East Midlands SQL Server 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grantham Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Spalding St Albans Staffordshire Stanmore Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	48	57
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	43	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.057 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	10.17 %	8.719 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£272	£247
Average daily rate	£290	£248
% change on same period last year	+16.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£307	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£337
% change on same period last year	-6.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.29	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£31.67
% change on same period last year	+10.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.71	£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.46	£31.16
% change on same period last year	+7.40 %
Database & Business Intelligence East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	423	367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.558 %	0.389 %
Daily rates quoted	80	48
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£301
Average daily rate	£360	£314
% change on same period last year	+14.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£326
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	33	45
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.59	£25.35
Average hourly rate	£31.03	£26.97
% change on same period last year	+15.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.47	£28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.43	£30.86
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
SQL Server 2000 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 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the East Midlands region.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the East Midlands region.

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

SQL Server 2000
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SQL Server 2000 within the East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire	-2	12	£319	+6.25 %
Leicestershire	+2	7	-	-
Derbyshire	+20	6	-	-
Lincolnshire	-	3	£225	-
Northamptonshire	-16	3	£360	+148.27 %

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SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 89 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 51 (57.30 %) SQL Server 2005 3 39 (43.82 %) SQL 4 37 (41.57 %) .NET 5 28 (31.46 %) C# 6 24 (26.97 %) ASP.NET 7 15 (16.85 %) XML 8 13 (14.61 %) Windows 9 12 (13.48 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 12 (13.48 %) NHS 10 11 (12.36 %) OO 10 11 (12.36 %) Transact-SQL 10 11 (12.36 %) Datawarehouse 11 10 (11.24 %) VB.NET 11 10 (11.24 %) Crystal Reports

11 10 (11.24 %) ASP 11 10 (11.24 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 9 (10.11 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 12 9 (10.11 %) Visual Studio 12 9 (10.11 %) VB 12 9 (10.11 %) HTML 12 9 (10.11 %) Business Intelligence 13 8 (8.989 %) Finance 14 7 (7.865 %) Microsoft 14 7 (7.865 %) BusinessObjects 14 7 (7.865 %) DTS 14 7 (7.865 %) Business Objects 15 6 (6.742 %) VB6 16 5 (5.618 %) VBA 16 5 (5.618 %) MS Excel

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 37 (41.57 %) .NET 2 24 (26.97 %) ASP.NET 3 15 (16.85 %) XML 4 10 (11.24 %) ASP 5 9 (10.11 %) HTML 6 5 (5.618 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 5 (5.618 %) WCF 7 3 (3.371 %) CSS 8 2 (2.247 %) WebServices 8 2 (2.247 %) WinForms 8 2 (2.247 %) AJAX 9 1 (1.124 %) .NET Framework 9 1 (1.124 %) WPF 9 1 (1.124 %) XSLT 9 1 (1.124 %) XHTML 9 1 (1.124 %) OLE 9 1 (1.124 %) OLE DB	Application Platforms 1 5 (5.618 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 4 (4.494 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (3.371 %) MS Exchange 3 3 (3.371 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (2.247 %) IIS
Applications 1 5 (5.618 %) MS Excel 2 4 (4.494 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.124 %) InfoPath	Communications & Networking 1 4 (4.494 %) WINS 2 3 (3.371 %) DNS 2 3 (3.371 %) DHCP 2 3 (3.371 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (3.371 %) VPN 3 1 (1.124 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.124 %) Firewall 3 1 (1.124 %) Wireless 3 1 (1.124 %) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence 1 89 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 51 (57.30 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (13.48 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 11 (12.36 %) Datawarehouse 5 10 (11.24 %) Crystal Reports 5 10 (11.24 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 9 (10.11 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 7 (7.865 %) BusinessObjects 7 7 (7.865 %) DTS 8 5 (5.618 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 9 4 (4.494 %) MS Access 9 4 (4.494 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 4 (4.494 %) BusinessObjects XI 10 3 (3.371 %) OLAP 11 2 (2.247 %) SQL Server 7 12 1 (1.124 %) BODI 12 1 (1.124 %) Oracle Reports 12 1 (1.124 %) Oracle 9i 12 1 (1.124 %) Ingres 12 1 (1.124 %) ETL	Development Applications 1 9 (10.11 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.124 %) ClearQuest
General 1 8 (8.989 %) Finance 2 2 (2.247 %) Retail 3 1 (1.124 %) Local Government 3 1 (1.124 %) Government	Job Titles 1 54 (60.67 %) Developer 2 22 (24.72 %) .NET Developer 3 18 (20.22 %) SQL Developer 4 17 (19.10 %) C# Developer 5 14 (15.73 %) SQL Server Developer 6 12 (13.48 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 10 (11.24 %) Analyst 8 8 (8.989 %) DBA 8 8 (8.989 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 7 (7.865 %) Consultant 9 7 (7.865 %) SQL DBA 10 6 (6.742 %) SQL Server DBA 11 4 (4.494 %) Senior Developer 11 4 (4.494 %) Web Developer 12 3 (3.371 %) Business Developer 12 3 (3.371 %) VB.NET Developer 12 3 (3.371 %) Business Objects Developer 12 3 (3.371 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 12 3 (3.371 %) Information Analyst 12 3 (3.371 %) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous 1 12 (13.48 %) NHS 2 3 (3.371 %) EPoS 3 2 (2.247 %) Replication 3 2 (2.247 %) Tandem 4 1 (1.124 %) Blackberry 4 1 (1.124 %) Client/Server 4 1 (1.124 %) N-Tier	Operating Systems 1 13 (14.61 %) Windows 2 4 (4.494 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (2.247 %) Unix 3 2 (2.247 %) Windows NT 4 1 (1.124 %) Linux 4 1 (1.124 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (12.36 %) OO 2 9 (10.11 %) Business Intelligence 3 5 (5.618 %) OOD 4 4 (4.494 %) Validation 4 4 (4.494 %) Information Management 4 4 (4.494 %) Data Analysis 4 4 (4.494 %) Web Development 5 2 (2.247 %) Migration 5 2 (2.247 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (2.247 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (1.124 %) UML 6 1 (1.124 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (1.124 %) Test Management 6 1 (1.124 %) Test Scripting	Programming Languages 1 39 (43.82 %) SQL 2 28 (31.46 %) C# 3 11 (12.36 %) Transact-SQL 4 10 (11.24 %) VB.NET 5 9 (10.11 %) VB 6 6 (6.742 %) VB6 7 5 (5.618 %) VBA 8 4 (4.494 %) JavaScript 9 3 (3.371 %) PL/SQL 10 2 (2.247 %) VBScript 11 1 (1.124 %) Java
Qualifications 1 3 (3.371 %) MCP 1 3 (3.371 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (2.247 %) MCAD 2 2 (2.247 %) MCSD 3 1 (1.124 %) MCSE 3 1 (1.124 %) CCNA 3 1 (1.124 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.124 %) SLA 1 1 (1.124 %) QA
System Software 1 4 (4.494 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 7 (7.865 %) Microsoft 1 7 (7.865 %) Business Objects 2 4 (4.494 %) Oracle 3 3 (3.371 %) Citrix 4 1 (1.124 %) CheckPoint 4 1 (1.124 %) McAfee Security 4 1 (1.124 %) Cognos 4 1 (1.124 %) Cisco