.970 %) Risk Management 3 3 (2.970 %) Scrum 3 3 (2.970 %) Agile Software Development 3 3 (2.970 %) TDD 3 3 (2.970 %) Data Modelling 4 2 (1.980 %) Document Management 4 2 (1.980 %) Automated Testing 4 2 (1.980 %) Systems Analysis 4 2 (1.980 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (1.980 %) Continuous Integration 4 2 (1.980 %) Data Architecture 4 2 (1.980 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 51 (50.50 %) SQL 2 38 (37.62 %) C# 3 30 (29.70 %) Perl 4 26 (25.74 %) Java 5 13 (12.87 %) C++ 6 11 (10.89 %) Shell Script 7 8 (7.921 %) Transact-SQL 8 6 (5.941 %) PL/SQL 9 5 (4.950 %) VBScript 10 3 (2.970 %) JavaScript 10 3 (2.970 %) PowerShell 11 2 (1.980 %) DCL 11 2 (1.980 %) VB 11 2 (1.980 %) VBA 12 1 (0.990 %) DHTML 12 1 (0.990 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 3 (2.970 %) Degree 2 1 (0.990 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.970 %) QA	System Software 1 3 (2.970 %) Samba 1 3 (2.970 %) NFS 2 2 (1.980 %) Active Directory 3 1 (0.990 %) ISA Server 3 1 (0.990 %) VMware GSX 3 1 (0.990 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (0.990 %) Oracle RMAN 3 1 (0.990 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 3 (2.970 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.990 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 1 (0.990 %) MOM 2 1 (0.990 %) AutoSys 2 1 (0.990 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 52 (51.49 %) Oracle 2 30 (29.70 %) Sybase 3 13 (12.87 %) Microsoft 4 7 (6.931 %) Cisco 4 7 (6.931 %) Business Objects 5 6 (5.941 %) VERITAS 6 5 (4.950 %) Red Hat 6 5 (4.950 %) Remedy 7 3 (2.970 %) Hummingbird 7 3 (2.970 %) SAP 7 3 (2.970 %) HP 7 3 (2.970 %) IBM 8 2 (1.980 %) PeopleSoft 8 2 (1.980 %) TIBCO 8 2 (1.980 %) Murex 8 2 (1.980 %) Calypso 9 1 (0.990 %) Ab Initio 9 1 (0.990 %) VMware 9 1 (0.990 %) ION Trading 9 1 (0.990 %) Altiris