The first table below looks at the demand for Azure SQL Database skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 3 months to 22 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 of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £300 £338
% change year-on-year
+29.16% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
413 676 556
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.97% 22.68% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 359 261
Average daily rate £301 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.53% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 35 41
Average hourly rate £27.49 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.45% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £21.50 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £36.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
Azure SQL Database
England

Azure SQL Database
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Azure SQL Database Jobs Demand Trend

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database across the East of England region.

East of England Azure SQL Database Daily Rate Trend

Azure SQL Database
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Azure SQL Database 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 Azure SQL Database.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) OLTP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon RDS

Azure SQL Database
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Azure SQL Database 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 Azure SQL Database. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) OLTP
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) DBA
1 3 (100.00%) SQL DBA
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft