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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the East Anglia 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1612
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.009 %
As % of the category below31.25 %37.50 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£188£206
Average daily rate£213£206
% change on same period last year+3.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£238£206
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£330
% change on same period last year-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.26£31.07
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads1624
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.024 %
Daily rates quoted48
Average minimum daily rate£285£303
Average daily rate£315£303
% change on same period last year+3.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£350
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.29£31.81
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
SQL Server East of EnglandSQL Server
East of England

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 East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East Anglia SQL Server Demand Trend

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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

110 (47.62 %)Oracle
28 (38.10 %).NET
28 (38.10 %)SQL
36 (28.57 %)IBM
36 (28.57 %)Java
36 (28.57 %)J2EE
36 (28.57 %)WebSphere
45 (23.81 %)NetBeans
45 (23.81 %)DB2
45 (23.81 %)C#
45 (23.81 %)ASP.NET
45 (23.81 %)EJB
45 (23.81 %)JDBC
45 (23.81 %)Servlets
45 (23.81 %)JBoss
45 (23.81 %)JBuilder
45 (23.81 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
45 (23.81 %)Eclipse
45 (23.81 %)JDeveloper
45 (23.81 %)MVC
54 (19.05 %)Oracle 9i
54 (19.05 %)Windows
54 (19.05 %)VB.NET
54 (19.05 %)Oracle 10g
63 (14.29 %)Oracle RAC
63 (14.29 %)C++
63 (14.29 %)UNIX
63 (14.29 %)Windows NT
63 (14.29 %)RDBMS
63 (14.29 %)Microsoft

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (38.10 %).NET
26 (28.57 %)J2EE
26 (28.57 %)WebSphere
35 (23.81 %)MVC
35 (23.81 %)NetBeans
35 (23.81 %)ASP.NET
35 (23.81 %)EJB
35 (23.81 %)JDBC
35 (23.81 %)Servlets
42 (9.524 %)WebServices
42 (9.524 %)WPF
51 (4.762 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (4.762 %)AJAX
51 (4.762 %).NET Framework
51 (4.762 %)CSS
51 (4.762 %)MFC
51 (4.762 %)ASP
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (23.81 %)JBoss
22 (9.524 %)IIS
31 (4.762 %)Lotus Domino
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.762 %)MS Excel
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.762 %)CTI
11 (4.762 %)TETRA
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (23.81 %)DB2
24 (19.05 %)Oracle 9i
24 (19.05 %)Oracle 10g
33 (14.29 %)RDBMS
41 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (4.762 %)MySQL
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (23.81 %)JBuilder
15 (23.81 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
15 (23.81 %)Eclipse
15 (23.81 %)JDeveloper
21 (4.762 %)LoadRunner
21 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.762 %)Finance
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (33.33 %)Developer
26 (28.57 %)Architect
35 (23.81 %)Technical Architect
35 (23.81 %)DBA
35 (23.81 %)J2EE Architect
35 (23.81 %)Java Technical Architect
35 (23.81 %)J2EE Technical Architect
35 (23.81 %)Java Architect
44 (19.05 %)Oracle DBA
52 (9.524 %)Web Developer
61 (4.762 %)Support Assistant
61 (4.762 %)2nd Line Support
61 (4.762 %)Junior
61 (4.762 %)Software Engineer
61 (4.762 %)Analyst
61 (4.762 %)Systems Analyst
61 (4.762 %).NET Developer
61 (4.762 %)C++ Developer
61 (4.762 %)C# Developer
61 (4.762 %)SQL Server DBA
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Client/Server
11 (4.762 %)Multithreading
11 (4.762 %)Data Integration
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (19.05 %)Windows
23 (14.29 %)Windows NT
23 (14.29 %)UNIX
31 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (4.762 %)Solaris
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
21 (4.762 %)Content Management
21 (4.762 %)Load Testing
21 (4.762 %)UML
21 (4.762 %)DSDM
21 (4.762 %)OOD
21 (4.762 %)SOA
21 (4.762 %)CAD
21 (4.762 %)Workflow
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (38.10 %)SQL
26 (28.57 %)Java
35 (23.81 %)C#
44 (19.05 %)VB.NET
53 (14.29 %)C++
61 (4.762 %)JavaScript
61 (4.762 %)PL/SQL
61 (4.762 %)VC++
61 (4.762 %)Shell Script
61 (4.762 %)VB6
61 (4.762 %)VB
61 (4.762 %)C
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (14.29 %)Oracle RAC
21 (4.762 %)Active Directory
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (47.62 %)Oracle
26 (28.57 %)IBM
33 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (4.762 %)Novell
41 (4.762 %)Lotus
41 (4.762 %)VMware