The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Epsom region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 22 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 Epsom 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 3 - 4
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 4 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Epsom 30.77% - 13.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 66.67% - 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -19.23%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Epsom
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
6 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Epsom 46.15% 18.75% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
Average daily rate £350 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SQL Server
Surrey

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Epsom SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Epsom SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Epsom SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Epsom region citing SQL Server 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.

1 6 (85.71%) C#
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) jQuery
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (42.86%) WF
3 3 (42.86%) SalesLogix
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) XML
3 3 (42.86%) XSD
3 3 (42.86%) XSL
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
4 2 (28.57%) Sage
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Epsom region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) jQuery
3 3 (42.86%) WF
3 3 (42.86%) XML
3 3 (42.86%) XSD
3 3 (42.86%) XSL
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) InfoPath
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (42.86%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
2 3 (42.86%) CRM Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Sage