The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 7 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 7 over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Rank 516 557 555
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 2 5 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.009% 0.032%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.023% 0.049% 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
Average daily rate £418 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.37% +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £325 £238
% change year-on-year
- +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £41.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 -
All Database & Business Intelligence
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
8625 10235 11712
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 20.77% 19.17% 20.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5302 6036 6653
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £529 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 240 367
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.36 £13.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 7
UK

SQL Server 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 7
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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

The table below 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 23 May 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
London +34 2 £418 -12.10%
SQL Server 7
UK

SQL Server 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) SAN
3 3 (50.00%) XML
3 3 (50.00%) DTS
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (33.33%) Reuters
4 2 (33.33%) Bloomberg
4 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 2 (33.33%) Workflow
4 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) VB6
4 2 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) WCF
4 2 (33.33%) WPF

SQL Server 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (33.33%) WCF
2 2 (33.33%) WPF
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) WSDL
2 2 (33.33%) XSD
2 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (50.00%) DTS
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (16.67%) OLAP
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) DBA
2 2 (33.33%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) WPF Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Database Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) AIX
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
1 2 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
1 2 (33.33%) Document Management
1 2 (33.33%) UML
1 2 (33.33%) OO
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL V3
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
1 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 3 (50.00%) VB
3 2 (33.33%) VB6
3 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCDBA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Reuters
2 2 (33.33%) Bloomberg
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle