The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 282 507 -
Rank change year-on-year
+225 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 272 38 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.629% 0.072% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.040% 0.365% -
Number of daily rates quoted 179 19 0
Average daily rate £369 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.42% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
Average hourly rate £51.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
8948 10410 12019
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 20.68% 19.66% 20.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5458 6235 6935
Average daily rate £389 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.74% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 232 325
Average hourly rate £26.00 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.64 £15.00 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.21 £43.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server 2012
UK

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the England region.

England SQL Server 2012 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England SQL Server 2012 Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +140 154 £435 +24.37% 81
South East +62 38 £325 -7.14% 54
North West +40 26 £300 - 28
Yorkshire - 20 £300 - 5
South West +40 10 £188 -45.65% 27
East of England - 10 £394 - 16
West Midlands +12 7 £325 -26.13% 7
East Midlands - 6 £325 - 7
Midlands - 1 £450 -
North East - - - - 4
SQL Server 2012
UK

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 443 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 291 (65.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 258 (58.24%) SQL
4 211 (47.63%) .NET
5 202 (45.60%) C#
6 165 (37.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 149 (33.63%) Microsoft
8 125 (28.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 122 (27.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 110 (24.83%) Business Intelligence
11 108 (24.38%) T-SQL
12 100 (22.57%) SQL Server 2005
13 96 (21.67%) ASP.NET
14 93 (20.99%) Windows
15 89 (20.09%) Data Warehouse
16 74 (16.70%) ETL
17 73 (16.48%) MVC
18 68 (15.35%) TDD
19 62 (14.00%) MDX
20 58 (13.09%) ASP.NET MVC
21 56 (12.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
22 54 (12.19%) Visual Studio
23 53 (11.96%) Agile Software Development
24 50 (11.29%) WCF
25 49 (11.06%) .NET Framework
26 48 (10.84%) OLAP
26 48 (10.84%) MS Excel
27 47 (10.61%) Oracle
28 46 (10.38%) SharePoint
29 43 (9.707%) Finance

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1 211 (47.63%) .NET
2 96 (21.67%) ASP.NET
3 62 (14.00%) MDX
4 58 (13.09%) ASP.NET MVC
5 50 (11.29%) WCF
6 49 (11.06%) .NET Framework
7 42 (9.481%) Web Services
8 40 (9.029%) WPF
8 40 (9.029%) jQuery
9 35 (7.901%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 32 (7.223%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 27 (6.095%) XML
12 26 (5.869%) HTML
12 26 (5.869%) CSS
13 22 (4.966%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 20 (4.515%) SOAP
15 16 (3.612%) LINQ
15 16 (3.612%) Ajax
16 14 (3.160%) REST
16 14 (3.160%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 46 (10.38%) SharePoint
2 37 (8.352%) IIS
3 18 (4.063%) SharePoint 2010
4 14 (3.160%) BizTalk Server
5 12 (2.709%) Windows Azure
6 8 (1.806%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.580%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (1.580%) CMS
7 7 (1.580%) MS Exchange
8 5 (1.129%) Apache Solr
8 5 (1.129%) Lync
8 5 (1.129%) Apache
9 4 (0.903%) SAS
9 4 (0.903%) ESB
10 3 (0.677%) EPiServer CMS
10 3 (0.677%) Amazon AWS
10 3 (0.677%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.451%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.226%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.226%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 48 (10.84%) MS Excel
2 17 (3.837%) PowerPivot
3 4 (0.903%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.677%) MS Office
5 1 (0.226%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.129%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.677%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.451%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.451%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.226%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.935%) Firewall
2 9 (2.032%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.032%) Internet
3 6 (1.354%) HTTP
3 6 (1.354%) SNMP
4 5 (1.129%) SAN
5 4 (0.903%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.903%) VPN
5 4 (0.903%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.677%) NAS
7 2 (0.451%) DNS
8 1 (0.226%) Network Security
8 1 (0.226%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 443 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 291 (65.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 165 (37.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 125 (28.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 122 (27.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 100 (22.57%) SQL Server 2005
7 89 (20.09%) Data Warehouse
8 56 (12.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 48 (10.84%) OLAP
10 21 (4.740%) Oracle 8/8i
11 15 (3.386%) Data Mart
11 15 (3.386%) SQL Server 2000
12 13 (2.935%) Oracle 10g
13 12 (2.709%) SQLPlus
13 12 (2.709%) Oracle 11g
14 10 (2.257%) SSDT
14 10 (2.257%) OLTP
15 8 (1.806%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (1.580%) Oracle OWB
17 6 (1.354%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 54 (12.19%) Visual Studio
2 25 (5.643%) Team Foundation Server
3 14 (3.160%) NUnit
3 14 (3.160%) Selenium
4 13 (2.935%) Subversion
5 11 (2.483%) WebDriver
6 9 (2.032%) Rhino Mocks
7 8 (1.806%) Moq
8 7 (1.580%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 6 (1.354%) SpecFlow
9 6 (1.354%) QuickTest Pro
9 6 (1.354%) MSTest
9 6 (1.354%) Git (software)
9 6 (1.354%) Oracle APEX
10 5 (1.129%) JIRA
10 5 (1.129%) Microsoft Blend
10 5 (1.129%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.903%) xUnit.net
11 4 (0.903%) NetAdvantage
11 4 (0.903%) InstallShield
General
1 43 (9.707%) Finance
2 42 (9.481%) Banking
3 15 (3.386%) Retail
3 15 (3.386%) Investment Banking
4 8 (1.806%) Games
5 6 (1.354%) Front Office
6 5 (1.129%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.903%) Back Office
8 3 (0.677%) Law
9 2 (0.451%) Military
9 2 (0.451%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.451%) Marketing
10 1 (0.226%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.226%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.226%) Electronics
10 1 (0.226%) Advertising
10 1 (0.226%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 257 (58.01%) Developer
2 84 (18.96%) .NET Developer
3 73 (16.48%) DBA
4 63 (14.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 60 (13.54%) SQL Developer
5 60 (13.54%) SQL DBA
6 54 (12.19%) C# Developer
7 41 (9.255%) C# .NET Developer
8 32 (7.223%) ASP.NET Developer
9 31 (6.998%) Administrator
10 27 (6.095%) Analyst
11 26 (5.869%) Business Developer
11 26 (5.869%) SQL Server Developer
11 26 (5.869%) SQL Server DBA
12 20 (4.515%) Senior Developer
13 19 (4.289%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 15 (3.386%) Architect
15 14 (3.160%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (3.160%) WPF Developer
16 13 (2.935%) ETL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.643%) Fixed Income
2 21 (4.740%) Clustering
3 12 (2.709%) N-Tier
4 10 (2.257%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.032%) Replication
5 9 (2.032%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.806%) Open Source
6 8 (1.806%) Computer Science
7 7 (1.580%) NHS
8 6 (1.354%) Tandem
8 6 (1.354%) Visualisation
8 6 (1.354%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.129%) Data Integration
9 5 (1.129%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.903%) W3C
10 4 (0.903%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.903%) SaaS
10 4 (0.903%) iPad
10 4 (0.903%) PKI
10 4 (0.903%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 93 (20.99%) Windows
2 31 (6.998%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (4.515%) Linux
4 16 (3.612%) Windows 7
5 14 (3.160%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (2.709%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (2.483%) UNIX
8 8 (1.806%) Windows 8
9 6 (1.354%) Solaris
10 5 (1.129%) Android
11 3 (0.677%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.451%) Debian
12 2 (0.451%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.226%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.226%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (24.83%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (16.70%) ETL
3 73 (16.48%) MVC
4 68 (15.35%) TDD
5 53 (11.96%) Agile Software Development
6 39 (8.804%) Data Modelling
7 36 (8.126%) Scrum
7 36 (8.126%) BDD
8 34 (7.675%) Migration
9 24 (5.418%) E-Commerce
10 16 (3.612%) High Availability
10 16 (3.612%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (3.386%) Automated Testing
11 15 (3.386%) Multithreading
12 14 (3.160%) OO
12 14 (3.160%) Workflow
12 14 (3.160%) MVVM
12 14 (3.160%) Analytics
13 13 (2.935%) Unit Testing
13 13 (2.935%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 258 (58.24%) SQL
2 202 (45.60%) C#
3 108 (24.38%) T-SQL
4 32 (7.223%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.515%) Java
6 17 (3.837%) C++
7 15 (3.386%) VB.NET
8 13 (2.935%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.709%) VBScript
10 9 (2.032%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.580%) Perl
12 6 (1.354%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.903%) VB
13 4 (0.903%) XAML
14 3 (0.677%) VB6
14 3 (0.677%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.451%) Korn
16 1 (0.226%) Ruby
16 1 (0.226%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (5.418%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (2.935%) Security Cleared
2 13 (2.935%) MCSE
3 10 (2.257%) Degree
4 8 (1.806%) Oracle Certification
5 7 (1.580%) MCTS
5 7 (1.580%) MCITP
6 6 (1.354%) ISEB
7 5 (1.129%) ISEB Practitioner
7 5 (1.129%) MCSD
7 5 (1.129%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.129%) CCNA
8 4 (0.903%) OCP
8 4 (0.903%) OCA
8 4 (0.903%) MCSA
8 4 (0.903%) MCP
8 4 (0.903%) MCAD
8 4 (0.903%) HP AIS
8 4 (0.903%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.903%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.289%) SLA
2 5 (1.129%) QA
3 3 (0.677%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.226%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (6.772%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.515%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.709%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.032%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (1.580%) SRDF
6 6 (1.354%) XenApp
7 5 (1.129%) vSphere
7 5 (1.129%) VMware ESX
7 5 (1.129%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (1.129%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.677%) Varnish
9 2 (0.451%) XenServer
10 1 (0.226%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.226%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.226%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.226%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.837%) HP Quality Center
2 12 (2.709%) SCCM
3 9 (2.032%) WMI
4 3 (0.677%) SCOM
4 3 (0.677%) SCVMM
4 3 (0.677%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.451%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.226%) BMC Performance Manager
6 1 (0.226%) Foglight
6 1 (0.226%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.226%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.226%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 149 (33.63%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.61%) Oracle
3 36 (8.126%) VMware
4 23 (5.192%) HP
5 14 (3.160%) Business Objects
6 11 (2.483%) Cisco
7 10 (2.257%) NetApp
7 10 (2.257%) Reuters
7 10 (2.257%) SAP
8 9 (2.032%) Trayport
8 9 (2.032%) Bloomberg
9 7 (1.580%) JBoss
9 7 (1.580%) Hyperion
10 6 (1.354%) Citrix
10 6 (1.354%) Cognos
10 6 (1.354%) Imperva
11 5 (1.129%) Informatica
11 5 (1.129%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.129%) Tableau
12 4 (0.903%) CheckPoint
Bristol Avon, South West
Opus Recruitment Solutions are seeking an experienced -NET engineer (-NET, MVC, RAZOR, C#, SQL SERVER 2010/12) for an initial 4 month contract in Bristol for an established...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
The successful .NET engineer (.NET, MVC, RAZOR, C#, SQL SERVER 2010/12) will work on site with the existing team of developers. You will be using the very...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Strong SQL skills required £market rate / day... Start dates within the next 2-4 weeks Summary: * ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server * SQL ETL Development * Full lifecycle project We...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Rate: market rates / day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client is looking for a VB.NET developer for a 10 Month contract in Cambridge to help with a existing project.
Computer Futures
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
An experienced SQL DBA is required with excellent background and knowledge of SQL 2000, 2005 and 2008 for a major Central London Organisation. The SQL DBA will provide...
Connectus
Rate: £385 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
South West
OPUS
Rate: GBP150 to GBP250 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £525 - £575 per day + Market Rate
Posted: 13 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
JAM
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 3 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Involved Solutions Ltd
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
JAM
Rate: £50 - £52.60 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £50 - £52.60 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Ashdown IT
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £280 - £320 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Crawley, South East
Posted: 14 June 2013
Crawley, South East
Posted: 17 June 2013
Croydon, Surrey
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £275 to £290 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Crawley, South East
Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Croydon, Surrey
RDF Resources
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Venturi
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Guildford, South East
Rate: £150 - £200 per annum + Negotiable
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Experis IT
Posted: 13 June 2013
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