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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 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 jobs that have cited SQL Server 7 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 7.0
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank547555
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads1383
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.083 %
As % of the category below0.098 %0.427 %
Daily rates quoted129
Average minimum daily rate£500£341
Average daily rate£500£377
% change on same period last year+32.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£412
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00£27.67
Average hourly rate£14.50£28.00
% change on same period last year-48.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£28.00
% change on same period last year-48.21 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
England
Matching contract IT job ads1331219456
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled17.74 %19.41 %
Daily rates quoted43085841
Average minimum daily rate£362£374
Average daily rate£387£400
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted9171398
Average minimum hourly rate£29.21£28.87
Average hourly rate£31.43£30.89
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.65£32.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
SQL Server 7 UKSQL Server 7
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 7
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 7 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

England SQL Server 7 Demand Trend

SQL Server 7
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 across the England region.

England SQL Server 7 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 7
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 7 across the England region.

England SQL Server 7 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 7
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 7 within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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+25£500+32.79 %
South EastUp+534--
North WestUp+103--
YorkshireUp+151--
East of EnglandUp+121--
SQL Server 7 UKSQL Server 7
UK

SQL Server 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SQL Server 7 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 7.

125 (100.00 %)SQL Server
218 (72.00 %)SQL
317 (68.00 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (56.00 %)SQL Server 2005
511 (44.00 %)Windows
68 (32.00 %)Transact-SQL
68 (32.00 %)DTS
76 (24.00 %)Datawarehouse
76 (24.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
85 (20.00 %)Microsoft
85 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
85 (20.00 %)VBScript
85 (20.00 %)VB
85 (20.00 %).NET
94 (16.00 %)Windows 2000
94 (16.00 %)Windows XP
94 (16.00 %)MS Exchange
94 (16.00 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (16.00 %)Internet
103 (12.00 %)Intranet
103 (12.00 %)XML
103 (12.00 %)ASP
112 (8.000 %)Business Analysis
112 (8.000 %)Replication
112 (8.000 %)Clustering
112 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
112 (8.000 %)Oracle EBS
112 (8.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
112 (8.000 %)ASP.NET

SQL Server 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SQL Server 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (20.00 %).NET
23 (12.00 %)ASP
23 (12.00 %)XML
32 (8.000 %)HTML
32 (8.000 %)DCOM
32 (8.000 %)ASP.NET
32 (8.000 %)XSLT
41 (4.000 %)WAP
41 (4.000 %).NET Framework
41 (4.000 %)COM
41 (4.000 %)COM+
41 (4.000 %)XSL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (16.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (4.000 %)SharePoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Office
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (8.000 %)Oracle EBS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.00 %)Internet
23 (12.00 %)Intranet
32 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
41 (4.000 %)VPN
41 (4.000 %)DNS
41 (4.000 %)SNMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (100.00 %)SQL Server
217 (68.00 %)SQL Server 2000
314 (56.00 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (32.00 %)DTS
56 (24.00 %)Datawarehouse
56 (24.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (8.000 %)DecisionStream
72 (8.000 %)OLAP
72 (8.000 %)Crystal Reports
72 (8.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (8.000 %)Cognos Powerplay
72 (8.000 %)Cognos Impromptu
81 (4.000 %)MySQL
81 (4.000 %)ETL
81 (4.000 %)RDBMS
81 (4.000 %)PostgreSQL
81 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2008
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.000 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.000 %)Government
11 (4.000 %)Banking
11 (4.000 %)Investment Banking
11 (4.000 %)Insurance
11 (4.000 %)Pensions
11 (4.000 %)Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (32.00 %)DBA
18 (32.00 %)SQL DBA
27 (28.00 %)Developer
35 (20.00 %)Administrator
35 (20.00 %)SQL Developer
43 (12.00 %)SQL Server Developer
43 (12.00 %)SQL Server DBA
43 (12.00 %)Desktop Support
52 (8.000 %)Business Consultant
52 (8.000 %)ASP Developer
52 (8.000 %)Oracle DBA
52 (8.000 %)Consultant
52 (8.000 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
52 (8.000 %)Server Administrator
52 (8.000 %)Network Support
61 (4.000 %)Cognos Consultant
61 (4.000 %)SQL Database Developer
61 (4.000 %)Server Analyst
61 (4.000 %)VB6 Developer
61 (4.000 %)SQL Server Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)Replication
12 (8.000 %)Clustering
21 (4.000 %)PDA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (44.00 %)Windows
24 (16.00 %)Windows 2000
24 (16.00 %)Windows XP
24 (16.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (8.000 %)HPUX
32 (8.000 %)UNIX
32 (8.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (4.000 %)Windows Vista
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
22 (8.000 %)Business Analysis
22 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (4.000 %)Migration
31 (4.000 %)Release Management
31 (4.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (4.000 %)Data Migration
31 (4.000 %)Service Delivery
31 (4.000 %)Change Management
31 (4.000 %)UML
31 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (72.00 %)SQL
28 (32.00 %)Transact-SQL
35 (20.00 %)VBScript
35 (20.00 %)VB
42 (8.000 %)VBA
51 (4.000 %)VB6
51 (4.000 %)XPath
51 (4.000 %)C++
51 (4.000 %)JavaScript
51 (4.000 %)VB.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.000 %)MCDBA
12 (8.000 %)Microsoft Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Terminal Services
11 (4.000 %)Backup Exec
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (4.000 %)DameWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (8.000 %)Oracle
22 (8.000 %)Cognos
31 (4.000 %)HP
31 (4.000 %)Citrix
31 (4.000 %)Motorola
31 (4.000 %)CheckPoint
31 (4.000 %)McAfee Security