The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the East Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank 79 85 61
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -24
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 5 1 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.397% 0.073% 1.023%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.083% 0.377% 5.785%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
Average daily rate £260 - £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 - £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £264 - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £313 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.40% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £29.25 £26.19
% change year-on-year
-14.52% +11.70%
All Database & Business Intelligence
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
240 265 242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 19.03% 19.41% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 142 96
Average daily rate £300 £323 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £447 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 30
Average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.20 £8.50 £16.64
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2000
England

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

East Midlands SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicestershire - 3 £245 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £260 -
SQL Server 2000
England

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (88.89%) SQL Server 2005
3 15 (83.33%) VMware
3 15 (83.33%) Windows
3 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 15 (83.33%) Citrix
3 15 (83.33%) SAN
3 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (72.22%) Windows 2000
5 9 (50.00%) Linux
5 9 (50.00%) SQL
6 7 (38.89%) HP
6 7 (38.89%) IBM
7 6 (33.33%) Configuration Management
7 6 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 6 (33.33%) XenApp
8 5 (27.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
8 5 (27.78%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (27.78%) MCSE
9 4 (22.22%) CCA
9 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
9 4 (22.22%) MCITP
10 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
10 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (11.11%) Internet
11 2 (11.11%) T-SQL

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) Wireless
3 1 (5.556%) NAS
3 1 (5.556%) Intranet
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (88.89%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (5.556%) OLTP
3 1 (5.556%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) DBA
3 2 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.556%) SQL DBA
4 1 (5.556%) Teradata DBA
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) Replication
2 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
1 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (72.22%) Windows 2000
3 9 (50.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.556%) UNIX
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Memory Management
4 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
4 1 (5.556%) Software Deployment
4 1 (5.556%) ETL
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (27.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (27.78%) MCSE
2 4 (22.22%) CCA
2 4 (22.22%) MCITP
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 6 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Citrix
1 15 (83.33%) VMware
2 7 (38.89%) IBM
2 7 (38.89%) HP
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) Altiris
4 1 (5.556%) Red Hat
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
This will include auditing, monitoring, capacity management, planning, security, patching and problem management. Key Skills Required:- -In depth experience of Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 -Experience on Active...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £245 - £275 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013