The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2012 over the 3 months to 21 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 Edinburgh 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.855% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.930% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
142 139 176
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 17.34% 12.67% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 65 70
Average daily rate £375 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £70.00 £16.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+337.50% +10.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server 2012
Scotland

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Edinburgh SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (84.62%) SharePoint
3 10 (76.92%) SharePoint 2013
4 9 (69.23%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (61.54%) .NET
5 8 (61.54%) Windows
5 8 (61.54%) C#
5 8 (61.54%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (30.77%) SQL
6 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
7 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
7 3 (23.08%) OLAP
7 3 (23.08%) ETL
7 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (23.08%) Finance
7 3 (23.08%) Migration
7 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
7 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (15.38%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (15.38%) Data Conversion
8 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
8 2 (15.38%) Marketing
8 2 (15.38%) MDX
8 2 (15.38%) DataFlux
8 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
8 2 (15.38%) Oracle OLAP

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) MDX
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (7.692%) Web Services
3 1 (7.692%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 11 (84.62%) SharePoint
2 10 (76.92%) SharePoint 2013
3 8 (61.54%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (69.23%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (23.08%) OLAP
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle OLAP
5 2 (15.38%) QlikView
5 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
5 2 (15.38%) DTS
6 1 (7.692%) OLTP
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Developer
2 8 (61.54%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Lead Designer
4 1 (7.692%) SQL Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Designer
4 1 (7.692%) Server Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Conversion
1 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
1 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
2 1 (7.692%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
1 3 (23.08%) ETL
1 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Migration
1 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
2 2 (15.38%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (15.38%) Master Data Management
2 2 (15.38%) Metadata Management
2 2 (15.38%) Data Management
3 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) Content Management
3 1 (7.692%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) DataFlux
1 2 (15.38%) Trillium
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) Informatica
1 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (7.692%) IBM
2 1 (7.692%) Ab Initio
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