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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Dundee region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank96
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.007 %
As % of the category below18.75 %66.67 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£328
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£19.00
Average hourly rate£32.00£20.75
% change on same period last year+54.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.81£29.55
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Dundee
Matching contract IT job ads169
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£120-
Average daily rate£125-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£130-
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£31.87£18.88
Average hourly rate£32.80£20.22
% change on same period last year+62.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.73£21.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.67
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
SQL ScotlandSQL
Scotland

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 Dundee region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Dundee SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dundee SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dundee SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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.

13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (66.67 %)Migration
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)Oracle OLAP
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)Java
31 (33.33 %)J2EE
31 (33.33 %)MySQL
31 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (33.33 %)OLAP
31 (33.33 %)WebLogic
31 (33.33 %)ASP
31 (33.33 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)OOP
31 (33.33 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)JBoss
31 (33.33 %)Tomcat
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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.

Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)J2EE
11 (33.33 %)ASP
11 (33.33 %)WebServices
11 (33.33 %)AJAX
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebLogic
11 (33.33 %)JBoss
11 (33.33 %)Tomcat
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)Oracle OLAP
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (33.33 %)OLAP
31 (33.33 %)MySQL
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)DBA
21 (33.33 %)Java Developer
21 (33.33 %)SQL Developer
21 (33.33 %)SQL DBA
21 (33.33 %)Architect
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Migration
21 (33.33 %)OOP
21 (33.33 %)OO
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C#
11 (33.33 %)Java
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft