The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 49 51 43
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 34 33 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 2.727% 2.397% 2.689%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.78% 12.50% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 13
Average daily rate £280 £275 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £341 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -25.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
230 264 248
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 18.44% 19.17% 17.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 141 101
Average daily rate £300 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 28
Average hourly rate £28.25 £32.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.71% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.25 £8.50 £17.00
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 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East Midlands SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Midlands SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
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 2008 within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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 +10 17 £450 -
Nottinghamshire -8 9 £270 -1.81%
Derbyshire +13 3 £280 -
Northamptonshire +2 3 £344 +37.50%
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 94 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 51 (54.26%) .NET
3 47 (50.00%) C#
4 45 (47.87%) Windows
5 43 (45.74%) SQL Server 2005
6 41 (43.62%) ASP.NET
7 36 (38.30%) SQL
8 29 (30.85%) Microsoft
9 26 (27.66%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (26.60%) jQuery
10 25 (26.60%) Active Directory
11 24 (25.53%) JavaScript
12 23 (24.47%) Windows Server 2003
13 22 (23.40%) HTML
14 21 (22.34%) SAN
14 21 (22.34%) Ajax
15 20 (21.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (21.28%) CSS
16 18 (19.15%) SQL Server 2000
16 18 (19.15%) VMware
17 17 (18.09%) Web Services
17 17 (18.09%) Citrix
18 16 (17.02%) IIS
18 16 (17.02%) .NET Framework
19 15 (15.96%) WCF
19 15 (15.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 14 (14.89%) Visual Studio
20 14 (14.89%) LINQ
21 13 (13.83%) Windows 2000
22 12 (12.77%) HP

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (54.26%) .NET
2 41 (43.62%) ASP.NET
3 25 (26.60%) jQuery
4 22 (23.40%) HTML
5 21 (22.34%) Ajax
6 20 (21.28%) CSS
7 17 (18.09%) Web Services
8 16 (17.02%) .NET Framework
9 15 (15.96%) WCF
10 14 (14.89%) LINQ
11 11 (11.70%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 9 (9.574%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 6 (6.383%) Managed Extensibility Framework
14 6 (6.383%) WPF
14 6 (6.383%) WinForms
15 5 (5.319%) XML
15 5 (5.319%) .NET Remoting
15 5 (5.319%) HTML5
15 5 (5.319%) Reactive Extensions
Application Platforms
1 16 (17.02%) IIS
2 9 (9.574%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.383%) MS Exchange
4 5 (5.319%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (5.319%) Umbraco
4 5 (5.319%) Kentico
4 5 (5.319%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (4.255%) CMS
5 4 (4.255%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (3.191%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (3.191%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (2.128%) Lync
7 2 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (2.128%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (1.064%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (1.064%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (1.064%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (12.77%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 21 (22.34%) SAN
2 8 (8.511%) Internet
3 6 (6.383%) SNMP
3 6 (6.383%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.319%) Wireless
5 3 (3.191%) Firewall
5 3 (3.191%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.128%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.128%) LAN
6 2 (2.128%) WAN
7 1 (1.064%) Intranet
7 1 (1.064%) HTTP
7 1 (1.064%) Kerberos
7 1 (1.064%) DNS
7 1 (1.064%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 43 (45.74%) SQL Server 2005
3 20 (21.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (19.15%) SQL Server 2000
5 15 (15.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (11.70%) SQL Server 2012
7 8 (8.511%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (7.447%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (3.191%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (2.128%) OLAP
10 2 (2.128%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (1.064%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (1.064%) MS Access
11 1 (1.064%) DTS
11 1 (1.064%) OLTP
11 1 (1.064%) RDBMS
11 1 (1.064%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (14.89%) Visual Studio
2 6 (6.383%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 5 (5.319%) Expression Blend
4 3 (3.191%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.064%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 9 (9.574%) Retail
2 2 (2.128%) Games
2 2 (2.128%) Finance
2 2 (2.128%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (55.32%) Developer
2 26 (27.66%) .NET Developer
3 14 (14.89%) ASP.NET Developer
4 13 (13.83%) Web Developer
5 9 (9.574%) SQL Developer
5 9 (9.574%) C# Developer
6 8 (8.511%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (8.511%) 3rd Line Support
7 7 (7.447%) .NET Web Developer
7 7 (7.447%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (6.383%) Administrator
8 6 (6.383%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.319%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (5.319%) WPF Developer
10 4 (4.255%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 4 (4.255%) SharePoint Administrator
10 4 (4.255%) Technical Manager
10 4 (4.255%) Technical Project Manager
11 3 (3.191%) DBA
11 3 (3.191%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.319%) NHS
2 4 (4.255%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.128%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.128%) EPoS
4 1 (1.064%) W3C
4 1 (1.064%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.064%) Replication
4 1 (1.064%) Clustering
4 1 (1.064%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.064%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.064%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.064%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.064%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 45 (47.87%) Windows
2 26 (27.66%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (24.47%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (13.83%) Windows 2000
5 10 (10.64%) Windows 7
6 9 (9.574%) Linux
7 5 (5.319%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.064%) UNIX
8 1 (1.064%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (8.511%) MVC
2 7 (7.447%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (7.447%) ETL
3 6 (6.383%) Multithreading
3 6 (6.383%) MVVM
3 6 (6.383%) SOA
3 6 (6.383%) E-Commerce
3 6 (6.383%) OO
3 6 (6.383%) Content Management
3 6 (6.383%) Migration
3 6 (6.383%) Configuration Management
4 5 (5.319%) Project Management
4 5 (5.319%) E-business
4 5 (5.319%) OOD
5 4 (4.255%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (4.255%) Web Development
5 4 (4.255%) Service Delivery
6 3 (3.191%) ITIL
6 3 (3.191%) Problem Management
6 3 (3.191%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (50.00%) C#
2 36 (38.30%) SQL
3 24 (25.53%) JavaScript
4 10 (10.64%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.191%) VB
6 2 (2.128%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.128%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.128%) Java
7 1 (1.064%) C
7 1 (1.064%) C++
7 1 (1.064%) VBScript
7 1 (1.064%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.383%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.319%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (5.319%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (5.319%) MCSE
3 4 (4.255%) MCITP
3 4 (4.255%) CCA
4 2 (2.128%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.064%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (26.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.511%) XenApp
3 6 (6.383%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (3.191%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.064%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.064%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.064%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.319%) WMI
2 2 (2.128%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (30.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.15%) VMware
3 17 (18.09%) Citrix
4 12 (12.77%) HP
5 9 (9.574%) IBM
6 5 (5.319%) Oracle
7 3 (3.191%) Cisco
8 1 (1.064%) Telerik
8 1 (1.064%) Altiris
8 1 (1.064%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.064%) Lotus
8 1 (1.064%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.064%) Talend
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