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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the England 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 2005 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2005
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3958
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads23882085
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.149 %2.212 %
As % of the category below17.64 %11.56 %
Daily rates quoted752645
Average minimum daily rate£340£350
Average daily rate£363£375
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£349
% change on same period last year-5.52 %
Hourly rates quoted182127
Average minimum hourly rate£31.19£30.79
Average hourly rate£33.72£33.32
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.25£35.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.94£33.29
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Database & Business Intelligence EnglandDatabase & Business Intelligence
England
Matching contract IT job ads1353618033
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled17.85 %19.13 %
Daily rates quoted42805225
Average minimum daily rate£368£378
Average daily rate£393£403
% change on same period last year-2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£354
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted9621188
Average minimum hourly rate£29.45£28.73
Average hourly rate£31.79£30.87
% change on same period last year+2.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.13£33.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.43£30.86
% change on same period last year+5.09 %
SQL Server 2005 UKSQL Server 2005
UK

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 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

England SQL Server 2005 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the England region.

England SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the England region.

England SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the England 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+301081£380-4.30 %
South EastDown-11378£348-2.30 %
West MidlandsUp+43186£318+8.69 %
North WestUp+3185£291+4.24 %
YorkshireUp+51154£307+12.07 %
East of EnglandUp+8148£333-13.26 %
South WestUp+15123£303-17.14 %
East MidlandsUp+2669£345+37.80 %
MidlandsUp+1645£329-1.37 %
North EastUp+2836£335+42.55 %
SQL Server 2005 UKSQL Server 2005
UK

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

15017 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23128 (62.35 %).NET
32430 (48.44 %)C#
42164 (43.13 %)ASP.NET
52053 (40.92 %)SQL Server 2000
61937 (38.61 %)SQL
71038 (20.69 %)XML
8820 (16.34 %)Microsoft
9764 (15.23 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10744 (14.83 %)Transact-SQL
11734 (14.63 %)Finance
12718 (14.31 %)Windows
13675 (13.45 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14663 (13.22 %)VB.NET
15636 (12.68 %)WebServices
16623 (12.42 %)HTML
17618 (12.32 %)JavaScript
18607 (12.10 %)Visual Studio
19541 (10.78 %)SQL Server 7
20492 (9.807 %)CSS
21442 (8.810 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
22404 (8.053 %)SharePoint
23402 (8.013 %)VB
24394 (7.853 %)Datawarehouse
25392 (7.813 %)Banking
26363 (7.235 %).NET Framework
27349 (6.956 %)ASP.NET 2.0
27349 (6.956 %)AJAX
28344 (6.857 %)Oracle
29315 (6.279 %)Microsoft Analysis Services

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13128 (62.35 %).NET
22164 (43.13 %)ASP.NET
31038 (20.69 %)XML
4636 (12.68 %)WebServices
5623 (12.42 %)HTML
6492 (9.807 %)CSS
7363 (7.235 %).NET Framework
8349 (6.956 %)AJAX
8349 (6.956 %)ASP.NET 2.0
9300 (5.980 %)XSLT
10295 (5.880 %)WinForms
11281 (5.601 %)ASP
12147 (2.930 %)WCF
13143 (2.850 %)XHTML
14125 (2.492 %)ADO.NET
1586 (1.714 %)SOAP
1671 (1.415 %)WPF
1770 (1.395 %)XSL
1868 (1.355 %)NHibernate
1961 (1.216 %)XSD
Application Platforms
1404 (8.053 %)SharePoint
2289 (5.760 %)IIS
3174 (3.468 %)BizTalk Server
4172 (3.428 %)SharePoint Server 2007
591 (1.814 %)CMS
679 (1.575 %)MS Exchange
778 (1.555 %)Exchange Server 2003
869 (1.375 %)Exchange Server 2000
927 (0.538 %)ColdFusion
1021 (0.419 %)Commerce Server
1119 (0.379 %)Content Management Server
1119 (0.379 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1218 (0.359 %)JBoss
1218 (0.359 %)Apache
1317 (0.339 %)Commerce Server 2007
1416 (0.319 %)Exchange Server 2007
1515 (0.299 %)ColdFusion MX
1614 (0.279 %)WebLogic
1614 (0.279 %)ArcGIS
1713 (0.259 %)Office Project Server
Applications
1304 (6.059 %)MS Excel
278 (1.555 %)MS Office
342 (0.837 %)InfoPath
440 (0.797 %)Photoshop
529 (0.578 %)MS Visio
626 (0.518 %)MS Project
718 (0.359 %)CA Clarity
85 (0.100 %)Doxygen
85 (0.100 %)Fireworks
93 (0.060 %)MS PowerPoint
102 (0.040 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.020 %)MATLAB
111 (0.020 %)ArcView
Business Applications
137 (0.737 %)Microsoft CRM
215 (0.299 %)Great Plains
215 (0.299 %)Dynamics CRM
312 (0.239 %)Oracle EBS
312 (0.239 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
411 (0.219 %)Dynamics AX
56 (0.120 %)Oracle Financials
65 (0.100 %)RMDS
74 (0.080 %)SoftGrid
74 (0.080 %)Oracle 11i
83 (0.060 %)Axapta
83 (0.060 %)Navision
83 (0.060 %)Pivotal CRM
83 (0.060 %)SalesLogix
83 (0.060 %)Dynamics GP
83 (0.060 %)Oracle Applications
83 (0.060 %)Cognos Planning
83 (0.060 %)InvestOne
92 (0.040 %)Beauchamp
92 (0.040 %)SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1184 (3.668 %)Internet
296 (1.913 %)Intranet
361 (1.216 %)SAN
460 (1.196 %)Firewall
543 (0.857 %)DNS
640 (0.797 %)TCP/IP
726 (0.518 %)X.500
824 (0.478 %)WAN
922 (0.439 %)Extranet
1021 (0.419 %)SSL
1021 (0.419 %)VPN
1118 (0.359 %)DHCP
1118 (0.359 %)HTTP
1216 (0.319 %)SMS
1315 (0.299 %)WINS
1411 (0.219 %)MPLS
1510 (0.199 %)LDAP
169 (0.179 %)LAN
177 (0.140 %)FTP
186 (0.120 %)3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
15017 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22053 (40.92 %)SQL Server 2000
3764 (15.23 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
4675 (13.45 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5541 (10.78 %)SQL Server 7
6442 (8.810 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
7394 (7.853 %)Datawarehouse
8315 (6.279 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
9299 (5.960 %)DTS
10262 (5.222 %)OLAP
11186 (3.707 %)ETL
12156 (3.109 %)Crystal Reports
13138 (2.751 %)BusinessObjects
14103 (2.053 %)Oracle 10g
1585 (1.694 %)MS Access
1658 (1.156 %)Oracle 9i
1754 (1.076 %)Oracle 8/8i
1836 (0.718 %)MySQL
1930 (0.598 %)BusinessObjects XI
2029 (0.578 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1607 (12.10 %)Visual Studio
2144 (2.870 %)NUnit
396 (1.913 %)VSS/SourceSafe
456 (1.116 %)Subversion
531 (0.618 %)Selenium
629 (0.578 %)Flash
727 (0.538 %)WinRunner
727 (0.538 %)FitNesse
819 (0.379 %)TestDirector
917 (0.339 %)ReSharper
1016 (0.319 %)Ant
1115 (0.299 %)Visual Studio Team System
1210 (0.199 %)InterDev
139 (0.179 %)Dreamweaver
139 (0.179 %)QuickTest Pro
147 (0.140 %)ClearQuest
147 (0.140 %)MSI
147 (0.140 %)InstallShield
156 (0.120 %)Eclipse
156 (0.120 %)Oracle Forms
General
1734 (14.63 %)Finance
2392 (7.813 %)Banking
3193 (3.847 %)Investment Banking
4173 (3.448 %)Insurance
5138 (2.751 %)Government
6120 (2.392 %)Marketing
7118 (2.352 %)Retail
891 (1.814 %)Front Office
965 (1.296 %)Telecoms
1063 (1.256 %)Financial Institution
1063 (1.256 %)Health
1149 (0.977 %)Publishing
1246 (0.917 %)Law
1246 (0.917 %)Back Office
1333 (0.658 %)Advertising
1431 (0.618 %)Legal
1528 (0.558 %)Education
1625 (0.498 %)Local Government
1720 (0.399 %)Pharmaceutical
1818 (0.359 %)Pensions
Job Titles
13408 (67.93 %)Developer
21610 (32.09 %).NET Developer
31025 (20.43 %)C# Developer
4778 (15.51 %)SQL Developer
5617 (12.30 %)ASP.NET Developer
6599 (11.94 %)SQL Server Developer
7562 (11.20 %)DBA
8466 (9.288 %)SQL DBA
9434 (8.651 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
10379 (7.554 %)Analyst
11361 (7.196 %)SQL Server DBA
12280 (5.581 %)Web Developer
13244 (4.863 %)VB.NET Developer
14198 (3.947 %)Consultant
15157 (3.129 %)Senior Developer
16133 (2.651 %).NET Web Developer
17127 (2.531 %)Administrator
18125 (2.492 %)Programmer
19120 (2.392 %)Architect
20105 (2.093 %)SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1150 (2.990 %)Replication
2128 (2.551 %)NHS
3109 (2.173 %)N-Tier
4103 (2.053 %)Clustering
562 (1.236 %)Asset Management
628 (0.558 %)Fund Management
628 (0.558 %)Social Network
726 (0.518 %)Fixed Income
726 (0.518 %)Management Information System
726 (0.518 %)Client/Server
822 (0.439 %)Derivative
921 (0.419 %)Statistics
921 (0.419 %)Computer Science
1019 (0.379 %)Mathematics
1118 (0.359 %)Web 2.0
1217 (0.339 %)Data Integration
1313 (0.259 %)Data Extraction
1313 (0.259 %)Fat Client
1313 (0.259 %)Thin Client
1412 (0.239 %)Equities
Operating Systems
1718 (14.31 %)Windows
2113 (2.252 %)Windows Server 2003
3111 (2.212 %)Unix
3111 (2.212 %)Windows 2000
452 (1.036 %)Windows XP
550 (0.997 %)Linux
633 (0.658 %)Windows NT
728 (0.558 %)Solaris
810 (0.199 %)AIX
96 (0.120 %)Windows CE
105 (0.100 %)Windows Mobile
113 (0.060 %)HPUX
122 (0.040 %)OpenVMS
131 (0.020 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.020 %)Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1303 (6.039 %)OO
2265 (5.282 %)Business Intelligence
3233 (4.644 %)UML
4214 (4.265 %)Agile Software Development
5209 (4.166 %)Migration
6163 (3.249 %)E-Commerce
7138 (2.751 %)Web Development
8127 (2.531 %)Unit Testing
9125 (2.492 %)CRM
10118 (2.352 %)Security Cleared
11110 (2.193 %)Content Management
1299 (1.973 %)Data Modelling
1386 (1.714 %)Workflow
1485 (1.694 %)Scrum
1572 (1.435 %)SOA
1668 (1.355 %)Project Management
1763 (1.256 %)OOP
1763 (1.256 %)ITIL
1763 (1.256 %)PRINCE2
1860 (1.196 %)SC Cleared
Programming Languages
12430 (48.44 %)C#
21937 (38.61 %)SQL
3744 (14.83 %)Transact-SQL
4663 (13.22 %)VB.NET
5618 (12.32 %)JavaScript
6402 (8.013 %)VB
7194 (3.867 %)VB6
8152 (3.030 %)VBA
9136 (2.711 %)Java
10107 (2.133 %)C++
11103 (2.053 %)VBScript
1296 (1.913 %)DHTML
1357 (1.136 %)PL/SQL
1454 (1.076 %)C
1537 (0.737 %)PHP
1634 (0.678 %)Perl
1723 (0.458 %)XPath
1822 (0.439 %)Shell Script
1918 (0.359 %)VC++
2014 (0.279 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1156 (3.109 %)Microsoft Certification
2107 (2.133 %)Degree
357 (1.136 %)MCSD
436 (0.718 %)MCSE
532 (0.638 %)MCDBA
630 (0.598 %)MCP
630 (0.598 %)MCAD
717 (0.339 %)MCTS
812 (0.239 %)PRINCE2 Certification
812 (0.239 %)ISEB
99 (0.179 %)MCITP
108 (0.159 %)Oracle Certification
116 (0.120 %)MCSA
125 (0.100 %)CCA
125 (0.100 %)Citrix Certification
134 (0.080 %)Cisco Certification
143 (0.060 %)CCNA
143 (0.060 %)PhD
143 (0.060 %)HNC
143 (0.060 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
136 (0.718 %)QA
214 (0.279 %)SLA
36 (0.120 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (0.120 %)WAI
45 (0.100 %)Basel II
51 (0.020 %)HL7
System Software
1169 (3.369 %)Active Directory
230 (0.598 %)MSMQ
327 (0.538 %)Oracle RMAN
422 (0.439 %)ISA Server
521 (0.419 %)VMware Infrastructure
620 (0.399 %)VMware ESX
719 (0.379 %)NetBackup
817 (0.339 %)Oracle RAC
99 (0.179 %)Backup Exec
108 (0.159 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
116 (0.120 %)Terminal Services
124 (0.080 %)VMware GSX
124 (0.080 %)Citrix Presentation Server
132 (0.040 %)MetaFrame
141 (0.020 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
141 (0.020 %)LiteSpeed
Systems Management
132 (0.638 %)MIIS
221 (0.419 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
39 (0.179 %)AutoSys
47 (0.140 %)MOM
56 (0.120 %)MAILsweeper
65 (0.100 %)WSUS
65 (0.100 %)BMC PATROL
65 (0.100 %)Oracle Statspack
74 (0.080 %)Norton AntiVirus
83 (0.060 %)Tivoli
83 (0.060 %)EMC NetWorker
83 (0.060 %)ServiceCenter
92 (0.040 %)SCCM
92 (0.040 %)BMC Marimba
92 (0.040 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
101 (0.020 %)Legato
101 (0.020 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
101 (0.020 %)CONTROL-M
101 (0.020 %)SCOM
101 (0.020 %)HP Data Protector
Vendors
1820 (16.34 %)Microsoft
2344 (6.857 %)Oracle
3138 (2.751 %)Business Objects
480 (1.595 %)Cognos
558 (1.156 %)Sybase
652 (1.036 %)ProClarity
750 (0.997 %)Citrix
842 (0.837 %)Cisco
941 (0.817 %)VMware
1036 (0.718 %)HP
1120 (0.399 %)Sun
1120 (0.399 %)JDA
1218 (0.359 %)SAP
1317 (0.339 %)ESRI
1416 (0.319 %)Siebel
1514 (0.279 %)Lotus
1514 (0.279 %)Red Hat
1514 (0.279 %)Reuters
1613 (0.259 %)BMC
1710 (0.199 %)Remedy
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